Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ Park Chan-wook, Josh O’Connor and More

The Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) has chosen One Battle After Another as the best film of 2025, also honoring the film with wins for Best Supporting Actor (Sean Penn), Best Supporting Actress (Teyana Taylor), Best Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) and Josh O’Connor (The Mastermind) were the lead acting winners and Park Chan-wook was the Best Director winner for No Other Choice, the runner-up for Best Picture.
Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.
Best Picture: One Battle After Another (Runner-up: No Other Choice)
Best Director: Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice (Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another)
Best Actor: Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind (Runner-up: none)
Best Actress: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love)
Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (Runner-up: David Jonsson, The Long Walk)
Best Supporting Actress: Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (Runner-up: Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners)
Best Original Screenplay: Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (Runner-up: Fernando Andrés and Tyler Rugh, Rent Free)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Runner-up: Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, & Lee Ja-hye – No Other Choice)
Best Animated Film: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Runner-up: 100 Meters)
Best Documentary: Sabbath Queen (Runner-up: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions)
Best International Film (tie): Grand Tour and No Other Choice
Best Ensemble: Sinners (Runner-up: One Battle After Another)
Best Cinematography: Dong Jingsong, Resurrection (Runner-up: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners)
Best Editing: Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another (Runner-up: Toni Froschhammer, Die My Love)
Best Art Direction/Production Design: Qiang Liu and Nan Tu, Resurrection (Runner-up: Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, Frankenstein)
Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson, Sinners (Runner-up: Rob Mazurek, The Mastermind)
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash (Runner-up: Frankenstein)
Best First Feature: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby (Runner-up: Carson Lund, Eephus)
Pauline Kael Breakout Award: Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another (Runner-up: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby)
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