The Hollywood Creative Alliance has announced today that their upcoming awards ceremonies for the Astra Film & TV Awards and the Astra Creative Arts Awards will take place during two ceremonies with two hosts on Sunday, December 8th, 2024. Both events are at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles, CA and will be recorded and streamed on YouTube and Knetkt.tv.
The nominations for both awards shows will be announced on Monday, November 25th at 10:00AM PT via press release, Instagram, Facebook, and X/Twitter. Select categories from this summer’s postponed Astra TV Awards will be presented in conjunction with the two events.
Emmy and NAACP award-winning comedian, host, actress, and author Loni Love will be the host of the 2024 Astra Film & TV Awards. Actor, writer, and comedian Peter Kim will host the Astra Creative Arts Awards.
It has also been revealed that a category for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller will be added to the Astra Film Awards lineup. This new addition comes after members of the guild expressed interest in recognizing the impact that the horror genre has had on the entertainment industry. Horror, as a genre, has been often overlooked despite years of noteworthy performances that deserve to be part of the awards conversation. The organization also revealed that they will be adding a new honorary award specifically focused on Horror. More information about that award to come.
Oscar-winning filmmaker and Emmy-award winning composer and musician Kris Bowers will receive this year’s Artisan Achievement Award at the Astra Creative Arts Awards. Bowers, who won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short earlier this year, is being celebrated for his remarkable body of work as a composer. Over the past 15 years, Bowers has composed more than 50 scores that have led to numerous award nominations and wins. Some of Bowers’s most notable film and television scores include Dreamworks’ The Wild Robot, Netflix’s Bridgerton, Universal Pictures’ ’Green Book, and Warner Bros’ King Richard.
Emmy-nominated Actor turned Cinematographer Giovanni Ribisi will receive the Artisan Breakthrough Award for his work on J.T. Mollner’s Strange Darling. The film marks the first time that Ribisi has worked as a Cinematographer on a feature length film. In the past, Ribisi has served as a cinematographer on music videos for Jónsi, Drift and Beck. His eye for detail on Strange Darling showcases that this project is just the start of a very long career for Ribisi as a cinematographer.
Writer-director Angeline Walsh’s independently funded scripted series The Coroner’s Assistant will receive the Inaugural Indie Series Spotlight Award. This award recognizes an independently funded web or television series with a budget under $500,000 dollars. Set in Victorian England, The Coroner’s Assistant was made entirely in the filmmaker’s hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. The series won Best Costumes (Aimee Morgan), Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy (Jeremy Gladen), and the Spotlight Award at the 14th annual Indie Series Awards earlier this year. The Coroner’s Assistant will stream on Apple, Google, and Amazon on December 23 and Tubi on January 25.
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