{"id":403752,"date":"2026-01-10T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403752\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:58:10","slug":"astra-film-awards-2026-winners-ryan-cooglers-sinners-sweeps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403752\/","title":{"rendered":"Astra Film Awards 2026 Winners: Ryan Coogler\u2019s \u2018Sinners\u2019 Sweeps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Coogler<\/a>\u2019s Sinners<\/a> emerged as the night\u2019s biggest winner at the 9th Annual Astra Film Awards<\/a> on Friday. The supernatural thriller secured six trophies, including Best Motion Picture \u2014 Drama, Best Director, and Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan. The film\u2019s dominant showing also included wins for its ensemble cast, Ludwig G\u00f6ransson\u2019s score, and Coogler\u2019s original screenplay.<\/p>\n

The night was a major success for Warner Bros.<\/a>, which hauled in 11 total wins across its slate. Beyond the sweep for Sinners, Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s One Battle After Another won Best Motion Picture \u2014 Comedy or Musical and Best Adapted Screenplay, while James Gunn\u2019s Superman took Best Action or Science Fiction Feature. Zach Cregger\u2019s Weapons also secured two awards: Best Horror Feature and a Best Supporting Actress win for Amy Madigan.<\/p>\n

Netflix stayed competitive with multiple wins led by the global hit KPop Demon Hunters. The film earned three Astra Awards, including Best Animated Feature, Best Original Song for \u201cGolden,\u201d and Best Voice-Over Performance for Arden Cho. Additionally, Adam Sandler was named Best Supporting Actor (Comedy\/Musical) for Noah Baumbach\u2019s Jay Kelly, and The Perfect Neighbor took home Best Documentary.<\/p>\n

The acting categories saw high-profile wins for Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet (Marty Supreme) and Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee) in the Comedy\/Musical lead races, while Ariana Grande won Best Supporting Actress (Comedy\/Musical). In the drama races, Jessie Buckley was named Best Actress for Hamnet and Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd won Best Supporting Actor for Neon\u2019s Sentimental Value, which also secured Best International Feature.<\/p>\n

A complete list of all winners can be found below:<\/p>\n

Best Motion Picture Drama
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
[winner] Sinners (WB)
Train Dreams (Netflix)<\/p>\n

Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Marty Supreme (A24)
No Other Choice (Neon)
[winner] One Battle After Another (WB)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n

Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Dwayne Johnson \u2014 The Smashing Machine (A24)
Dylan O\u2019Brien \u2014 Twinless (Roadside)
Jeremy Allen White \u2014 Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (20th Century)
Joel Edgerton \u2014 Train Dreams (Netflix)
[winner] Michael B. Jordan \u2014 Sinners (WB)
Wagner Moura \u2014 The Secret Agent (Neon)<\/p>\n

Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Jennifer Lawrence \u2014 Die My Love (Mubi)
[winner] Jessie Buckley \u2014 Hamnet (Focus Features)
Julia Garner \u2014 Weapons (WB)
Renate Reinsve \u2014 Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sydney Sweeney \u2014 Christy (Black Bear)
Tessa Thompson \u2014 Hedda (Amazon MGM)<\/p>\n

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Jacob Elordi \u2014 Frankenstein (Netflix)
David Jonsson \u2014 The Long Walk (Lionsgate)
Delroy Lindo \u2014 Sinners (WB)
Paul Mescal \u2014 Hamnet (Focus Features)
[winner] Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd \u2014 Sentimental Value (Neon)
Miles Caton \u2014 Sinners (WB)<\/p>\n

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
[winner] Amy Madigan \u2014 Weapons (WB)
Elle Fanning \u2014 Sentimental Value (Neon)
Hailee Steinfeld \u2014 Sinners (WB)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas \u2014 Sentimental Value (Neon)
Nina Hoss \u2014 Hedda (Amazon MGM)
Wunmi Mosaku \u2014 Sinners (WB)<\/p>\n

Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Brendan Fraser \u2014 Rental Family (Searchlight)
George Clooney \u2014 Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Jesse Plemons \u2014 Bugonia (Focus Features)
Lee Byung Hun \u2014 No Other Choice (Neon)
Leonardo DiCaprio \u2014 One Battle After Another (WB)
[winner] Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet \u2014 Marty Supreme (A24)<\/p>\n

Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
[winner] Amanda Seyfried \u2014 The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight)
Chase Infiniti \u2014 One Battle After Another (WB)
Cynthia Erivo \u2014 Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Emma Stone \u2014 Bugonia (Focus Features)
Eva Victor \u2014 Sorry, Baby (A24)
Rose Byrne \u2014 If I Had Legs, I\u2019d Kick You (A24)<\/p>\n

Best Supporting Actor in\u00a0 a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
[winner] Adam Sandler \u2014 Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Benicio Del Toro \u2014 One Battle After Another (WB)
Jonathan Bailey \u2014 Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Josh O\u2019 Connor \u2014 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Keanu Reeves \u2014 Good Fortune (Lionsgate)
Sean Penn \u2014 One Battle After Another (WB)<\/p>\n

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
[winner] Ariana Grande \u2014 Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Glenn Close \u2014 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Gwyneth Paltrow \u2014 Marty Supreme (A24)
Odessa A’zion \u2014 Marty Supreme (A24)
Regina Hall \u2014 One Battle After Another (WB)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (WB)<\/p>\n

Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia \u2014 Written by Will Tracy (Focus Features)
Frankenstein \u2014 Written by Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)
Hamnet \u2014 Written by Chlo\u00e9 Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell (Focus Features)
No Other Choice \u2014 Written by Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee\u00a0 (Neon)
[winner] One Battle After Another \u2014 Written by Paul Thomas Anderson (WB)
Train Dreams \u2014 Written by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Netflix)<\/p>\n

