Mavoy Movie Awards 2025 - nominations

 

It’s this time of the year – we are sharing our favorite films of the year in the form of 9th Mavoy Movie Awards. Next year, there will be a decade since we started doing this. Our taste has changed a lot over the years, but one thing remains – to make it as much interesting experience for you as it’s possible. I hope that by reading these nominations, you will simply find new films to watch!

And, this year, we are introducing more new categories! This is something I've considered for a long time now, but with passing of my greatest Master David Lynch, it makes it more necessary. A Special David Lynch award for the films surreal, oneiric, bizarre. And a second new award, dedicated to the memory of Andrei Tarkovsky, for the poetic side of cinema.

All the eligible films and series must be released between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2024 - no luck for cult comedy Hundreds Of Beavers!

Winners will be revealed on Thursday night here, and on other social media. As always, I encourage you to follow us on Bluesky – on MavoyOfficial.bsky.social.

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Best Film

Dune Part Two

Evil Does Not Exit

I’m Still Here

Kinds Of Kindness

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu

The Count Of Monte Cristo

The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

The Settlers

Universal Language

Direction:

Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Denis Villeneuve - Dune Part Two

Felipe Gálvez Haberle – The Settlers

Jia Zhangke – Caught By The Tides

Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Chime / Cloud / Serpent’s Path

Mohammad Rasoulof – The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine As Light

RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

Robert Eggers - Nosferatu

Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Evil Does Not Exit

First Feature Film

Dev Patel – Monkey Man

Erica Tremblay – Fancy Dance

Felipe Gálvez Haberle – The Settlers

Leonardo Van Dijl – Julie Keeps Quiet

Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir - City Of Wind

Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson

Paola Cortellesi – There’s Still Tomorrow

Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine As Light

RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

Sandhya Suri – Santosh

Screenplay:

Aaron Schimberg - A Different Man

Alex Garland - Civil War

Andrea Arnold - Bird

Antonia Girardi, Felipe Gálvez Haberle, Mariano Llinás - The Settlers

Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain

Johannes Duncker, Ilker Çatak -The Teacher’s Lounge

Mohammad Rasoulof - The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Evil Does Not Exit

Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou - Kinds Of Kindness

Adapted Screenplay:

Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte -The Count Of Monte Cristo

Dennis Villeneuve, Jon Spaiths - Dune Part Two

Enda Walsh - Small Things Like These

James Mangold, Jay Cocks - A Complete Unknown

Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega – I’m Still Here

Paul Schrader – Oh Canada

Peter Straughan – Conclave

RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes - Nickel Boys

Robert Eggers, Sjón - Nosferatu

Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington - The Piano Lesson

Short Film – Animated

A Bear Named Wojtek – Iain Gardner

Bottle George – Daisuke Tsutsumi

In The Shadow Of The Cypress – Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani

Little Shrew – Inkubus & Kate Bush

Maybe Elephants – Torill Kove

ME – Don Hertzfeldt

Origami – Kei Kanamori

Ostinato – Sonia Furier, Sunita Balsara, Gabrielle Kaur

Wander To Wonder - Nina Gantz

Short Film – Live Action

A Lien (David and Sam Cutler-Kreuz)

Anuja (Adam Graves)

An Orange From Jaffa (Mohammed Almughanni)

An Urban Allegory (Alice Rohrwacher & JR)

Four Unloved Women (David Cronenberg)

Chime (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

I’m Not A Robot (Victoria Warmerdam)

Miu Miu Affaire (Laura Citarella)

The Masterpiece (Alex Lora Cercos)

What Belongs To Cesar (Violette Gitton)

I couldn't find these Oscar shortlisted films on time: : Clodagh, The Ice Cream Man

Short Film – Documentary

Death By Numbers (Kim A. Snyder)

Incident (Bill Morrison)

I Am Ready, Warden (Smitri Mundhra)

Planetwalker (Nadia Gill & Dominic Gill)

Seat 31 Zooey Zephyr (Kimberly Reed)

The Smallest Power (Andy Sarjahani)

The Only Girl In Orchestra (Molly O’Brien)

I couldn't find these Oscar shortlisted films on time: Chasing Roo, Keeper, Once Upon A Time In Ukraine, The Quilters

