NORTH TEXAS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES THIS YEAR’S WINNERS
DALLAS – And the winners are….
The North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) announced today the winners in each of the organization’s 13 voting categories for 2025.
NTFCA announced the five nominations in each category last week with membership voting for one final winner in each of the categories last Friday.
“The choices this year were diverse and no one film dominated the winner’s categories,” said NTFCA President Rita Cook. “In the first round of voting members sent in their top five picks per category and it was a large and varied group of nominees. Members then voted on their final choice of winners from the top five in each category.”
“Anora” won Best Picture, but on the heels of that win were both “Sing Sing” and “Dune Part 2,” both tied very closely for second place. “Anora” also saw a win in the Best Actress category with Mikey Madison.
“Sing Sing’s” Colman Domingo was only a few votes short to win in the Best Actor category but Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” was alongside him. Both lost to Timothée Chalamet for his performance in “A Complete Unknown.”
There was a tie for Best Foreign Language Film with both The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany) and Flow (Latvia) winning in that category. Flow was also very popular in the Animated Film category, but did not take the lead from the Wild Robot.
Also worth mentioning, the GARY MURRAY AWARD (Best Ensemble), Saturday Night took that win. Conclave and Sing Sing were also recognized by the members with the latter film standing out since a number of the movie roles were men playing themselves, based on a true story.
Here are the North Texas Film Critics Association’s winners in our 13 categories for 2025 (in bold type):
BEST PICTURE
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune Part”
“Sing Sing”
BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Daniel Craig, “Queer”
BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”
Anya Taylor-Joy, “Furiosa, a Mad Max Saga”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor, “Nickel Boys”
Zoe Saldana, “Emilia Perez”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Denis Villeneuve, “Dune Part 2”
RaMell Ross, “Nickel Boys”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany)
“Flow” (Latvia)
“Kneecap” (Ireland)
“I’m Still Here” (Brazil)
“All We Imagine as Light” (an international co-production involving companies from France, India, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Italy)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”
“Sugarcane”
“Will & Harper”
“Daughters”
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“The Wild Robot”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Inside Out 2”
“Flow”
“Transformers One”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jarin Blaschke, “Nosferatu”
Stéphane Fontaine, “Conclave”
Lol Crawley, “The Brutalist”
Greig Fraser, “Dune Part 2”
John Mathieson, “Gladiator 2”
Jomo Fray, “Nickel Boys”
BEST NEWCOMER
Marissa Bode, “Wicked”
Ethan Herisse, “Nickel Boys”
Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing”
Vera Drew, “The People’s Joker”
Aaron Pierre, “Rebel Ridge”
BEST SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold, “The Brutalist”
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, “Nickel Boys”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
GARY MURRAY AWARD (Best Ensemble)
“Conclave”
“Saturday Night”
“Sing Sing”
“Wicked”
“Dune Part 2”
About the North Texas Film Critics Association: The North Texas Film Critic Association consists of 32 broadcast, print, and online journalists as well as auxiliary members from throughout the North Texas area.