‘One Battle After Another’ Wins 8 Awards, Best Film at Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another took home eight awards, including Best Picture, at the 2025 Seattle Film Critics Society awards.

In addition to Best Picture, Anderson won Best Director and for Screenplay, along with Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn and Best Ensemble.

“A number of films made an impact on our members this year, but none more than Paul Thomas Anderson’s 10th feature, One Battle After Another, which captures the present moment like nothing else with vivid characters, thrilling–sometimes hilarious–chase sequences, and a tender father-daughter relationship in which the revolutionary spirit passes from one generation to the next,” said Kathy Fennessy, SFCS President.

SFCS honored Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams with Best Pacific Northwest Film; and Songs of Black Folk, documenting a groundbreaking Juneteenth concert in Seattle was the winner of SFCS’s inaugural award to honor the Best Pacific Northwest Short Film.

Other film awards went to Ian Bell’s WTO/99 for Best Documentary Film, and Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident was awarded Best International Film.

The SFCS also proud to announce the 2025 John Hartl Pacific Northwest Spotlight Award will be presented to director Sky Hopinka. Born in Ferndale, Washington, Hopinka has directed a wide range of acclaimed short films and features, including the upcoming feature-length documentary Powwow People, which is scheduled for release in 2026. The SFCS will present the third John Hartl Pacific Northwest Spotlight Award, named in honor of the legendary Seattle Times film critic, to Hopinka in May, during the 2026 Seattle International Film Festival.

Complete List of 2025 SFCS Awards Winners

2025 Seattle Film Critics Society Winners

Best Picture
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson

Director
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson

Lead Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another

Lead Actress
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

Supporting Actor
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

Supporting Actress
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners

Youth Performance
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet

Ensemble
One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis

Pacific Northwest Film
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley

Pacific Northwest Short
Songs of Black Folk – Justin Emeka, Haley Watson

International Film
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi

Documentary Film
WTO/99 – Ian Bell

Animated Film
KPop Demon Hunters – Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

Screenplay
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson

Cinematography
Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Editing
One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen

Production Design
Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell (Production Design), Shane Vieau (Set Decoration)

Costume Design
Frankenstein – Kate Hawley

Original Score
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood

Action Choreography
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Wade Eastwood

Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett

Villain of the Year
Aunt Gladys – Weapons as portrayed by Amy Madigan

2025 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations

BEST PICTURE

Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley
Weapons – Zach Cregger

BEST DIRECTOR

Hamnet – Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
David Jonsson – The Long Walk
William H. Macy – Train Dreams
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE

Cary Christopher – Weapons
Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
Jasper Thompson – The Mastermind
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Eephus – Carson Lund
Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
Sinners – Francine Maisler
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Bret Howe, Mary Vernieu

BEST SCREENPLAY

Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Arco – Ugo Bienvenu
The Colors Within – Naoko Yamada
KPop Demon Hunters – Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
Zootopia 2 – Jared Bush, Byron Howard

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

The Alabama Solution – Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman
Come See Me in the Good Light – Ryan White
Pavements – Alex Ross Perry
The Perfect Neighbor – Geeta Gandbhir
WTO/99 – Ian Bell

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook
The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
The Ugly Stepsister – Emilie Blichfeldt

BEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST FEATURE FILM

Not One Drop of Blood – Jackson Devereux, Lachlan Hinton
To Kill a Wolf – Kelsey Taylor
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley
Twinless – James Sweeney
Wolf Land (Director’s Cut) – Sarah Hoffman
WTO/99 – Ian Bell

BEST PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHORT FILM

Charlotte, 1994 – Brian Pittala
A Fateful Weekend – Tony Doupe
Shelly’s Leg – Wes Hurley
Songs of Black Folk – Justin Emeka, Haley Watson
Style: A Seattle Basketball Story – Bryan Tucker

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Hamnet – Łukasz Żal
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
The Phoenician Scheme – Milena Canonero
Sinners – Ruth E. Carter
Train Dreams – Malgosia Turzanska
Wicked: For Good – Paul Tazewell

BEST FILM EDITING

F1® The Movie – Stephen Mirrione, Patrick J. Smith
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
Reflection in a Dead Diamond – Bernard Beets
Sinners – Michael P. Shawver

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

F1® The Movie – Hans Zimmer
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
Tron: Ares – Nine Inch Nails

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Fantastic Four: First Steps – Kasra Farahani (Production Design); Jille Azis (Set Decoration)
Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell (Production Design); Shane Vieau (Set Decoration)
The Phoenician Scheme – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
Resurrection – Liu Qiang, Tu Nan
Sinners – Hannah Beachler (Production Design); Monique Champagne (Set Decoration)

BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY

Avatar: Fire and Ash – Garrett Warren, Steve Brown, Stuart Thorp
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina – Stephen Dunlevy, Jackson Spindell
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Wade Eastwood
Predator: Badlands – Jacob Tomuri
Sinners – Andy Gill

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
F1® The Movie – Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington
Frankenstein – Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell
Predator: Badlands – Olivier Dumont, Alec Gillis, Sheldon Stopsack, Karl Rapley
Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR

Aunt Gladys – Weapons (as portrayed by Amy Madigan)
Col. Steven J. Lockjaw – One Battle After Another (as portrayed by Sean Penn)
Laura – Bring Her Back (as portrayed by Sally Hawkins)
Lex Luthor – Superman (as portrayed by Nicholas Hoult)
Remmick – Sinners (as portrayed by Jack O’Connell)