For this lagniappe episode of The Swampflix Podcast, Boomer & Brandon discuss the Southeastern Film Critic Association’s awarded films of 2025, starting with Kleber Mendonça Filho’s period-piece political thriller The Secret Agent.

00:00 SEFCA’s Top 10 Films of 2025
15:30 The Secret Agent (2025)
43:35 Best Actor
57:33 Best Actress
1:10:13 Best Supporting Actor
1:16:52 Best Supporting Actress
1:25:06 Best Ensemble
1:29:41 Best Director
1:35:54 Best Original Screenplay
1:42:27 Best Adapted Screenplay
1:50:26 Best Animated Film
1:56:53 Best Documentary
2:13:46 Best Foreign-Language Film
2:23:00 Best Cinematography
2:34:45 Best Score
2:39:52 Best Editing
2:45:07 Best Costuming
2:49:34 Best Young Performer

Boomer’s Ballot

• Best Actor:
  1. David Jonsson, The Long Walk
  2. Josh O’Connor, Wake Up Dead Man
  3. Benicio Del Toro, The Phoenician Scheme
• Best Actress:
  1. Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
  2. Rose Byrne, If I Had Leg’s I’d Kick You
  3. Sally Hawkins, Bring Her Back
• Best Supporting Actor:
  1. Miles Caron, Sinners
  2. Aidan Delbis, Bugonia
  3. Michael Stuhlbarg, After the Hunt
• Best Supporting Actress:
  1. Judy Greer, The Long Walk
  2. Amy Madigan, Weapons
  3. Jodie Comer, 28 Years Later
• Best Ensemble:
  1. Sinners
  2. Eephus
  3. Sirat
• Best Director:
  1. Ryan Coogler, Sinners
  2. Rungano Nyoni, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
  3. Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Reflection in a Dead Diamond
• Best Original Screenplay:
  1. Weapons
  2. Twinless
  3. Lurker
• Best Adapted Screenplay:
  1. Bugonia
  2. No Other Choice
  3. The Long Walk
• Best Animated Film:
  1. The Colors Within
  2. Boys Go to Jupiter
  3. Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• Best Documentary:
  1. No Other Land
  2. Secret Mall Apartment
  3. Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  1. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
  2. Sister Midnight
  3. Reflection in a Dead Diamond
• Best Cinematography:
  1. Die My Love
  2. After the Hunt
  3. Mastermind
• Best Score:
  1. Rabbit Trap
  2. Sinners
  3. Ash
• Best Film Editing
  1. Die My Love
  2. No Other Choice
  3. Wake Up Dead Man
• Best Costuming
  1. Frankenstein
  2. Ugly Stepsister
  3. Wicked: For Good
• Promising Young Performer
  1. Billy Barratt, Bring Her Back
  2. Alfie Williams, 28 Years Later
  3. Cary Christopher, Weapons
• Best Picture:
  1. Universal Language
  2. Sinners
  3. Bring Her Back
  4. Twinless
  5. The Phoenician Scheme
  6. Eephus
  7. No Other Choice
  8. Reflection in a Dead Diamond
  9. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  10. Bugonia

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