Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) 2025: Complete list of nominees explored

The Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) has officially announced its list of nominees for the 2025 awards cycle. The organization has confirmed that winners will be officially announced on Monday, December 15, 2025.

Notably, the IFJA shared that it considers films based on a chronological calendar that is determined by when screenings or screeners are made available for voting members.

This year, One Battle After Another received the most nominations with 15 mentions at the Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) 2025 awards. Sinners followed with 11 nominations, and The Plague secured 10.

The IFJA's voting process includes announcing a winner and a runner up for all competitive categories except the Edward Johnson Ott Hoosier Award. This category honors work that includes an Indiana connection and only releases one winner with no nominees. The association will also release a Top Ten Films list alongside the winners.

IFJA was founded in 2009 by six Indiana journalists. The organizers issued an official press release to announce this year's nominees. It read:

"The Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) is proud to announce nominees for its forthcoming 2025 awards with winners to be revealed on Monday, Dec. 15. “One Battle After Another” led the way with 15 nominations, followed by “Sinners” with 11 and “The Plague” with 10."

It also added:

"The IFJA considers films on a chronological calendar, determined by when screenings/screeners are made available to all voting members. The IFJA will determine a winner and runner-up in all categories with the exception of the Edward Johnson-Ott Hoosier Award. As a special award honoring a film, filmmaker, performer or industry professional with a strong Indiana connection, only the winner is announced. Nominees for this award are not released."

The complete list of nominees, organized by category and alphabetical order, is detailed below.

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Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) 2025: Complete list of nominees

Best Film at the 2025 IFJA

28 Years Later

Black Bag

Bob Trevino Likes It

Bugonia

Frankenstein

Friendship

Hamnet

Jay Kelly

The Life of Chuck

Marty Supreme

No Other Choice

One Battle After Another

The Phoenician Scheme

The Plague

Sinners

Splitsville

Superman

Train Dreams

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Weapons

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Best Animated Film at the 2025 IFJA

In Your Dreams

KPop Demon Hunters

The Legend of Hei 2

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Ne Zha 2

Predator: Killer of Killers

Zootopia 2

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Best Foreign Language Film at the 2025 IFJA

Cloud

It Was Just an Accident

Left-Handed Girl

No Other Choice

Reflection in a Dead Diamond

Rental Family

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Universal Language

The Voice of Hind Rajab

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Best Documentary at the 2025 IFJA

Are We Good?

Deaf President Now!

Disposable Humanity

Grand Theft Hamlet

Hacking at Leaves

Orwell: 2+2=5

Pavements

The Perfect Neighbor

The Tenderness Tour

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Best Original Screenplay

Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer: Jay Kelly

Mary Bronstein: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie: Marty Supreme

Ryan Coogler: Sinners

Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin: Splitsville

Zach Cregger: Weapons

David Koepp: Black Bag

Tracie Laymon: Bob Trevino Likes It

Jafar Panahi: It Was Just an Accident

Charlie Polinger: The Plague

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Best Adapted Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another

Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar: Train Dreams

Guillermo del Toro: Frankenstein

Mike Flanagan: The Life of Chuck

Alex Garland: 28 Years Later

Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, and Akiva Schaffer: The Naked Gun

James Gunn: Superman

Rian Johnson: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Park Chan wook, Lee Kyoung mi, Don McKellar and Lee Ja hye: No Other Choice

Will Tracy: Bugonia

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Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another

Clint Bentley: Train Dreams

Ryan Coogler: Sinners

Michael Angelo Covino: Splitsville

Zach Cregger: Weapons

James Gunn: Superman

Park Chan wook: No Other Choice

Charlie Polinger: The Plague

Josh Safdie: Marty Supreme

Steven Soderbergh: Black Bag

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Best Lead Performance

Everett Blunck: The Plague

Jessie Buckley: Hamnet

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

Timothée Chalamet: Marty Supreme

David Corenswet: Superman

Leonardo DiCaprio: One Battle After Another

Joel Edgerton: Train Dreams

Michael Fassbender: Black Bag

Barbie Ferreira: Bob Trevino Likes It

Ethan Hawke: Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan: Sinners

Liam Neeson: The Naked Gun

Josh O’Connor: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Jesse Plemons: Bugonia

