The DiscussingFilm Global Critic Awards (DFGFCA) is a global celebration of the year’s most worthy and impactful films. The GFCA voting body consists of a diverse range of established film critics, awards pundits, and influential voices in the industry from around the globe. The winners for DiscussingFilm’s 2025 Global Film Critics Awards are finally here thanks to this dedicated voting group, which includes bold voices from right here at DiscussingFilm and major outlets such as The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Wrap, and many more. Here are this year’s winners…
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
I Saw The TV Glow
Nickel Boys (WINNER)
Nosferatu
Sing Sing
The Substance (Silver Award)
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance (WINNER)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths (Bronze Award)
Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown (Bronze Award)
Yura Borisov – Anora
Joan Chen – Didi
Margaret Qualley – The Substance (Bronze Award)
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
All We Imagine As Light (Silver Award)
Dahomey
Emilia Pérez (Bronze Award)
Flow
The Girl With The Needle
Kneecap
No Other Land (WINNER)
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
The Beast
I’m Still Here
The Shadow Strays (Bronze Award)
The Substance (WINNER)
Wicked (Silver Award)
The Substance
Wicked (WINNER)
The Substance (Silver Award)
“Compress/Repress” – Challengers (WINNER)
Sugarcane
Will & Harper (Bronze Award)
Best Independent Feature
A Different Man
Bird
Didi (WINNER)
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Hundreds Of Beavers (Silver Award)
Janet Planet
Late Night With The Devil
Love Lies Bleeding
Red Rooms (Bronze Award)
Strange Darling
Mikey Madison – Anora (WINNER)
The Substance (WINNER)
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