Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2025: Complete list of winners and nominees explored

The Dublin Film Critics Circle has officially announced its winners for this year. The awards are voted on by professional reviewers based in Dublin.

This year's Dublin Film Critics Circle awards were led by Ryan Coogler's Sinners, which topped multiple categories. The Dublin Film Critics Circle's 2024 winners were as follows:

• Best Film: The Zone of Interest
• Best Director: Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
• Best Actor: Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
• Best Actress: Mikey Madison, Anora
• Best Screenplay: Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
• Best Documentary: Will & Harper
• Best Irish Film: Kneecap
• Best Cinematography: Stéphane Fontaine, Conclave
• Best Breakthrough: Nykiya Adams, Bird

Sinners won multiple awards, including best film, best director, best actor, best screenplay, and best cinematography. Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another was placed second in multiple categories at the 2025 DFCC awards. In the Irish categories, Christy and Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story were notably featured.

An official description of the Dublin Film Critics Circle reads:

"Established in 2006, The Dublin Film Critics Circle offers the city's full-time professional movie reviewers an opportunity to pool opinions on recent releases, consider movie heritage and whinge about each other's shortcomings."

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Complete list of winners and nominees of the 2025 Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

Best film

Sinners (Winner)

One Battle After Another

Train Dreams

The Brutalist

It Was Just an Accident

Sentimental Value

Flow

I Swear

Weapons

Vermiglio

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Best director

Ryan Coogler: Sinners (Winner)

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another

Brady Corbet: The Brutalist

Jafar Panahi: It Was Just an Accident

Dea Kulumbegashvili: April

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Best actor

Michael B. Jordan: Sinners (Winner)

Leonardo DiCaprio: One Battle After Another

Joel Edgerton: Train Dreams

Adrien Brody: The Brutalist

Robert Aramayo: I Swear

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Best actress

Emma Stone: Bugonia (Winner)

Renate Reinsve: Sentimental Value

Jennifer Lawrence: Die, My Love

Marianne Jean-Baptiste: Hard Truths

Leonie Benesch: Late Shift

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Best screenplay

Ryan Coogler: Sinners (Winner)

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another

Jesse Eisenberg: A Real Pain

Jafar Panahi: It Was Just an Accident

Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold: The Brutalist

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Best Irish film

Christy (Winner)

Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story

Frewaka

Beat the Lotto

Testimony

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Best documentary

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (Winner)

Testimony

Sanatorium

A Want in Her

The Perfect Neighbor

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Best cinematography

Autumn Durald Arkapaw: Sinners (Winner)

Lol Crawley: The Brutalist

Adolpho Veloso: Train Dreams

Michael Bauman: One Battle After Another

Claudio Miranda: F1 and Arseni Khachaturan: April (tie)

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International breakthrough

Eva Victor: Sorry, Baby (Winner)

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Irish breakthrough

Brendan Canty: Christy (Winner)

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2025 DFCC awards.

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