9th Astra Film Awards

9th Astra Film Awards
Date	January 9, 2026
Site	Sofitel Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles
Hosted by	Omar Benson Miller
Official website	theastras.com
Highlights
Best Picture	Sinners
Most awards	Sinners (6)
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, took place on January 9, 2026, at the Sofitel Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The nominations were announced on November 25, 2025. ^[4]

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. ^{[4] [5] [6]} Ultimately, Sinners won the most awards with six wins, including Best Picture – Drama and Best Director. ^[1] The ceremony was live-streamed across multiple platforms, including the official Astra Awards YouTube channel, Instagram and X accounts, and on KNEKT.tv. ^[7] Actor Omar Benson Miller hosted the ceremony. ^[7]

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. ^[4] In addition to the main broadcast, an exclusive pre-show aired on KNEKT.tv, and on the Astra Awards' Instagram and YouTube channel, featuring interviews with honorees and nominees prior to the ceremony. ^[7]

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. ^[a] Indy ultimately won the award, making further history as the first animal to win a major film acting award. Though not in attendance, the film's director and owner of Indy, Ben Leonberg, accepted the award via an acceptance speech video, with Indy by his side, that was published on the Astra Awards Instagram account and YouTube channel the following day. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

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. ^[17] Furthermore, the category "Best Comedy" was retired, while "Best Book to Screen Adaptation" made its debut. ^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. ^[1]

Ryan Coogler, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay winner

Michael B. Jordan, Best Actor – Drama winner

Jessie Buckley, Best Actress – Drama winner

Timothée Chalamet, Best Actor – Comedy or Musical winner

Amanda Seyfried, Best Actress – Comedy or Musical winner

Stellan Skarsgård, Best Supporting Actor – Drama winner

Amy Madigan, Best Supporting Actress – Drama winner

Adam Sandler, Best Supporting Actor – Comedy or Musical winner

Ariana Grande, Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical winner

Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Best Picture – Drama Sinners Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just an Accident Sentimental Value Train Dreams	Best Picture – Comedy or Musical One Battle After Another Bugonia Jay Kelly Marty Supreme No Other Choice Wicked: For Good
Best Actor – Drama Michael B. Jordan – Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams as Robert Grainier Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine as Mark Kerr Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent as Marcelo Alves / Armando Solimões / Fernando Solimões 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 Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice as Yoo Man-su 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 Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee as Ann Lee 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 Emma Stone – Bugonia as Michelle Fuller Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby as Agnes
Best Supporting Actor – Drama Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg Miles Caton – Sinners as Samuel "Sammie" Moore Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature David Jonsson – The Long Walk as Peter "Pete" McVries Delroy Lindo – Sinners as Delta Slim Paul Mescal – Hamnet as William Shakespeare	Best Supporting Actress – Drama Amy Madigan – Weapons as Gladys Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value as Rachel Kemp Nina Hoss – Hedda as Eileen Lovborg Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners as Mary
Best Supporting Actor – Comedy or Musical Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly as Ron Sukenick Jonathan Bailey – Wicked: For Good as Fiyero Tigelaar Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos Josh O'Connor – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Fr. Jud Duplenticy Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw Keanu Reeves – Good Fortune as Gabriel	Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good as Galinda "Glinda" Upland Odessa A'zion – Marty Supreme as Rachel Mizler Glenn Close – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Martha Delacroix 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 Sinners – Ryan Coogler Jay Kelly – Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Rental Family – Hikari Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt Weapons – Zach Cregger	Best Adapted Screenplay One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson Bugonia – Will Tracy Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee 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 Ryan Coogler – Sinners Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Best Animated Feature KPop Demon Hunters Arco Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle In Your Dreams 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 Weapons 28 Years Later Black Phone 2 Bring Her Back Final Destination Bloodlines Together	Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller Indy the Dog – Good Boy as himself Alison Brie – Together as Millie Wilson Ethan Hawke – Black Phone 2 as The Grabber Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back as Laura Sophie Thatcher – Companion as Iris Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later as Spike
Best Cast Ensemble Sinners Jay Kelly One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Wicked: For Good	Best Action or Sci-Fiction Feature Superman F1 The Fantastic Four: First Steps Mickey 17 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Warfare
Best Documentary Feature The Perfect Neighbor Cover Up It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley My Mom Jayne Orwell: 2+2=5 Zodiac Killer Project	Best International Feature Sentimental Value Belén It Was Just an Accident No Other Choice The Secret Agent Sirāt
Best Indie Feature Twinless Bob Trevino Likes It The Chronology of Water Die My Love Sorry, Baby Urchin	Best First Feature Sorry, Baby Bob Trevino Likes It The Chronology of Water Eleanor the Great Good Boy Twinless [b]
Best Original Score Ludwig Göransson – Sinners Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein Hildur Guðnadóttir – Hedda Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another Max Richter – Hamnet Nicholas Britell – Jay Kelly	Best Original Song "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters – Music and lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, IDO, 24, and TEDDY "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 "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 Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet as Hamnet Shakespeare 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 Madeleine McGraw – Black Phone 2 as Gwen

