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