8th Astra Film Awards

8th Astra Film Awards
Date	December 8, 2024
Site	Taglyan Complex, Los Angeles
Hosted by	Loni Love
Official website	theastras.com
Highlights
Best Picture	Wicked
Most awards	Wicked (4)
Most nominations	Wicked (8)
Television coverage
Network	KNEKT Television Network YouTube (@TheAstraAwards)
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The 8th Astra Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Creative Alliance, took place on December 8, 2024, at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} The nominations were announced on November 25, 2024. ^[6]

The body horror film The Substance and the musical fantasy Wicked led the nominations with eight apiece, followed by Emilia Pérez with seven and Anora with six. ^{[6] [7] [8]} Wicked ultimately won the most awards with four wins, including Best Picture and Best Director (Jon M. Chu). ^[1]

The nominees for the Creative Arts Awards were announced on the same day as the Film Award nominees, with its winners also announced on December 8. Both ceremonies, along with the Astra TV Awards, were recorded and streamed live on KNEKT.tv and YouTube. Comedian Loni Love hosted the Astra Film Awards while actor and comedian Peter Kim hosted the Astra Creative Arts Awards. ^{[1] [6] [9]}

Ceremony information

This is the second ceremony following the rebranding to The Astra Awards by the Hollywood Creative Alliance. ^[10] For the genre categories, "Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller" was introduced while "Best Action Feature" was expanded to include science fiction, "Best Comedy Feature" was expanded to include musicals, and "Best Horror Feature" was expanded to include thrillers. ^[11]

Three international-centric categories ("Best International Filmmaker", "Best International Actor", and "Best International Actress") were all discontinued, following their debut at the previous ceremony.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Jon M. Chu, Best Director winner

Timothée Chalamet, Best Actor winner

Cynthia Erivo, Best Actress winner

Kieran Culkin, Best Supporting Actor winner

Ariana Grande and Zoe Saldaña, Best Supporting Actress winners

Jesse Eisenberg, Best Original Screenplay winner

Denis Villeneuve, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner

Lupita Nyong'o, Best Voice Over Performance winner

Naomi Scott, Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller winner

Anna Kendrick, Best First Feature winner

Best Picture Wicked Anora The Brutalist Challengers Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez A Real Pain Sing Sing The Substance	Best Director Jon M. Chu – Wicked Sean Baker – Anora Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Actor Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as Divine G Glen Powell – Hit Man as Gary Johnson Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain as David Kaplan Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Thomas Lawrence	Best Actress Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Angelina Jolie – Maria as Maria Callas Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Naomi Scott – Smile 2 as Skye Riley
Best Supporting Actor Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Jonathan Bailey – Wicked as Fiyero Tigelaar Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor	Best Supporting Actress Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda "Glinda" Upland (TIE) Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro (TIE) Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys as Hattie Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez as Jessi Del Monte
Best Original Screenplay A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes Saturday Night – Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman The Substance – Coralie Fargeat	Best Adapted Screenplay Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts Conclave – Peter Straughan Hit Man – Glen Powell and Richard Linklater Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes Sing Sing – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar Wicked – Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox
Best Animated Feature The Wild Robot Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Transformers One Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl	Best Voice Over Performance Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot as ROZZUM Unit 7314 / Roz Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2 as Joy Brian Tyree Henry – Transformers One as D-16 / Megatron Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2 as Anxiety Owen Teague – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Noa Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot as Fink
Best Horror or Thriller Feature The Substance Alien: Romulus Heretic Longlegs Nosferatu Smile 2	Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller Naomi Scott – Smile 2 as Skye Riley Bill Skarsgård – Nosferatu as Count Orlok Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Hugh Grant – Heretic as Mr. Reed Lupita Nyong'o – A Quiet Place: Day One as Samira Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue
Best Action or Science Fiction Feature Monkey Man Civil War The Fall Guy Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Twisters	Best Comedy or Musical Challengers Anora A Real Pain Deadpool & Wolverine Saturday Night Wicked
Best Documentary Feature Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Black Box Diaries Daughters Music by John Williams The Remarkable Life of Ibelin Will & Harper	Best International Feature Emilia Pérez All We Imagine as Light Flow I'm Still Here Kneecap The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Indie Feature The Last Showgirl The Apprentice Hundreds of Beavers Late Night with the Devil Strange Darling Thelma	Best First Feature Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour Dev Patel – Monkey Man Kelsey Mann – Inside Out 2 Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson Sean Wang – Dìdi Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice
Best Cast Ensemble Saturday Night Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez Gladiator II Wicked

Honorary awards

• Artisan Spotlight Award – Jomo Fray ^[1]
• Artisan Icon Award – Colleen Atwood ^[1]
• Breakthrough Award – Monica Barbaro ^[1]
• Artisan Achievement Award – Kris Bowers ^[1]
• Game Changer Award – Karla Sofía Gascón ^[1]
• Artisan Breakthrough Award – Giovanni Ribisi ^[1]
• Filmmaker on the Rise Award – Jennifer Esposito ^[1]

Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
4	Wicked
2	Emilia Pérez
	A Real Pain
	The Wild Robot

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
8	The Substance
	Wicked
7	Emilia Pérez
6	Anora
5	The Brutalist
	A Real Pain
4	Conclave
	Dune: Part Two
	Inside Out 2
	Sing Sing
3	Challengers
	Saturday Night
	Smile 2
	The Wild Robot
2	Flow
	Gladiator II
	Heretic
	Hit Man
	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
	Monkey Man
	Nickel Boys
	Nosferatu
	The Piano Lesson
	Transformers One

See also

• 4th Astra TV Awards
• 3rd Astra Creative Arts Awards
• 7th Astra Midseason Movie Awards

References

1. "'Wicked', 'Hacks', and 'The Bear' Dominate the 2024 Astra Film, TV, and Creative Arts Awards" (Press release). The Astras. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
2. Stone, Sasha (December 9, 2024). "'Wicked' Sweeps the Astra Awards". Awards Daily . Retrieved December 11, 2024.
3. Satsidis, George (December 9, 2024). "Astra Awards 2024: Hollywood's New Guard Takes Center Stage". Los Angeles Magazine . Retrieved December 11, 2024.
4. arnewsteam (December 9, 2024). "Astra Awards Led by 'Wicked'". Awards Radar. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
5. Davidson, Denton (December 9, 2024). "'Wicked' sweeps Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards with 8 wins including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress". GoldDerby. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
6. "2024 Astra Film & Creative Arts Awards Nominations Have Arrived" (Press release). The Astras. November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
7. Pond, Steve (November 25, 2024). "'Wicked' Leads Nominations for Astra Film Awards". TheWrap . Retrieved November 27, 2024.
8. Anderson, Erik (November 25, 2024). "'Wicked' Leads 2024 Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards Nominations with 20". AwardsWatch. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
9. "The 2024 Astra Film & TV Awards – Hosted by Loni Love – Live from Hollywood". December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024– via YouTube.
10. Schneider, Michael (December 1, 2023). "HCA Awards Rebrands as 'The Astra Awards'; Jeffrey Wright, Abby Ryder Fortson, Glenn Howerton to Receive Honors (Exclusive)". Variety . Retrieved November 27, 2024.
11. Bolding, Hunter (November 22, 2024). "Loni Love Will Host the 2024 Astra Film & TV Awards, Peter Kim to Host the 2024 Astra Creative Arts Awards". That Hashtag Show. Retrieved November 27, 2024.

External links

• Official website