Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) Awards: ‘Past Lives’ Takes Best Picture, Colman Domingo a Double Winner for ‘Rustin’ and ‘The Color Purple’
Past Lives has won Best Picture at 6th Annual Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) Film Awards. Producers of the drama are Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler and David Hinojosa, who is of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent. The film also won Best Original Screenplay for writer-director Celine Song.
Afro-Latino performer Colman Domingo picked up two wins for Best Actor for his role in Rustin and Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Color Purple. The other acting awards went to Lily Gladstone (Best Actress) for Killers of the Flower Moon and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Best Supporting Actress) for The Holdovers.
“We are so proud of the progress we have made over the last six years, but know there is a lot more room to grow,” said Toni Gonzales, LEJA President. “Our mission remains the same – celebrating the Latino stories in our communities and the people who make them come to life.”
Barbie won five awards, the most awards this year. The Greta Gerwig-directed film won for Best Adapted Screenplay (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach); Best Production & Set Design (Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer); Best Costume Design (Jacqueline Durran); Best Hair & Makeup Design (Ivana Primorac); and Best Song for “I’m Just Ken” (written by Mark Ronson & Andrew Wytt; performed by Ryan Gosling). The film led the nominations with 16 nods.
Oppenheimer scored the second most wins with four for Best Director for Christopher Nolan, Editing (Jennifer Lame), Sound (Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, Kevin O’Connell & Willie Burton) and Score (Ludwig Göransson). The film earned a total of 15 nods.
Also winning multiple awards were the animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Spain’s Society of the Snow.
This year, LEJA also honored Mexican actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter Eugenio Derbez as the recipient of the Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award. Previous honorees include Jennifer Lopez, John Leguizamo and Rosie Perez.
BEST PICTURE
“All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures) – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin & Sarah Harvey
“Barbie” (Warner Bros.) – David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley & Robbie Brenner
“The Holdovers” (Focus Features) – Mark Johnson, Bill Block & David Hemingson
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films) – Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese & Daniel Lupi
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven & Christopher Nolan
“Origin” (Neon) – Paul Garnes & Ava DuVernay
“Past Lives” (A24) – David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon & Pamela Koffler – WINNER
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos
Lanthimos & Emma Stone
“Radical” (Pantelion Films) – Benjamin Odell, Joshua Davis & Eugenio Derbez
“Society of the Snow” (Netflix) – Belén Atienza, Sandra Hermida & J. A. Bayona
BEST DIRECTOR
Lila Avilés, “Tótem”
Ava DuVernay, “Origin”
Greta Gerwig, “Barbie”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things”
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer” – WINNER
Celine Song, “Past Lives”
BEST ACTOR
Gael García Bernal, “Cassandro”
Bradley Cooper, “Maestro”
Eugenio Derbez, “Radical”
Colman Domingo, “Rustin” – WINNER
Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon” – WINNER
Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall”
Greta Lee, “Past Lives”
Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”
Laura Paredes, “Trenque Lauquen”
Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert De Niro, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Colman Domingo, “The Color Purple” – WINNER
Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”
Charles Melton, “May December”
Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza, “Blue Beetle”
Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer”
Penélope Cruz, “Ferrari”
America Ferrera, “Barbie”
Rachel McAdams, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers” – WINNER
VOICE OR MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Nicolas Cantu, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”
Ariana DeBose, “Wish”
Oscar Isaac, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” – WINNER
Shameik Moore, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Hailee Steinfeld, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Lauren Vélez, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
ANIMATED FEATURE
Pablo Berger, “Robot Dreams”
Chris Buck & Fawn Veerasunthorn, “Wish”
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers & Justin K. Thompson, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” – WINNER
