My OFCS Nominating Ballot (2025)

Here is my OFCS Awards nominations ballot for 2025.As with my ballot every year, I am presenting these with minimal comment or fanfare. I will surely see more 2025 eligible movies (I was at 62 as of ballot time) and, of course, completely change my mind about what I actually want to honor, come time for my own 2025 “awards show,” The B.A.D.S., which I plan to publish Oscar weekend.

This ballot I really tried to err on the side of movies that spoke to me personally when selecting and ranking nominees. Goofy little things that lit up my heart place better than some of the awards magnets.

A couple of rules/reminders: I have not yet seen many movies I predict would place in several of these categories. In the feature-length categories (animated/doc/international), I only nominate if I passed them at “Good” or higher; hence some blanks, as I haven’t seen enough to fill all five spots. Feature-length is 40+ mins for OFCS (relevant for Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical, which qualifies by 18 seconds.)

One more proviso: Last year, I bent myself in a pretzel trying to independently reason what roles were Lead vs. Supporting. This year, I’m just deferring to FYC campaigns; though I’m subject to change my mind on this.

(Pictured: KPop Demon Hunters)

Best Picture

1. Twinless
2. Eephus
3. The Phoenician Scheme
4. Sorry, Baby
5. One Battle After Another
6. Weapons
7. Sinners
8. F1
9. Sacramento
10. The Woman in the Yard

Best Animated Feature

1. KPop Demon Hunters
2. Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical
3. Zootopia 2
4. The Bad Guys 2
5. —

Best Director

1. Wes Anderson – The Phoenician Scheme
2. Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
3. James Sweeney- Twinless
4. Ryan Coogler – Sinners
5. Zach Cregger – Weapons

Best Lead Actor

1. Dylan O’Brien – Twinless
2. Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
3. Paul Walter Hauser – The Luckiest Man in America
4. Michael Angarano – Sacramento
5. Benicio Del Toro – The Phoenician Scheme

Best Lead Actress

1. Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
2. Danielle Deadwyler – The Woman in the Yard
3. Julia Roberts – After the Hunt
4. Elizabeth Olsen – Eternity
5. Molly Gordon – Oh, Hi!

Best Supporting Actor

1. Josh O’Connor – Wake Up Dead Man
2. Benicia Del Toro – One Battle After Another
3. Michael Cera – The Phoenician Scheme
4. Paul Rudd – Friendship
5. Andrew Scott – Blue Moon

Best Supporting Actress

1. Blake Lively – Another Simple Favor
2. Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
3. Aisling Franciosi – Twinless
4. Maya Erskine – Sacramento
5. Amber Midthunder – Novocaine

Best Original Screenplay

1. Twinless
2. The Phoenician Scheme
3. Sinners
4. Sacramento
5. Friendship

Best Adapted Screenplay

(oof)

1. One Battle After Another
2. Wake Up Dead Man
3. Blue Moon
4. Superman
5. Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical

Best Editing

1. F1
2. One Battle After Another
3. Twinless
4. Drop
5. The Woman in the Yard

Best Cinematography

1. The Woman in the Yard
2. The Phoenician Scheme
3. One Battle After Another
4. Twinless
5. The Surfer

Best Original Score

1. Sinners
2. The Phoenician Scheme
3. One Battle After Another
4. F1
5. After the Hunt

Best Production Design

1. The Phoenician Scheme
2. Frankenstein
3. Sinners
4. Mickey 17
5. Eternity

Best Costume Design

1. The Phoenician Scheme
2. Frankenstein
3. Sinners
4. Another Simple Favor
5. The Woman in the Yard

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

1. Frankenstein
2. Sinners
3. Weapons
4. Blue Moon
5. The Luckiest Man in America

Best Sound Design

1. F1
2. Eephus
3. Sinners
4. Mickey 17
5. One Battle After Another

Best Visual Effects

1. F1
2. Mickey 17
3. One Battle After Another
4. Superman
5. Novocaine

Best Choreography (Dance & Stunt)

1. Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires
2. Love Hurts
3. One Battle After Another
4. Sinners
5. Borderline

Best Film Not in the English Language

(Less than 25% English)

1. Misericordia
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3. —
4. —
5. —

Best Documentary

1. Not Just a Goof
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3. —
4. —
5. —

Best Debut Feature

(Achievement in Writing and/or Direction)

1. Carson Lund – Eephus
2. Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
3. Andrew DeYoung – Friendship
4. Alex Russell – Lurker
5. Lawrence Lamont – One of Them Days

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