9th Astra Film Awards

9th Astra Film Awards
Date	January 9, 2026
Official website	theastras.com
Highlights
Most nominations	One Battle After Another (11) Sinners (11)
Television coverage
Network	KNEKT Television Network YouTube (@TheAstraAwards)
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The 9th Astra Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Creative Alliance, will take place on January 9, 2026. The nominations were announced on November 25, 2025. ^[1]

The action thriller film One Battle After Another and the period supernatural horror film Sinners led the nominations with eleven each, followed by the Norwegian comedy drama film Sentimental Value with nine. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The ceremony will be recorded and streamed live on KNEKT.tv and YouTube. ^[1]

Ceremony information

This is the third ceremony following the rebranding to The Astra Awards by the Hollywood Creative Alliance. Additionally, this year marked the introduction of genre-based categories; Picture and Acting awards were split into two separate categories: "Drama" and "Comedy or Musical". The proposed change was put to a full vote of the HCA membership. ^[1] The category "Best Comedy" was retired, while "Best Book to Screen Adaptation" made its debut.

Nominated for "Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller" for his performance in Good Boy as himself, Indy the Dog's nomination made film award history, as Indy is now the first canine to be nominated for a major film acting award that had previously recognized only human talent. The film is told entirely from the dog's perspective, using his natural behaviors and who was unaware he was in a film during production. ^{[4] [a]}

Initially, Best Original Score and Best Original Song were announced as part of the Creative Arts Awards ceremony, but was later moved to the main awards ceremony. ^[6]

Winners and nominees

Winners will be listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture – Drama Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just an Accident Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams	Best Picture – Comedy or Musical Bugonia Jay Kelly Marty Supreme No Other Choice One Battle After Another Wicked: For Good
Best Actor – Drama Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams as Robert Grainier Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine as Mark Kerr Michael B. Jordan – Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent as Armando / Marcelo Alves / Fernando Dylan O'Brien – Twinless as Roman / Rocky Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere as Bruce Springsteen	Best Actress – Drama Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare Julia Garner – Weapons as Justine Gandy Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love as Grace Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value as Nora Borg Sydney Sweeney – Christy as Christy Martin Tessa Thompson – Hedda as Hedda Gabler
Best Actor – Comedy or Musical Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice as Yoo Man-su Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser George Clooney – Jay Kelly as Jay Kelly Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson Brendan Fraser – Rental Family as Phillip Vandarploeug Jesse Plemons – Bugonia as Teddy Gatz	Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good as Elphaba Thropp Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another as Willa Ferguson Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee as Ann Lee Emma Stone – Bugonia as Michelle Fuller Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby as Agnes
Best Supporting Actor – Drama Miles Caton – Sinners as Samuel "Sammie" Moore Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature David Jonsson – The Long Walk as Peter "Pete" McVries (#23) Delroy Lindo – Sinners as Delta Slim Paul Mescal – Hamnet as William Shakespeare Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg	Best Supporting Actress – Drama Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value as Rachel Kemp Nina Hoss – Hedda as Eileen Lovborg Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen Amy Madigan – Weapons as Gladys Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners as Mary
Best Supporting Actor – Comedy or Musical Jonathan Bailey – Wicked: For Good as Fiyero Tigelaar Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sergio St. Carlos Josh O'Connor – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Rev. Jud Duplenticy Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw Keanu Reeves – Good Fortune as Gabriel Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly as Ron Sukenick	Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical Odessa A'zion – Marty Supreme as Rachel Mizler Glenn Close – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Martha Delacroix Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good as Glinda Upland Regina Hall – One Battle After Another as Deandra Gwyneth Paltrow – Marty Supreme as Kay Stone Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills
Best Original Screenplay Jay Kelly – Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Rental Family – Hikari Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt Sinners – Ryan Coogler Weapons – Zach Cregger	Best Adapted Screenplay Bugonia – Will Tracy Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, and Lee Ja-hye One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Best Book to Screen Adaptation The Housemaid How to Train Your Dragon The Life of Chuck The Long Walk Mickey 17 Superman	Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Ryan Coogler – Sinners Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Best Animated Feature Arco Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle In Your Dreams KPop Demon Hunters Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2	Best Voice Over Performance Arden Cho – KPop Demon Hunters as Rumi Nick Offerman – The Life of Chuck as the narrator Will Patton – Train Dreams as the narrator Natalie Portman – Arco as Iris' mother Shakira – Zootopia 2 as Gazelle Scarlett Sher – Weapons as the narrator
Best Horror or Thriller Feature 28 Years Later Black Phone 2 Bring Her Back Final Destination: Bloodlines Together Weapons	Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller Alison Brie – Together as Millie Wilson Ethan Hawke – Black Phone 2 as The Grabber Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back as Laura Indy the Dog – Good Boy as himself Sophie Thatcher – Companion as Iris Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later as Spike
Best Cast Ensemble Jay Kelly One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Sinners Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Wicked: For Good	Best Action or Science Fiction Feature F1 The Fantastic Four: First Steps Mickey 17 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Superman Warfare
Best Documentary Feature Cover Up It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley My Mom Jayne Orwell: 2+2=5 The Perfect Neighbor Zodiac Killer Project	Best International Feature Belén It Was Just an Accident No Other Choice The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sirāt
Best Indie Feature Bob Trevino Likes It The Chronology of Water Die My Love Sorry, Baby Twinless Urchin	Best First Feature Bob Trevino Likes It The Chronology of Water Eleanor the Great Good Boy Sorry, Baby Twinless [b]
Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein Hildur Guðnadóttir – Hedda Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another Ludwig Göransson – Sinners Max Richter – Hamnet Nicholas Britell – Jay Kelly	Best Original Song "Clothed by the Sun" from The Testament of Ann Lee – Music and lyrics by Daniel Blumberg "The Girl in the Bubble" from Wicked: For Good – Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters – Music and lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, IDO, 24, and TEDDY "I Lied to You" from Sinners – Music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson "No Place Like Home" from Wicked: For Good – Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz "Train Dreams" from Train Dreams – Music and lyrics by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner
Best Young Performer Marissa Bode – Wicked: For Good as Nessarose Thropp Aidan Delbis – Bugonia as Don Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family as Mia Kawasaki Ana Sophia Heger – She Rides Shotgun as Polly Huff Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet as Hamnet Shakespeare Madeleine McGraw – Black Phone 2 as Gwen