Lead Actor:

Ethan Harisse – Nickel Boys

Glen Powell – Hit Man

Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain

Jesse Plemons – Kinds Of Kindness / Civil War

Missagh Zareh – The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Pierre Niney - The Count Of Monte Cristo

Ralph Fiennes - Conclave

Richard Gere – Oh Canada

Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice / A Different Man

Timothee Chalamet - Dune Part Two / A Complete Unknown

Lead Actress:

Adria Arjona – Hit Man / Blink Twice

Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Demi Moore – The Substance

Divya Prabha & Kani Kusruti – All We Imagine As Light

Kirsten Dunst – Civil War

Leonie Benesch - The Teacher’s Lounge

Mikey Madison – Anora

Mahsa Rostami and Setareh Maleki - The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Zhao Tao – Caught By The Tides

Supporting Actor:

Adam Pearson – A Different Man

Austin Butler - Dune Part Two

Barry Keoghan – Bird

Franz Rogowski – Bird

Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Karren Karagulian – Anora

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Nicholas Hoult – The Order / Nosferatu

Willem Dafoe – Nosferatu

Supporting Actress:

Anamaria Vartolomei - The Count Of Monte Cristo (also in: Being Maria)

Alicia Witt - Longlegs

Cailee Spaeny – Civil War

Chkaya Kadam – All We Imagine As Light

Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson

Isabella Rosellini - Conclave

Margaret Qualley – The Substance / Kinds Of Kindness

Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown

Romana Maggiora Vergano – There’s Still Tomorrow

Soheila Golestani – The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Child Acting:

Cora Mora – I’m Still Here

Curtis Ho and Yukki Tai – Time Still Turns The Pages

Dreya Castillo and Luciana Elisa Quinonez – In The Summers

Jasmine Bearkiller Shangreaux and Syriah Foohead Means - Jazzy

Neil Fisher – Bookworm

Nikiya Adams - Bird

Ryo Nishikawa – Evil Does Not Exist

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Breakthrough Leading Actress:

Arienne Mandi – Tatami

Isabel DeRoy-Olson - Fancy Dance

Khady Mane – Banel & Adama

Mahsa Rostami - The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Ryan Destiny – The Fire Inside

Shahana Goswami - Santosh

Setareh Maleki - The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Susan Chardy – On Becoming A Guinea Fowl

Tessa Van Der Broek – Julie Keeps Quiet

Breakthrough Supporting Actress:

Ayaka Shibutani – Evil Does Not Exist

Barbara Luz – I’m Still Here

Luiza Kosovski – I’m Still Here

Nomin-Erdene Ariunbyamba – City Of Wind

Romana Maggiora Vergano – There’s Still Tomorrow

Sobhita Dhulipala – Monkey Man

Suzu Hirose - Kyrie

Valentina Herszage – I’m Still Here

Zara Devlin – Small Things Like These

Breakthrough Leading Actor:

Camilo Arancibia – The Settlers

Ethan Harisse – Nickel Boys

Hitoshi Omika – Evil Does Not Exist

Kauchani Bratt - Rez Ball

Rene Perez – In The Summers

Seydou Sarr – Io Capitano

Siuyea Lo – Time Still Turns The Page

Tergel Bold-Erdene – City Of Wind

Tandin Wangchuk – The Monk and The Gun

Vojtech Vodochodsky - Waves

Breakthrough Supporting Actor:

Brandon Wilson – Nickel Boys

Hokuto Matsumora – Kyrie / All The Long Nights

Moustapha Fall – Io Capitano

Ryuji Kosaka – Evil Does Not Exist

Acting In Short Film:

Babou Cham – The Masterpiece

Brid Brennan – Room Taken

Ellen Parren – I’m Not A Robot

Marius Plant – What Belongs To Cesar

Melina Matthews – The Masterpiece

Mutsuo Yoshioka - Chime

Nebojša Slijepčević – The Man Who Could Not..

