Columbus Film Critics Association (COFCA) Awards: Complete list of winners and nominees explored

The Columbus Film Critics Association Awards have officially announced its winners for the previous year. The 24th annual Columbus Film Critics Association Awards' winners were unveiled on January 8, 2026.

Columbus Film Critics Association Awards' 2024 winners were as follows,

• Best Film: The Substance
• Best Director: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
• Best Lead Performance: Demi Moore, The Substance
• Best Supporting Performance: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
• Best Original Screenplay: Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Chris Sanders, The Wild Robot
• Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
• Best Documentary: No Other Land
• Best Foreign Language Film: Evil Does Not Exist
• Best Ensemble: Conclave
• Actor of the Year: Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice and A Different Man
• Breakthrough Film Artist: Mikey Madison, Anora
• Best Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
• Best Film Editing: Marco Costa, Challengers
• Best Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
• Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy: Hit Man
• Best Overlooked Film: Snack Shack

The 2025 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards' winners list was led by One Battle After Another. The film also led nominations with 14 nods. It bagged multiple wins across significant categories.

Sinners also performed notably. Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident won the Best Foreign Language Film award. No Other Choice was selected as the runner-up of the category.

Columbus Film Critics Association Awards' official website reads,

"Founded in 2002, the Columbus Film Critics Association is made up of film critics based in Columbus, Ohio, and the surrounding areas. Its membership consists of more than 25 print, radio, television, and new media critics. For a list of members, along with bios and links to represented publications, please see our Member pages."

Some official members of the association are as follows,

• Richard Ades
• Adam Barney
• Sam Brady
• Logan Burd
• Kevin Carr
• Michael Cavender
• Bill Clark
• Olie Coen
• John DeSando
• Johnny DiLoretto
• Brock Engi
• Chris Feil
• Mark Jackson
• Brad Keefe
• K.G. Kline
• Kristin Dreyer Kramer
• Adam Kuhn
• Roger Legg
• Hope Madden
• Paul Markoff
• Dennis O’Leary
• Lori Pearson
• Mark Pfeiffer
• Melissa Starker
• Brandon Thomas
• Rachel Willis
• George Wolf
• Jason Zingale
• Nathan Zoebl

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Complete list of winners and nominees at the 2025 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

Best Film at the 2025 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

One Battle After Another (Winner)

No Other Choice

Sinners

It Was Just an Accident

Bugonia

Wake Up Dead Man

Sentimental Value

Train Dreams

Weapons

Marty Supreme

Frankenstein

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Best Director at the 2025 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Winner)

Ryan Coogler, Sinners (Runner up)

Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man

Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident

Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

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Best Lead Performance at the 2025 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (Winner)

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (Runner up)

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams

Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another

Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

Emma Stone, Bugonia

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Best Supporting Performance at the 2025 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another (Winner)

Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (Runner up)

Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

Delroy Lindo, Sinners

Amy Madigan, Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly

Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

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Best Ensemble at the 2025 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

One Battle After Another (Winner)

Sinners (Runner up)

It Was Just an Accident

Marty Supreme

Wake Up Dead Man

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Actor of the Year at the 2025 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

Josh O'Connor, The History of Sound, The Mastermind, Rebuilding, and Wake Up Dead Man (Winner)

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another and The Phoenician Scheme (Runner up)

Josh Brolin, The Running Man, Wake Up Dead Man, and Weapons

Amanda Seyfried, The Housemaid and The Testament of Ann Lee

Emma Stone, Bugonia and Eddington

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Breakthrough Film Artist at the 2025 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another, acting (Winner)

Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby, acting, directing, and screenwriting (Runner up)

Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme, acting

Miles Caton, Sinners, acting

Carson Lund, Eephus, directing and screenwriting

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Best Cinematography at the 2025 Columbus Film Critics Association Awards

Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners (Winner)

Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another (Runner up)

Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein

Claudio Miranda, F1

Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

Łukasz Żal, Hamnet

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Best Film Editing

Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another (Winner)

Stephen Mirrione, F1 (Runner up)

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Joe Murphy, Weapons

Michael P. Shawver, Sinners

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Best Adapted Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Winner)

Park Chan Wook, Lee Kyoung Mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee, No Other Choice (Runner up)

Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams

Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein

Will Tracy, Bugonia

Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet

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Best Original Screenplay

Ryan Coogler, Sinners (Winner)

Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (Runner up)

Zach Cregger, Weapons

Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, Marty Supreme

Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

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Best Score

Ludwig Göransson, Sinners (Winner)

Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another (Runner up)

Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein

Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme

Max Richter, Hamnet

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Best Documentary

Predators (Winner)

Cover Up (Runner up)

Orwell: 2+2=5

The Perfect Neighbor

Seeds

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Best Foreign Language Film

It Was Just an Accident (Winner)

No Other Choice (Runner up)

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sirât

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Best Animated Film

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Winner)

KPop Demon Hunters (Runner up)

Arco

The Bad Guys 2

Elio

Predator: Killer of Killers

Zootopia 2

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Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy

One of Them Days (Winner)

The Baltimorons (Runner up)

Friendship

The Naked Gun

Splitsville

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Best Overlooked Film

Warfare (Winner)

The Mastermind (Runner up)

The Ballad of Wallis Island

The Baltimorons

Peter Hujar's Day

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Congratulations to all of the winners at the 2025 COFCA Awards.

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