The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners…
Best Film
Winner: One Battle After Another
Runners-up: Sinners & Hamnet
Best Director
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Runners-up: Ryan Coogler – Sinners & Oliver Laxe – Sirāt
Best Lead Performance
Winners: Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You & Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Runners-up: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet, Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another, Michael B. Jordan – Sinners & Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Best Lead Performance In A Canadian Film
Winner: Joan Chen – Montreal My Beautiful
Runners-up: Deragh Campbell – Measures for a Funeral & Vincent Cassel – The Shrouds
Best Supporting Performance
Winner: Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another & Nina Hoss – Hedda
Runners-up: Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein, Amy Madigan – Weapons, Sean Penn – One Battle After Another & Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Performance In A Canadian Film
Winner: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers – Sweet Angel Baby
Runners-up: Charlotte Aubin – Montreal My Beautiful & Troy Kotsur – In Cold Light
Best Breakthrough Performance
Winner: Abou Sangaré – Souleymane’s Story
Runners-up: Miles Caton – Sinners & Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Sinners
Runners-up: Marty Supreme & Sentimental Value
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: One Battle After Another
Runners-up: Hamnet & No Other Choice
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Sirāt
Runners-up: It Was Just an Accident & The Secret Agent
Allan King Best Documentary
Winner: Come See Me in the Good Light
Runners-up: Orwell 2+2=5 & The Tale of Silyan
Best Animated Feature
Winner: Endless Cookie
Runners-up: KPop Demon Hunters & Space Cadet
Best First Feature
Best First Feature: Blue Heron
Runners-up: Eephus & Sorry Baby
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