A big thank you to the Admin Team,
@claudioalvesDC, @KeithcMacD, @NickT00783,
@QueerScholar and @RobertoTylerOr1
for your help and guidance throughout this process. Another big thank you to all of our voting body, who's taste and trust, keeps our group going year after year.

Thus concludes the Nomination Announcement of the 2025 Gold Digger Awards. One Battle After Another led the night with 7 Wins, another record broken for our group. Way back in the wings were Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Secret Agent, Sinners and Sirāt with 2 wins each.

And our list of the best six Undistributed Films of 2025 is .....

Blue Heron (Sophie Romvari)
Dry Leaf (Alexandre Koberidze)
The Fence (Claire Denis)
Fuckstoys (Annapurna Siriam)
Happy Birthday (Sarah Goher)
With Hasan in Gaza (Kamal Aljafari)

And finally, a new feature this year, we polled our voting body members on the best films they've seen this year, that are still seeking distribution or haven't been formally released in the US in 2025.

And The Award for Best Body of Work goes to ...

Josh O’Connor, Actor-Executive Producer, The History of Sound & The Mastermind & Rebuilding & Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

The nominees for Best Body of Work are ....

Elle Fanning
Dag Johan Haugerud
Richard Linklater
Josh O'Connor
Pedro Pascal
Steven Soderbergh

And our inaugural Medallions for Best Feature Film go to ...

Gold Medallion: One Battle After Another
Silver Medallion: The Secret Agent
Bronze Medallion: It Was Just an Accident

In Summation the Nominees for Best Feature Film Are:

GRAND TOUR
HAMNET
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
THE SECRET AGENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SINNERS
SOUND OF FALLING
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE

The Testament of Ann Lee
Searchlight Pictures
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold & Joshua Horsfield & Gregory Jankilevitsch & Mark Lampert & Lillian LaSalle & Andrew Morrison & Viktória Petrányi & Klaudia Smieja (Producers)

Sound of Falling
MUBI
Lasse Scharpen & Lucas Schmidt & Maren Schmidt (Producers)

Sinners
Warner Bros.
Ryan Coogler & Zinzi Coogler & Sev Ohanian (Producers)

Sentimental Value
Neon
Maria Ekerhovd & Andrea Berentsen Ottmar (Producers)

The Secret Agent
Neon
Emilie Lesclaux & Kleber Mendonça Filho (Producers)

One Battle After Another
Warner Bros.
Paul Thomas Anderson & Sara Murphy & Adam Somner (Producers)

Marty Supreme
A24
Ronald Bronstein & Eli Bush & Timothée Chalamet & Anthony Katagas & Josh Safdie (Producers)

It Was Just an Accident
Neon
Philippe Martin & Jafar Panahi (Producers)

Hamnet
Focus Features
Nicolas Gonda & Pippa Harris & Liza Marshall & Sam Mendes & Steven Spielberg (Producers)

Grand Tour
MUBI
Marta Donzelli & Gregorio Paonessa & Filipa Reis (Producers)

Now onto our main event. Our international voting body membership consisting of critics, cinephiles and filmmakers have hand selecting ten films that defined 2025 in terms of cinema.

The ten nominated films for Best Feature Film Are!!!

And the Award for Best Directing Goes to ....

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

The nominees for Best Directing are:

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Mona Fastvold, The Testament of Ann Lee
Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent
Mascha Schilinski, Sound of Falling

As we draw towards the end of our nomination announcement, it's time to honour the maestros who's art became the benchmark of the cinematic year.

And the Award for Best International Film goes to ...

The Secret Agent [O Agente Secreto]
Brazil / France / Netherlands / Germany
Emilie Lesclaux & Kleber Mendonça Filho (Producers)

At a time where world cinema is broadly available, we honour films from across the globe that are universal in their storytelling.

The nominees for Best International Film are:

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
NO OTHER CHOICE
THE SECRET AGENT
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SOUND OF FALLING

And the award for Best Animated Film goes to ....

Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Claire La Combe & Edwina Liard & Henri Magalon & Nidia Santiago (Producers)

Moving on! Whether it be abstract art, Saturday morning event watch, or simply tooning out, Animation has always been a medium to keep us company. The nominees for Best Animated Film are:

ARCO
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
100 METERS
ZOOTOPIA 2

And the award for Best Non-Fiction Film goes to ...

Afternoons of Solitude
Pierre-Olivier Bardet & Luis Ferrón & Marta Lacimo Ligero & Pedro Palacios & Ricard Sales & Joaquim Sapinho & Albert Serra & Montse Triola & Marta Vieira Alves (Producers)