Pittsburgh Film Critics Association
- Our final prize, the Good Neighbor Award, given annually to films that reflect the values and ideals of the Pittsburgh community, honors the entire cast and crew of Jafar Panahi’s political thriller #ItWasJustAnAccident. #PFCAAwards
- Next, our award for Best Stunt Performance & Choreography goes to #MissionImpossible #TheFinalReckoning, while our runner up prize goes to #Sinners. #PFCAAwards
- Next up, our winner for Best Film Not in the English Language is Joachim Trier’s #SentimentalValue, and our runner-up prize goes to Jafar Panahi’s #ItWasJustAnAccident. #PFCAAwards
- Next, our award for Best Animated Feature goes to #KpopDemonHunters, while our runner up prize goes to #Zootopia2. #PFCAAwards
- Next, our award for Best Hair, Makeup and Costumes goes to #Sinners, and our runner up prize goes to #Frankenstein. #PFCAAwards
- Next up, Best Sound Design goes to Steve Boeddeker for #Sinners, and our runner-up prize goes to Al Nelson for #F1TheMovie #PFCAAwards
- Next, our winner for Best Song is I Lied to You from #Sinners, and our runner-up prize goes to Golden from #KpopDemonHunters #PFCAAwards
- Next, our winner for Best Score is Ludwig Göransson for #Sinners, and our runner-up prize goes to Jonny Greenwood for #OneBattleAfterAnother. #PFCAAwards
- Next up, our winner for Best Production Design is Hannah Beachler for #Sinners, and our runner-up prize goes to Tamara Deverelle for #Frankenstein. #PFCAAwards
- Next, our winner for Best Editing is Michael P. Shawver for #Sinners, and our runner-up prize will go to Andy Jurgensen for #OneBattleAfterAnother #PFCAAwards
- Next up, our Best Cinematography Award will go to Autumn Durald Arkapow for #Sinners, and our runner-up prize will go to Adolpho Veloso for #TrainDreams. #PFCAAwards
- Next up, our Best Adapted Screenplay award is going to Paul Thomas Anderson for #OneBattleAfterAnother, while our runner up prize is going to Rian Johnson for #WakeUpDeadMan. #PFCAAwards
- Next up, our Best Original Screenplay award, going to Ryan Coogler’s #Sinners, with our runner-up prize going to Eva Victor’s #SorryBaby. #PFCAAwards
- For Best Director, our winner is Ryan Coogler for #Sinners and our runner up prize goes to Paul Thomas Anderson for #OneBattleAfterAnother. #PFCAAwards
- Our Best Animated Voice Performance award resulted in a tie, going to #ArdenCho for #KpopDemonHunters, and #KeHuyQuan for #Zootopia2. #PFCAAwards
- And this year, we have a very special addition to our Best Breakthrough Performance award, going to Indy the Dog for his instantly iconic performance in #GoodBoy! #PFCAAwards
- Next, for our Breakthrough Performance category, our top prize goes to #MilesCaton for his work in #Sinners. The runner-up prize goes to #ChaseInfiniti for her performance in #OneBattleAfterAnother. #PFCAAwards
- And our Best Featured Actor prize, which goes to any actor with 15 minutes or less of screen time. Our winner is #WilliamHMacy for #TrainDreams. Our runner-up prize went to #NaomiAckie for #SorryBaby. #PFCAAwards
- For our Best Supporting Actor prizes, our winner is #AmyMadigan for her chilling performance in Zach Cregger’s #Weapons. Our runner-up prize goes to #WunmiMosaku for her memorable work in Ryan Coogler’s #Sinners. #PFCAAwards
- For our performance categories, for Best Lead Actor, our #PFCAAwards prize goes to #RoseByrne for her thrilling work in #IfIHadLegsIdKickYou, and our runner-up prize goes to #JessieBuckley for her devastating performance in #Hamnet. #PFCAAwards2025
- Time to announce the winners of our second annual Pittsburgh Film Critics Association Awards! Our award for Best Picture goes to Ryan Coogler’s genre-defying masterclass #Sinners, and our runner-up prize goes to Paul Thomas Anderson’s unforgettable #OneBattleAfterAnother. #PFCAAwards2025
- Today’s the day, everybody! Starting at 10am EST, we will be announcing the winners for our second annual Pittsburgh Film Critics Association Awards! We’re so excited to share our favorites from 2025 and invite you to follow along with us. #PFCAAwards2025
- The Pittsburgh Film Critics Association is proud to announce our nominees for Best Picture of 2025! The winner will be announced January 7th.
- The Pittsburgh Film Critics Association will be voting over the next few weeks for our 2nd annual PCFA Awards winners! And during that time, I’d like to start a year-in review retrospective thread and share some of the work our members are most proud of from this year.
- Our first is an interview with Dacre Montgomery from @tinakakadelis.com where they discuss his film Went Up That Hill, and much more. filmobsessive.com/film/film-ne...
- Today I’d like to highlight a podcast episode from member Brian Cottington of @cinemapsychospod.bsky.social breaking down Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, one of the year’s buzziest horror films. cinemapsychosshow.com/sinners/
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View full threadToday, we’re highlighting a podcast episode from @msmlroberts.bsky.social of the @femalegazefilmpod.bsky.social podcast, where she interviews Sophie Brooks, writer/director of OH, HI!, one of Sundance 2025’s most exciting films. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
- Reposted by Pittsburgh Film Critics Association‘The new #Paddington film is a warm, lovely, hopeful and genuinely delightful piece of family entertainment, and it keeps the high bar of quality this franchise has established at the same level.’ Here’s my review of #PaddingtonInPeru, in theaters Friday. saltlakefilmreview.com/2025/02/11/p...
