The Oscars are back for another year, celebrating the best films released in 2021. In the competition for the best picture, The power of the dogKing Richard and West Side Story you look leading, with an external shot of the crowd’s favorite Don’t Look Up.
Drive My Car, Nightmare Alley, Belfast and Licorice Pizza are also among the films that have won numerous nominations. Paul Thomas Anderson, Kenneth Branagh, Jane Champion, Steven Spielberg and Ryusuke Hamaguchi have been named best directors.
Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Olivia Coleman, Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Penelope Cruz, Kristen Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman and Ariana DeBoz are among those vying for acting awards.
Dune, Cruella, Spider-Man: No Way Home and No Time to Die are among the films nominated for technical mastery in categories such as costumes and visual effects. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Billy Ailish, Hans Zimmer and Johnny Greenwood are among the contenders in the music categories. Although Lynn-Manuel Miranda has been nominated for Encanto, this is not the song you can expect – the directors presented Dos Oruguitas for viewing before We are not talking about Bruno became a sensation.
The 2022 Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC on Sunday, March 27, at 17:00 PT (20:00 ET). The 94th Academy Awards may look a little different from last year’s intimate show, which divided opinions: This year there will be a host (we still don’t know who) and took on new manufacturers. As always in recent years, streaming services such as Netflix, Apple TV Plus and Amazon Prime Video will be up and running, especially as the pandemic disrupts many planned theaters.
The nominations were announced Tuesday by Leslie Jordan, Tracy Ellis Ross and a number of health professionals, students and other ordinary people. See the list of nominations below.
The full list of nominations
The best picture
- Belfast
- CODA
- Don’t look up
- Drive my car
- Dune
- King Richard
- Licorice pizza
- Alley of Nightmares
- The power of the dog
- West Side Story
Best direction
- Paul Thomas Anderson (licorice pizza)
- Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
- Jane Champion (The Power of the Dog)
- Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive my car)
Actor in the lead role
- Javier Bardem (To be Ricardos)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
- Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)
- Will Smith (King Richard)
- Denzel Washington (The Macbeth Tragedy)
Actress in the lead role
- Jessica Chastain (Tami Faye’s Eyes)
- Olivia Coleman (The Lost Daughter)
- Penelope Cruz (parallel mothers)
- Nicole Kidman (Being Ricardos)
- Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Actor in a supporting role
- Kiaran Hinds (Belfast)
- Troy Kotsur (CODA)
- Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
- JK Simmons (To be Ricardos)
- Cody Smith-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
Supporting actress
- Jesse Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
- Ariana Debouz (West Side Story)
- Judy Dench (Belfast)
- Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
- Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
Writing (adapted script)
- CODA (Sian Heather)
- Drive my car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe)
- Dune (Eric Roth, John Spices and Denny Villeneuve)
- The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
- The Power of the Dog (Jane Champion)
Writing (original script)
- Belfast (Kenneth Branagh)
- Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay and David the Orphan)
- Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson)
- King Richard (Zach Bailin)
- The worst man in the world (Joachim Trier)
Animated feature film
- Encanto
- Run
- Luke
- Mitchells against machines
- Heaven and the last dragon
Animated short film
- The cases of art
- The beast
- Boxing ballet
- Robin Robin
- Windshield wiper
Costume design
- Cruella (Jenny Beaver)
- Cyrano (Massimo Cantini Parini)
- Dune (Jacqueline West)
- Alley of Nightmares (Luis Sequeira)
- West Side Story (Paul Taiswell)
Live short film
- Ala Kachuu – Take and run
- The dress
- Goodbye for a long time
- In mind
- Please hold on
Music (original music)
- Don’t look up (Nicholas Brittel)
- Dune (Hans Zimmer)
- Encanto (Germain Franco)
- Parallel mothers (Alberto Iglesias)
- The Power of the Dog (Johnny Greenwood)
Sound
- Belfast
- Dune
- There is no time to die
- The power of the dog
- West Side Story
Cinematography
- Dune (Greig Fraser)
- Alley of Nightmares (Dan Lostin)
- The power of the dog (Ari Wegner)
- The tragedy of Macbeth (Bruno Delbonel)
- West Side Story (Janusz Kaminski)
Documentary
- Ascension
- Attica
- Run
- Summer of the soul
- Writing with fire
Documentary short topic
- Sound
- Take me home
- The queen of basketball
- Three songs about Benazir
- When we were hooligans
Movie editing
- Don’t look up (Hank Corwin)
- Dune (Joe Walker)
- King Richard (Pamela Martin)
- The Power of the Dog (Peter Skiberas)
- Tick, tick … Boom! (Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum)
International feature film
- Drive my car (Japan)
- run (Denmark)
- God’s hand (Italy)
- Lunana: Yak in the classroom (Bhutan)
- The worst man in the world (Norway)
Makeup and hairstyle
- Tammy Faye’s eyes
- Gucci’s house
- 2 America is coming
- Cruel
- Dune
Music (original song)
- Be Alive – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Darius Scott (King Richard)
- Dos Oruguitas – Lynn-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
- Down to Joy – Van Morrison (Belfast)
- No Time to Die – Billy Isle and Phineas O’Connell (No Time to Die)
- Somehow You Do It – Diane Warren (Four Good Days)
Production design
- Dune (Zsuzsanna Sipos & Patrice Vermette)
- Nightmare Alley (Tamara Deverell and Shane Vio)
- The Power of the Dog (Grant Major and Amber Richards)
- The Macbeth Tragedy (Stephen Decant and Nancy Hay)
- West Side Story (Rena DeAngelo and Adam Stockhausen)
Visual effects
- Dune
- Free man
- Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings
- There is no time to die
- Spider-Man: No way home
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