The 8th Astra Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Creative Alliance, took place on December 8, 2024, at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles. The nominations were announced on November 25, 2024.
The body horror film The Substance and the musical fantasy Wicked led the nominations with eight each, followed by Emilia Pérez with seven and Anora with six. Wicked ultimately won the most awards with four, including Best Picture and Best Director (Jon M. Chu).
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.
Ceremony information This is the second ceremony following the rebranding to "The Astra Awards" by the Hollywood Creative Alliance. 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.
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.
Wicked Anora The Brutalist Challengers Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez A Real Pain Sing Sing The Substance Jon M. Chu – Wicked Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez Sean Baker – Anora Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat – The Substance Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as Divine G Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain as David Kaplan Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Thomas Lawrence Glen Powell – Hit Man as Gary Johnson Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez Angelina Jolie – Maria as Maria Callas Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Naomi Scott – Smile 2 as Skye Riley Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Jonathan Bailey – Wicked as Fiyero Tigelaar Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda "Glinda" Upland (TIE) Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro (TIE) Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys as Hattie Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez as Jessi Del Monte Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue 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 | valign="top" width="50%"| 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 |- | valign="top" width="50%"| The Wild Robot Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Transformers One Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot as Roz / Rummage Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2 as Anxiety Brian Tyree Henry – Transformers One as D-16 / Megatron Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot as Fink Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2 as Joy Owen Teague – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Noa The Substance Alien: Romulus Heretic Longlegs Nosferatu Smile 2 Naomi Scott – Smile 2 as Skye Riley Hugh Grant – Heretic as Mr. Reed Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle Lupita Nyong'o – A Quiet Place: Day One as Samira Margaret Qualley – The Substance as Sue Bill Skarsgård – Nosferatu as Count Orlok Monkey Man Civil War The Fall Guy Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Twisters Challengers Anora Deadpool & Wolverine Saturday Night A Real Pain Wicked Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Black Box Diaries Daughters Music by John Williams The Remarkable Life of Ibelin Will & Harper Emilia Pérez All We Imagine as Light Flow I'm Still Here Kneecap The Seed of the Sacred Fig The Last Showgirl The Apprentice Hundreds of Beavers Late Night with the Devil Strange Darling Thelma Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice Kelsey Mann – Inside Out 2 Dev Patel – Monkey Man Sean Wang – Dìdi Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson Saturday Night Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez Gladiator II Wicked
Honorary awards Artisan Spotlight Award – Jomo Fray Artisan Icon Award – Colleen Atwood Breakthrough Award – Monica Barbaro Artisan Achievement Award – Kris Bowers Game Changer Award – Karla Sofía Gascón Artisan Breakthrough Award – Giovanni Ribisi Filmmaker on the Rise Award – Jennifer Esposito
Films with multiple wins The following films received multiple awards:
+ Wins Film 4 Wicked 2 Emilia Pérez A Real PainThe 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
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