Project Hail Mary is officially on the board in the marathon race to the 2027 Oscars. Amazon MGM’s space odyssey picked up its first Best Picture accolade on Tuesday at the 2026 Astra Midseason Movie Awards. The film also scored Best Director for the tandem of Phil Lord and Chris Miller, while stars Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller finished as runners-up for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.
Meanwhile, the Earth-bound The Invite earned prizes for Best Screenplay and Penélope Cruz as Best Supporting Actress, and Obsession breakout star Inde Navarrette was named Best Actress. Elsewhere, Michael‘s father-son duo of Jaafar Jackson and Colman Domingo respectively received Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor honors.
As their name suggests, the Astra Midseason Awards take the temperature of the first half of the year, meaning there’s still a long way to go before we have our Oscar field set. In fact, the awards acknowledge the giants looming on the horizon, with Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey named Most Anticipated Film for the second half of 2026.
The Astra Awards are presented by the Hollywood Creative Alliance, whose membership includes actors, artisans, creatives, critics, directors, journalists, podcasters, publicists, producers, writers, and other industry professionals.
Here’s the complete list of winners and runners-up:
Best Picture
Winner: Project Hail Mary
Runner-Up: The Invite
Best Actress
Winner: Inde Navarrette — Obsession
Runner-Up: Emily Blunt – Disclosure Day
Best Actor
Winner: Jaafar Jackson — Michael
Runner-Up: Ryan Gosling — Project Hail Mary
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Penélope Cruz — The Invite
Runner-Up: Sandra Hüller — Project Hail Mary
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Colman Domingo — Michael
Runner-Up: Edward Norton — The Invite
Best Screenplay
Winner: The Invite — Rashida Jones and Will McCormack
Runner-Up: Obsession — Curry Barker
Best Director
Winner: Phil Lord and Chris Miller — Project Hail Mary
Runner-Up: Curry Barker — Obsession
Best Horror Feature
Winner: Obsession
Runner-Up: Backrooms
Best Independent Feature
Winner: Leviticus
Runner-Up: Tuner
Best Stunts
Winner: The Furious
Runner-Up: Mortal Kombat II
Most Anticipated Film (Second Half of 2026)
Winner: The Odyssey
Runner-Up: Avengers: Doomsday
