Monday, March 15, 2021

The 93rd Academy Awards - The Nominees

This morning the nominations for the 2021 Oscars were announced. The ceremony, because of health concerns related to Covid-19, will be held at both Union Square (for the first time ever) and the Dolby Theater on April 25 at 8:00 PM EDT (view it on ABC).

Of note, the dual nominations for Best Director for women, a first at the Oscars. Furthermore, the category features only one White, male, American nominee. Who will win?

The new members of the Academy are also flexing their newfound power in the acting nominees:
  • Only two White males for Best Actor; neither American
  • Two Black females for Best Actress
  • Three Black males for Best Supporting Actor

The shortlists:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Father
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Gary Oldman, Mank
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Olivia Colman, The Father
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Achievement in Directing

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
David Fincher, Mank
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Thomas Vinterberg, Druk

Best Original Screenplay

Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenneth Lucas, Keith Lucas, Judas and the Black Messiah
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Derek Cianfrance, Sound of Metal
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern, Nina Pedrad, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami
Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller, The Father
Ramin Bahrani, The White Tiger

Best Animated Feature Film

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
WolfWalkers

Best International Feature Film

Colectiv
Druk
Quo vadis, Aida?
Shaonian de ni
The Man Who Sold His Skin

Best Documentary Feature

Colectiv
Crip Camp
El Agente Topo
My Octopus Teacher
Time

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

Terence Blanchard, Da 5 Bloods
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Mank
Emile Mosseri, Minari
James Newton Howard, News of the World
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste, Soul

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

Richard Göransson, Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, "Husavik"
H.E.R., D'Mile, Tiara Thomas, Judas and the Black Messiah, "Fight for You"
Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, La vita davanti a sé, 'Io Si (Seen)"
Leslie Odom Jr., Sam Ashworth, One Night in Miami, "Speak Now"
Celeste, Daniel Pemberton, The Trial of the Chicago 7, "Hear My Voice"

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Achievement in Film Editing

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Father

Best Achievement in Production Design

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
The Father

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Emma.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio

Best Sound

Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Emma.
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Love and Monsters
Mulan
Tenet
The Midnight Sky
The One and Only Ivan

Best Documentary Short Subject

A Concerto Is a Conversation
A Love Song for Latasha
Colette
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward

Best Animated Short Film

Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Já-Fólkið
Opera

Best Live Action Short Film

Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye

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