Since 2006, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has presented annual EDA Awards, representing professional women critics’ collective perspectives on movies and cinema culture in the movie awards arena, where female critics and critical opinion are still greatly underrepresented. AWFJ honors female creatives in non-gender specific awards categories and in unique Female Focus categories designated for women only.

In 2025, Sinners swept most of the EDA Awards major categories, capturing seven awards for Best Film, Best Director (Ryan Coogler), Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan), Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku), Best Cinematography (Autumn Durald Arkapaw), Best Original Screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast and Casting Director. Hamnet captured two awards for Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay, and Sentimental Value won Best International Film, along with a nod for Stellan Skarsgaard for Best Supporting Actor. Other awards went to The Perfect Neighbor for Best Documentary, KPOP Demon Hunters for Best Animated Film and Best Editing for One Battle After Another. In the Eda Female Focus Awards, presented only to women, Chloe Zhao won Best Director for Hamnet, Eva Victor win Best Female Writer for Sorry Baby, and newcomer Chase Infiniti won both Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Stunt Performance for her turn in One Battle After Another.

BEST FILM 

SINNERS

 BEST DIRECTOR

Ryan Coogler – SINNERS

BEST SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL

SINNERS – Ryan Coogler

 BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED

HAMNET – Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao

 BEST DOCUMENTARY

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR – Geeta Gandbhir
 

BEST ANIMATED FILM

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS – Chris Applehaus & Maggie Kang
 

BEST ACTRESS

Jessie Buckley – HAMNET
 

BEST ACTRESS, SUPPORTING

Wunmi Mosaku – SINNERS
 

BEST ACTOR

Michael B. Jordan – SINNERS

 BEST ACTOR, SUPPORTING

Stellan Skarsgaard – SENTIMENTAL VALUE
 

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST AND CASTING DIRECTOR

SINNERS – Francine Maisler
 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

SINNERS – Autumn Durald Arkapaw

 BEST EDITING

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER – Andy Jurgensen
 
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

SENTIMENTAL VALUE – Joachim Trier

EDA FEMALE FOCUS:

BEST WOMAN DIRECTOR

Chloe Zhao – HAMNET
 

EDA FEMALE FOCUS: BEST FEMALE SCREENWRITER

Eva Victor – SORRY, BABY

 EDA FEMALE FOCUS: BEST ANIMATED/VOICED PERFORMANCE

Arden Cho – KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

 EDA FEMALE FOCUS: BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Chase Infiniti – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

EDA FEMALE FOCUS: BEST STUNT PERFORMANCE

Chase Infiniti – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
 
 

ABOUT THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ) is a not-for-profit professional association of highly qualified female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting work by and about women – both in front of and behind the cameras – through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies. AWFJ was founded in 2006 by Jennifer Merin, Maitland McDonagh, Joanna Langfield and Jenny Halper. In addition to the year end awards, AWFJ presents EDA Awards at partner festivals, keeps an active and interactive record of femme-helmed and femme-centric narrative and dcumentary feature films distributed throughout the year.

I’m very proud to be a voting member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and delighted to announce this year’s awards.

AWFJ Best Of Awards

(These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.)

Best Film

“The Brutalist”

Best Director

Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”

Best Original Screenplay

Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”

Best Adapted Screenplay

Peter Straughan, Robert Harris, “Conclave”

Best Documentary

“Dahomey”

Best Animated Film (tie)

“Flow”

“The Wild Robot”

Best Actress

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths”

Best Supporting Actress

Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave” 

Best Actor

Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”

Best Supporting Actor

Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”

Best Ensemble Cast and Casting Director

“Conclave”

Best Cinematography

“Nosferatu”

Best Editing (tie)

“Emilia Pérez”

“The Brutalist”

Best International Film

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”

EDA Female Focus Awards

(These awards honor women only).

Best Woman Director (tie)

Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”

Payal Kapadia, “All We Imagine as Light”

Best Female Screenwriter (tie)

Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”

Payal Kapadia, “All We Imagine as Light”

Best Animated/Voice Performance

Lupita Nyongo’o, “The Wild Robot”

Best Women’s Breakthrough Performance

Mikey Madison, “Anora”

Best Stunt Performance

June Squibb, “Thelma”