The Alliance of Women Film Journalists have announced the winners of the annual AWFJ EDA awards.
“Barbie” took home multiple awards in the “Best Of” category, including Best Director for Greta Gerwig, Original Screenplay for Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling, and the film’s casting directors Lucy Brava and Allison Jones also took home an award. Elsewhere, “American Fiction” garnered multiple trophies, with Cord Jefferson winning adapted screenplay. Jeffrey Wright won for best actor, and the film tied with “Barbie” for Best Ensemble Cast, with casting director Jennifer Euston recognized. Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” won Best Film and Best International Film (UK and Poland).
Best Documentary went to Matthew Heineman’s “American Symphony” and Anna Hints’ “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood.” Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” was awarded Best Animated Film. In the acting categories, Lily Gladstone won Best Actress for her role in “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Best Actress, Supporting for “The Holdovers.” Rodrigo Prieto won Best Cinematography and Thelma Schoonmacher won Best Editing for “Killers of the Flower Moon”
The AWFJ also awarded the EDA Female Focus Awards. Best Female Director went to Justine Triet for her Palme d’or winner “Anatomy of a Fall.” Celine Song won Best Female Screenwriter for her film “Past Lives.” Hailee Steinfeld won Best Animated Female for her portrayal of Gwen Stacy in “Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse.” Lily Gladstone took home a second award for Best Breakthrough Performance in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Lastly, Fran Drescher was recognized for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry “for leading SAG-AFTRA through the actors’ strike and standing strong for an equitable contract.”