EDA Awards · Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Best Director

Year Winner Recipients
2025 Sinners Ryan Coogler
2024 The Substance Coralie Fargeat
2023 Barbie Greta Gerwig
2022 Women Talking Sarah Polley
2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón
2017 The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro
2016 Moonlight Barry Jenkins
2015 Spotlight Tom McCarthy
2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater
2013 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen

Best Original Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2025 Sinners Ryan Coogler
2024 The Substance Coralie Fargeat
2023 Barbie Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
2021 Belfast Kenneth Branagh
2020 Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won
2018 The Favourite Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele
2016 Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
2015 Spotlight Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone
2013 Her Spike Jonze

Best Adapted Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2025 Hamnet Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
2024 Conclave Peter Straughan
2023 American Fiction Cord Jefferson
2022 Women Talking Sarah Polley
2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao
2019 Little Women Greta Gerwig
2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
2017 Call Me by Your Name James Ivory
2016 Moonlight Barry Jenkins
2015 Carol Phyllis Nagy
2014 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
2013 12 Years a Slave John Ridley

Best Animated Feature

Year Winner Recipients
2025 KPop Demon Hunters
2024 Flow
2023 The Boy and the Heron
2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2021 Encanto
2020 Soul
2019 I Lost My Body
2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2017 Coco
2016 Zootopia
2015 Inside Out
2014 The Lego Movie
2013 The Wind Rises

Best Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2025 Hamnet Jessie Buckley
2024 Hard Truths Marianne Jean-Baptiste
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Lily Gladstone
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Michelle Yeoh
2021 The Lost Daughter Olivia Colman
2020 Nomadland Frances McDormand
2019 Us Lupita Nyong'o
2018 The Favourite Olivia Colman
2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Frances McDormand
2016 Loving Ruth Negga
2015 45 Years Charlotte Rampling
2014 Still Alice Julianne Moore
2013 Blue Jasmine Cate Blanchett

Best Supporting Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2025 Sinners Wunmi Mosaku
2024 Conclave Isabella Rossellini
2023 The Holdovers Da'Vine Joy Randolph
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Kerry Condon
2021 The Power of the Dog Kirsten Dunst
2020 Minari Youn Yuh-jung
2019 Little Women Florence Pugh
2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Regina King
2017 Lady Bird Laurie Metcalf
2016 Fences Viola Davis
2015 Clouds of Sils Maria Kristen Stewart
2014 Snowpiercer Tilda Swinton
2013 12 Years a Slave Lupita Nyong'o

Best Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2025 Sinners Michael B. Jordan
2024 Sing Sing Colman Domingo
2023 American Fiction Jeffrey Wright
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Colin Farrell
2021 The Power of the Dog Benedict Cumberbatch
2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Chadwick Boseman
2019 Marriage Story Adam Driver
2018 First Reformed Ethan Hawke
2017 Darkest Hour Gary Oldman
2016 Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck
2015 The Revenant Leonardo DiCaprio
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Michael Keaton
2013 Dallas Buyers Club Matthew McConaughey

Best Supporting Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2025 Sentimental Value Stellan Skarsgård
2024 A Real Pain Kieran Culkin
2023 Barbie Ryan Gosling
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Ke Huy Quan
2021 The Power of the Dog Kodi Smit-McPhee
2020 One Night in Miami... Leslie Odom Jr.
2019 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Brad Pitt
2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? Richard E. Grant
2017 The Florida Project Willem Dafoe
2016 Moonlight Mahershala Ali
2015 Love & Mercy Paul Dano
2014 Whiplash J.K. Simmons
2013 Dallas Buyers Club Jared Leto

Best Ensemble

Year Winner Recipients
2025 Sinners
2024 Conclave
2023 American Fiction

Best Cinematography

Year Winner Recipients
2025 Sinners Autumn Durald
2024 Nosferatu Jarin Blaschke

Best International Film

Year Winner Recipients
2025 Sentimental Value
2024 The Seed of the Sacred Fig
2023 The Zone of Interest
2022 Decision to Leave
2021 Drive My Car
2020 Another Round
2019 Parasite
2018 Roma
2017 The Square
2016 The Handmaiden
2015 Son of Saul
2014 Ida
2013 Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission

Best Documentary

Year Winner Recipients
2023 American Symphony