San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) 2025: Complete list of nominees

The San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) has officially released its nominations for the 2025 film year. SDFCS was initially founded to represent critics across San Diego and Southern California. Its members write for multiple notable outlets.

Films like Sinners and One Battle After Another lead the nominations for the 2025 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Awards. Other nominated titles include Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident, and Marty Supreme, among others. The winners will be announced on December 15, 2025.

SDFCS officers and official members are as follows:

Officers

• James Jay Edwards, President
• Rhonda Moore, Vice President
• Rashmi Gandhi, Treasurer
• Yazdi Pithavala, Secretary
• Lance Carter, Membership Chair

Members

• Josh Board
• Kevin Finnerty
• James Colt Harrison
• Glenn Heath Jr.
• Sam Kahn
• Glenn Kay
• Matthew Lickona
• Jean Lowerison
• Lois Alter Mark
• Rhonda Moore
• Rebecca Murray
• Carson Timar
• Betty Jo Tucker
• Brittany Witherspoon

Sentimental Value is one of the nominees at the 2025 SDFCS Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film category. Its actress, Elle Fanning, recently opened up about her projects during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, stating:

"I talked to (Trachtenberg) on Zoom… and we agreed to do it, and he told me it was filming pretty soon in New Zealand. Just when I was getting ready to go off there, my agents called me and they said, 'Joachim Trier has a film that he is thinking about you for.' I was like, 'Oh gosh, I really want to do this too.'"

Elle Fanning also added:

"I was a big fan, obviously, of 'The Worst Person in the World,' like everyone. You think of directors, and you think, 'Yeah, Joachim, he is on my bucket list,' but I did not know if there would ever necessarily be a part for me. I did not even necessarily care what the part was. After reading the script, I was in tears. And then I really just related to Rachel Kemp so much. I could just see how I wanted to play her."

She continued:

"There are definitely feelings that I can relate to, or maybe my younger self has felt. We find her at a place when she us lost, and a little depressed herself. I don't think she feels like she has much agency over her career and choices. She feels that she has so much to give, but you have to be given the opportunities or placed in those roles to show that."

Below is the complete list of nominees for the 2025 SDFCS, organized by category, with all names included as officially announced.

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Complete list of nominees at the 2025 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Awards

Best Picture at the 2025 SDFCS

Hamnet

It Was Just an Accident

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sinners

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Best Director at the 2025 SDFCS

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another

Ryan Coogler: Sinners

Yorgos Lanthimos: Bugonia

Jafar Panahi: It Was Just an Accident

Chloe Zhao: Hamnet

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Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet: Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio: One Battle After Another

Joel Edgerton: Train Dreams

Michael B. Jordan: Sinners

Wagner Moura: The Secret Agent

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Best Actress

Jessie Buckley: Hamnet

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

Renate Reinsve: Sentimental Value

Emma Stone: Bugonia

Eva Victor: Sorry, Baby

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Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro: One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi: Frankenstein

Sean Penn: One Battle After Another

Stellan Skarsgård: Sentimental Value

Jeffrey Wright: Highest 2 Lowest

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Best Supporting Actress

Odessa A’zion: Marty Supreme

Nina Hoss: Hedda

Amy Madigan: Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku: Sinners

Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another

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Best Comedic Performance

Will Arnett: Is This Thing On?

Molly Gordon: Oh, Hi!

Liam Neeson: The Naked Gun

Da’Vine Joy Randolph: Eternity

Tim Robinson: Friendship

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Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18)

Cary Christopher: Weapons

Shannon Mahina Gorman: Rental Family

Jacobi Jupe: Hamnet

Alfie Williams: 28 Years Later

Nina Ye: Left-Handed Girl

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Best Original Screenplay

Ryan Coogler: Sinners

Zack Cregger: Weapons

David Koepp: Black Bag

Jafar Panahi: It Was Just an Accident

Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt: Sentimental Value

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Best Adapted Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another

Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar: Train Dreams

JT Mollner: The Long Walk

Maggie O’Farrell and Chloe Zhao: Hamnet

Will Tracy: Bugonia

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Best First Feature (Director)

Drew Hancock: Companion

Scarlett Johansson: Eleanor the Great

Ben Leonberg: Good Boy

Kristen Stewart: The Chronology of Water

Eva Victor: Sorry, Baby

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Best Documentary

Becoming Led Zeppelin

Billy Joel: And So It Goes

John Candy: I Like Me

Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5

Predators

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Best Animated Film at the 2025 SDFCS

Elio

KPop Demon Hunters

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Predator: Killer of Killers

Zootopia 2

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Best Foreign Language Film at the 2025 SDFCS

It Was Just an Accident

Left-Handed Girl

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sirat

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Best Editing

Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie: Marty Supreme

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

Affonso Goncalves and Chloe Zhao: Hamnet

Andy Jurgensen: One Battle After Another

Stephen Mirione and Patrick J. Smith: F1: The Movie

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Best Cinematography

Autumn Durald Arkapaw: Sinners

Michael Bauman: One Battle After Another

Dan Laustsen: Frankenstein

Adolpho Veloso: Train Dreams

Lukasz Zal: Hamnet

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Best Production Design

Hannah Bleachler and Monique Champagne: Sinners

Cara Brower and Stella Fox: Hedda

Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton: Hamnet

Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau: Frankenstein

Kasra Farahani and Jille Azis: The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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Best Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Frankenstein

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Superman

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Best Costume Design

Alexandra Byrne: The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Ruth E. Carter: Sinners

Kate Hawley: Frankenstein

Paul Tazewell: Wicked: For Good

Malgosia Turzanska: Hamnet

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Best Sound Design

Avatar: Fire and Ash

F1: The Movie

Frankenstein

Sinners

Warfare

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Best Use of Music

Hedda

KPop Demon Hunters

Marty Supreme

Sinners

Sirat

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Best Stunt Choreography

Ballerina: From the World of John Wick

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Superman

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Best Ensemble

Black Bag

Jay Kelly

The Long Walk

Sinners

Weapons

For further updates, fans can keep an eye on the official SDFCS pages.

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