Founded in 2019, DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards is a global celebration of the year’s most worthy and impactful films. The GFCA voting body consists of a diverse range of established film critics, awards pundits, and influential voices in the industry from around the globe. The nominations for DiscussingFilm’s 2025 Global Film Critics Awards are finally here thanks to this dedicated voting group, which includes bold voices from DiscussingFilm, major outlets such as The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Wrap, and many more.
Leading the winners are Nickel Boys in Best Picture, followed by The Substance and Anora receiving the Silver and Bronze awards in the category. The Substance took home 5 total wins, followed by a tie between Anora, Sing Sing and Challengers with 3 wins each. Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) received the organization’s Best Director prize, while the acting winners were rounded out by Mikey Madison (Anora), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson), and Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing).
The top nominees of DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards were led by The Substance and Dune: Part Two with 12 nominations each, closely followed by Nosferatu‘s total of 11 nominations. Coming just behind with 9 nominations are Sean Baker’s Anora, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, and Edward Berger’s Conclave, followed by Nickel Boys’ impressive 7 nominations.
Other notable nominees this year include I Saw The TV Glow with 6 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, Sing Sing with 6 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor, as well as Challengers, Emilia Perez and A Different Man all receiving 5 nominations each. See the full list of nominations for DiscussingFilm’s 2025 Global Film Critics Awards below
Stay tuned as we update the full winners list for DiscussingFilm’s 2025 Global Film Critics Awards LIVE on January 4th!
BEST PICTURE
Anora – Bronze Award
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys – WINNER
Nosferatu
Sing Sing
The Substance – Silver Award
BEST DIRECTOR
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist – Bronze Award
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance – WINNER
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw the TV Glow
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys – Silver Award
Sean Baker – Anora
BEST ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Demi Moore – The Substance – Silver Award
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
Mikey Madison – Anora – WINNER
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths – Bronze Award
BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist – Silver Award
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing – WINNER
Daniel Craig – Queer
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – A Different Man
Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown – Bronze Award
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Adam Pearson – A Different Man – Silver Award
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing – WINNER
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain – Bronze Award
Yura Borisov – Anora
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana Grande – Wicked – Silver Award
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson – WINNER
Joan Chen – Didi
Margaret Qualley – The Substance – Bronze Award
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Perez
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
All We Imagine As Light – Silver Award
The Beast
Dahomey
Emilia Perez – Bronze Award
Flow
The Girl with the Needle
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
No Other Land – WINNER
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
BEST FILM ENSEMBLE
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave – Silver Award
Dune: Part Two – Bronze Award
Nosferatu
Sing Sing – WINNER
BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy – Silver Award
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – WINNER
Gladiator II
The Shadow Strays – Bronze Award
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora – Silver Award
A Real Pain
The Brutalist
Challengers
I Saw the TV Glow – Bronze Award
The Substance – WINNER
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave – Bronze Award
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys – WINNER
Nosferatu – Silver Award
Sing Sing
Queer
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist – Bronze Award
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys – Silver Award
Nosferatu – WINNER
The Substance
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist – Silver Award
Challengers – WINNER
Conclave – Bronze Award
Dune: Part Two
The Substance
Queer
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II – Bronze Award
Maria
Nosferatu – WINNER
Wicked – Silver Award
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist – Bronze Award
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Nosferatu – Silver Award
The Substance
Wicked – WINNER
BEST FILM EDITING
Anora
Challengers – WINNER
Conclave – Bronze Award
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
The Substance – Silver Award
BEST SOUND
Dune: Part Two – Silver Award
Emilia Perez
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu – Bronze Award
The Substance – WINNER
Wicked
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
A Different Man – Bronze Award
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu – Silver Award
The Substance – WINNER
Wicked
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Compress/Repress” – Challengers – WINNER
“El Mal” – Emilia Perez
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Perez
”Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper
“Starburned and Unkissed” – I Saw the TV Glow – Bronze Award
”Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Silver Award
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alien: Romulus – Silver Award
Better Man – Bronze Award
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Furiosa
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Dahomey
Daughters
No Other Land – WINNER
Sugarcane
Super/Man – Silver Award
Will & Harper – Bronze Award
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Chicken for Linda!
Flow – Silver Award
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Bronze Award
The Wild Robot – WINNER
BEST INDEPENDENT FEATURE
A Different Man
Bird
Didi – WINNER
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Hundreds of Beavers – Silver Award
Janet Planet
Late Night with the Devil
Love Lies Bleeding
Red Rooms – Bronze Award
Strange Darling
BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Didi – Bronze Award
The First Omen – WINNER
How to Have Sex – Silver Award
Janet Planet
The Piano Lesson
Woman of the Hour
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Mikey Madison – Anora – WINNER
Katy O’Brien – Love Lies Bleeding
Brandon Wilson – Nickel Boys
Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu – Silver Award
Juliette Gariépy – Red Rooms
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing – Bronze Award
BEST COMEDY FEATURE
A Different Man
Anora – WINNER
A Real Pain
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Hit Man – Silver Award
Hundreds of Beavers – Bronze Award
BEST HORROR FEATURE
I Saw the TV Glow
Late Night with the Devil
Longlegs – Bronze Award
Nosferatu – Silver Award
Smile 2
The Substance – WINNER
