The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association announced nominees for its eighth annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards.
Sinners leads this year’s nominations with 16 nods, including best picture, best director for Ryan Coogler and acting nominations for Michael B. Jordan and Wunmi Mosaku. One Battle After Another follows with 15 nominations, including best picture, best director for Paul Thomas Anderson and acting nominations for Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor.
Frankenstein earned 14 nominations, while The Secret Agent received 11. Hamnet ranks fifth with nine nominations. All three films are also nominated for best picture.
The remaining best picture nominees are Belen, Bob Trevino Likes It, It Was Just an Accident, Marty Supreme and Sentimental Value.
In addition to nominations across 24 competitive categories, LEJA announced three special honors.
Tonatiuh will receive the Breakout Award for his performance in Kiss of the Spider Woman. Diego Luna will be honored with the Activism Award for his advocacy for immigrant rights and for using his platform to amplify immigrant communities and support related organizations.
LEJA will also present Benicio del Toro with the Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award. Previous recipients include Rita Moreno (2019), Jennifer Lopez (2020), Rosie Perez (2021), John Leguizamo (2022), Guillermo del Toro (2023), Eugenio Derbez (2024) and Edward James Olmos (2025).
Del Toro, an Academy Award-winning actor, is being recognized for his decadeslong contributions to film, including performances in mainstream and independent projects that have elevated Latino storytelling worldwide.
Winners of the eighth annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards will be announced Feb. 9, 2026, on LEJA’s social media channels.
Founded in 2018, LEJA is an organization that amplifies the voices of U.S.-based entertainment journalists covering film and television. The group is inclusive of journalists who identify as Latino, Latina, Latinx, Hispanic, Afro-Latino, Afro-Latina or other inclusive terms that reflect the diversity of the Latino community.
Nominees for the eighth annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards are as follows:
BEST PICTURE
Belén, Leticia Cristi, Hugo Sigman and Matías Mosteirín
Bob Treviño Likes It, Tracie Laymon, Sean Mullin, Edgar Rosa, Felipe Dieppa
Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber
Hamnet, Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes and Steven Spielberg
It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi and Philippe Martin
Marty Supreme, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet
One Battle After Another, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent, Emilie Lesclaux
Sentimental Value, Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Sinners, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent
Dolores Fonzi, Belén
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
John Leguizamo, Bob Treviño Likes It
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Dolores Fonzi, Belén
Luisa Huertas, We Shall Not Be Moved
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Diego Luna, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Tânia Maria, The Secret Agent
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE (UNDER 18)
Rebeca Andrade, A Poet
Everett Blunck, The Plague
Cary Christopher, Weapons
Shannon Gorman, Rental Family
Noah Jupe, Hamnet
Nina Ye, Left-Handed Girl
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein
The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
Sinners, Ryan Coogler
Weapons, Zach Cregger
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Belén, Dolores Fonzi, Laura Paredes, Agustina San Martín and Nicolás Britos
Bugonia, Will Tracy
Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet, Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams, Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE
Yonas Ascunsion Kibreab, Elio
Anthony Ramos, Bad Guys 2
Zoe Saldaña, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Zoe Saldaña, Elio
Shakira, Zootopia 2
Ke Huy Quan, Zootopia 2
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco, Ugo Bienvenu
Elio, Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi and Adrian Molina
In Your Dreams, Alex Woo
KPop Demon Hunters, Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Zootopia 2, Jared Bush and Byron Howard
BEST NON-ENGLISH FILM
Belén (Argentina)
It Was Just an Accident (Iran/France)
A Poet (Colombia)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirât (Spain)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
2000 Meters to Andriivka, Mstyslav Chernov
Afternoons of Solitude, Albert Serra
The Alabama Solution, Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
Apocalypse in the Tropics, Petra Costa
