Nominations for the 93rd Oscars announced

After a weird year for movies, cinema in 2020 has finally almost reached its end with the nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards being revealed. Leading the animated entries is Soul, with three nominations. The full list follows.

The Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, and will be televised live on ABC at 8pm ET.

Best animated feature film of the year

• Onward – Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
• Over the Moon – Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
• A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
• Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray
• Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants

Best animated short film

• Burrow – Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
• Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
• If Anything Happens I Love You – Will McCormack and Michael Govier
• Opera – Erick Oh
• Yes-People – Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

Achievement in visual effects

• Love and Monsters – Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
• The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
• Mulan – Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
• The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
• Tenet – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

Achievement in sound

• Greyhound – Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
• Mank – Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
• News of the World – Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
• Soul – Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
• Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

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

Performance by an actor in a leading role

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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

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

Performance by an actress in a leading role

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

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Maria Bakalova in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Glenn Close in Hillbilly Elegy
• Olivia Colman in The Father
• Amanda Seyfried in Mank
• Yuh-Jung Youn in Minari

Achievement in cinematography

• Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
• Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
• News of the World – Dariusz Wolski
• Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael

Achievement in costume design

• Emma – Alexandra Byrne
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth
• Mank – Trish Summerville
• Mulan – Bina Daigeler
• Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini

Achievement in directing

• Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
• Mank – David Fincher
• Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
• Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

Best documentary feature

• Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
• Crip Camp – Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
• The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
• My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
• Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Best documentary short subject

• Colette – Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
• A Concerto Is a Conversation – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
• Do Not Split – Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
• Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman
• A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan

Achievement in film editing

• The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
• Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
• Sound of Metal – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Best international feature film of the year

• Another Round – Denmark
• Better Days – Hong Kong
• Collective – Romania
• The Man Who Sold His Skin – Tunisia
• Quo Vadis, Aida? – Bosnia and Herzegovina

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• Emma – Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
• Hillbilly Elegy – Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
• Mank – Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
• Pinocchio – Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah
Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
• Hear My Voice from The Trial of the Chicago 7
Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
• Husavik from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
• Io Sì (Seen) from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)
Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
• Speak Now from One Night in Miami…
Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

Best motion picture of the year

• The Father – David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers
• Judas and the Black Messiah – Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers
• Mank – Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
• Minari – Christina Oh, Producer
• Nomadland – Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers
• Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers
• Sound of Metal – Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers

Achievement in production design

• The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
• Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
• News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
• Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Best live action short film

• Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
• The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
• The Present – Farah Nabulsi
• Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
• White Eye – Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

Adapted screenplay

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
• The Father – Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
• Nomadland – Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao
• One Night in Miami… – Screenplay by Kemp Powers
• The White Tigers – Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani

Original screenplay

• Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
• Minari – Written by Lee Isaac Chung
• Promising Young Woman – Written by Emerald Fennell
• Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Written by Aaron Sorkin

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Ben / March 15, 2021, 9:43 am ET

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Weirdest year ever.

Good Animated Noms though, nice to see a good mix (even if no anime). Yes, no Croods 2, because it was pretty awful. Interesting to see if the Pixar vote gets split.

Dacey / March 15, 2021, 11:59 am ET

Soul is going to have the current social climate giving it the edge over Onward. Regardless, it's a fantastic year for Pixar, and people can stop talking about them having a "slump" already.

But this may be the first year in ages that I choose not to watch the ceremony. Apart from Mank and maybe Chicago 7, I'm not particularly interested in any of the BP nominations in a "gotta rush out and watch them ASAP" kind of way.

But hey, Emma was a good movie, so it's nice it got a nod.

EricJ / March 15, 2021, 1:18 pm ET

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Weirdest year ever.

And you thought you didn't see the obscure indie nominees the years they DID play theaters!

Yes, no Croods 2, because it was pretty awful. Interesting to see if the Pixar vote gets split.

Well, being awful didn't stop Over the Moon...

And the Pixar split should be interesting, but predictable, since we know that the Coco Factor ("I remember MY grandma!

") will play more for the anemic Soul with the hard-to-like characters, than for the pleasantly standard Onward with the likable characters that didn't milk the "dad" stuff effectively.

Ben / March 15, 2021, 9:52 pm ET

Mank has a very different meaning over here, and I'm sorry to say that's how I also felt it applied to this film. Love Kane, love Fincher, love the idea, but I just couldn't crack it, and I know I'm not the only one. There is somewhat understanding but also deep surprise at the whopping ten noms it's picked up, though already talk is that it'll be one of those much nom'd films that comes away empty or light handed on the night.

Bill1978 / March 17, 2021, 2:36 am ET

My initial response to the noms were just give the golden man to Glenn Close and Diane Warren (at this stage I'm all for people with lots of nominations and no win getting a career/enough is enough award), they've waited long enough. But I will need to sit down and start thinking like an Academy voter to make my actual picks.

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