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Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Wins 7

Erik Anderson January 9, 2026

The Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) has named Sinners the best film of 2025, also awarding the film Best Director and Best Screenplay to Ryan Coogler, and Best Cast among its wins.

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.

Best Picture
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Director
Winner: Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Best Actor
Winner: Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Runner-up: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Best Actress
Winner: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Runner-up: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Runner-up: Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Amy Madigan, Weapons
Runner-up (TIE): Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good / Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Cast
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Youth Performance
Winner: Jacobi Jupe, Hamnet
Runner-up: Cary Christopher, Weapons

Best Documentary
Winner: The Perfect Neighbor
Runner-up: Stolen Kingdom

Best International Film
Winner: No Other Choice
Runner-up: It Was Just an Accident

Best Animated Film
Winner: KPop Demon Hunters / Zootopia 2 (TIE)

Best Screenplay
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Cinematography
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Score
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Original Song
Winner: “Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters
Runner-up: “I Lied to You,” Sinners

Best Sound Design
Winner: F1
Runner-up: Sinners

Best Editing
Winner (TIE): One Battle After Another / Marty Supreme

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
Winner: Frankenstein
Runner-up: Sinners

Best Production Design
Winner: Frankenstein
Runner-up: Sinners

Best Visual Effects
Winner: Avatar: Fire and Ash
Runner-up: Superman

Best Costume Design
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: Frankenstein

Best Stunt Coordination
Winner: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Runner-up: F1

Best Hybrid Performance
Winner: Oona Chaplin, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Runner-up: Zoe Saldaña, Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best First Feature
Winner: Eva Victor, Sorry Baby
Runner-up: Andrew DeYoung, Friendship

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.