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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”
