# 8th Astra Film Awards

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 apiece, followed by Emilia Pérez with seven and Anora with six. Ultimately, Wicked 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.
| 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 Roz / Rummage 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
* 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 |
| 2 | A Real Pain |
| 2 | The Wild Robot |

## Films with multiple nominations

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