The Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) have announced their nominations representing the best in film midyear for 2026. The winners will be announced on June 30th. Here are this year’s nominees…
BEST PICTURE
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Backrooms
Disclosure Day
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Obsession
Project Hail Mary
Send Help
The Drama
The Invite
Toy Story 5
BEST ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Disclosure Day
Inde Navarrette – Obsession
Keke Palmer – I Love Boosters
Margot Robbie – Wuthering Heights
Rachel McAdams – Send Help
Zendaya – The Drama
BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Backrooms
Jaafar Jackson – Michael
Leo Woodall – Tuner
Ralph Fiennes – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Robert Pattinson – The Drama
Ryan Gosling – Project Hail Mary
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alison Oliver – Wuthering Heights
Courtney Grace – Disclosure Day
Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada 2
Penélope Cruz – The Invite
Renate Reinsve – Backrooms
Sandra Hüller – Project Hail Mary
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR


Colman Domingo – Michael
Dustin Hoffman – Tuner
Dylan O’Brien – Send Help
Edward Norton – The Invite
Jack O’Connell – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
James Ortiz – Project Hail Mary
BEST SCREENPLAY
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Obsession
Project Hail Mary
The Drama
The Invite
Toy Story 5
BEST DIRECTOR
Curry Barker – Obsession
Kane Parsons – Backrooms
Matt Johnson – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Nia DaCosta – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Olivia Wilde – The Invite
Phil Lord & Chris Miller – Project Hail Mary
BEST HORROR FILM
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Backrooms
Hokum
Obsession
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Send Help
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
Blue Heron
Carolina Caroline
Leviticus
Mile End Kicks
Our Hero, Balthazar
Tuner
BEST STUNTS
Disclosure Day
Masters of the Universe
Mortal Kombat II
Project Hail Mary
The Furious
They Will Kill You
MOST ANTICIPATED FILM (SECOND HALF OF 2026)
Avengers: Doomsday
Digger
Dune: Part Three
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Odyssey
The Social Reckoning
Final voting for the 2025 Astra Midseason Movie Awards is currently underway. The winners of the 2026 Astra Midseason Movie Awards will be revealed on Tuesday, June 30th across all Astra Awards social media channels beginning at 9am PT.
