Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Announces 5th Annual LEJA Film Nominees

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FILM NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 5TH ANNUAL LATINO ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION FILM AWARDS

“EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE” LEADS WITH A RECORD-BREAKING 16 NOMINATIONS

“GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO” LANDS NINE NOMS, INCLUDING A FIRST FOR ANIMATED FEATURE DIRECTOR GUILLERMO DEL TORO, WHO RECIEVES THE 2023 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.

(January 22, 2023) – The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) announced today the film nominees for the fifth annual LEJA Film Awards.

This year’s film nominees are led by A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which earned a record-breaking 16 nominations including: best picture, director, actress, supporting actor, two for supporting actress, original screenplay, production and set design, cinematography, costumes, editing, hair and makeup, sound design, visual effects, musical score, stunt design, and casting.

The members have also selected Guillermo del Toro to receive the 2023 Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award. Past recipients have included Rita Moreno, Rosie Perez, Jennifer Lopez, and John Leguizamo.

Winners will be announced via LEJA social platforms (@LEJALatino) on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 12:00 pm PST.

The full list of nominees is below:

Best Picture

  • “Aftersun” (A24)
  • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
  • “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix)
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
  • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
  • “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
  • “RRR” (Variance Films)
  • “Tár” (Focus Features)
  • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
  • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

Best Director

  • Guillermo del Toro – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
  • Todd Field – “Tár” (Focus Features)
  • Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
  • Sarah Polley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
  • Steven Spielberg – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
  • Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun” (A24)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

  • Austin Butler – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
  • Daniel Giménez Cacho – “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
  • Diego Calva – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
  • Colin Farrell – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Brendan Fraser – “The Whale” (A24)
  • Paul Mescal – “Aftersun” (A24)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

  • Cate Blanchett – “Tár” (Focus Features)
  • Ana de Armas – “Blonde” (Netflix)
  • Danielle Deadwyler – “Till” (Orion/United Artists Releasing)
  • Mia Goth – “Pearl” (A24)
  • Aubrey Plaza – “Emily the Criminal” (Roadside Attractions/Vertical Entertainment)
  • Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Tenoch Huerta – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
  • Barry Keoghan – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Pedro Pascal – “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (Lionsgate)
  • Mark Rylance – “Bones and All” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
  • Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
  • Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
  • Dolly de Leon – “Triangle of Sadness” (Neon)
  • Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
  • Ximena Lamadrid – “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”

Best Voice or Motion Capture Performance

  • Antonio Banderas – “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)
  • Harvey Guillén – “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)
  • Jenny Slate – “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)
  • Ewan McGregor – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
  • Zoe Saldaña – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
  • Wagner Moura – “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)

Best Animated Film

  • “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix) — Guillermo del Toro (director, producer), Mark Gustafson (director), Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Lisa Henson, Gary Ungar (producers)
  • “Inu-Oh” (GKIDS) — Masaaki Yuasa (director), Fumie Takeuchi, Eunyoung Choi (producers)
  • “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24) — Dean Fleischer-Camp (director and producer), Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey (producers)
  • “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation) — Joel Crawford (director), Mark Swift (producer)
  • “Turning Red” (Pixar) — Domee Shi (director), Lindsey Collins (producer)

Best Non-English Language

  • “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany) – Edward Berger (director)
  • “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina) – Santiago Mitre (director)
  • “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Mexico) — Alejandro G. Iñárritu (director)
  • “EO” (Poland) – Jerzy Skolimowski (director)
  • “RRR” (India) – S.S. Rajamouli (director)

Best Documentary Film

  • “All That Breathes” (HBO Documentary Films/Sideshow) — Shaunak Sen (director and producer), Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann (producers)
  • “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (Neon) — Laura Poitras (director and producer), Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons (producers)
  • “Fire of Love” (National Geographic Films/Neon) — Sara Dosa (director, producer), Shane Boris, Ina Fichman (producers)
  • “Lucy and Desi” (Amazon Studios) – Amy Poehler (director), Jeanne Elfant Festa, Mark Monroe, Michale Rosenberg, Nigel Sinclair, Justin Wilkes (producers)
  • “Navalny” (CNN/Warner Bros.) — Daniel Roher (director), Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae (producers)

Best Original Screenplay

  • “Aftersun” (A24) – Charlotte Wells
  • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures) – Martin McDonagh
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
  • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures) – Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
  • “Tár” (Focus Features) – Todd Field

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix) — Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell (based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque)
  • “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix) — Rian Johnson (based on characters written by Johnson)
  • “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix) — Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins, Gris Grimly, Patrick Hale (based on the characters and novel by Carlo Collodi)
  • “She Said” (Universal Pictures) — Rebecca Lenkiewicz (based on the book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and the New York Times investigation by Kantor, Twohey and Rebecca Corbett)
  • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) — Sarah Polley, Miriam Toews (based on the novel by Toews)

Best Ensemble Casting

  • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures) – Louise Kiely
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Sarah Finn
  • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures) – Cindy Tolan
  • “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix) – Bret Howe, Mary Vernieu
  • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) – John Buchan, Jason Knight

Best Production & Set Design

  • “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios) — Dylan Cole, Ben Procter (production designer), Vanessa Cole (set decorator)
  • “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures) — Florencia Martin (production designer), Anthony Carlino (set decorator)
  • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios) — Hannah Beachler (production designer), Lisa K. Sessions (set decorator)
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Jason Isvarday (production designer), Kelsi Ephraim (set decorator)
  • “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix) – Curt Enderle (production designer), Guy Davis (set decorator)