Sajda Pathan and Ananya Shanbhag – Anuja

Victoria Ratermantis – A Lien

Cinematography Practical:

Eric Gautier, Nelson Lik-wai Yu - Caught By The Tides

Isabelle Stachtchenko - Universal Language

Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu

Jomo Fray - Nickel Boys

Michał Dymek - A Real Pain / The Girl With The Needle

Nicolas Bolduc - The Count Of Monte Cristo

Ranabir Das - All We Imagine As Light

Rob Hardy - Civil War

Simone D’Arcangelo - The Settlers

Yoshio Kitagawa - Evil Does Not Exist

I also planned a separate award for enhanced filmography (e.g. IMAX)

Editing:

Andrew Bird -The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Jake Roberts - Civil War

Jérôme Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat, Valentin Féron - The Substance

Joe Walker - Dune Part Two

Louise Ford – Nosferatu

Mark Towns - Love Lies Bleeding

Matthieu Taponier - The Settlers

Nicholas Monsour - Nickel Boys

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Azusa Yamazaki - Evil Does Not Exist

Yang Chao, Matthieu Laclau, Xudong Lin - Caught By The Tides

Sound:

Avi Laniado - Nickel Boys

Dave Whitehead - Dune Part Two

Duu-Chih Tu & Tse Kang Tu - The Settlers

Eugenio Battaglia - Longlegs

Glenn Freemantle - Civil War

Izumi Matsuno - Evil Does Not Exist

Natsuko Inoue - Godzilla Minus One

Paul Urmson - Spaceman

Steve Little - Nosferatu

Tim Korn - I Saw The TV Glow

Production Design:

Caty Maxey - Civil War

Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu

François Audouy - A Complete Unknown

Judy Becker - The Brutalist

Louisa Schabas - Universal Language

Patrice Vermette - Dune Part Two

Sebastián Orgambide - The Settlers

Stanislas Reydellet - The Substance

Stéphane Taillasson - The Count Of Monte Cristo

Suzie Davis - Conclave

Costumes:

Arianne Phillips - A Complete Unknown

Francine Jamison-Tanchuck - The Piano Lesson

Jacqueline West - Dune Part Two

Jennifer Johnson - Kinds Of Kindness

Kate Forbes - The Brutalist

Linda Muir – Nosferatu

Michael O’Connor - Firebrand

Muriel Parra - The Settlers

Paul Tazewell - Wicked Part 1

Thierry Delettre - The Count Of Monte Cristo

Makeup & Hair:

A Complete Unknown

A Different Man

Dune Part Two

Firebrand

Longlegs

Maria

Nosferatu

The Count Of Monte Cristo

The Settlers

The Substance

Comedy and Comedy-Drama:

Anora

A Real Pain

Better Man

Hit Man

La Chimera

There’s Still Tomorrow

Universal Language

Casting:

Anora

Bird

Civil War

Conclave

Hit Man

Io Capitano

Love Lies Bleeding

Nickel Boys

The Count Of Monte Cristo

The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Stunt:

Dune Part Two

The Count Of Monte Cristo

The Order

The Settlers

Score:

Dan Levy - Meanwhile On Earth

Eiko Ishibashi - Evil Does Not Exist

Hans Zimmer - Dune Part Two

Jeromie Robotier - The Count Of Monte Cristo

Karzan Mahmood - The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Max Richter - Spaceman

Raffertie - The Substance

Robin Carolan – Nosferatu

Takeshi Kobayashi - Kyrie No Uta

Best Song:

Caroline Polachek – Starburned And Unkissed – I Saw The TV Glow

Czarface - Knull & Void (feat. Frankie Pulitzer & Method Man) - Venom The Last Dance

Rachel Zegler, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis & Alan Menken – My Parents Are Monsters - Spellbound

Romy – I’m On Your Team (feat. Sampha) – We Live In Time

Sky Ferreira – Leash - Babygirl

Sparks – Spaceman - Spaceman

Genre:

Cloud (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

Dune Part Two (Denis Villeneuve)

I Saw The TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun)

Kinds Of Kindness (Yorgos Lanthimos)

Longlegs (Ozgood Perkins)

Love Lies Bleeding (Rose Glass)

Nosferatu (Robert Eggers)

Spaceman (Johan Renck)

Serpent’s Path (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

The Substance (Coralie Fargeat)

