DiscussingFilm Creative Association Global Film Critics Awards (DFCA): ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Picture

The winners of DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards have been announced and One Battle After Another has been named Best Picture among its total of four awards from its 18 nominations. The film also won two for Paul Thomas Anderson for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay and Chase Infiniti won for Best Breakthrough Performance.

Sinners, which earned 20 nominations, was the winner in Best Original Screenplay, Casting, Score and Horror Feature.

The acting wins went to Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme, Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, Stellan Skarsgård, for Sentimental Value and Amy Madigan for Weapons.

Frankenstein was a triple winner for Production Design, Costume Design and Makeup & Hairstyling, while KPop Demon Hunters won two: Animated Feature and Original Song for “Golden.”

Here is the complete list of winners, plus 2nd and 3rd place showings, of the DiscussingFilm Global Film Critics awards.

Best Picture: One Battle After Another
(2nd: Sinners, 3rd: No Other Choice)

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
(2nd: Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice, 3rd: Ryan Coogler, Sinners)

Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
(2nd: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another, 3rd: Michael B. Jordan, Sinners)

Best Actress: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
(2nd: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, 3rd: Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love)

Best Supporting Actor: Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
(2nd: Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another, 3rd: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another)

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, Weapons
(2nd: Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another, 3rd: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value)

Best Breakthrough Performance: Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
(2nd: Miles Caton, Sinners, 3rd: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby)

Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, Sinners
(2nd: Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value and Ronald Bronstein, 3rd: Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
(2nd: Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein, 3rd: Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, & Lee Ja-hye – No Other Choice)

Best Animated Feature: KPop Demon Hunters
(2nd: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, 3rd: Ne Zha 2)

Best Documentary Feature: The Perfect Neighbor
(2nd: 2000 Meters to Andriivka, 3rd: My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow)

Best Casting: Francine Maisler, Sinners
(2nd: Cassandra Kulukundis, One Battle After Another, 3rd: Jennifer Venditti, Marty Supreme)

Best Cinematography: Dong Jingsong, Resurrection
(2nd: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners, 3rd: Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams)

Best Film Editing: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
(2nd: Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another, 3rd: Kim Sang-bum and Kim Ho-bin, No Other Choice)

Best Production Design: Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, Frankenstein
(2nd: Jack Fisk and Adam Willis, Marty Supreme, 3rd: Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock, The Phoenician Scheme)

Best Costume Design: Kate Hawley, Frankenstein
(2nd: Paul Tazewell, Wicked: For Good, 3rd: Małgorzata Karpiuk, The Testament of Ann Lee)

Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Frankenstein
(2nd: Weapons, 3rd: The Ugly Stepsister)

Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
(2nd: Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme, 3rd: Kangding Ray, Sirāt)

Best Original Song: “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
(2nd: “I Lied to You” from Sinners, 3rd: “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” from Sinners)

Best Sound: Sirāt
(2nd: Sinners, 3rd: F1)

Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2nd: F1, 3rd: Sinners)

Best Stunt Ensemble: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
(2nd: Ballerina, 3rd: F1)

Best Independent Feature: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
(2nd: Sorry, Baby, 3rd: Resurrection)

Best Comedy Feature: The Naked Gun
(2nd: Marty Supreme, 3rd: Eternity)

Best Horror Feature: Sinners
(2nd: Weapons, 3rd: Frankenstein)

Best Debut Feature: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
(2nd: Charlie Polinger, The Plague, 3rd: Alex Russell, Lurker)

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