- Reposted by Pittsburgh Film Critics Associationsecond review of the year is now up with @filmobsessive.com! recommend for fans of #queer #French cinema (with a touch of crime, sibling love, and video games!) 💙
- Reposted by Pittsburgh Film Critics AssociationThe three films that highlight the return of Terrence Malick have remarkable Criterion editions that enhance appreciation for the director.
- Reposted by Pittsburgh Film Critics AssociationReminder for no particular reason that the always great June Squibb turned in one of the best performances of this (or any) year in THELMA and we are all lucky to have her ❤️
- Reposted by Pittsburgh Film Critics AssociationSo, it’s been a tough year, and this year’s shaping up to be even worse. But one thing that that consistently brings me joy is going to the movies. These are the films that either moved me, brought me joy or made an impact on me in 2024. saltlakefilmreview.com/2025/01/25/m...
- Reposted by Pittsburgh Film Critics AssociationWatched Eraserhead and wrote a little bit about it and David Lynch over on my Letterboxd.
- Congratulations to all of our winners and thank you for following along with us today! The Pittsburgh Film Critics Association has had an incredible first year and we're all excited to see what next year holds. #PFCAAwards www.pghfilmcritics.com/blog/2024-fi...
- And now, for our final award. Our #MisterRogers Kindness Award will be presented annually to films that exemplify the ideals espoused by Pittsburgh native Fred Rogers. This year, the choice was clear. Our prize will go to the cast and crew behind #TheSeedOfTheSacredFig #PFCAAwards
- And for Best Stunt Performance and Choreography, our top prize goes to the team behind #TheFallGuy, and our runner-up prize goes to the team behind #MonkeyMan. #PFCAAwards
- For Best Film Not in the English Language, our winner is Mohammad Rasoulof’s tremendously important #TheSeedoftheSacredFig. Our runner-up prize will go to the animated masterclass #Flow. #PFCAAwards
- Next up, for Best Animated Feature, our top prize goes to #TheWildRobot and our runner-up goes to #InsideOut2. #PFCAAwards
- For Best Hair, Makeup and Costumes, #TheSubstance earns another win. Our runner-up prize goes to the team behind #Nosteratu. #PFCAAwards
- For Best Sound Design, our winning prize goes to the team behind #TheSubstance, and our runner-up prize goes to the team behind #Challengers. #PFCAAwards
- Our winner for Best Song is #CompressRepress by #TrentReznor and #AtticusRoss for #Challengers. Our runner-up resulted in a tie going to #StarburnedAndUnkissed by #CarolinePolachek for #ISawTheTVGlow and #HarperAndWillGoWest by #KristenWiig for #WillAndHarper. #PFCAAwards
- Next up, our award for Best Score goes to #TrentReznor and #AtticusRoss for #Challengers, our runner-up prize goes to #CristobalTapiaDeVeer for #Babygirl. #PFCAAwards
- Next up, our prize for Best Production Design goes to #CraigLathrop for #Nosferatu, and our runner-up prize goes to #StanislasReydellet and #CeciliaBlom for #TheSubstance. #PFCAAwards
- Our prize for Best Editing goes to #MarcoCosta for #Challengers, and our runner-up goes to #JeromeEltabet, #CoralieFargeat and #ValentinFeron for #TheSubstance. #PFCAAwards
- Next up, our prizes for Best Cinematography. Our winning prize prize goes to #JomoFray for #NickelBoys, and our runner-up goes to #JarinBlaschke for #Nosferatu. #PFCAAwards
- Best Adapted Screenplay goes to #ClintBentley, #Gregkwedar, #ClarenceMaclin and #JohnDivineGWhitfield for the emotionally charged script for #SingSing. Runner-up for Best Adapted Screenplay goes to #RobertEggers for #Nosferatu. #PFCAAwards
- Next up, our prizes for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay. Best Original Screenplay goes to #JustinKuritzkes for his breathtaking script for #Challengers. Our runner-up prize goes to #SeanBaker for the unforgettable #Anora. #PFCAAwards
- Next, our Best Director award goes to #RobertEggers for his extraordinary reimagining of #Nosferatu, and our runner up prize goes to #Coralie Fargeat for her unforgettable sophomore film #TheSubstance. #PFCAAwards
- Next, in our category for Best Animated Voice Performance, our top prize goes to #LupitaNyongo for her outstanding work in Chris Sanders' #TheWildRobot, our runner-up prize going to #MayaHawke for her work in Kelsey Mann's #InsideOut2. #PFCAAwards
- Next, for our Breakthrough Performance category, our top prize goes to #ClarenceMaclin for his work in Greg Kwedar's #SingSing. The runner-up prize goes to #KatyOBrian for her performance in Rose Glass' #LoveLiesBleeding. #PFCAAwards
- And our Best Featured Actor prize, which goes to any actor with 15 minutes or less of screen time. Our winner is #JessePlemons for #CivilWar. Our runner-up prize resulted in a tie - going to #LamorneMorris for #SaturdayNight, and to #IsabellaRossellini for #Conclave. #PFCAAwards
- For our Best Supporting Actor prizes, our winner is #ArianaGrande for her luminous performance in Jon M. Chu's #Wicked. Our runner-up prize goes to #ClarenceMaclin for his revelatory work in Greg Kwedar's #SingSing. #PFCAAwards
