Splitting up your creative arts awards is always a bad move and it seems certain based on what is known about this organization that it’s done in order to maximize publicity for the forgotten cousin of the Critics Choice Awards. Their nominations seem to focus on some titles we’ve been expecting but also highlighting a few others we hadn’t expected yet. We’ll see how prophetic these exceedingly early nominations are.

Nominations Tallies

(10) Sinners
(9) Frankenstein, Wicked: For Good
(7) One Battle After Another
(4) Hamnet
(3) Hedda, Marty Supreme, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
(2) The Accountant 2, How to Train Your Dragon, Jay Kelly, KPop Demon Hunters, The Long Walk, Sentimental Value, Superman, The Testament of Ann Lee, Train Dreams, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Weapons
(1) Black Phone 2, Bugonia, Dead Man’s Wire, Jurassic World Rebirth, Kiss of the Spider Woman, No Other Choice, The Phoenician Scheme, Waltzing with Brando

The Nominations

Best Casting

Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Original Song

Clothed by the Sun – The Testament of Ann Lee
The Girl in the Bubble – Wicked: For Good
Golden – KPop Demon Hunters
I Lied to You – Sinners
No Place Like Home – Wicked: For Good
.Train Dreams – Train Dreams

Best Score

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Hedda
Jay Kelly
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Film Editing

Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Cinematography

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Production Design

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Hedda
The Phoenician Scheme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Costume Design

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Hedda
Sinners
The Testament of Ann Lee
Wicked: For Good

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Frankenstein
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Sinners
Waltzing with Brando
Weapons
Wicked: For Good

Best Sound

Frankenstein
KPop Demon Hunters
The Long Walk
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Visual Effects

Black Phone 2
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
Jurassic World Rebirth
Superman
Wicked: For Good

Best Second Unit Director

The Accountant 2
The Long Walk
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Weapons

Best Stunts

The Accountant 2
Frankenstein
How to Train Your Dragon
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Superman

Best Stunt Coordinator

Bugonia
Dead Man’s Wire
Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Hollywood Creative Alliance (formerly Hollywood Critics Association, Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society) Data

Year Founded: 2017
First Awards: 2017 (9)