The African American Movie Critics Affiliation (AAFCA) has introduced its winners for the sixteenth annual AAFCA Awards, recognizing excellent contributions to cinema, together with the group’s picks for the highest ten movies of the 12 months.
Whereas “Nickel Boys” takes prime honors, together with a Finest Director win for RaMell Ross, A24 launch “Sing Sing” gained three awards, together with Finest Actor for star Colman Domingo.
The winners will likely be celebrated on the sixteenth Annual AAFCA Awards on February 19 on the Beverly Wilshire Resort in Beverly Hills. The announcement was made by AAFCA president and co-founder Gil Robertson. “This has been a defining 12 months for cinema, with a powerful array of tales that seize the complexity, resilience, and fantastic thing about the human expertise,” he mentioned in an official assertion. “We’re proud to honor this 12 months’s filmmakers and expertise, whose work continues to develop the scope of humanity on display screen. These movies do greater than entertain — they amplify voices and views that should be heard, and we sit up for celebrating their lasting influence.”
The announcement follows AAFCA revealing its Particular Achievement Awards winners for 2025, who will likely be feted at a special ceremony on Sunday, February 2 on the Los Angeles Athletic Membership.
See AAFCA’s High 10 Movies listing, plus the listing of the sixteenth Annual AAFCA Awards winners beneath.
- “Nickel Boys”
- “Sing Sing”
- “The Piano Lesson”
- “Gladiator II”
- “Depraved”
- “Emilia Pérez”
- “Albany Highway”
- “The Hearth Inside”
- “Exhibiting Forgiveness”
- “Dahomey”
Finest Actor: Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”)
Finest Actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Laborious Truths”)
Finest Supporting Actor: Clarence Maclin (“Sing Sing”)
Finest Supporting Actress: Danielle Deadwyler (“The Piano Lesson”)
Finest Ensemble: “The Piano Lesson”
Finest Authentic Rating: “The Wild Robotic” (Kris Bowers)
Finest Authentic Tune: “Bricks,” “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (Andra Day, Cassandra Batie & Jherek Bischoff)
Finest Screenplay: “Sing Sing” (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar)
Finest Director: RaMell Ross (“Nickel Boys”)
Finest Documentary: TIE “Daughters” (Netflix), “Dahomey” (Mubi)
Finest Animated Function: “The Wild Robotic”
Finest Worldwide Movie: “Emilia Pérez”
Finest Impartial Function: “She Taught Love”
Finest Image: “Nickel Boys”
Winners had been chosen by AAFCA’s greater than 100+ members and will likely be celebrated at this 12 months’s ceremony, alongside the beforehand introduced honorees, together with:
Nicole Avant, Beacon Award
Malcolm Washington, Rising Director Award
Ray Fisher, Breakout Efficiency Award
RaMell Ross, Highlight Award
Paul Tazewell, Innovator Award