Awards

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2025 Winners

Best Film:
One Battle After Another

Best Director:
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident

Best Actor:
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Actress:
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Best Supporting Actor:
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Madigan, Weapons

Best Screenplay:
Marty Supreme

Best International Film:
The Secret Agent

Best Animated Film:
KPop Demon Hunters

Best Cinematography:
Sinners

Best Non-Fiction Film:
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow

Best First Film:
Eephus

Special Award:
Museum of the Modern Image

Special Award:
Screen Slate

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NYFCC Student Prizes

As a way of supporting and encouraging the next generation of writers, the New York Film Critics Circle gives prizes to two student critics every year. Winners receive a cash prize, an award certificate, and two tickets to the Circle’s annual gala, which is typically held in the first week of January.

Currently, there are two prizes of $3,000 each: One will go to an undergraduate student, the other to a graduate student. Applicants should be attending college in New York State and be studying or have an interest in film criticism/journalism.

Applicants should submit two reviews/essays of 500-800 words each. One piece should be on a recent film from the current calendar year. The other should be on an older film from before 1980.

The contest officially opens after Labor Day of the current year. Deadline for all submissions is November 17. Winners will be announced after the NYFCC voting meeting in early December.

All questions and submissions about the student awards should be directed to NYFCC member Keith Uhlich at keithuhlich@gmail.com. (For all other questions pertaining to the group, please email nyfcc1935@gmail.com.)

Past Winners

2025: London Xhudo (Undergraduate) and Tan Zhiyuan (Graduate)
2024: Alexander Swift (Undergraduate) and Drew A. Smith (Graduate)
2023: Mick Gaw (Undergraduate) and Katherine Prior (Graduate)
2022: Nico Pedrero-Setzer (Undergraduate) and Greg Nussen (Graduate)
2019: Cole Kronman
2018: Samantha Bergeson
2017: Marisa Winckowski