WIFF Official Selections Win Best Documentary and Best International Feature at the 98th Academy Awards

WIFF is proud to have shared two Academy Award-winning films with our audience this past Fall. The 98th Academy Award winners were announced during last night’s broadcast. 

The winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary is Mr. Nobody Against Putin, directed by Pavel Talankin and David Borenstein. WIFF proudly hosted the Canadian Premiere of the film, which was part of the 2025 Official Selection. The powerful documentary follows a Russian teacher, secretly documenting his school becoming a war recruitment centre during the Ukraine invasion, revealing the ethical dilemmas educators face with propaganda and militarization.

The Academy Award for Best International Feature was awarded to Sentimental Value, directed by Joachim Trier. Trier, who was previously nominated for The Worst Person in the World (2022), has brought Norway its first win. Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning, the film follows complicated familial relationships as two sisters are reunited with their father.

“As awards season comes to a close, it is wonderful to see two great films from our 2025 Festival receive recognition on the Oscars stage,” says Vincent Georgie, Executive Director and Chief Programmer of WIFF. “Documentaries and features from around the world are vital to WIFF’s programming, and we are thrilled to consistently bring award-winning films to our audience in Windsor.”

See the full list of Oscar winners below.

Best Picture 

• Bugonia 
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value 
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Actress 

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (WINNER)
• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue 
• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone, Bugonia 

Best Actor 

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B Jordan, Sinners (WINNER)
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Director

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet 
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Actress in a Supporting Role 

• Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value 
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan, Weapons (WINNER)
• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners 
• Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Actor in a supporting role 

• Benicio De Toro, One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elodi, Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo, Sinners
• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value 

International Feature 

• The Secret Agent, Brazil 
• It was Just An Accident, France 
• Sentimental Value, Norway (WINNER)
• Sirât, Spain 
• The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia

Cinematography 

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners (WINNER)
• Train Dreams

Costume Design 

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein (WINNER)
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners

Achievement in Casting 

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• The Secret Agent 
• Sinners

Sound 

• F1 (WINNER)
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirât 

Original Score 

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet 
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners (WINNER)

Adapted Screenplay 

• Bugonia 
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Train Dreams

Original Screenplay 

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just An Accident 
• Marty Supreme 
• Sentimental Value 
• Sinners (WINNER)

Documentary Feature 

• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me in the Good Light 
• Cutting Through Rocks
• Mr Nobody Against Putin (WINNER)
• The Perfect Neighbor

Documentary Short 

• All The Empty Rooms (WINNER)
• Armed Only With A Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
• Children No More: “Were and are Gone” 
• The Devil is Busy 
• Perfectly A Strangeness 

Live Action Short Film 

• Butcher’s Stain
• A Friend of Dorothy 
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama 
• The Singers (WINNER, tie)
• Two People Exchanging Saliva (WINNER, tie)

Animated Short Film 

• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls (WINNER)
• Retirement Plan 
• The Three Sisters 

Original Song 

• “Dear Me”, Diane Warren: Relentless
• “Golden”, KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
• “I Lied to You”, Sinners
• “Sweet Dreams of Joy”, Viva Verdi!
• “Train Dreams”, Train Dreams

Animated Feature Film 

• Arco
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2 

Makeup and Hairstyling 

• Frankenstein (WINNER)
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine 
• The Ugly Stepsister 

Production Design 

• Frankenstein (WINNER)
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Film Editing 

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another (WINNER)
• Sentimental Value 
• Sinners

Visual Effects 

• Avatar: Fire and Ash (WINNER)
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth 
• The Lost Bus 
• Sinners

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