‘Barbie’ Wins 8 Astra Awards from Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA)

The Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) 2024 ASTRA Film Awards were announced tonight live from the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles where Barbie dominated with eight wins: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Production Design, Best Publicity Campaign, and Best Casting. 

Universal Pictures’ Oppenheimer scored four wins; Best Director, Best Score, Best Sound, and Best Cinematography. Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4 and Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse each received three wins with John Wick: Chapter 4 grabbing Best Action Feature, Best Editing, and Best Stunts while Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won Best Animated Feature, Best Voice-Over Performance, and Best Visual Effects.

Paul Giamatti took home Best Actor for The Holdovers and his co-star Da’Vine Joy Randolph continued her dominance in the Supporting Actress race with another win here. Robbie’s Best Actress win was a tie with Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon.

In the group’s international categories the winners were Anatomy of a Fall for Best International Feature and Best International Actress for Sandra Hüller. Gael García Bernal was named Best International Actor for Cassandro and Best International Filmmaker went to Hayao Miyazaki for The Boy and the Heron.

“2023 was quite the year for the film industry, which included a historic WGA and SAG Strike, one of the biggest film marketing campaigns with the success of ‘Barbenheimer,’ and a wide array of spectacular movies,” said HCA Vice Chair Yong Chavez. “The Hollywood Creative Alliance is honored to recognize and celebrate this year’s nominees whose work entertained and captivated all of us in theaters and at home. Congrats to the winners and thank you all for the magical performances you gave us this year.”

Additionally the HCA bestowed eight Honorary Awards including:

• Abby Ryder Fortson – Star on the Rise Award
• Daniel Pemberton – Artisan Achievement Award 
• Danielle Brooks – Breakthrough Performer Award
• Glenn Howerton – Game Changer Award
• J.A. Bayona – Filmmaking Achievement Award
• Jeffrey Wright – Acting Achievement Award
• John Wick: Chapter 4 –  Spotlight Award
• Willem Dafoe – Excellence in Artistry Award

Below is the full list of the award winners presented by the Hollywood Creative Alliance:

Best Picture: “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Director: Christopher Nolan – “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Best Actor: Paul Giamatti – “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)

Best Actress – TIE: Lily Gladstone – “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films) and Margot Robbie – “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Supporting Actor: Ryan Gosling – “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)

Best Original Screenplay: “Barbie,” Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Adapted Screenplay: “American Fiction,” Screenplay by Cord Jefferson (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)

Best International Feature: “Anatomy of a Fall” (France) (NEON)

Best International Actor: Gael García Bernal – “Cassandro” (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best International Actress: Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy of a Fall” (NEON)

Best International Filmmaker: Hayao Miyazaki – “The Boy and The Heron” (GKids)

Best Animated Feature: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)

Best Short Film: “The After” (Netflix)

Best Action Feature: “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)

Best Comedy Feature: “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate)

Best Horror Feature: “M3GAN” (Universal Pictures)

Best First Feature: Celine Song, “Past Lives” (A24)

Best Documentary Feature: “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” (Apple Original Films)

Best Voice-Over Performance: Hailee Steinfeld – “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)

Best Cast Ensemble: “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Original Song: “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie,” Written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – Performed by Ryan Gosling (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Stunts : “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)

Best Casting: Allison Jones & Lucy Bevan, “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Best Costume Design: Holly Waddington, “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Editing: Nathan Orloff, “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)

Best Hair and Make-Up: Kazu Hiro, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, and Lori McCoy-Bell, “Maestro” (Netflix)

Best Production Design  : Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer, “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Publicity Campaign: “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Score : “Oppenheimer,” Ludwig Göransson (Universal Pictures)

Best Sound : “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)

Best Visual Effects: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)

The ASTRA Film Awards were held on Saturday, January 6, 2024 at the historic Biltmore Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA and hosted by comedian Rick Glassman.  The ceremony was produced by DIGA Studios and Content.23 Media and live-streamed worldwide on KNEKTtvand the HCA YouTube Channel.

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