2025 WFCC Awards
2025 has delivered one of the strongest slates of film storytelling in recent years, an exciting blend of visionary direction, daring performances, and emotionally rich narratives. This year’s awards from the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) and the Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) highlight the power of diverse voices and boldly crafted cinema that resonated with audiences and critics alike. Across both organizations, several films emerged as undeniable standouts of the year:
Sinners, a searing, genre-bending drama with cultural weight and emotional power. Its dominance across categories and breakout performances cement it as one of the defining films of 2025. K-Pop Demon Hunters, a vibrant, stylish animated adventure that pushed boundaries in world-building and character storytelling. One Battle After Another, a gripping, actor-driven drama elevated by powerhouse performances and intimate humanity. Hamnet, an evocative reimagining of historical grief and artistry, brought to life through Chloé Zhao’s lyrical direction and Jessie Buckley’s mesmerizing performance. These titles, along with several others celebrated, represent the best of what this year’s cinema offered: innovation, representation, and deeply felt artistry. Below are the complete results from this year’s WFCC and BFCC awards.
🏆 WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE (WFCC) – 2025 WINNERS
Best Movie About Women
Winner: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Runner-Up: Hamnet
Eleanor the Great
Sorry, Baby
Best Movie by a Woman
Winner: Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
Runner-Up: Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
Lynne Ramsay (Die My Love)
Mary Bronstein (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting Award)
Winner: Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)
Runner-Up: Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
Lynne Ramsay & Alice Birch (with Enda Walsh), (Die My Love)
Mary Bronstein (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Best Actress
Winner: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Runner-Up: Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)
Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
Best Actor
Winner: Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Runner-Up: Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Regina Hall (One Battle After Another)
Runner-Up: Andrea Riseborough (Goodbye June)
Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme)
Samantha Morton (Anemone)
Best Foreign Film by or About Women
Winners (Tie): Left-Handed Girl & The Voice of Hind Rajab
All That’s Left of You
Belén
Best Documentary by or About Women
Winner: My Mom Jayne
Runner-Up: The Perfect Neighbor
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
The Librarians
Best Equality of the Sexes
Winner: Sinners
Runner-Up: The Testament of Ann Lee
Lilly
Tatami
Best Animated Female
Winner: Rumi (K-Pop Demon Hunters)
Runner-Up (Tie): Amélie (Little Amélie or the Character of Rain)
Runner-Up (Tie): Judy Hopps (Zootopia 2)
Scarlet (Scarlet)
Best Screen Couple
Winner: Wunmi Mosaku & Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Runner-Up: Jessie Buckley & Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
Elizabeth Olsen & Miles Teller (Eternity)
Laura Dern & Will Arnett (Is This Thing On?)
Best TV Series
Winner: Hacks (Season 4)
Runner-Up: Dying for Sex
The Girlfriend
The White Lotus (Season 3)
Adrienne Shelly Award – For passionately opposing violence against women
Winner: Sorry, Baby
Runner-Up: Christy
Companion
Lilly
Josephine Baker Award – For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
Winner: Sinners
Runner-Up: Hedda
Rosemead
Wicked: For Good
Karen Morley Award – For exemplifying women’s place in history or identity
Winner: Eleanor the Great
Runner-Up (Tie): Die My Love
Runner-Up (Tie): The Testament of Ann Lee
Familiar Touch
Acting & Activism Award
America Ferrera
Lifetime Achievement Award
Diane Keaton