NCFCA 2025 Nominations | Arts & Faith 2025 Jury
'Sinners' Leads with Record 19 Nominations; 'One Battle After Another' Follows with 16
In addition to my writing for A Cloudy Picture, I’ve had the privilege of being a member of the North Carolina Film Critics Association and the Arts & Faith jury for multiple years now. I’m pleased to share the end-of-year nominations for these two groups below.
The Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury — 2025
I was honored to participate in the Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury for the third year, working alongside a group of fellow critics to nominate and rank the top 10 films released or distributed in 2025 that we recommend to Christian audiences. The final list is as follows:
Wake Up Dead Man
Train Dreams
Sinners | Writeup by Christian Jessup
It Was Just an Accident
The Phoenician Scheme
Frankenstein
A Little Prayer
The Life of Chuck
Sentimental Value
Superman
North Carolina Film Critics Association Announces Best of Cinema Nominees for 2025
The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) announces its nominees for the Best of Cinema 2025, recognizing outstanding achievements in filmmaking across narrative, documentary, animated, and technical categories.
Sinners emerges as this year’s most nominated film with 19 nods. The total exceeds the previous NCFCA record of 17 nominations, held by Everything Everywhere All at Once. One Battle After Another follows closely with 16 nominations, while Marty Supreme comes in with 11 nominations and Frankenstein earns 10. Additional multiple nominees include KPop Demon Hunters and No Other Choice (six each); Hamnet, Sentimental Value, and Train Dreams (five each).
The NCFCA is composed of film critics living and/or working in North Carolina, representing a wide range of voices across print, broadcast, and digital media. This year’s nominees reflect the breadth of that membership, honoring ambitious studio releases alongside independent and international cinema.
Winners are scheduled to be announced January 26, 2026.