Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Take Top Awards

One Battle After Another has been named Best Picture of 2025 by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC). Sean Penn also won Best Supporting Male Actor.

Sinners was also a double winner with Ryan Coogler taking Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) and Amy Madigan (Weapons) continued their runs with acting wins here.

Here is the complete list of winners (in bold).

Best Picture
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another

Best Director
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

Best Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet

Best Male Actor
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams

Best Female Actor
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Male Actor
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Female Actor
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Documentary
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cover-Up
The Perfect Neighbor

Best International Film in Non-English Language
It Was Just an Accident (Iran)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Sentimental Value (Norway)

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