Emma Stone: Bugonia

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Best Supporting Performance

Pamela Anderson: The Naked Gun

Miles Caton: Sinners

Benicio del Toro: One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi: Frankenstein

Nicholas Hoult: Superman

Chase Infiniti: One Battle After Another

John Leguizamo: Bob Trevino Likes It

Amy Madigan: Weapons

Paul Mescal: Hamnet

Sean Penn: One Battle After Another

Adam Sandler: Jay Kelly

Stellan Skarsgård: Sentimental Value

French Stewart: Bob Trevino Likes It

Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another

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Best Vocal or Motion Capture Performance

Oona Chaplin: Avatar Fire and Ash

Ebon Moss Bachrach: The Fantastic Four First Steps

Will Patton: Train Dreams

Dimitrius Schuster Koloamatangi: Predator Badlands

Zhu Jing: The Legend of Hei 2

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Best Ensemble Acting

Black Bag

Bugonia

The Life of Chuck

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

The Plague

Sinners

Superman

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Weapons

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Best Editing

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie: Marty Supreme

Barry Alexander Brown and Allyson C. Johnson: Highest 2 Lowest

Mike Flanagan: The Life of Chuck

Jon Harris: 28 Years Later

Andy Jurgensen: One Battle After Another

Kim Sang bum: No Other Choice

Brian Scott Olds: The Naked Gun

Sara Shaw: Splitsville

Michael P. Shawver: Sinners

Steven Soderbergh: Black Bag

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Best Cinematography

Autumn Durald Arkapaw: Sinners

Michael Bauman: One Battle After Another

Steven Breckon: The Plague

Darius Khondji: Marty Supreme

Dan Laustsen: Frankenstein

Anthony Dod Mantle: 28 Years Later

Larkin Seiple: Weapons

Steven Soderbergh: Black Bag

Fraser Taggart: Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning

Adolpho Veloso: Train Dreams

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Best Musical Score

Jerskin Fendrix: Bugonia

Ludwig Göransson: Sinners

Jonny Greenwood: One Battle After Another

Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay and Zach Cregger: Weapons

David Holmes: Black Bag

Johan Lenox: The Plague

Daniel Lopatin: Marty Supreme

John Murphy and David Fleming: Superman

Nine Inch Nails: Tron Ares

Young Fathers: 28 Years Later

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Best Stunt or Movement Choreography

Wade Eastwood: Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning

Timothy Eulich: Eddington

Tyler Hall and Dave McKeown: Splitsville

Brian Machleit: One Battle After Another

Mandy Moore: The Life of Chuck

Alain Moussi, Brahim Chab, László Kósa and Balázs Lengyel: Fight or Flight

Celia Rowlson Hall: The Testament of Ann Lee

Jacob Tomuri: Predator Badlands

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Best Special Effects

Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess and Ivan Busquets with José Granell: Frankenstein

Jeff Capogreco, Dave Funston, Ross McCabe, Abishek Nair, Vincent Papaix and Cameron Waldbauer: Tron Ares

Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé and Guy Williams: Superman

Olivier Dumont, Sheldon Stopsack, Kathy Siegel and Karl Rapley: Predator Badlands

Dan Glass, Chris McLaughlin and Stuart Penn with Dominic Tuohy: Mickey 17

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

Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin: The Lost Bus

Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean: Sinners

Scott Stokdyk, Robert Allman, Daniele Bigi, Theodore Bialek and Alistair Williams: The Fantastic Four First Steps

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Breakout of the Year

Clint Bentley: Train Dreams

Everett Blunck: The Plague

Miles Caton: Sinners

Aidan Delbis: Bugonia

Chase Infiniti: One Battle After Another

Jacobi Jupe: Hamnet

Tracie Laymon: Bob Trevino Likes It

Charlie Polinger: The Plague

Eva Victor: Sorry, Baby

Alfie Williams: 28 Years Later

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Original Vision

Good Boy

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

One Battle After Another

The Plague

Reflection In A Dead Diamond

The Testament of Ann Lee

Train Dreams

Congratulations to all the nominees at the 2025 IFJA awards.

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