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Best Visual Effects: “Avatar: Fire and Ash”

Best Sound: “F1”

Best Makeup: “Frankenstein”

Best Costume Design: “Frankenstein”

Best Editing: “Sinners”

Best Production Design: “Frankenstein”

Best Cinematography: “One Battle After Another”

Best Original Song: “I Lied to You” From “Sinners”

Best Original Score: “Sinners”

Best Documentary Feature: “The Perfect Neighbor”

Best Animated Feature: “KPop Demon Hunters”

Best International Feature: “Sentimental Value”

Best Adapted Screenplay: “One Battle After Another”

Best Original Screenplay: “Sinners”

Best Casting: “Sinners”

Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, “Weapons”

Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”

Best Actress: Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”

Best Picture: “Sinners”
