{"id":32666,"date":"2025-12-17T02:52:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=32666"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:52:44","slug":"2025-san-diego-film-critics-society-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=32666","title":{"rendered":"2025 SAN DIEGO FILM CRITICS SOCIETY WINNERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a list of the films that ended up taking home the top prizes this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Picture<\/strong><br>Winner: SINNERS<br>Runner Up: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Director<\/strong><br>Winner: Ryan Coogler, SINNERS<br>Runner Up: Yorgos Lanthimos, BUGONIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Actor<\/strong><br>Winner: Michael B. Jordan, SINNERS<br>Runner Up: Joel Edgerton, TRAIN DREAMS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Actress<\/strong><br>Winner (tie): Jessie Buckley, HAMNET, Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I\u2019D KICK YOU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Supporting Actor<\/strong><br>Winner: Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd, SENTIMENTAL VALUE<br>Runner Up: Sean Penn , ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Supporting Actress<\/strong><br>Winner: Amy Madigan, WEAPONS<br>Runners Up: Nina Hoss, HEDDA, Wunmi Mosaku, SINNERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Comedic Performance<\/strong><br>Winner: Da\u2019Vine Joy Randolph, ETERNITY<br>Runner Up: Molly Gordon, OH, HI!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18)<\/strong><br>Winner: Cary Christopher, WEAPONS<br>Runner Up: Jacobi Jupe, HAMNET<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Original Screenplay<\/strong><br>Winner: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT<br>Runner Up: David Koepp, BLACK BAG<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Adapted Screenplay<\/strong><br>Winner: Will Tracy, BUGONIA<br>Runner Up: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best First Feature (Director)<\/strong><br>Winner: Eva Victor, SORRY, BABY<br>Runner Up: Kristen Stewart, THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Documentary<\/strong><br>Winner: ORWELL: 2 + 2 = 5<br>Runner Up: BILLY JOEL: AND SO IT GOES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Animated Film<\/strong><br>Winner: K-POP DEMON HUNTERS<br>Runner Up: LITTLE AM\u00c9LIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Foreign Language Film<\/strong><br>Winner: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT<br>Runner Up: SENTIMENTAL VALUE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Editing<\/strong><br>Winner: Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, MARTY SUPREME<br>Runner Up: Andy Jurgensen, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Cinematography<\/strong><br>Winner: Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS<br>Runner Up: Michael Bauman, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Production Design<\/strong><br>Winner: Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, FRANKENSTEIN<br>Runners Up: Hannah Bleachler, Monique Champagne, SINNERS, Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Visual Effects<\/strong><br>Winner: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH<br>Runners Up: FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, FRANKENSTEIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Costume Design<\/strong><br>Winner: Paul Tazewell, WICKED: FOR GOOD<br>Runners Up: Ruth E. Carter, SINNERS, Kate Hawley, FRANKENSTEIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Sound Design<\/strong><br>Winner: WARFARE<br>Runner Up: F1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Use of Music<\/strong><br>Winner: SINNERS<br>Runner Up: HEDDA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Stunt Choreography<\/strong><br>Winner: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FINAL RECKONING<br>Runner Up: SINNERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Ensemble<\/strong><br>Winner: BLACK BAG<br>Runner Up: SINNERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Breakthrough Performance<\/strong><br>Chase Infiniti, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special Award for Body of Work<\/strong><br>Josh O\u2019Connor: WAKE UP, DEAD MAN, THE MASTERMIND, THE HISTORY OF SOUND, REBUILDING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special Award: Best Animal Performance<br><\/strong>Indy the Dog, GOOD BOY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of the films that ended up taking home the top prizes this year. Best PictureWinner: SINNERSRunner Up: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Best DirectorWinner: Ryan Coogler, SINNERSRunner Up: Yorgos Lanthimos, BUGONIA Best ActorWinner: Michael B. Jordan, SINNERSRunner Up: Joel Edgerton, TRAIN DREAMS Best ActressWinner (tie): Jessie Buckley, HAMNET, Rose Byrne, IF I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":32637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-articles"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}