8th Astra Film Awards
The 8th Astra Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Creative Alliance, took place on December 8, 2024, at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles. The nominations were announced on November 25, 2024.
The body horror film The Substance and the musical fantasy Wicked led the nominations with eight each, followed by Emilia Pérez with seven and Anora with six. Wicked ultimately won the most awards with four wins, including Best Picture and Best Director.
The nominees for the Creative Arts Awards were announced on the same day as the Film Award nominees, with its winners also announced on December 8. Both ceremonies were recorded and streamed live on KNEKT.tv and YouTube. Comedian Loni Love hosted the Astra Film Awards while actor and comedian Peter Kim hosted the Astra Creative Arts Awards.
Ceremony information
This is the second ceremony following the rebranding to The Astra Awards by the Hollywood Creative Alliance. For the genre categories, "Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller" was introduced while "Best Action Feature" was expanded to include science fiction, "Best Comedy Feature" was expanded to include musicals, and "Best Horror Feature" was expanded to include thrillers.Three international-centric categories were all discontinued, following their debut at the previous ceremony.
Winners and nominees
Winners will be listed first and highlighted with boldface.Honorary awards
Artisan Spotlight Award – Jomo FrayArtisan Icon Award – Colleen AtwoodBreakthrough Award – Monica BarbaroArtisan Achievement Award – Kris BowersGame Changer Award – Karla Sofía GascónArtisan Breakthrough Award – Giovanni Ribisi- '''Filmmaker on the Rise Award – Jennifer Esposito'''
Films with multiple wins
The following films received multiple awards:| Wins | Film |
| 4 | Wicked |
| 2 | Emilia Pérez |
| 2 | The Wild Robot |
| 2 | A Real Pain |