Honorary awards

• Virtuoso Award – Zoey Deutch ^[7]
• Impact Award – Amanda Seyfried
• Vanguard Award – Elle Fanning ^[7]
• Timeless Award – Sharon Stone ^[19]
• Filmmaker on the Rise Award – Hikari ^[19]
• Game Changer Award – Dylan O'Brien ^[19]
• Trailblazer Award – Jennifer Love Hewitt ^[19]
• Excellence in Artistry Award – Mark Hamill ^[7]
• Acting Achievement Award – Wagner Moura ^[7]
• Star on the Rise Award – Madeleine McGraw ^[19]
• Artisan Achievement Award – Myron Kerstein ^[7]
• Filmmaking Achievement Award – Park Chan-wook ^[19]
• Independent Spotlight Award – Bob Trevino Likes It ^[19]
• Animation is Cinema Award – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle ^[20]

Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
6	Sinners
3	KPop Demon Hunters
2	Hamnet
	One Battle After Another
	Sentimental Value
	Weapons

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. Attributed to multiple references: ^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}
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. ^[18]
3. Sources, including the official Astra Awards press release, listed incorrect totals for nomination counts. ^[4]

References

1. Davidson, Denton (January 9, 2026). "Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' sweeps Astra Film Awards; Warner Bros. dominates with 11 wins". Gold Derby. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
2. Stone, Sasha (January 10, 2026). "'Sinners' Wins Picture and Director at the Astra Awards". Awards Daily . Retrieved January 10, 2026.
3. Neglia, Matt (January 9, 2026). "The 2025 Hollywood Creative Alliance's (HCA) Astra Film Award Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
4. "The 2025 Astra Film Awards Nominations Have Been Announced" (Press release). The Astras. November 25, 2025. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
5. Alter, Ethan (November 25, 2025). "'One Battle After Another' leads Astra Film Awards Nominations". Gold Derby. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
6. Prusakowski, Steven (November 25, 2025). "The 2025 Astra Film Awards Nominations Have Been Announced". Awards Radar. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
7. Stone, Sasha (January 8, 2026). "Elle Fanning, Mark Hamill, Myron Kerstein, Zoey Deutch, and Wagner Moura to Be Honored at the Astra Film Awards". Awards Daily . Retrieved January 8, 2026.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. @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.
11. McClelland, Tim (November 28, 2025). "Canine Star of 'Good Boy' Makes Movie History with Nomination". MovieWeb . Retrieved November 30, 2025.
12. 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.
13. Campione, Katie (January 5, 2026). "'Good Boy' Director Ben Leonberg Reveals Secrets Behind Making a Horror-Thriller Film from the Perspective of His Family Dog". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 5, 2026.
14. @hollywoodcreativealliance; (January 10, 2026). "Indy the Dog and his human companion Ben Leonberg accept the Astra for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller Feature for Good Boy. #TheAstras #AstraFilmAwards #GoodBoyMovie #GoodBoy #Indythedog" . Retrieved January 10, 2026– via Instagram.
15. "Indy the Dog Makes History, Wins Best Actor at the 2026 Astra Awards". MEAWW. January 10, 2026. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
16. Indy the Dog wins Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller Feature for Good Boy | Astra Film Awards. The Astra Awards. January 10, 2026. Retrieved January 10, 2026– via YouTube.
17. Davidson, Denton (December 11, 2025). "'Sinners' and 'Frankenstein' top Astra Creative Arts Awards: Full Winners List". Gold Derby. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
18. @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.
19. Ntim, Zac (December 17, 2025). "Astra Film Awards: Dylan O'Brien, Hikari, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Madeleine McGraw, Park Chan-wook & Sharon Stone Among 2025 Honorees". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 18, 2025.
20. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 10, 2026). "'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle' Film Wins Honorary Award at Astra Film Awards". Anime News Network . Retrieved January 10, 2026.

External links

• Official website