The Creator's Choice Awards (officially nicknamed The Cinnies) are annual awards presented by the Creator's Choice Awards Economy to honor outstanding achievements in film, television, and digital media. Voted on by a global collective of content creators, film critics, and digital commentators, the awards provide a creator-led perspective on the year's finest media achievements.

The awards were founded on October 28, 2025, by film and television commentator and content creator Tyler "Sooplex" Williams. The inaugural ceremony took place on March 7, 2026, and was broadcast live on YouTube.

History

The Creator's Choice Awards were established in late 2025 by Tyler Williams to address what he characterized as a lack of representation for digital film commentators and online content creators within traditional Hollywood critics' groups and industry guilds. Williams sought to establish an awards body consisting of voices who engage directly with modern digital audiences through platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and film-focused podcasting networks.

Voting Body and Leadership

The voting body of the organization is known as "The Economy", which comprised over 75 ACTIVE digital creators during its inaugural year, with plans to expand to over 150 members for subsequent voting cycles. The production and organization of the annual broadcast are overseen by a group of creators referred to as "The Producers". For the inaugural 1st ceremony, the production team was led by producers Tyler "Sooplex" Williams, Ciaran Rabbitte, Sera McFarland, Kemar Maat, and Jayla Phipps.

The Midsummers

In 2026, the organization introduced "The Midsummers", a mid-year awards cycle recognizing films released between January 1 and July 3 of the calendar year. Rather than traditional trophies, honorees are presented with "flowers" in categories covering drama, performances, and direction.

The top honor of the mid-year cycle is the Summer Solstice Prize. Uniquely, the film awarded the Summer Solstice Prize receives an automatic nomination for Best Film at the following year's main Creator's Choice Awards ceremony. The inaugural Midsummers ceremony was scheduled for broadcast on August 7, 2026.

Categories

The Creator's Choice Awards are divided into Film and Television/Streaming divisions, encompassing 29 total categories.

Film Categories

  • Best Film
  • Best Director
  • Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
  • Best Actor in a Lead Performance
  • Best Actress in a Lead Performance
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Performance
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Performance
  • Best Rising Star Performance
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Score
  • Best Soundtrack
  • Best Costume, Hair, and Makeup
  • Best Production Design
  • Best Visual Effects
  • Best Cultural Impact
  • Best Under Budget Film (for films budgeted under $1 million)
  • Best International Feature
  • Best Anim(e)ated Feature
  • Outstanding Studio Achievement
  • Genre Features:
    • Best Romance Feature
    • Best Comedy Feature
    • Best Horror/Thriller Feature
    • Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Feature
    • Best Action Feature
    • Best Drama Feature

Television & Streaming Categories

  • Best Television/Streaming Series
  • Best Cartoon & Anim(e)ated Series
  • Best Actor in a Television/Streaming Series
  • Best Actress in a Television/Streaming Series

Ceremonies

Ceremony

Date

Venue

Stream Network

1st Creator's Choice Awards

March 7, 2026

Live Virtual Broadcast

YouTube

1st Creator's Choice Midsummers

August 7, 2026

Live Virtual Broadcast

YouTube

Film

Best Film

Best Director
  • Sinners
    • Bugonia
    • Frankenstein
    • Hamnet
    • Marty Supreme
    • No Other Choice
    • One Battle After Another
    • Sentimental Value
    • Sorry, Baby
    • Train Dreams
  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners
    • Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
    • Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
    • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
    • Yorgos Lanthimos – Bugonia

Best Actor in a Lead Performance

Best Actress in a Lead Performance
  • Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser
    • Jesse Plemons – Bugonia as Teddy Gatz
    • Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice as Yoo Man-su
    • Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson
    • Michael B. Jordan – Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore
  • Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare
    • Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another as Willa Ferguson
    • Emma Stone – Bugonia as Michelle Fuller
    • Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value as Nora Borg
    • Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby as Agnes

Best Actor in a Supporting Performance

Best Actress in a Supporting Performance
  • Delroy Lindo – Sinners as Delta Slim
    • Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
    • Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature
    • Miles Caton – Sinners as Samuel "Sammie" Moore
    • Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
  • Amy Madigan – Weapons as Gladys
    • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen
    • Odessa A'zion – Marty Supreme as Rachel
    • Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills
    • Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie

Best Screenplay

Best Rising Star Performance
  • Ryan Coogler – Sinners
    • Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein – Marty Supreme
    • Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
    • Will Tracy – Bugonia
    • Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
  • Miles Caton – Sinners as Samuel "Sammie" Moore
    • Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another as Willa Ferguson
    • Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby as Agnes
    • D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Warfare as Ray Mendoza
    • Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet as Hamnet Shakespeare

Best Cinematography

Best Score
  • Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
    • Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
    • No Other Choice – Kim Woo-hyung
    • Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso
    • One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
  • Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
    • One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
    • No Other Choice – Cho Young-wuk
    • Hamnet – Max Richter
    • Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin

Best Soundtrack

Best Costume, Hair, and Makeup
  • K-Pop: Demon Hunters
    • Marty Supreme
    • One Battle After Another
    • Sinners
    • Wicked: For Good
  • Frankenstein
    • Hamnet
    • Marty Supreme
    • Sinners
    • Wicked: For Good

Best Production Design

Best Visual Effects
  • Frankenstein
    • Hamnet
    • Marty Supreme
    • Sinners
    • Wicked: For Good
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
    • Frankenstein
    • Mickey 17
    • Sinners
    • Superman

Best Cultural Impact

Best Under Budget Film
  • Sinners
    • K-Pop: Demon Hunters
    • Marty Supreme
    • One Battle After Another
    • Weapons
  • Good Boy
    • The Baltimorons
    • Bob Trevino Likes It
    • Eephus
    • It Ends

Best International Feature

Best Anim(e)ated Feature
  • No Other Choice (South Korea)
    • It Was Just an Accident (Iran)
    • Resurrection (China)
    • The Secret Agent (Brazil)
    • Sentimental Value (Norway)
    • The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
  • K-Pop: Demon Hunters
    • Arco
    • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
    • Lost in Starlight
    • Ne Zha 2
    • Zootopia 2

Best Romance Feature

Best Comedy Feature
  • Eternity
    • Chainsaw Man – Reze Arc
    • Materialists
    • The History of Sound
    • Together
    • Oh, Hi
  • One Battle After Another
    • Friendship
    • No Other Choice
    • One of Them Days
    • The [...] Gun
    • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Horror/Thriller Feature

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Feature
  • Sinners
    • Bring Her Back
    • Frankenstein
    • The Long Walk
    • The Ugly Stepsister
    • Weapons
  • Bugonia
    • Avatar: Fire and Ash
    • Companion
    • Frankenstein
    • Mickey 17
    • Predator: [...] of [...]

Best Action Feature

Best Drama Feature
  • Superman
    • Avatar: Fire and Ash
    • Ballerina
    • F1
    • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
    • Warfare
  • Sinners
    • Hamnet
    • Marty Supreme
    • Sentimental Value
    • Sorry, Baby
    • Train Dreams

Outstanding Studio Achievement
  • Warner Bros.
    • A24
    • Neon
    • Netflix
    • Universal Pictures

Television

Best Television/Streaming Series

Best Cartoon & Anim(e)ated Series
  • The Studio (Apple TV+)
    • Adolescence (Netflix)
    • Andor (Disney+)
    • It: Welcome to Derry (HBO/Max)
    • Severance (Apple TV+)
  • Invincible (Amazon Prime Video)
    • Common Side Effects (Adult Swim)
    • Devil May Cry (Netflix)
    • My Hero Academia (Studio Bones)
    • Smiling Friends (Adult Swim)
    • Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney+)

Best Actor in a Television/Streaming Series

Best Actress in a Television/Streaming Series
  • Owen Cooper – Adolescence as Jamie Miller
    • Bill Skarsgård – It: Welcome to Derry as Pennywise
    • Diego Luna – Andor as Cassian Andor
    • Mark Ruffalo – Task as Tom Brandis
    • Seth Rogen – The Studio as Matt Remick
  • Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus
    • Britt Lower – Severance as Helena Eagan / Helly R.
    • Catherine O'Hara – The Studio as Patty Leigh
    • Genevieve O'Reilly – Andor as Mon Mothma
    • Hannah Einbinder – Hacks as Ava Daniels