The world’s leading podcast about women in film, Girls On Film, announces the nominees for the Girls On Film Awards 2025.
Emilia Pérez leads with seven nominations, closely followed by Wicked with six. The Substance and Hard Truths each have four nominations. Also in the running for multiple Girls On Film Awards are Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light, Sean Baker’s Anora, Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera and Zoë Kravitz’s Blink Twice.
Winners will be announced at the Girls On Film Awards ceremony on Sunday 26 January 2025 at the Curzon Bloomsbury in London. The awards celebrate the incredible achievements of women and marginalised genders in film, with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and representation.
“We’re incredibly proud to spotlight the work of women and marginalised genders in film, and this year’s nominees demonstrate Girls On Film’s commitment to representation both on and off screen. From musicals to horrors, from documentaries to comedies, our voters have selected some of the most exciting films of awards season – and also highlighted those that have been overlooked elsewhere. Alongside our new acting categories, we are proud to continue rewarding women who work hard behind the scenes, as well as our male allies,” said Anna Smith, host and co-founder of Girls On Film.
Executive producer and co-founder Hedda Lornie Archbold added: ”Our mission is to achieve industry-wide equal representation, on screen and behind the camera, and while gradual progress is arguably being made, gender parity remains a challenge. The excellent films nominated this year however, show that diverse women filmmakers are lighting up our screens with exquisite brilliance, crafting stories that captivate and inspire. We are immensely grateful to our sponsors, whose support makes it possible for us to celebrate these films at our Awards and continue in our mission to create meaningful change.”
The event is supported by Gold Sponsors CrewHQ and IMDb, Silver Sponsor Curzon and Bronze Sponsors Netflix and Intimacy on Set. Media partners are Deadline, British Cinematographer magazine and DDA, ensuring major visibility and coverage.
The nominees were announced at Madera at Treehouse London, at a reception for industry guests.
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Full list of 2025 Girls On Film Awards nominees:
BEST FEATURE FILM
- All We Imagine As Light
- Blink Twice
- La Chimera
- Emilia Pérez
- The Substance
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Black Box Diaries
- Copa 71
- Dahomey
- Four Daughters
- Witches
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE
- Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
- Demi Moore (The Substance)
- Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
- Mikey Madison (Anora)
- Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Ariana Grande (Wicked)
- Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson)
- Emily Watson (Small Things Like These)
- Lesley Manville (Queer)
- Michele Austin (Hard Truths)
- Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
FEMALE FRIENDSHIP ON SCREEN
- All We Imagine as Light
- Chuck Chuck Baby
- The Last Showgirl
- My Old Ass
- Wicked
ENSEMBLE CAST
- All We Imagine as Light
- Emilia Pérez
- Girls Will Be Girls
- Hoard
- Wicked Little Letters
THE GIRLS ON FILM ALLY AWARD SPONSORED BY IMDb
- Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
- Jon M. Chu (Wicked)
- Mike Leigh (Hard Truths)
- Pedro Almodóvar (The Room Next Door)
- Sean Baker (Anora)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY SPONSORED BY CREWHQ
- Alice Brooks ASC (Wicked)
- Hélène Louvart AFC (La Chimera)
- Maria von Hausswolff DFF (Janet Planet)
- Polly Morgan ASC BSC (Back to Black)
- Tasha Back (In Camera)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Emmanuelle Duplay (Emilia Pérez)
- Gemma Jackson (Lee)
- Jagna Dobesz (The Girl with the Needle)
- Judy Becker (The Brutalist)
- Suzie Davies (Conclave/Hard Truths)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Emmanuelle Youchnovski (The Substance)
- Jacqueline Durran (Blitz)
- Jocelyn Pierce (Anora)
- Linda Muir (Nosferatu)
- Rebecca Gore (Timestalker)
BEST COMPOSER
- Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear (Moana 2)
- Andrea Datzman (Inside Out 2)
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker: Folie à Deux)
- Isobel Waller-Bridge (Wicked Little Letters)
- Lucrecia Dalt (On Becoming a Guinea Fowl)
BEST PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
- Emilia Pérez – Netflix
- Inside Out 2 – Disney
- The Substance – MUBI
- Timestalker – Vertigo
- Wicked – Universal
ACTIVIST IMPACT AWARD
- LFF Critics Support Fund
- MilkTea
- Shiori Ito (Black Box Diaries)
- TAPE Collective
- Jeanie Finlay (Your Fat Friend)
FEMALE ORGASM ON SCREEN SPONSORED BY INTIMACY ON SET
This award is for authentic, realistic and responsible depiction of women’s pleasure on screen.
- Anne Hathaway (with Nicholas Galitzine) – The Idea of You (IC: Jessica Erin Bennett)
- Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding (IC: Christine McHugh)
- Geraldine Viswanathan (with Margaret Qualley) – Drive-Away Dolls (IC: Chelsea Pace)
- Nicole Kidman (with Nicole Kidman, and with Harris Dickinson) – Babygirl (IC: Lizzy Talbot)
- Preeti Panigrahi (with Preeti Panigrahi and with Kesav Binoy Kiron) – Girls Will Be Girls (IC: none)
