Oscar Nominations: a quick preview – Emi S
It’s that time of year again… the time where we all totally objectively decide who wins prestigious awards in filmmaking! This year, the Oscars will take place on Sunday 10th March – the nominations were released yesterday, so let’s take a look at talked-about favourites and biggest snubs:
Favourites to win the big awards include Poor Things, Oppenheimer, and Killers of the Flower Moon, all of which I feel are largely deserved. Maestro, though nominated for a significant number of awards including the big three (Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress), hasn’t received the most positive general consensus, and so any wins it gains over other films could be controversial. Aside from the big-budget Hollywood films, Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest have received some nominations too.
Barbie, already being under-nominated as well as criticised by “stand-up comedian” Jo Kay at the Golden Globes, received some nominations, but in some categories was severely lacking. For example, although it was nominated for Best Picture, Supporting Actor & Actress, and Costume, many thought that nominations missed out on Greta Gerwig as Best Director and Margot Robbie as Best Actress. Ryan Gosling, nominated for Best Actor, even commented on the strange way in which the two main women involved in the film’s creation were not nominated at all. This follows from Gerwig’s Oscar snub in 2020 for Little Women, which Natalie Portman emphasised on 2020’s red carpet.
Best Picture
- American Fiction
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Barbie
- The Holdovers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
- Past Lives
- Poor Things
- The Zone of Interest
Actor in a Leading Role
- Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
- Colman Domingo (Rustin)
- Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
- Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
- Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Actress in a Leading Role
- Annette Bening (Nyad)
- Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
- Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
- Emma Stone (Poor Things)
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Sterling K Brown (American Fiction)
- Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Robert Downey Jr (Oppenheimer)
- Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
- Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
- Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
- America Ferrera (Barbie)
- Jodie Foster (Nyad)
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
Best Director
- Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
- Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
- Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
- Johnathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)
Original Screenplay
- Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)
- David Hemingson (The Holdovers)
- Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer (Maestro)
- Samy Burch (May December)
- Celine Song (Past Lives)
International Feature Film
- Io Capitano (Italy)
- Perfect Days (Japan)
- Society of Snow (Spain)
- The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany)
- The Zone of Interest (UK)
Animated Feature Film
- The Boy and the Heron
- Elemental
- Nimona
- Robot Dreams
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Documentary
- Bobi Wine: The People’s President
- The Eternal Memory
- Four Daughters
- To Kill a Tiger
- 20 Days in Mariupol
Editing
- Laurent Sénéchal (Anatomy of a Fall)
- Kevin Tent (The Holdovers)
- Thelma Schoonmaker (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Jennifer Lame (Oppenheimer)
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis (Poor Things)
Cinematography
- Edward Lachman (El Conde)
- Rodrigo Prieto (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Matthew Libatique (Maestro)
- Hoyte van Hoytema (Oppenheimer)
- Robbie Ryan (Poor Things)
Costume Design
- Jaqueline Durran (Barbie)
- Jaqueline West (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Janty Yates & Dave Crossman (Napoleon)
- Ellen Mirojnick (Oppenheimer)
- Holly Waddington (Poor Things)
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