By otakuyassine3@gmail.com 
Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light faced a setback at the Critics Choice Awards 2025, after it missed out on the Best Foreign Language Film award. The film lost the award to Emilia Perez, which features Selena Gomez.
All We Imagine As Light had generated massive buzz, with many even expecting it to claim the trophy. However, it lost the award to Emilia Perez which resulted to a sad end to its Critics Choice Awards journey.
Besides All We Imagine As Light, Citadel: Honey Bunny, another Indian nominee, also faced defeat in its respective category.
At the 30th annual event – which was hosted by Chelsea Handler – Adam Brody and Demi Moore bagged the Best Actor and Actress awards for their flawless performances in The Brutalist and The Substance, respectively.
Adam Brody , who lost his home to LA wildfires, thanked wife as he accepted his trophy. “My darling, darling, darling wife Leighton,” he said in his acceptance speech. “Thank you for sharing this life with me and this journey with me. Thank you for our family. I love you with all my heart.”
Jean Smart had to skip CCA due to her hectic shoot schedule, but she received a phone call from the Hacks cast after the show finished.
Check out the complete list of Critics Choice Awards 2025 winners…
BEST PICTURE
A Complete Unknown
Anora (WINNER)
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked
BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance (WINNER)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (WINNER)
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez (WINNER)
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass (WINNER)
Izaac Wang – Didi
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Anora
Conclave (WINNER)
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked
BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Jon M. Chu – Wicked (WINNER)
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker – Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum & Alex David – September 5
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance (WINNER)
Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox – Wicked
Greg Kwedar & Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Peter Straughan – Conclave (WINNER)
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu (WINNER)
Alice Brooks – Wicked
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Judy Becker & Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
Nathan Crowley & Lee Sandales – Wicked (WINNER)
Suzie Davies – Conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis & Elli Griff – Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette & Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two
BEST EDITING
Sean Baker – Anora
Marco Costa – Challengers (WINNER)
Nick Emerson – Conclave
David Jancso – The Brutalist
Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Lisy Christl – Conclave
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
Paul Tazewell – Wicked (WINNER)
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
Janty Yates & Dave Crossman – Gladiator II
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener & Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two
Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance (WINNER)
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth & Laura Blount – Wicked
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton & David White – Nosferatu
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman & Aaron Saucier – A Different Man
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny & Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould & David Shirk – Wicked
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe & Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two (WINNER)
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft & Peter Stubbs – Better Man
Visual Effects Team – The Substance
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story & Rodney Burke – Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir Of A Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot (WINNER)
BEST COMEDY
A Real Pain (WINNER – TIE)
Deadpool & Wolverine (WINNER – TIE)
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Pérez (WINNER)
Flow
Kneecap
I’m Still Here
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
BEST SONG
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
“Compress / Repress” – Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón & Camille (WINNER)
“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez
BEST SCORE
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers (WINNER)
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
BEST DRAMA SERIES
The Day of the Jackal
The Diplomat
Evil
Industry
Interview with the Vampire
The Old Man
Shōgun (WINNER)
Slow Horses
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jeff Bridges – The Old Man
Ncuti Gatwa – Doctor Who
Eddie Redmayne – The Day of the Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun (WINNER)
Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat
Antony Starr – The Boys
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Kathy Bates – Matlock (WINNER)
Shanola Hampton – Found
Keira Knightley – Black Doves
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Anna Sawai – Shōgun
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun (WINNER)
Michael Emerson – Evil
Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Found
Takehiro Hira – Shōgun
John Lithgow – The Old Man
Sam Reid – Interview with the Vampire
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun (WINNER)
Allison Janney – The Diplomat
Nicole Kidman – Special Ops: Lioness
Skye P. Marshall – Matlock
Anna Sawai – Pachinko
Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary
English Teacher
Hacks (WINNER)
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Somebody Somewhere
St. Denis Medical
What We Do in the Shadows
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Brian Jordan Alvarez – English Teacher
Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This (WINNER)
David Alan Grier – St. Denis Medical
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristen Bell – Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Natasia Demetriou – What We Do in the Shadows
Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere
Jean Smart – Hacks (WINNER)
Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Paul W. Downs – Hacks
Asher Grodman – Ghosts
Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows
Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts
Michael Urie – Shrinking (WINNER)
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (WINNER)
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Stephanie Koenig – English Teacher
Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along
Annie Potts – Young Sheldon
BEST LIMITED SERIES
Baby Reindeer (WINNER)
Disclaimer
Masters of the Air
Mr Bates vs the Post Office
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
We Were the Lucky Ones
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
The Great Lillian Hall
It’s What’s Inside
Música
Out of My Mind
Rebel Ridge (WINNER)
V/H/S/Beyond
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Colin Farrell – The Penguin (WINNER)
Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
Tom Hollander – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans
Kevin Kline – Disclaimer
Ewan McGregor – A Gentleman in Moscow
Andrew Scott – Ripley
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Cate Blanchett – Disclaimer
Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country
Jessica Lange – The Great Lillian Hall
Cristin Milioti – The Penguin (WINNER)
Phoebe-Rae Taylor – Out of My Mind
Naomi Watts – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer
Hugh Grant – The Regime
Ron Cephas Jones – Genius: MLK/X
Logan Lerman – We Were the Lucky Ones
Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple (WINNER)
Treat Williams – FEUD: Capote vs. The Swans
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Dakota Fanning – Ripley
Leila George – Disclaimer
Betty Gilpin – Three Women
Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (WINNER)
Deirdre O’Connell – The Penguin
Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Acapulco
Citadel: Honey Bunny
La Máquina
The Law According to Lidia Poët
My Brilliant Friend
Pachinko
Senna
Squid Game (WINNER)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Batman: Caped Crusader
Bluey
Bob’s Burgers
Invincible
The Simpsons
X-Men ’97 (WINNER)
BEST TALK SHOW
Hot Ones
The Daily Show
The Graham Norton Show
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A. (WINNER)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
Ali Wong: Single Lady (WINNER)
Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny
Kevin James: Irregardless
Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die
Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special
Ramy Youssef: More Feelings
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