25th IIFA Awards 2025
- 03 May - 09 May, 2025
If the timing of this year’s Critics Choice Awards strikes you as odd, you’re right: Most major awards shows are held on Sunday evenings. But after two postponements because of the Los Angeles wildfires, the ceremony finally came to rest on a Friday last month.
Despite the rescheduling, the main details held firm: Chelsea Handler hosted the event as planned in Santa Monica, California, with many of the year’s biggest stars of film and television in attendance. But, in what may be a sign of the organisers’ downsized ambitions for the show, a planned two-hour special of red carpet coverage before the ceremony was scrapped with the most recent rescheduling albeit celebrating the best in film and television from the last year.
So, with films like Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, The Substance, and the embattled Emilia Pérez up for major prizes (as well as worthy projects such as Hard Truths, Heretic, and Challengers that were blanked by the Academy), how did it all shake out? And what about fan-favourite series like Baby Reindeer or Shôgun – both big winners at the recent Golden Globes – and the slightly nicher (but no less beloved) Industry and Slow Horses?
Winners’ List
Best Picture
Anora
Best Actor
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Best Movie Made for Television
Rebel Ridge
Best Foreign Language Series
Squid Game
Best Animated Series
X-Men ’97
Best Talk Show
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.
Best Comedy Special
Ali Wong: Single Lady
Best Actress
Demi Moore – The Substance
Best Director
Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Best Song
El Mal – Emilia Pérez
Best Costume Design
Paul Tazewell – Wicked
Best Hair and Makeup
Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Pierre-Olivier Persin – The Substance
Best Visual EffectsPaul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
Best Production Design
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
Best Score
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter Straughan – Conclave
Best Original Screenplay
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Foreign Language Film
Emilia Pérez
Best Drama Series
Shôgun
Best Editing
Marco Costa – Challengers
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Kathy Bates – Matlock
Best Young Actor / Actress
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Best Cinematography
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Hiroyuki Sanada – Shôgun
Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Best Comedy
A Real Pain / Deadpool & Wolverine
Best Comedy Series
Hacks
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Jean Smart – Hacks
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Cristin Milioti – The Penguin
Best Limited Series
Baby Reindeer
Best Animated Feature
The Wild Robot
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Colin Farrell – The Penguin
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Moeka Hoshi – Shôgun
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Tadanobu Asano – Shôgun
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Michael Urie – Shrinking
Best Acting Ensemble
Conclave
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