Best Original Screenplay
Jay Kelly \u2014 Written by Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer (Netflix)
Marty Supreme \u2014 Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (A24)
Rental Family \u2014 Written by Hikari and Stephen Blahut (Searchlight)
Sentimental Value \u2014 Written by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt (Neon)
[winner] Sinners \u2014 Written by Ryan Coogler (WB)
Weapons\u2014- Written by Zach Cregger (WB)<\/p>\n

Best Book to Screen Adaptation
How to Train Your Dragon (Universal)
Mickey 17 (WB)
Superman (WB)
[winner] The Housemaid (Lionsgate)
The Life of Chuck (Neon)
The Long Walk (Lionsgate)<\/p>\n

Best Director
Chlo\u00e9 Zhao \u2014 Hamnet (Focus Features)
Guillermo del Toro \u2014 Frankenstein (Netflix)
Joachim Trier \u2014 Sentimental Value (Neon)
Josh Safdie \u2014 Marty Supreme (A24)
Paul Thomas Anderson \u2014 One Battle After Another (WB)
[winner] Ryan Coogler \u2014 Sinners (WB)<\/p>\n

Best Cast Ensemble
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
One Battle After Another (WB)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
[winner] Sinners (WB)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n

Best Animated Feature
Arco (Neon)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle (Crunchyroll)
In Your Dreams (Netflix)
[winner] KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Little Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain (GKids)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)<\/p>\n

Best Voice Over Performance:
[winner] Arden Cho \u2014 KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Natalie Portman \u2014 Arco (Neon)
Nick Offerman \u2014 The Life of Chuck (Neon)
Scarlett Sher \u2014 Weapons (WB)
Shakira \u2014 Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)
Will Patton \u2014 Train Dreams (Netflix)<\/p>\n

Best Horror or Thriller Feature
28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures)
Bring Her Back (A24)
Final Destination: Bloodlines (WB)
Together (Neon)
[winner] Weapons (WB)<\/p>\n

Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller
Alfie Williams \u2014 28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Alison Brie \u2014 Together (Neon)
Ethan Hawke \u2014 Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures)
[winner] Indy the Dog \u2014 Good Boy (IFC Films + Shudder)
Sally Hawkins \u2014 Bring Her Back (A24)
Sophie Thatcher \u2014 Companion (WB)<\/p>\n

Best Action or Sci-Fiction Feature:
F1 (Apple Original Films)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney\/Marvel Studios)
Mickey 17 (WB)
Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
[winner] Superman (WB)
Warfare (A24)<\/p>\n

Best Documentary
Cover Up (Netflix)
It\u2019s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Magnolia)
My Mom Jayne (HBO Max)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)
[winner] The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Zodiac Killer Project (Music Box Films)<\/p>\n

Best International Feature
Bel\u00e9n (Amazon MGM)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
No Other Choice (Neon)
[winner] Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sir\u00e2t (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)<\/p>\n

Best Indie Feature
Bob Trevino Like It (Roadside)
Die My Love (Mubi)
Sorry, Baby (A24)
The Chronology of Water (The Forge)
[winner] Twinless (Roadside)
Urchin (1-2 Special)<\/p>\n

Best First Feature
Bob Trevino Likes It (Roadside)
Eleanor the Great (Sony Pictures Classics)
Good Boy (IFC Films)
[winner] Sorry, Baby (A24)
The Chronology of Water (The Forge)<\/p>\n

Best Original Score
Frankenstein \u2014 Alexandre Desplat
Hedda \u2014 Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir\u00a0
One Battle After Another \u2014 Jonny Greenwood
[winner] Sinners \u2014 Ludwig G\u00f6ransson
Hamnet \u2014 Max Richter
Jay Kelly \u2014 Nicholas Britell\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best Song
“Clothed by the Sun” from\u00a0The Testament of Ann Lee\u00a0\u2014 Music and lyrics by\u00a0Daniel Blumberg
“The Girl in the Bubble” from\u00a0Wicked: For Good\u00a0\u2014 Music and lyrics by\u00a0Stephen Schwartz
[winner] “Golden” from\u00a0KPop Demon Hunters\u00a0\u2014 Music and lyrics by\u00a0Ejae,\u00a0Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24, and\u00a0Teddy
“I Lied to You” from\u00a0Sinners\u00a0\u2014 Music and lyrics by\u00a0Raphael Saadiq\u00a0and\u00a0Ludwig G\u00f6ransson
“No Place Like Home” from\u00a0Wicked: For Good\u00a0\u2014 Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
“Train Dreams” from\u00a0Train Dreams\u00a0\u2014 Music and lyrics by\u00a0Nick Cave\u00a0and\u00a0Bryce Dessner<\/p>\n

Best Young Performer
Aidan Delbis \u2014 Bugonia (Focus Features)
Ana Sophia Heger \u2014 She Rides Shotgun (Lionsgate)
[winner] Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Madeleine McGraw \u2014 Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures)
Marissa Bode \u2014 Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Shannon Mahina Gorman \u2014 Rental Family (Searchlight)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Coogler\u2019s Sinners emerged as the night\u2019s biggest winner at the 9th Annual Astra Film Awards on Friday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[214343,64,63,134,31240,70836,33471,6141],"class_list":["post-403752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-astra-film-awards","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-fyc","tag-ryan-coogler","tag-sinners","tag-warner-bros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}