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. The nominations were announced on November 25, 2025.

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 drama film Sentimental Value with nine. Sinners ultimately won the most awards with six wins, including Best Picture – Drama and Best Director (Ryan Coogler).

The ceremony was live-streamed across multiple platforms, including the official Astra Awards YouTube channel, Instagram and X accounts, and on KNEKT.tv. Actor Omar Benson Miller hosted the ceremony.

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. 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.

Nominated for "Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller" for his performance in Good Boy as himself, Indy the dog's nomination made film awards 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. Ultimately, Indy 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. The result, however, was criticized by social media users, who expressed their thoughts and outrage online.

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. Furthermore, the category "Best Comedy" was retired while "Best Book to Screen Adaptation" made its debut.

Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Sinners Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just an Accident Sentimental Value Train Dreams One Battle After Another Bugonia Jay Kelly Marty Supreme No Other Choice Wicked: For Good 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 | valign="top" width="50%"| 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 Lee Ja-hye Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar |- | valign="top" width="50%"| The Housemaid How to Train Your Dragon The Life of Chuck The Long Walk Mickey 17 Superman 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 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 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 Weapons 28 Years Later Black Phone 2 Bring Her Back Final Destination Bloodlines Together 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 Sinners Jay Kelly One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Wicked: For Good Superman F1 The Fantastic Four: First Steps Mickey 17 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Warfare The Perfect Neighbor Cover-Up It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley My Mom Jayne Orwell: 2+2=5 Zodiac Killer Project Sentimental Value Belén It Was Just an Accident No Other Choice The Secret Agent Sirāt Twinless Bob Trevino Likes It The Chronology of Water Die My Love Sorry, Baby Urchin Sorry, Baby Bob Trevino Likes It The Chronology of Water Eleanor the Great Good Boy Twinless Ludwig Göransson – Sinners Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein Hildur Guðnadóttir – Hedda Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another Max Richter – Hamnet Nicholas Britell – Jay Kelly "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 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 Vanguard Award – Elle Fanning Timeless Award – Sharon Stone Filmmaker on the Rise Award – Hikari Game Changer Award – Dylan O'Brien Trailblazer Award – Jennifer Love Hewitt Excellence in Artistry Award – Mark Hamill Acting Achievement Award – Wagner Moura Star on the Rise Award – Madeleine McGraw Artisan Achievement Award – Myron Kerstein Petco Love Impact Award – Amanda Seyfried Filmmaking Achievement Award – Park Chan-wook Independent Spotlight Award – Bob Trevino Likes It Animation is Cinema Award – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle

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:

+ 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

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