Ryan Coogler con Sinners domina le nomination dei Chicago Indie Critics Windie Awards 2025 con 18 candidature.
I Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) hanno annunciato ufficialmente i candidati della nona edizione annuale dei Windie Awards, celebrando il meglio del cinema indipendente e d’autore dell’anno. I 38 critici cinematografici votanti, come riportato da AwardsWatch, hanno completato le schede di voto questa settimana, selezionando i candidati in 27 categorie.
A guidare le nomination è Sinners, che conquista 18 candidature, seguito da One Battle After Another con 12, Frankenstein con 9 e Marty Supreme con 7. I membri del CIC avvieranno ora l’ultimo turno di votazioni, che si concluderà il 10 gennaio 2026. I vincitori dei Windie Awards 2025 saranno annunciati internamente durante una festa privata riservata ai soli membri il 15 gennaio 2026, presso il Blue Bayou Chicago, di fronte allo storico Music Box Theatre.
Di seguito le nomine
Best Independent Film
- If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Producers: Sara Murphy, Ryan Zacarias, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Conor Hannon, Richie Doyle - It Was Just an Accident
Producers: Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin - The Life of Chuck
Producers: Trevor Macy, Mike Flanagan - Sorry, Baby
Producers: Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins - Train Dreams
Producers: Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler
Best Studio Film
- Hamnet
Producers: Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg - Marty Supreme
Producers: Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet - One Battle After Another
Producers: Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson - Sinners
Producers: Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler - 28 Years Later
Producers: Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, Bernie Bellew, Danny Boyle, Alex Garland
Best International Film
- It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin
- No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Back Jisun, Michèle Ray-Gavras, Alexandre Gavras
- The Secret Agent – Emilie Lesclaux, Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Sentimental Value – Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
- Sirât – Domingo Corral, Oliver Laxe, Xavi Font, Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt
Best Documentary
- John Candy: I Like Me
Producers: Colin Hanks, Johnny Pariseau, George Dewey, Shane Reid, Ryan Reynolds, Sean Stuart, Glen Zipper - Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5
Producers: Raoul Peck, Alex Gibney, George Chignell, Nick Shumaker - The Perfect Neighbor
Producers: Alisa Payne, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee - Secret Mall Apartment
Producers: Jeremy Workman, Jesse Eisenberg - Zodiac Killer Project
Producers: Charlie Shackleton, Anthony Ing, Catherine Bray
Best Animated Film
- Elio – Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm
- KPop Demon Hunters – Maggie Kang, Chris Applehans, Michelle Wong
- Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up – Peter Browngardt, Sam Register, Alex Kirwan
- Predator: Killer of Killers – John Davis, Dan Trachtenberg, Marc Toberoff, Ben Rosenblatt
- Zootopia 2 – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
Best Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
- Ryan Coogler – Sinners
- Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
- Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
- Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Best Original Screenplay
- Eddington – Ari Aster
- Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
- Sinners – Ryan Coogler
- Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor
- Weapons – Zach Cregger
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Bugonia – Will Tracy
- Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
- Hamnet – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
- One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
- 28 Years Later – Alex Garland
Best Actor
- Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
- Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Best Actress
- Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
- Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
- Emma Stone – Bugonia
- Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Best Supporting Actor
- Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo – Sinners
- Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
Best Supporting Actress
- Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
- Amy Madigan – Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
- Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners
- Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Best Ensemble (Casting Director Award)
- Black Bag – Carmen Cuba
- It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
- Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
- One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
- Sinners – Francine Maisler
Breakout Performer
- Odessa A’zion
- Miles Caton
- Indy the Dog
- Chase Infiniti
- Jacobi Jupe
Breakout Behind-the-Scenes
- Clint Bentley
- Harris Dickinson
- Scarlett Johansson
- James Sweeney
- Eva Victor
Sight Unseen Performance
- Jason Bateman – Zootopia 2
- Oona Chaplin – Avatar: Fire and Ash
- Nick Offerman – The Life of Chuck
- Will Patton – Train Dreams
- Alan Tudyk – Superman






