‘One Battle After Another’, Timothée Chalamet, Jessie Buckley Win Top Georgia Film Critics Association Awards

One Battle After Another bested Sinners to take the top honors at the Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) 2025 awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson and Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro.

The film also earned Best Adapted Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson, and Best Ensemble.

In the lead acting categories Timothée Chalamet won Best Actor for Marty Supreme and Jessie Buckley was named Best Actress for her performance in Hamnet.

Meanwhile, Sentimental Value won Best International Film, and The Alabama Solution received the award for Best Documentary Film.

See below the complete list of winners, runner up and nominees of Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) 2025 awards.

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) 2025 Award Winners

Best Picture

“One Battle After Another” – WINNER
“Sinners” – RUNNER UP

“Black Bag”
“Hamnet”
“It Was Just An Accident”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sorry, Baby”
“Train Dreams”
“Weapons”

Best Director

“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler – RUNNER UP

“Hamnet” – Chloe Zhao
“Sentimental Value” – Joachim Trier
“Train Dreams” – Clint Bentley

Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet (“Marty Supreme”) – WINNER
Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) – RUNNER UP

Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”)
Joel Edgerton (“Train Dreams”)
Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”)

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”) – WINNER
Renate Reinsve (“Sentimental Value”) – RUNNER UP

Rose Byrne (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”)
Chase Infiniti (“One Battle After Another”)
Eva Victor (“Sorry, Baby”)

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro (“One Battle After Another”) – WINNER
Jacob Elordi (“Frankenstein”) – RUNNER UP

Sean Penn (“One Battle After Another”)
Adam Sandler (“Jay Kelly”)
Stellan Skarsgård (“Sentimental Value”)

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Madigan (“Weapons”) – WINNER
Regina Hall (“One Battle After Another”) – RUNNER UP

Ariana Grande-Butera (“Wicked: For Good”)|
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (“Sentimental Value”)
Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”)

Best Original Screenplay

“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler – WINNER
“Sentimental Value” – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier – RUNNER UP

“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” – Mary Bronstein
“Marty Supreme” – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
“Sorry, Baby” – Eva Victor
“Weapons” – Zach Cregger

Best Adapted Screenplay

“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
“Train Dreams” – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar – RUNNER UP

“Frankenstein” – Guillermo del Toro
“Hamnet” – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
“No Other Choice” – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Lee Ja-hye

Best Cinematography

“Sinners” – Autumn Durald Arkapaw – WINNER
“Train Dreams” – Adolpho Veloso – RUNNER UP

“F1” – Claudio Miranda
“Frankenstein” – Dan Laustsen
“One Battle After Another” – Michael Bauman

Best Production Design

“Frankenstein” – Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – WINNER
“Sinners” – Hannah Beachler, Monique Champagne – RUNNER UP

“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” – Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis
“Hamnet” – Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
“Marty Supreme” – Jack Fisk, Adam Willis

Best Original Score

“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson – WINNER
“Train Dreams” – Bryce Dessner – RUNNER UP

“F1: The Movie” – Hans Zimmer
“Hamnet” – Max Richter
“One Battle After Another” – Jonny Greenwood

Best Original Song

“I Lied to You” – Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson (“Sinners”) – WINNER
“Golden” – Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, Teddy (“KPop Demon Hunters”) – RUNNER UP

“Highest 2 Lowest” – Aiyana-Lee Anderson, Nicole Daciana Anderson (“Highest 2 Lowest”)
“Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” – Alice Smith, Miles Caton, Ludwig Göransson (“Sinners”)
“Train Dreams” – Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner (“Train Dreams”)

Best Ensemble

“One Battle After Another” – WINNER
“Sinners” – RUNNER UP

“Black Bag”
“Marty Supreme”
“Sentimental Value”

Best International Film

“Sentimental Value” – WINNER
“No Other Choice” – RUNNER UP

“It Was Just an Accident”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sirāt”

Best Animated Film

“KPop Demon Hunters” – WINNER
“Arco” – RUNNER UP

“Elio”
“Scarlet”
“Zootopia 2”

Best Documentary Film

“The Alabama Solution” – WINNER
“The Perfect Neighbor” – RUNNER UP

“The Librarians”
“My Mom Jayne”
“Predators”

Breakthrough Award

Miles Caton – WINNER
Chase Infiniti – RUNNER UP

David Corenswet
Jacobi Jupe
Eva Victor

Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema

“Weapons” (Zach Cregger) – WINNER
“Bugonia” (Yorgos Lanthimos, Will Tracy) – RUNNER UP

“Meta Take One” (John Dierre, Ryan A. Dutter)
“The Naked Gun” (Akiva Schaffer, Dan Gregor, Doug Mand)
“Sister Salad Days” (short; Adesola Thomas)
“Superman” (James Gunn)
“Swimming Holes” (short; Kasey L. Martin)
“Thunderbolts” (Jake Schreier, Eric Pearson, Joanna Calo, Kurt Busiek)
“Withdrawal” (Aaron Strand)
“Zora Head: The Life and Scholarship of Valerie Boyd” (short; Clinton Rahman Fluker, Adam Forrester)