The Academy Award nominations are finally here, and you know what? Fair play. It’s a good list! Does Mank really deserve ten separate nominations? It does not. Is it galling to see Shaun the Sheep miss out on a best actor nod yet again? You bet it is. Should Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga be anywhere near an Oscar? No. But overall: agreed.
What’s more, they’ve included Minari – a very good film that you should watch when it’s actually released here – in the Best Picture category, correcting a misstep that plunged the Golden Globes into controversy last month. For those who weren’t paying attention, the predominantly Korean-language film wasn’t deemed eligible for the two best picture Globes despite the fact it was financed and distributed by American companies. Instead, it was nominated for and won the foreign language category.
Elsewhere, Chloé Zhao is the first woman of colour to be nominated for best director, which she’s received for Nomadland. The presence of Emerald Fennell on the same list, for Promising Young Woman, marks the first occasion that two women have been nominated at the same time. Shameful stuff, but progress nonetheless.
The list isn’t without controversy, however. Many on social media have called attention to the fact that both Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya have received supporting role nods for Judas and the Black Messiah, despite Stanfield’s starring role. Check out the full list below:
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Directing
Another Round, Thomas Vinterberg
Mank, David Fincher
Minari, Lee Isaac Chung
Nomadland, Chloe Zhao
Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell
Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Actor in a Supporting Role
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr, One Night in Miami...
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Actress in a Supporting Role
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami...
The White Tiger
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Film Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Animated Feature Film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
International Feature Film
Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Documentary (Feature)
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time
Music (Original Score)
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
Music (Original Song)
'Hear My Voice', The Trial of the Chicago 7
'Husavik', Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
'Fight For You', Judas and the Black Messiah
'Io Sì (Seen)', The Life Ahead
'Speak Now', One Night in Miami...
Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal
Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio
Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet
Documentary (Short Subject)
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
Short Film (Animated)
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
Short Film (Live-Action)
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
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