Wicked Declared Best Picture by Hollywood Creative Alliance

Jon M Chu’s Wicked has been declared Best Picture by the Hollywood Creative Alliance at the HCA Astra Film & Creative Arts Awards. The film also picked up wins for Best Director for Chu, Best Actress for Cynthia Erivo, Best Supporting Actress for Ariana Grande (tied with Zoe Saldana for Emilia Pérez), Best Production Design, and Best Costume Design.

Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown) was this year’s recipient of the Astra Breakthrough Award, Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez) took home the Astra Game Changer Award, cinematographer Jomo Fray (Nickel Boys) earned the Artisan Spotlight Award, and actress-turned-writer/director Jennifer Esposito received the Astra Filmmaker on the Rise Award.

Winners in bold below.

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

Best Comedy or Musical

Anora
A Real Pain
Challengers
Deadpool & Wolverine
Saturday Night
Wicked

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Glen Powell – Hit Man
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Best Actress

Angelina Jolie – Maria
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Demi Moore – The Substance
Karla Sofia Gascon – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Naomi Scott – Smile 2

Best Supporting Actor

Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jonathan Bailey – Wicked
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Yura Borisov – Anora

Best Supporting Actress (tie)

Ariana Grande – Wicked
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Pérez

Best Original Screenplay

Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Sean Baker – Anora
Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers
Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman – Saturday Night
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Peter Straughan – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two
Glen Powell and Richard Linklater – Hit Man
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing
Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox – Wicked

Best Director

Sean Baker – Anora
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Jon M. Chu – Wicked

Best Cast Ensemble

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Gladiator II
Saturday Night
Wicked

Best International Feature

All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary Feature

Black Box Diaries
Daughters
Music by John Williams
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Will & Harper

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 Animated Feature

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
The Wild Robot
Transformers One
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Voice Over Performance

Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2
Brian Tyree Henry – Transformers One
Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Owen Teague – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot

Best Horror or Thriller Feature

Alien: Romulus
Heretic
Longlegs
Nosferatu
Smile 2
The Substance

Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller

Bill Skarsgård – Nosferatu
Demi Moore – The Substance
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Lupita Nyong’o – A Quiet Place: Day One
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Naomi Scott – Smile 2

Best Action or Science Fiction Feature

Civil War
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Monkey Man
The Fall Guy
Twisters

Best Indie Feature

Hundreds of Beavers
Late Night with the Devil
Strange Darling
The Apprentice
The Last Showgirl
Thelma

Astra Creative Arts Awards Categories:

Best Casting

Barbara Giordani, Nina Gold, Francesco Vedovati and Martin Ware – Conclave
Francine Maisler – Dune: Part Two
Christel Baras and Carla Hool – Emilia Pérez
John Papsidera – Saturday Night
Laure Cochener and Léa Moszkowicz – The Substance
Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey – Wicked

Best Cinematography

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom – Challengers
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Alice Brooks – Wicked

Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
Jenny Beavan – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
David Crossman and Janty Yates – Gladiator II
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Paul Tazewell – Wicked

Best Film Editing

Sean Baker – Anora
Marco Costa – Challengers
Nick Emerson – Conclave
Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
Nathan Orloff and Shane Reid – Saturday Night
Myron Kerstein – Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Marketing Campaign

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Warner Bros. Pictures
Challengers – Amazon MGM Studios
Dune: Part Two – Warner Bros. Pictures
Gladiator II – Paramount Pictures
The Fall Guy – Universal Pictures
Wicked – Universal Pictures

Best Original Score

Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz – Wicked
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers

Best Original Song

“Compress/Regress” from Challengers performed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez performed by Camille, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Zoe Saldaña
“Harper and Will Go West” from Will & Harper performed by Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot performed by Maren Morris
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez performed by Selena Gomez
“Piece by Piece” from Piece by Piece performed by Pharrell Williams

Best Production Design