A Special David Lynch Award

Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

Jane Schoenbrun - I Saw The TV Glow

Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Chime

Matthew Rankin – Universal Language

Yorgos Lanthimos - Kinds Of Kindness

A Special Andrei Tarkovsky Award

Payal Kapadia - All We Imagine As Light

Jia Zhangke – Caught By The Tides

RaMell Ross - Nickel Boys

Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Evil Does Not Exist

International Film:

Brazil: I’m Still Here

Canada: Universal Language

Chile: The Settlers

Czech Republic: Waves

France: The Count Of Monte Cristo

Hong Kong: Time Still Turns The Pages

India: All We Imagine As Light

Italy: Io Capitano

Iran: The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Japan: Evil Does Not Exist

Documentary:

Black Box Diaries

Hayao Miyazaki and The Heron

Jim Henson - Idea Man

Made In England

No Other Land

Separated

The Night Won’t End – Biden’s Administration War On Gaza

The Echo

The Mountain Queen

The Sixth

There will be a separate award for music documentary.

Animation:

Inside Out 2

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Look Back

Mars Express

Orion And The Dark

Sirocco And The Kingdom Of The Winds

Spellbound

The Wild Robot

The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Special Effects:

Dune Part Two

Godzilla Minus One

Nosferatu

Better Man

TV AWARDS

TV Drama:

Disclaimer

Dune: Prophecy

Monsieur Spade

Pachinko

Shogun

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

The Penguin

TV Comedy:

Agatha All Along

The Boys

The Sympathizer

What We Do In The Shadows

Direction Of The Show:

Alfonso Cuaron – Disclaimer

Arvin Chen - Pachinko

Frederick E. O. Toye – Shogun

Charlotte Brändström – Shogun / The Lord Of The Rings The Rings Of Power

Craig Zobel – The Penguin

Leanne Welham – Pachinko

Sang Il Lee – Pachinko

Lead Actor in TV Drama:

Charlie Vickers - The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

Clive Owen – Monsieur Spade

Colin Farell – The Penguin

Cosmo Jarvis – Shogun

Hiroyuki Sanada – Shogun

Jin Ha – Pachinko

Kevin Kline - Disclaimer

Robert Aramayo - The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

Lead Actress in TV Drama:

Anna Sawai – Shogun / Pachinko

Cate Blanchett - Disclaimer

Cristin Milioti – The Penguin

Emily Watson - Dune: Prophecy

Kim Min-Ha - Pachinko

Morfydd Clark - The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

Olivia Williams - Dune: Prophecy

Supporting Actor in TV Drama:

Charles Edwards - The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

Lee Min-Ho - Pachinko

Lloyd Owen - The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

Owain Arthur - The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

Peter Mullan - The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

Rhenzy Feliz – The Penguin

Tadanobu Asano – Shogun

Takehiro Hira – Shogun

Supporting Actress in TV Drama:

Cara Buono – Monsieur Spade

Emma Canning - Dune: Prophecy

Jessica Barden - Dune: Prophecy

Fumi Nikaido – Shogun

Moeka Hoshi – Shogun

Sophia Nomvete - The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

Yuka Kouri – Shogun

Lead Actor in TV Comedy:

Anthony Starr – The Boys

Daniel Bruhl – The Franchise

Harvey Guillen – What We Do In The Shadows

Hoa Xuander – The Sympathizer

Karl Urban – The Boys

Kayvan Novak – What We Do In The Shadows

Martin Short – Only Murders In The Building

Matt Berry – What We Do In The Shadows

Steve Martin – Only Murders In The Building

Lead Actress in TV Comedy:

Erin Moriarty – The Boys

Kathryn Hahn – Agatha All Along

Natasia Demetriou – What We Do In The Shadows

Supporting Actor in TV Comedy:

Doug Jones – What We Do In The Shadows

Himesh Patel – The Franchise

Jessie T. Usher – The Boys

Joe Locke – Agatha All Along

Laz Alonso – The Boys

Mark Proksch – What We Do In The Shadows

Robert Downey Jr. - The Sympathizer

Toan Le – The Sympathizer

Supporting Actress in TV Comedy:

Aubrey Plaza – Agatha All Along

Claudia Doumit – The Boys

Debra Jo Rupp – Agatha All Along

Jessica Hynes – The Franchise

Karen Fukuhara – The Boys

Patti LuPone – Agatha All Along

Susan Heyward – The Boys