Honorary awards

• Artisan Icon Award – TBA
• Breakthrough Award – TBA
• Game Changer Award – TBA
• Artisan Spotlight Award – TBA
• Artisan Achievement Award – TBA
• Artisan Breakthrough Award – TBA
• Filmmaker on the Rise Award – TBA

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations: ^[c]

Nominations	Film
11	One Battle After Another
	Sinners
9	Sentimental Value
8	Wicked: For Good
7	Hamnet
6	Jay Kelly
	Marty Supreme
5	Bugonia
	Frankenstein
	Train Dreams
	Weapons
4	No Other Choice
3	Black Phone 2
	Hedda
	KPop Demon Hunters
	Rental Family
	Sorry, Baby
	Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2	28 Years Later
	Arco
	Bob Trevino Likes It
	Bring Her Back
	The Chronology of Water
	Die My Love
	Good Boy
	It Was Just An Accident
	The Life of Chuck
	The Long Walk
	Mickey 17
	The Secret Agent
	Superman
	The Testament of Ann Lee
	Together
	Twinless
	Zootopia 2

See also

• 5th Astra TV Awards
• 4th Astra Creative Arts Awards
• 8th Astra Midseason Movie Awards

Notes

1. Indy is a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. ^[5]
2. The nomination for Twinless in "Best First Feature" was revoked hours after the nominations were revealed given it was not director James Sweeney's first feature. ^[7]
3. Sources, including the official Astra Awards press release, listed incorrect totals for nomination counts. ^[1]

References

1. "The 2025 Astra Film Awards Nominations Have Been Announced" (Press release). The Astras. November 25, 2025. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
2. Alter, Ethan (November 25, 2025). "'One Battle After Another' leads Astra Film Awards Nominations". GoldDerby. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
3. Prusakowski, Steven (November 25, 2025). "The 2025 Astra Film Awards Nominations Have Been Announced". Awards Radar. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
4. Multiple sources:
   • Crump, Andrew (October 3, 2025). "Meet Indy the Dog, the Star of the New Horror Film 'Good Boy'". The Daily Beast . Retrieved November 30, 2025.
   • Smith, Jeff (November 26, 2025). "What 'Good Boy' Star Indy the Dog Just Achieved Has Never Happened in Major Movie History". Men's Journal . Retrieved November 30, 2025.
   • @unilad; (November 27, 2025). "A dog has officially been nominated for Best Performance at a major film awards show, and no, this isn't a joke 🐾🎬⁠ Indy, the breakout canine star of Good Boy, just scored a nomination for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller at the 9th Astra Film Awards.⁠ He's up against human actors, not in a novelty category, but a proper acting slot. And honestly? He earned it.⁠ The film's also nominated for Best First Feature, but Indy's the one making award season history.⁠ From good boy to awards contender, give this legend his trophy.⁠ 📹 – @goodboy.film" . Retrieved November 30, 2025– via Instagram.
   • McClelland, Tim (November 28, 2025). "Canine Star of 'Good Boy' Makes Movie History with Nomination". MovieWeb . Retrieved November 30, 2025.
   • McAndrews, Mary Beth (October 5, 2025). "'Good Boy' Director Ben Leonberg and Indy Talk Their Creepy New Horror Movie: 'From Indy's Perspective, It's A Love Story'". Dread Central . Retrieved November 30, 2025.
5. Deb, Anurekha (October 5, 2025). "What kind of dog is Indy from 'Good Boy'? Details from the horror film explored". Soap Central. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
6. Davidson, Denton (December 11, 2025). "'Sinners' and 'Frankenstein' top Astra Creative Arts Awards: Full Winners List". GoldDerby. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
7. @TheAstraAwards (November 25, 2025). "We discovered an error in this year's nominations: Twinless was mistakenly included in the Best First Feature category. Because Twinless is James Sweeney's second feature, it does not meet the eligibility requirements for this category and has been removed" (Tweet). Retrieved November 25, 2025– via Twitter.

External links

• Official website