Since 2006, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has presented annual EDA Awards, representing professional women critics’ collective perspectives on movies and cinema culture in the movie awards arena, where female critics and critical opinion are still greatly underrepresented. AWFJ honors female creatives in non-gender specific awards categories and in unique Female Focus categories designated for women only.
In 2025, Sinners swept most of the EDA Awards major categories, capturing seven awards for Best Film, Best Director (Ryan Coogler), Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan), Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku), Best Cinematography (Autumn Durald Arkapaw), Best Original Screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast and Casting Director. Hamnet captured two awards for Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay, and Sentimental Value won Best International Film, along with a nod for Stellan Skarsgaard for Best Supporting Actor. Other awards went to The Perfect Neighbor for Best Documentary, KPOP Demon Hunters for Best Animated Film and Best Editing for One Battle After Another. In the Eda Female Focus Awards, presented only to women, Chloe Zhao won Best Director for Hamnet, Eva Victor win Best Female Writer for Sorry Baby, and newcomer Chase Infiniti won both Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Stunt Performance for her turn in One Battle After Another.
Below, find the list of winners:
- 2025 EDA AWARDS WINNERS
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BEST OF AWARDS
SINNERS
Ryan Coogler – SINNERS
SINNERS – Ryan Coogler
HAMNET – Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR – Geeta Gandbhir
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS – Chris Applehaus & Maggie Kang
Jessie Buckley – HAMNET
Wunmi Mosaku – SINNERS
Michael B. Jordan – SINNERS
Stellan Skarsgaard – SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS – Francine Maisler
SINNERS – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER – Andy Jurgensen
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
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FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
Chloe Zhao – HAMNET
Eva Victor – SORRY, BABY
Arden Cho – KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
Chase Infiniti – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Chase Infiniti – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
ABOUT THE ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ) is a not-for-profit professional association of highly qualified female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting work by and about women – both in front of and behind the cameras – through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies. AWFJ was founded in 2006 by Jennifer Merin, Maitland McDonagh, Joanna Langfield and Jenny Halper. In addition to the year end awards, AWFJ presents EDA Awards at partner festivals, keeps an active and interactive record of femme-helmed and femme-centric narrative and dcumentary feature films distributed throughout the year.