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


Colman Domingo – Michael (WINNER)
Dustin Hoffman – Tuner
Dylan O’Brien – Send Help
Edward Norton – The Invite (RUNNER-UP)
Jack O’Connell – 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
James Ortiz – Project Hail Mary
BEST SCREENPLAY
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Obsession (RUNNER-UP)
Project Hail Mary
The Drama
The Invite (WINNER)
Toy Story 5
BEST DIRECTOR
Curry Barker – Obsession (RUNNER-UP)
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 (WINNER)
BEST HORROR FILM
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Backrooms (RUNNER-UP)
Hokum
Obsession (WINNER)
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Send Help
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
Blue Heron
Carolina Caroline
Leviticus (WINNER)
Mile End Kicks
Our Hero, Balthazar
Tuner (RUNNER-UP)
BEST STUNTS
Disclosure Day
Masters of the Universe
Mortal Kombat II (RUNNER-UP)
Project Hail Mary
The Furious (WINNER)
They Will Kill You
MOST ANTICIPATED FILM (SECOND HALF OF 2026)
Avengers: Doomsday (RUNNER-UP)
Digger
Dune: Part Three
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Odyssey (WINNER)
The Social Reckoning
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