The Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. The ceremony was live-streamed on KNEKT.tv and YouTube. Here are this year’s film award winners…
Best Motion Picture Drama
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (WB)
Train Dreams (Netflix)
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Marty Supreme (A24)
No Other Choice (Neon)
One Battle After Another (WB)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine (A24)
Dylan O’Brien – Twinless (Roadside)
Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (20th Century)
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (WB)
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Neon)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love (Mubi)
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Julia Garner – Weapons (WB)
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sydney Sweeney – Christy (Black Bear)
Tessa Thompson – Hedda (Amazon MGM)
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
David Jonsson – The Long Walk (Lionsgate)
Delroy Lindo – Sinners (WB)
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Miles Caton – Sinners (WB)
Paul Mescal – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Amy Madigan – Weapons (WB)
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Hailee Steinfeld – Sinners (WB)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Nina Hoss – Hedda (Amazon MGM)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (WB)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Brendan Fraser – Rental Family (Searchlight)
George Clooney – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia (Focus Features)
Lee Byung Hun – No Other Choice (Neon)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (WB)
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (WB)
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Emma Stone – Bugonia (Focus Features)
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (A24)
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You (A24)
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (WB)
Jonathan Bailey – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Josh O’Connor – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Keanu Reeves – Good Fortune (Lionsgate)
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (WB)
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Glenn Close – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Gwyneth Paltrow – Marty Supreme (A24)
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme (A24)
Regina Hall – One Battle After Another (WB)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (WB)
Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (WB)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (WB)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia – Written by Will Tracy (Focus Features)
Frankenstein – Written by Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)
Hamnet – Written by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell (Focus Features)
No Other Choice – Written by Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee (Neon)
One Battle After Another – Written by Paul Thomas Anderson (WB)
Train Dreams – Written by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Netflix)
Best Original Screenplay
Jay Kelly – Written by Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer (Netflix)
Marty Supreme – Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie (A24)
Rental Family – Written by Hikari and Stephen Blahut (Searchlight)
Sentimental Value – Written by Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt (Neon)
Sinners – Written by Ryan Coogler (WB)
Weapons – Written by Zach Cregger (WB)
Best Cast Ensemble
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
One Battle After Another (WB)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (WB)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Best Voice Over Performance
Arden Cho – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Natalie Portman – Arco (Neon)
Nick Offerman – The Life of Chuck (Neon)
Scarlett Sher – Weapons (WB)
Shakira – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)
Will Patton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Best Animated Feature
Arco (Neon)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle (Crunchyroll)
In Your Dreams (Netflix)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKids)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)
Best Documentary
Cover-Up (Netflix)
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Magnolia)
My Mom Jayne (HBO Max)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Zodiac Killer Project (Music Box Films)
Best International Feature
Belén (Amazon MGM)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
No Other Choice (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sirât (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
Best Book to Screen Adaptation
How to Train Your Dragon (Universal)
Mickey 17 (WB)
Superman (WB)
The Housemaid (Lionsgate)
The Life of Chuck (Neon)
The Long Walk (Lionsgate)
Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later (Sony Pictures)
Alison Brie – Together (Neon)
Ethan Hawke – Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures)
Indy the Dog – Good Boy (Independent Film Company + Shudder)
Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back (A24)
Sophie Thatcher – Companion (WB)
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)
Weapons (WB)
Best First Feature
Bob Trevino Likes It (Roadside)
Eleanor the Great (Sony Pictures Classics)
Good Boy (IFC Films)
Sorry, Baby (A24)
The Chronology of Water (The Forge)
Best Action or Sci-Fiction Feature
F1 (Apple Original Films)
Mickey 17 (WB)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Superman (WB)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney/Marvel Studios)
Warfare (A24)
Best Indie Feature
Bob Trevino Like It (Roadside)
Die My Love (Mubi)
Sorry, Baby (A24)
The Chronology of Water (The Forge)
Twinless (Roadside)
Urchin (1-2 Special)
Best Young Performer
Aidan Delbis – Bugonia (Focus Features)
Ana Sophia Heger – She Rides Shotgun (Lionsgate)
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Madeleine McGraw – Black Phone 2 (Universal Pictures)
Marissa Bode – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family (Searchlight)
Best Score
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Hedda (Amazon/MGM)
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another (WB)
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (WB)
Max Richter – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Nicholas Britell – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Best Original Song
“Clothed by the Sun” – Music and Lyrics by Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight)
“Golden” – Music and Lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, IDO, 24, and TEDDY – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
“I Lied to You” – Music and Lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson – Sinners (WB)
“No Place Like Home” – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good (Universal)
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good (Universal)
“Train Dreams” – Music and Lyrics by Nick Cave & Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Honorary Award Recipients:
Acting Achievement Award – Wagner Moura
Animation is Cinema Award – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Artisan Achievement Award – Myron Kerstein
Excellence in Artistry Award – Mark Hamill
Filmmaker on the Rise Award – HIKARI
Filmmaking Achievement Award – Park Chan-wook
Game Changer Award – Dylan O’Brien
Independent Spotlight Award – Bob Trevino Likes It
Star on the Rise Award – Madeleine McGraw
Timeless Award – Sharon Stone
Vanguard Award – Elle Fanning
Virtuoso Award – Zoey Deutch
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