Don Shanahan
On the heels of our site’s own “Best of 2025 So Far…” staff picks, the Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) has announced their nominees for the 2025 Astra Midseason Movie Awards. These mid-year awards honor the best in cinema from the first half of each calendar year. All films considered and nominated were released between January 1 and June 30, 2025. Film Obsessive Editor in Chief Don Shanahan is a voting member of the HCA.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leads the field after earning seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Michael B.Jordan, Best Supporting Actress for Hailee Steinfeld and Wunmi Mosaku, Best Supporting Actor for Miles Caton, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. Similar to last year, A24 Films received the most nominations overall across all categories, with 11 nominations across their titles, including Alex Garland’s Warfare, Celine Song’s Materialists, and Eva Victor’s Sorry, Baby. Other films with multiple nominations include Neon’s The Life of Chuck, Sony Pictures’ 28 Years Later, Apple’s F1, Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts*, and Focus Features’ Black Bag.
Final voting with HCA members for the 2025 Astra Midseason Movie Awards is currently underway. The Astra Midseason Awards winners will be announced on the official Astra Awards X page and Instagram Page on Thursday, July 3, 2024, starting at 10am PT/1pm ET.
A complete list of nominated films can be found below:
BEST PICTURE
28 Years Later
Black Bag
F1
Materialists
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Sinners
The Life of Chuck
Sorry, Baby
Thunderbolts*
Warfare
BEST ACTOR
Alfie Williams – 28 Days Later
Brad Pitt – F1
Chris Evans – Materialists
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Robert Pattinson – Mickey 17
BEST ACTRESS
Dakota Johnson – Materialists
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Florence Pugh – Thunderbolts*
Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back
Sophie Thatcher – Companion
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem – F1
Lewis Pullman – Thunderbolts*
Mark Hamill – The Life of Chuck
Miles Caton – Sinners
Pedro Pascal – Materialists
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners
Jodie Comer – 28 Years Later
Kerry Condon – F1
Marisa Abela – Black Bag
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
BEST SCREENPLAY
Materialists
Sinners
Sorry, Baby
The Ballad of Wallis Island
The Life of Chuck
BEST DIRECTOR
Celine Song – Materialists
Danny Boyle – 28 Years Later
Mike Flanagan – The Life of Chuck
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Steven Soderbergh – Black Bag
BEST HORROR FILM
Bring Her Back
Companion
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Heart Eyes
The Monkey
BEST STUNTS
Ballerina
F1
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Thunderbolts*
Warfare
BEST INDIE FILM
A Nice Indian Boy
Bob Trevino Likes It
Dangerous Animals
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
My Dead Friend Zoe
MOST ANTICIPATED FILM
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Fantastic Four: First Steps
Superman
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
About The Astra Awards:
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