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The Southeastern Film Critics Association Honors One Battle After Another

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It’s another day of Awards Season and, this year, that seems to mean that it’s time for another One Battle After Another victory.  Here the picks of  The Southeastern Film Critics Association.

TOP 10 FILMS OF 2025
1. One Battle After Another
2. Sinners
3. Marty Supreme
4. It Was Just an Accident
5. Sentimental Value
6. Hamnet
7. Train Dreams
8. Weapons
9. Frankenstein
10. The Secret Agent

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Runner-Up: Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Runner-Up: Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Runner-Up: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Amy Madigan – Weapons
Runner-Up: Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: Sinners
Runner-Up: One Battle After Another

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Runner-Up: Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt – Sentimental Value

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Runner-Up: Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: The Perfect Neighbor
Runner-Up: Predators

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: KPop Demon Hunters
Runner-Up: Zootopia 2

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: It Was Just an Accident
Runner-Up: Sentimental Value

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Runner-Up: Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another

BEST SCORE
Winner: Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
Runner-Up: Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another

The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Honors Anora!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday, the Southern Eastern Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2024.

And here they are:

Top 10 Films of 2024
1. Anora
2. The Brutalist
3. Conclave
4. Dune: Part Two
5. Challengers
6. Nickel Boys
7. Sing Sing
8. Wicked
9. The Substance
10. A Complete Unknown
Runner-Up: I Saw the TV Glow (11th overall)

Best Actor
Winner: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Runner-Up: Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Best Actress
Winner: Mikey Madison – Anora
Runner-Up: Demi Moore – The Substance

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Runner-Up: Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Ariana Grande – Wicked
Runner-up: Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez

Best Ensemble
Winner: Conclave
Runner-Up: Sing Sing

Best Director
Winner: Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Runner-Up: Sean Baker – Anora

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Sean Baker – Anora
Runner-Up: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Peter Straughan – Conclave
Runner-Up: RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys

Best Documentary
Winner: Sugarcane
Runner-Up: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Best Animated Film
Winner: The Wild Robot
Runner-Up: Flow

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Emilia Perez
Runner-Up: The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Cinematography
Winner: Grieg Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Runner-Up: Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu

Best Score
Winner: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Challengers
Runner-Up: Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist

The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Honors Oppenheimer

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The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association has named Oppenheimer the best of the year.

Here are their winners!

Top 10 Films of 2023
1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. The Holdovers
4. Past Lives
5. Barbie
6. Poor Things
7. American Fiction
8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
9. Anatomy of a Fall
10. The Zone of Interest

Best Actor
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

Best Actress
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey, Jr. – Oppenheimer

Best Supporting Actress
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best Ensemble
Oppenheimer

Best Director
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Best Original Screenplay
David Hemingson – The Holdovers

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Best Documentary
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Animated Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Foreign-Language Film
Anatomy of a Fall

Best Cinematography
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Oppenheimer

Best Score
Ludwig Goransson – Oppenheimer

The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Goes For Everything and Elvis!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association has announced its picks for the best of 2022!  While the named Everything Everywhere All At Once as the best film of the year, they also honored Elvis as being the year’s best film about the South.

Here are the winners from SEFCA!

Top 10 Films
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. The Fabelmans
4. TÁR
5. Top Gun: Maverick
6. RRR
7. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
8. Women Talking
9. Nope
10. The Batman

Best Actor
Winner: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Runner-Up: Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Best Actress
Winner: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: Cate Blanchett, TÁR

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Key Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Runner-Up: Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Ensemble:
Winner: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Runner-Up: Women Talking

Best Director
Winner: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Runner-Up: Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Documentary
Winner: Fire of Love
Runner-Up: Good Night Oppy

Best Foreign-Language Film
Winner: RRR
Runner-Up: Decision to Leave

Best Animated Film
Winner: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Runner-Up: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Best Cinematography
Winner: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-Up: Janusz Kaminski, The Fabelmans

Best Score
Winner: Michael Giacchino, The Batman
Runner-Up: John Williams, The Fabelmans

The Gene Wyatt Award (Film That Best Evokes the Spirit of the South)
Winner: Elvis
Runner-Up: Till

The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Adopts The Power of the Dog

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association has announced its picks for the best of 2021!