Hayao Miyazaki, “The Boy and the Heron”
Jeff Rowe, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”
Peter Sohn, “Elemental”
INTERNATIONAL FILM
“Anatomy of a Fall” (France)
“Godzilla Minus One” (Japan)
“Radical” (Mexico)
“Society of the Snow” (Spain) – WINNER
“Tótem” (Mexico)
“The Zone of Interest” (United Kingdom)
DOCUMENTARY
Maite Alberdi, “The Eternal Memory”
Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel, “De Humani Corporis Fabrica”
Mstyslav Chernov, “20 Days in Mariupol”
Madeleine Gavin, “Beyond Utopia”
Davis Guggenheim, “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” – WINNER
Matthew Heineman, “American Symphony”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Samy Burch, “May December”
Laura Citarella & Laura Paredes, “Trenque Lauquen”
Emerald Fennell, “Saltburn”
David Hemingson, “The Holdovers”
Celine Song, “Past Lives” – WINNER
Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, “Anatomy of a Fall”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, “Barbie” – WINNER
Andrew Haigh, “All of Us Strangers”
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller & Dave Callaham, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Tony McNamara, “Poor Things”
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
ENSEMBLE CAST
“Barbie”
“Blue Beetle” – WINNER
“The Color Purple”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Suzie Davies & Charlotte Dirickx, “Saltburn”
Ruth De Jong & Claire Kaufman, “Oppenheimer”
Jack Fisk & Adam Willis, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer, “Barbie” – WINNER
Marcela Gómez Montoya & Daniel Rincon, “The Kings of the World”
James Price, Shona Heath & Zsuzsa Mihalek, “Poor Things”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rodrigo Prieto, “Barbie”
Rodrigo Prieto, “Killers of the Flower Moon” – WINNER
Pedro Luque, “Society of the Snow”
Robbie Ryan, “Poor Things”
Linus Sandgren, “Saltburn”
Hoyte van Hoytema, “Oppenheimer”
COSTUME DESIGN
Sophie Canale, “Saltburn”
Jacqueline Durran, “Barbie” – WINNER
Ellen Mirojnick, “Oppenheimer”
Julio Suárez, “Society of the Snow”
Holly Waddington, “Poor Things”
Jacqueline West, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
EDITING
Miguel de Zuviría & Alejo Moguillansky, “Trenque Lauquen”
Nick Houy, “Barbie”
Jennifer Lame, “Oppenheimer” – WINNER
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, “Poor Things”
Thelma Schoonmaker, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Michelle Tesoro, “Maestro”
HAIR & MAKEUP
Luisa Abel, Jason Hamer, Jaime Leigh McIntosh & Ahou Mofid, “Oppenheimer”
Kazu Hiro, Stan Grigg, Kay Georgiou & Lori McCoy, “Maestro”
Ana López-Puigcerver, Belén López-Puigcerver, David Martí & Montse Ribé, “Society of the Snow”
Ivana Primorac, “Barbie” – WINNER
Cassie Russek & Alexei Dmitriew, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier & John Weston, “Poor Things”
SOUND
Jorge Adrados, Oriol Tarragó & Marc Orts, “Society of the Snow”
Johnnie Burn & Tarn Willers, “The Zone of Interest”
Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, Kevin O’Connell & Willie Burton, “Oppenheimer” – WINNER
Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich & Dean Zupancic, “Maestro”
Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff & Bernard Weiser, “Ferrari”
Nina Rice, Ai-Ling Lee, Dan Kenyon & Kevin O’Connell, “Barbie”
VISUAL EFFECTS
Félix Bergés & Laura Pedro, “Society of the Snow” – WINNER
Simon Hughes, “Poor Things”
Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott Fisher & Dave Drzewiecki, “Oppenheimer”
Michael Lasker, Alan Hawkins, Bret St. Clair & Pav Grochola, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland & Neil Corbould, “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
TBA, “Godzilla Minus One”
STUNTS
“Ferrari”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
“The Iron Claw”
“John Wick: Chapter 4” – WINNER
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Napoleon”
SCORE
Jerskin Fendrix, “Poor Things”
Michael Giacchino, “Society of the Snow”
Ludwig Göransson, “Oppenheimer” – WINNER
Robbie Robertson, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, “Barbie”
Marcelo Zarvos, “May December”
SONG
“Dance the Night” written by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Dua Lipa & Caroline Ailin; performed by Dua Lipa, “Barbie”
“The Fire Inside” written by Diane Warren; performed by Becky G, “Flamin’ Hot”
“I’m Just Ken” written by Mark Ronson & Andrew Wytt; performed by Ryan Gosling (featuring Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen), “Barbie” – WINNER
“Road to Freedom” written and performed by Lenny Kravitz, “Rustin”
“This Wish” written by Julia Michaels & Benjamin Ric; performed by Ariana
DeBose, “Wish”
“What Was I Made For?” written by Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell; performed by Billie Eilish, “Barbie”
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