Best Cinematography

  • “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios) – Russell Carpenter
  • “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix) – Darius Khondji
  • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures) – Ben Davis
  • “Tár” (Focus Features) – Florian Hoffmeister
  • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures) – Claudio Miranda

Best Costume Design

  • “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures) – Mary Zophres
  • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios) – Ruth E. Carter
  • “Elvis” (Warner Bros.) – Catherine Martin
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Shirley Kurata
  • “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix) – Brittany Bennett, Diane Dwyer, Elsa Dye, Laura Kerrigan, Thalia Lane, Helen Plaumer, Annika Schindler, Lucy Sturley, Amanda Thoms

Best Editing

  • “Aftersun” (A24) – Blair McClendon
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Paul Rogers
  • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures) – Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn
  • “Tár” (Focus Features) – Monika Willi
  • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures) – Eddie Hamilton

Best Hair & Makeup Design

  • “The Batman” (Warner Bros.) — Naomi Donne (makeup designer), Mike Marino (prosthetics design), Zoe Tahir (hair designer)
  • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios) — Joel Harlow (makeup department head)
  • “Elvis” (Warner Bros.) — Shane Thomas (hair and makeup designer), Mark Coulier (prosthetics designer), Jason Baird (prosthetics supervisor for Tom Hanks and Austin Butler), Louise Coulston (key hairdresser)
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Michelle Chung (makeup department head), Anissa Salazar (hair department head)
  • “The Whale” (A24) — Adrien Morot (prosthetic makeup designer), Judy Chin (makeup department head), Anne Marie Bradley (hair department head)

Best Sound Design

  • “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios) — Gwen Whittle (supervising sound editor), Gary Summers, Mike Hedges (re-recording mixers), Chris Boyes (supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer), Tony Johnson (production sound mixer), Julian Howarth (TBA)
  • “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures) — Steven Morrow (production sound mixer), Mildred Iatrou Morgan (supervising sound editor), Andy Nelson (re-recording mixer) Ai-Ling Lee (supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer)
  • “Elvis” (Warner Bros.) — David Lee (production sound mixer), Wayne Pashley (sound designer, supervising sound editor), Andy Nelson, Michael Keller (re-recording mixers)
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) — Brent Kiser (supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer), Andrew Twite (sound designer), Stephen Nelson (production sound mixer), Alexandra Fehrman, Ian Chase (re-recording mixers)
  • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures) — Mark Weingarten (production sound mixer), James H. Mather, Al Nelson (supervising sound editors), Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor (re-recording mixers)

Best Visual Effects

  • “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios) — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
  • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios) — Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, Hanzhi Tang (vfx supervisors), Dan Sudick (sfx supervisor)
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) — Zak Stoltz (visual effects supervisor), Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer (visual effects lead artists), Jeff Desom (visual effects artist)
  • “RRR” (Variance Films) — V Srinivas Mohan (visual effects supervisor)
  • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures) — Ryan Tudhope (visual effects supervisor), Scott R. Fisher (special effects coordinator), Seth Hill (visual effects supervisor), Bryan Litson (visual effects supervisor)

Best Stunt Design

  • “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
  • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
  • “RRR” (Variance Films)
  • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

Best Musical Score

  • “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures) – Justin Hurwitz
  • “The Batman” (Warner Bros.) – Michael Giacchino
  • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Son Lux
  • “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix) – Alexandre Desplat
  • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) – Hildur Guðnadóttir

Best Song Written for a Film

  • “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
  • “Ciao Papa” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
  • “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” (Variance Films)
  • “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
  • “Carolina” from “Where the Crawdads Sing” (Sony Pictures)

The 2023 Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Guillermo del Toro – The highest honor for a career that has exemplified Latino excellence, Guillermo del Toro has been a tireless advocate of cinema, in all its beautiful forms. Never tied to a single genre, he’s made an indelible impression in Hollywood with various ambitious endeavors such as “Cronos” (1992), “Mimic” (1997), “The Devil’s Backbone” (2001), “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (2008), “Pacific Rim” (2013) and “Crimson’s Peak” (2015). An multi-nominated and winning Oscar recipient, his most recognized contributions have been “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006), “The Shape of Water” (2017), “Nightmare Alley” (2021) and “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (2022), for which is nominated for nine LEJA Film Awards including best picture and director. He’s the first director of an animated feature to be nominated by the organization. The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association salutes the Mexican auteur, and look forward to more stunning work throughout his lifetime.

Total Nominations Per Film

Everything Everywhere All at Once – 16

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – 9

The Banshees of Inisherin – 8

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – 8

Top Gun: Maverick – 7

Tár – 6

Avatar: The Way of Water – 5

Babylon – 5

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths – 5

The Fabelmans – 5

RRR – 5

Women Talking – 5

Aftersun – 4

Elvis – 4

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – 4

The Batman – 3

All Quiet on the Western Front – 2

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – 2

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – 2

The Whale – 2

All That Breathes – 1

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – 1

Argentina, 1985 – 1

Bones and All – 1

Blonde – 1

Emily the Criminal – 1

EO – 1

Fire of Love – 1

Inu-Oh – 1

Lucy and Desi – 1

Navalny – 1

Pearl – 1

She Said – 1

Till – 1

Triangle of Sadness – 1

Turning Red – 1

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent – 1

Where the Crawdads Sing – 1

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LEJA Board of Directors


President: Clayton Davis
Vice-President: Toni Gonzales

Secretary: Niki Cruz

Treasurer: Kiko Martinez