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.

Sinners swept most of the 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.

“Women are still struggling for gender parity in all aspects of the film industry, which is undergoing seismic shifts in production and distribution. Unless the changes open opportunities for female filmmakers to make femme-centric films, the mainstream awards arena will continue to be dominated by men,” says AWFJ President Jennifer Merin. “AWFJ always focuses on and supports women’s contributions in all aspects of film production, and we will continue to boost women in film not only during awards season, but throughout the year. For this awards season, we are pleased that women have won several ‘Best Of’ awards in our non-gender specific categories, but we also realize how important our ‘Female Focus’ awards are in recognizing and honoring the extraordinary work of female creatives.”

For the complete list of winners, visit awfj.org. https://awfj.org/2025-eda-award-winners/