The American Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled this Tuesday, February 8, the list of nominees for the 94th Academy Awards who will be in the running to win the legendary golden statuette (see 2021 winners).
The film The Power of the Dog by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, leads the race with 12 nominations in total. Dark and psychological Western, The Power of the Dog is in particular in the running in the categories of best film, best director, best actor, best female supporting roles (Kirsten Dunst) and male. He is followed by Dunes (ten nominations), Belfast and West Side Story (seven nominations each).
In the category of best feature film, the comedy against a backdrop of the apocalypse Don’t Look Up: Cosmic Denial by Adam McKay with Leonardo DiCaprio will also fight for the award, as will the Japanese film Drive My car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Samuel L. Jackson will receive an honorary Oscar at the ceremony. Note also that actress Kristen Stewart won her first Oscar nomination thanks to her role as Diana in spencer. Conversely, Lady Gaga fans were furious that she wasn’t nominated for her role in House of Gucci…
The Oscars will be presented on March 27 in Los Angeles at the traditional Dolby Theater located on Hollywood Boulevard.
The list of the main appointments:
Oscar for best feature film
West Side Story
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up: Cosmic Denial
Drive My Car
Dunes
The Williams Method
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
Best Director Oscar
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Academy Award for Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, for In the eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, in The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz, in Madres Paralelas
Nicole Kidman, in Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart in spencer
Academy Award for Best Actor
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, tick…BOOM!
Will Smith, The Williams Method
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Academy Award for Best International Film
Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
God’s hand (Italy)
The school at the end of the world (Bhutan)
Julie (in 12 chapters) (Norway)
Oscar for Best Supporting Actress
Jesse Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Judi Dench, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, The Williams Method
Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
Ciaran Hinds, in Belfast
Troy Kotsur, in CODA
Jesse Plemons, in The Power of the Dog
JK Simmons, in Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee, in The Power of the Dog
Oscar for Best Animated Film
Encanto: the fantastic Madrigal family
Flee
Luke
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Oscar for Best Documentary
Ascent
Attica
Flee
summer of soul
Writing with Fire
Oscar for Best Original Screenplay
Belfast
Don’t Look Up: Cosmic Denial
The Williams Method
Licorice Pizza
Julie (in 12 chapters)
Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay
CODA
Drive My Car
Dunes
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog