Hollywood Creative Alliance, formerly the Hollywood Critics Association, starts a new chapter with its inaugural 2024 Astra Awards.

The organization held the award ceremony honoring films, television, and craft with the Hollywood Critics Association. With the name change or re-organization, the HCA looks at a new, fresh start for its members and the industry.

The 2024 Astra Film Awards was revealed on the official HCA YouTube Channel. HCA vice chair Yong Chavez, head of member engagement Jeandra LeBeauf, and secretary Morgan Rojas presented the nomination video reveal. Also, Ms. Marvel star Anjali Bhimani and Melora Hardin from Golden Vanity participated in the nomination video.

It was revealed that Jimmy O. Yang will host the 2024 Astra Film Awards event on Saturday, January, beginning at 6:30 p.m. PDT, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The Astra Creative Arts Awards winners will be revealed at the City Market Social House in Los Angeles on Monday, February 26, 2024.

Warner Brothers took the lead in nominations, with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie earning fifteen nominations. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was just behind with fourteen nominations. The two films dominated the summer box office in the “Barbenheimer” event, earning over $2 billion worldwide.

On the individual side, Barbie actors Margo Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and America Ferrara received nods, while Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. also got nominations for Oppenheimer.

Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse got ten nominations, including Best Animated Feature, while also earned nominations for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay with Daniel Kaluuya, Hailee Steinfeld, and Shameik Moore earned nods for their roles.

Apple Original Films’ Killers of the Flower Moon also received ten nominations, including Best Picture Director and Adapted Screenplay, with Lily Gladstone earning the nod for Best Actress.

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things and Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers gained nine nominations each.

Rounding the rest of the nominations, films that earned more than five nods also included Ben Affleck’s Air, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple, Celine Song’s Past Lives, Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 4, and Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall.

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Here is the full list of nominations for the 2024 Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards below:

Best Casting
Mary Vernieu and Lindsay Graham Ahanonu for Air (Amazon MGM Studios)Jennifer Euston for American Fiction (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)Allison Jones and Lucy Bevan for Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)John Papsidera for Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, and Destiny Lilly for The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)Susan Shopmaker for The Holdovers (Focus Features)

Best Cinematography
Dan Laustsen for John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate)Rodrigo Prieto for Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)Matthew Libatique for Maestro (Netflix)Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)Robbie Ryan for Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)Linus Sandgren for Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran for Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)Oliver García for Chevalier (Searchlight Pictures)Judianna Makovsky for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney Marvel)Jacqueline West for Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)Holly Waddington for Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)Francine Jamison-Tanchuck for The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Editing
Laurent Sénéchal for Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)Nathan Orloff for John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate)Thelma Schoonmaker for Killers of a Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)Jennifer Lame for Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)Michael Andrews for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)Kevin Tent for The Holdovers (Focus Features)

Best Hair and Make-Up
Nick Houy for Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)Ryo Murakawa for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Paramount Pictures)Cassie Russek and Alexei Dmitriew for Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (Disney Marvel)Kazu Hiro, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, and Lori McCoy-Bell for Maestro (Netflix)Nadia Stacey for Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)Carol Rasheed, Saisha Beecham, Lawrence Davis, and Tym Wallace for The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Original Song
“Camp Isn’t Home” from Theater Camp (Searchlight Pictures)“Dance the Night” from Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)“I’m Just Ken” from Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)“Peaches” from The Super Mario Bros Movie (Universal Pictures)“The Wish” from Wish (Walt Disney Pictures)“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)

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Best Production Design
Adam Stockhausen for Asteroid City (Focus Features)Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer for Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)Jack Fisk and Adam Willis for Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)Ruch De Jong for Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)James Price and Shona Heath for Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)Suzie Davies and Charlotte Dirickx for Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)

BEST PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate)
M3GAN (Universal Pictures)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
The Super Mario Bros Movie (Universal Pictures)
Wonka (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST SCORE
Elemental from Thomas Neman (Disney Pixar)
Killers of the Flower Moon from Robbie Robertson (Apple Original Films)
Oppenheimer from Ludwig Göransson (Universal Pictures)
Poor Things from Jerskin Fendrix (Searchlight Pictures)
Saltburn from Anthony Willis (Amazon MGM Studios)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse from Daniel Pemberton (Sony Pictures)

BEST SOUND
Ferrari (NEON)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate)
Maestro (Netflix)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
The Killer (Netflix)

BEST STUNTS
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Paramount Pictures)
Fast X (Universal Pictures)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney Marvel)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate)
Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)
Polite Society (Focus Features)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney Marvel)
Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
The Creator (20^th Century Studios)

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Anatomy of a Fall – France (NEON)
Concrete Utopia – South Korea
Fallen Leaves – Finland (MUBI)
Jawan – India (Netflix)
Perfect Days – Japan (NEON)
Radical – Mexico (Pantelion Films)
Society of the Snow – Spain (Netflix)
The Taste of Things – France (IFC Films)
The Teacher’s Lounge – Germany (Sony Pictures Classic)
The Zone of Interest – United Kingdom (A24)

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR
Christian Friedel for The Zone of Interest (A24)
Enzo Vogrincic for Society of the Snow (Netflix)
Eugenio Derbez for Radical (Pantelion Films)
Gael García Bernal for Cassandro (Amazon MGM Studios)
Koji Yakusho for Perfect Days (NEON)
Mads Mikkelsen for The Promised Land (Magnolia Pictures)

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS
Alma Pöysti for Fallen Leaves (MUBI)
Juliette Binoche for The Taste of Things (IFC Films)
Layla Mohammadi for The Persian Version (Sony Pictures Classic)
Leonie Benesch for The Teacher’s Lounge (Sony Pictures Classic)
Sandra Hüller for Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
Roberta Colindrez for Cassandro (Amazon MGM Studios)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER
Hayao Miyazaki for The Boy and The Heron (GKIDS)
J.A. Bayona for Society of the Snow (Netflix)
Jonathan Glazer for The Zone of Interest (A24)
Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall (NEON)
Tran Anh Hung for The Taste of Things (IFC Films)
Wim Wenders for Perfect Days (NEON)

BEST SHORT FILM
The ABCs of Book Banning (MTV Documentary Films)
The After (Netflix)
The Last Repair Shop (Searchlight Pictures)
Once Upon A Studio (Walt Disney Studios)
Strange Way of Life (Sony Pictures Classic)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix)

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BEST HORROR FEATURE
Evil Dead Rise (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Knock at the Cabin (Universal Pictures)
M3GAN (Universal Pictures)
No One Will Save You (20^th Century Studios/Hulu)
Scream VI (Paramount Pictures)
Talk To Me (A24)

BEST FIRST FEATURE
A.V. Rockwell for A Thousand and One (Focus Features)
Adele Lim for Joy Ride (Lionsgate)
Celine Song for Past Lives (A24)
Chloe Domont for Fair Play (Netflix)
Cord Jefferson for American Fiction (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
20 Days in Mariupol (PBS Distribution)
American Symphony (Netflix)
Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)
Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia Pictures)
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple Original Films)
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (AMC Theatres Distribution)

BEST COMEDY FEATURE
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)
Blackberry (IFC Films)
Bottoms (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Joy Ride (Lionsgate)
No Hard Feelings (20^th Century Fox)
Theater Camp (Searchlight Pictures)

BEST ACTION FEATURE
Creed III (Amazon/MGM Studios)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Paramount Pictures)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney Marvel)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate)
Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)
The Killer (Netflix)

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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Boy and The Heron (GKIDS)
Elemental (Disney Pixar)
Nimona (Netflix)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
Suzume (Sony Pictures/Crunchyroll)

BEST VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Ariana DeBose for Wish (Walt Disney Studios)
Bradley Cooper for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney Marvel)
Daniel Kaluuya for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
Hailee Steinfeld for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
Jack Black for The Super Mario Bros Movie (Universal Pictures)
Shameik Moore for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Air written by Alex Convery (Amazon MGM Studios)
Anatomy of a Fall written by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (NEON)
Barbie written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Past Lives written by Celine Song (A24)
Saltburn written by Emerald Fennell (Amazon MGM Studios)
The Holdovers written by David Hemingson (Focus Features)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction written by Cord Jefferson (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret written by Kelly Fremon (Lionsgate)
Killers of the Flower Moon written by Erick Roth and Martin Scorsese (Apple Original Films)
Oppenheimer written by Christopher Nolan (Universal Pictures)
Poor Things written by Tony McNamara (Searchlight Pictures)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Dave Callaham (Sony Pictures)

BEST DIRECTOR
Alexander Payne for The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Ben Affleck for Air (Amazon MGM Studios)
Bradley Cooper for Maestro (Netflix)
Celine Song for Past Lives (A24)
Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Cord Jefferson for American Fiction (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Emerald Fennell for Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)
Greta Gerwig for Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Martin Scorsese for Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)

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BEST CAST ENSEMBLE
Air (Amazon MGM Studios)
Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
America Ferrara for Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Danielle Brooks for The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Julianne Moore for May December (Netflix)
Rachel McAdams for Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)
Viola Davis for Air (Amazon MGM Studios)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Charles Melton for May December (Netflix)
Colman Domingo for The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Dominic Sessa for The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Glenn Howerton for Blackberry (IFC Films)
Robert Downey Jr. for Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Ryan Gosling for Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan for Maestro (Netflix)
Emma Stone for Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Fantasia Barrino for The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Greta Lee for Past Lives (A24)
Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Film)
Margot Robbie for Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)

BEST ACTOR
Barry Keoghan for Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)
Bradley Cooper for Maestro (Netflix)
Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Colman Domingo for Rustin (Netflix)
Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers (Focus Features)

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BEST PICTURE
Air (Amazon MGM Studios)
American Fiction (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
Maestro (Netflix)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Past Lives (A24)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)

And once again, 2024 Astra Film Awards takes place at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 6, beginning at 6:30 p.m. PDT. The Astra Creative Arts Awards winners are revealed on Monday, February 26, at City Market Social House in Los Angeles.

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Source: Hollywood Creative Alliance