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Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) Nominations: ‘Jay Kelly, ‘Hamnet,’ Superman’ and More

Erik Anderson January 5, 2026

The Set Decorators Society of America (SDS), An International Organization, has announced the nominations for the SDSA Awards for Film 2025 four categories of décor and design: Contemporary Feature, Period Feature, Fantasy or Sci-fi Feature, and Comedy or Musical Feature.

Bugonia, F1, Jay Kelly, One Battle After Another and Wake Up Dead Man made the cut Contemporary Feature while Period nominees included Hamnet, Sinners, and Marty Supreme. In sci-fi we have Avatar: Fire and Ash, Frankenstein and Superman in the mix, and for comedy or musical the nominees include Roofman, Freakier Friday and Wicked: For Good.

Winners will be announced February 21. Here is the complete list of nominations.

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Contemporary Feature Film

BUGONIA

Set Decoration by Prue Howard

Production Design by James Price

Set Decoration by Andrew McCarthy SDSA & Véronique Melery

Production Design by Mark Tildesley & Ben Munro

JAY KELLY

Set Decoration by Véronique Melery & Meg Everist

Production Design by Mark Tildesley

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Set Decoration by Anthony Carlino SDSA

Production Design by Florencia Martin

WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Set Decoration by Kathryn Pyle

Production Design by Rick Heinrichs

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Period Feature Film

DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE

Set Decoration by Linda Wilson

Production Design by Donal Woods

HAMNET

Set Decoration by Alice Felton SDSA

Production Design by Fiona Crombie

MARTY SUPREME

Set Decoration by Adam Willis

Production Design by Jack Fisk

SINNERS

Set Decoration by Monique Champagne SDSA

Production Design by Hannah Beachler

SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE

Set Decoration by Kris Moran

Production Design by Stefania Cella

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Fantasy or Science Fiction Feature Film

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

Set Decoration by Vanessa Cole

Production Design by Dylan Cole & Ben Procter

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS

Set Decoration by Jille Azis

Production Design by Kasra Farahani

FRANKENSTEIN

Set Decoration by Shane Vieau SDSA

Production Design by Tamara Deverell

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

Set Decoration by Daniel Birt SDSA

Production Design by Dominic Watkins

SUPERMAN

Set Decoration by Rosemary Brandenburg SDSA

Production Design by Beth Mickle

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Comedy or Musical Feature Film

FREAKIER FRIDAY

Set Decoration by Brandi Kalish SDSA

Production Design by Kay Anna Lee

KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN

Set Decoration by Andrew Baseman SDSA

Production Design by Scott Chambliss

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME

Set Decoration by Anna Pinnock

Production Design by Adam Stockhausen

ROOFMAN

Set Decoration by Kendall Anderson SDSA

Production Design by Inbal Weinberg

WICKED: FOR GOOD

Set Decoration by Lee Sandales

Production Design by Nathan Crowley

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.