Anne Marie Ottersen
"Doctor"
SEX

Heartbreaking as a sudden widow / grieving friend with a complicated compromised marriage

 A real spitfire in her brief flashbacks, she makes it clear to us how much Armando lost.

Do you doubt her? She strikes quite a impression. Con artist or the real thing?

 This beloved Norwegian actress is great as a non-sequitor loving doctor blessing us with a delicious story about two architects

 Park is pitch-perfect as a blunt boss with boundaries, triggered if crossed.

Finalists: Deanie Ip is a cackling devil as "Grandma" in Ballad of a Small Player, tormenting the protagonist's confidence and his dwindling pocketbook; Marianne Sasstaad Ottesen is wonderfully wounded and starved for social contact as the recovering alcoholic "Solveig" in Love, April Grace reunites with PTA for "Sister Rochelle" in One Battle After Another... c'mon PTA give her a showcase role! (If these awards had existed in 1999 she would have won Gold for her work in Magnolia)

Semi-Finalists: Cecile Forrs is deliciously wicked and shameless as "Sophie Von Kronenberg" selling a tapeworm with major side effects (love that the characters name is like a tribute to body horror!), Sophie Guillemin has take it or leave it confidence as the real deal "Jessica Grange, Hypnotist" in Vie Privee; Isabel Zuaa is movingly guarded as "Tereza Victoria" a political refugee in The Secret Agent; Kerry Condon makes "Claire Thompson" a memorable confidante without overplaying the 'in another life' romantic interest angle in Train Dreams

Cha Seung-won
"Go si-jo"
NO OTHER CHOICE

Walks a tight rope between bathos and tragedy as doomed former manager turned shoe salesman. How has it come to this?

The porch scene is a masterclass in wary gravitas... there's so much more to know about this man who you won't see again.

 Perfectly executes his long-form cameo as an actor struggling with a mammoth role but beautifully reactive / inspired by his suddenly rapt audience

 His best performance in years as a singing explosives expert who is far too old for this hard nomadic life of following the work for months on end.

 Wickedly matching the film's stylized winking sadism as a primitive cosmetic surgeon to the wealthy

Finalists: Paal Herman Ims is far too young for this mortality conversation in Love - it's like dropping in on a distressing nightmare; Lars Varinger as "Peter" a retired cinematographer in Sentimental Value, Benedict Cumberbatch is over the top foolish (and enjoying it) as a violent unpredictable "Uncle Nubar" in The Phoenician Scheme

Semi-Finalists: Alex Jennings dead to shame as "Adrian Lippet" in Ballad of a Small Player, Kale Brown as long absent "Honey's Father" in Honey Don't!, Udo Kier as abused German immigrant "Hans" and João Vitor Silva as "Haroldo" a nervous political refugee in The Secret Agent

Beck Bennett
"Sterling"
FIXED

Oona Chaplin
"Varang"
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

Julia Garner
"Silver Surfer"
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS

 Absolutely committed to the narcissism as a hilariously pompous show dog.

 So spooky my god. Runs away with the entire picture which should have tried to keep up with her.

 She heralds his coming. She heralds your doom... I mean, your fascination with her cool merciful / merciless dichotomy.

Finalists: Ralph Ineson's "clever little bugs" line reading elated me in Fantastic Four: First Steps -- it's the big screen Galactus I always dreamt of as a comic-loving teenager; Anna Mougalis is perfectly formidable (via translation device) as "Mamma Creeper" in Mickey 17; Arden Cho is wonderfully empathetic and gives good character arc as "Rumi" in KPop Demon Hunters,

Semi Finalists: Loïse Charpentier as "Amelie" in Little Amelie or the Character of Rain, Zoe Saldana as "Neytiri" in Avatar Fire and Ash, Remy Edgerly as "Glordon" in Elio; and Fortune Feimster as "Nibbles Maplestick" in Zootopia 2

Best Juvenile Performance (Under 18) 

Everett Blunck
"Griffin"
GRIFFIN IN SUMMER

Jacobi Jupe
"Hamnet"
HAMNET

Kayo Martin
"Jake"
THE PLAGUE

Nina Ye
"I-jing"
LEFT-HANDED GIRL

Special Distinction: We don't allow double nominees in acting categories (to spread the wealth) or Everett Blunck would have two of the five nomination slots above (see also: The Plague)

Finalists: Hanna Heckt as "Alma" and Zoe Baier as "Nelly" in Sound of Falling, Carey Christopher as "Alex" in Weapons

Breakthrough Performer

This is not strictly an *acting* award. The basic criteria is being a) early in movie career and b) making us immediately want to see them in something else soon! (Note: Actors are not eligible for this category if they are nominated in one of the four traditional acting categories)

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Everett Blunck
THE PLAGUE and GRIFFIN IN SUMMER

Oona Chaplin
AVATAR FIRE AND ASH

Arty Froushan
DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE

Chase Infiniti
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

James Sweeney 
TWINLESS

Finalists: Duy Bao Dinh Dao and Than Hai Pham as/in Viet and Nam

Semi Finalists: Mia Threapleton in The Phoenician Scheme, Ma Shih-Yuan in Left-Handed Girl, Tonatiuh in Kiss of the Spider-Woman, Lea Myren in The Ugly Stepsister, and Miles Caton in Sinners

Best Ensemble Performance

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HAMNET

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

ROOFMAN

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SINNERS

Finalists: Love, No Other Choice, Marty Supreme 

Semi-Finalists: The Secret Agent, Weapons, It Was Just An Accident, Dreams and The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Stunts / Stunt Teams

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

F1: THE MOVIE

Finalists: Novocaine and 28 Days Later 

Semi Finalists: Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning, Mickey 17, Frankenstein, Sinners, and Superman