And here they are:

Top 10 Films
1. The Power of the Dog
2. Licorice Pizza
3. Belfast
4. The Green Knight
5. West Side Story
6. The French Dispatch
7. Tick, Tick…BOOM!
8. Drive My Car
9. Dune
10. Summer of Soul

Best Actor
Winner: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Will Smith – King Richard

Best Actress
Winner: Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Runner-Up: Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

Best Ensemble
Winner: The French Dispatch
Runner-Up: Mass

Best Director
Winner: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Runner-Up: Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Tony Kushner – West Side Story

Best Documentary
Winner: Summer of Soul
Runner-Up: Flee

Best Foreign-Language Film
Winner: Drive My Car
Runner-Up: The Worst Person in the World

Best Animated Film
Winner: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Runner-Up: Flee

Best Cinematography
Winner: Greig Fraser – Dune
Runner-Up: Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog

Best Score
Winner: Hans Zimmer – Dune
Runner-Up: Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog
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The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Honors Nomadland!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The never-ending awards season continued yesterday with the Southern Eastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) naming their picks for the best of 2020!  It was another round of victories for Nomadland, Chadwick Boseman, Frances McDormand, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Youn Yuh-jung.

Here are the winners:

Top 10 Films
1. Nomadland
2. Minari
3. The Trial of the Chicago 7
4. Promising Young Woman
5. Sound of Metal
6. One Night in Miami…
7. Da 5 Bloods
8. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
9. Soul
10. Mank

Best Actor
Winner: Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Runner-Up: Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Best Actress
Winner: Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Runner-Up: Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Runner-Up: Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Runner-Up: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Best Ensemble
Winner: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Runner-Up: One Night in Miami…

Best Director
Winner: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Runner-Up: Regina King – One Night in Miami…

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Runner-Up: Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Runner-Up: Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami…

Best Documentary
Winner: Time
Runner-Up: Dick Johnson Is Dead

Best Foreign-Language Film
Winner: Another Round
Runner-Up: Bacurau

Best Animated Film
Winner: Soul
Runner-Up: Wolfwalkers

Best Cinematography
Winner: Joshua James Richards – Nomadland
Runner-Up: Erik Messerschmidt – Mank

The Gene Wyatt Award
Winner: Minari
Runner-Up: One Night in Miami…

The Southeastern Film Critics Association Name Parasite The Best of 2019!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Parasite continued it’s critical victory run today as it was named the best film of the year by the Southeastern Film Critics Association!

TOP 10 FILMS

Parasite
The Irishman
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Marriage Story
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Little Women
The Farewell
Uncut Gems
Ford v Ferrari

BEST ACTOR

  • Adam Driver, Marriage Story
  • Runner-Up: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

BEST ACTRESS

  • Renee Zellweger, Judy
  • Runner-Up: Lupita Nyong’o, Us

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
  • Runner-Up: Joe Pesci, The Irishman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Laura Dern, Marriage Story
  • Runner-Up: Florence Pugh, Little Women

BEST ENSEMBLE

  • Knives Out
  • Runner-Up: The Irishman

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
  • Runner-Up: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won Han, Parasite
  • Runner-Up: Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • Steven Zaillian, The Irishman
  • Runner-Up: Greta Gerwig, Little Women

BEST DOCUMENTARY

  • Apollo 11
  • Runner-Up: American Factory

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

  • Parasite
  • Runner-Up: Pain and Glory

BEST ANIMATED FILM

  • Toy Story 4
  • Runner-Up: I Lost My Body

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Roger Deakins, 1917
  • Runner-Up: Robert Richardson, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

THE GENE WYATT AWARD FOR FILM THAT BEST EVOKES THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH

  • The Peanut Butter Falcon
  • Runner-Up: Just Mercy

The Southeastern Film Critics Association Honors Moonlight!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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On December 19th, The Southestern Film Critics Association announced its awards, as follows:

TOP TEN FILMS
1. Moonlight
2. Manchester by the Sea
3. La La Land
4. Hell or High Water
5. Loving
6. Arrival
7. (Tie) Fences and Jackie
8. Nocturnal Animals
9. Hidden Figures

BEST ACTOR
Winner – Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Runner-up – Denzel Washington (Fences)

BEST ACTRESS
Winner – Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Runner-up – Ruth Negga (Loving)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner – Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Runner-up – Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner – Viola Davis (Fences)
Runner-up – Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner – Moonlight
Runner-up – Manchester by the Sea

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner (tie) – Damien Chazelle, (La La Land)
Winner (tie) – Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner – Manchester by the Sea
Runner-up – Hell or High Water

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner – Moonlight
Runner-up – Arrival

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner – I Am Not Your Negro
Runner-up – OJ: Made in America

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Winner – The Handmaiden
Runner-up – Elle

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner – Zootopia
Runner-up – Kubo and the Two Strings

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner – La La Land
Runner-up – Moonlight

The GENE WYATT AWARD
Winner – Loving
Runner-up – Moonlight

(h/t to AwardsCircuit.)