The Perfect Neighbor, Geeta Gandbhir
Selena y Los Dinos, Isabel Castro
BEST ENSEMBLE CASTING
Bob Treviño Likes It, Kate Geller and Kathy Campbell
Frankenstein, Robin D. Cook
One Battle After Another, Cassandra Kulukundis
The Secret Agent, Gabriel Domingues
Sentimental Value, Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman
Sinners, Francine Maisler
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell
Hamnet, production design: Fiona Crombie; set decoration: Alice Felton
One Battle After Another, prod design: Florencia Martin; set decoration: Anthony Carlino
The Secret Agent, Thales Junqueira and Mariana Kinker
Sinners, production design: Hannah Beachler; set decoration: Monique Champagne
Wicked: For Good, production design: Nathan Crowley; set decoration: Lee Sandales
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen
One Battle After Another, Michael Bauman
The Secret Agent, Evgenia Alexandrova
Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Sirât, Mauro Herce
Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein, Kate Hawley
Hamnet, Malgosia Turzanska
Kiss of the Spider Woman, Colleen Atwood
The Secret Agent, Rita Azevedo
Sinners, Ruth E. Carter
Wicked: For Good, Paul Tazewell
BEST EDITING
F1, Stephen Mirrione
Frankenstein, Evan Schiff
One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen
The Secret Agent, Matheus Farias and Eduardo Serrano
Sirât, Cristóbal Fernandez
Sinners, Michael P. Shawver
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Frankenstein, creature design and character prosthetics makeup FX: Mike Hill; makeup department head: Jordan Samuel; hair department head: Cliona Furey
Sinners, special effects makeup/prosthetic makeup designer: Mike Fontaine; makeup department head: Ken Diaz; hair designer: Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine, prosthetic designer: Kazu Hiro; makeup department head: Felix Fox; hair department head: Mia Neal
The Ugly Stepsister, nominees to be determined
Weapons, make-up department head: Leo Satkovich; hair department head: Melizah Wheat; special make-up effects designer: Jason Collins
Wicked: For Good, makeup and hair designer: Frances Hannon; prosthetics makeup designer: Mark Coulier; crowd hair and makeup supervisor: Laura Blount
BEST SOUND
F1, nominees to be determined
Frankenstein, sound designer/supervising sound editor: Nathan Robitaille; supervising sound editor: Nelson Ferreira; re-recording mixers: Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern; production sound mixer: Greg Chapman
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, supervising sound editor: James H. Mather; re-recording mixers: Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor; prod sound mixer: Lloyd Dudley
One Battle After Another, sound mixer: Jose Antonio Garcia; supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer: Christopher Scarabosio; re-recording mixer: Tony Villaflor
Sinners, production sound mixer: Chris Welcker; supervising sound editor: Benny Burtt; re-recording mixers: Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker; music editor: Felipe Pacheco
Sirât, Laia Casanovas
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash, senior visual effects supervisor: Joe Letteri; visual effects supervisor: Richard Baneham; Wētā FX senior visual effects supervisor: Eric Saindon; Wētā FX senior animation supervisor: Daniel Barrett
F1, nominees to be determined
Frankenstein, Dennis Berardi
Sinners, visual effects supervisors: Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl and Guido Wolter; special effects coordinator: Donnie Dean
Superman, visual effects supervisors: Stephane Ceretti, Enrico Damm, Stéphane Nazé, Guy Williams
Wicked: For Good, visual effects supervisors: Pablo Helman and Jonathan Fawkner; animation supervisor: Dale Newton; special effects supervisor: Paul Corbould
BEST STUNTS
Ballerina
F1
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Warfare
BEST SCORE
Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet, Max Richter
One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood
Sirât, Kangding Ray
Sinners, Ludwig Göransson
Train Dreams, Bryce Dessner
BEST SONG
“Dream as One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash; music and lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson and Simon Franglen
“The Girl in the Bubble” from Wicked: For Good; music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters; music and lyrics by EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick
“I Lied to You” from Sinners; music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams; music and lyrics by Nick Cave
“Zoo” from Zootopia 2; music and lyrics by Shakira, Ed Sheeran and Blake Slatkin
LATINO BREAKOUT AWARD
Tonatiuh (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
LATINO ACTIVISM AWARD
Diego Luna
RITA MORENO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Benicio del Toro
