In Beverly Hills, California, the nominees for the 98th Academy Awards were unveiled Thursday, unveiling a competitive and diverse field of contenders. Ryan Coogler’s film Sinners leads with an unprecedented 16 nominations, setting a new milestone for Oscar history. Close behind is Paul Thomas Anderson’s work, One Battle After Another, which garnered 13 nominations.
The ceremony is slated for March 15 in Los Angeles, where these distinguished films and artists will vie for top honors in an array of categories.
Best Picture Nominees
The race for Best Picture includes ten films showcasing a variety of storytelling styles and themes:
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
Acting Categories
Best Actress nominees feature Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value, Emma Stone in Bugonia, and Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue.
Best Actor contenders include Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme, Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another, Ethan Hawke for Blue Moon, Michael B. Jordan in Sinners, and Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent.
Supporting roles also feature notable performances. For Best Supporting Actress, nominees are Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilieaas for Sentimental Value, Amy Madigan for Weapons, Wunmi Mosaku from Sinners, and Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another.
Best Supporting Actor includes Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein, Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro both from One Battle After Another, Stellan Skarsgård for Sentimental Value, and Delroy Lindo for Sinners.
Directing and Screenwriting
For the Best Director category, nominees are Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), Ryan Coogler (Sinners), Chloé Zhao (Hamnet), Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme), and Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value).
Original Screenplay selections include Robert Kaplow for Blue Moon, Jafar Panahi and collaborators for It Was Just an Accident, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme, Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value, and Ryan Coogler for Sinners.
Adapted Screenplay nominees feature Will Tracy for Bugonia, Guillermo del Toro for Frankenstein, Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell for Hamnet, Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another, and Clint Bailey along with Greg Kwedar for Train Dreams.
Technical Categories
The Original Song category includes tracks such as "Golden" from Kpop Demon Hunters, "Train Dreams" from the film of the same name, "Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless, "I Lied To You" from Sinners, and "Sweet Dreams Of Joy" from Viva Verdi!.
Original Score nominees are Jerskin Fendrix for Bugonia, Alexandre Desplate for Frankenstein, Max Richter for Hamnet, Jonny Greenwood for One Battle After Another, and Ludwig Göransson for Sinners.
Animation contenders feature Arco, Elio, KPop Demon Hunters, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, and Zootopia 2.
International films nominated include The Secret Agent from Brazil, It Was Just an Accident from France, Sentimental Value from Norway, Sirât from Spain, and The Voice of Hind Rajab from Tunisia.
Documentary and Short Films
Documentary Feature nominees are The Perfect Neighbor, The Alabama Solution, Come See Me in the Good Light, Cutting Through Rocks, and Mr. Nobody Against Putin.
Casting recognition is awarded to Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, and Sinners.
Best Sound nominees include F1, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners, and Sirāt.
Cinematography recognizes efforts in Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinners, and Train Dreams.
Other technical categories feature recognition in Film Editing, Visual Effects, Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Costume Design with multiple films receiving nominations across the board.
Additional Categories
Live Action Short Film nominees include Butcher’s Stain, A Friend of Dorothy, Jane Austen’s Period Drama, The Singers, and Two People Exchanging Saliva.
Animated Short Film selections feature Butterfly, Forevergreen, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, Retirement Plan, and The Three Sisters.
Documentary Short Film nominees are All the Empty Rooms, Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, Children No More: Were and Are Gone, The Devil Is Busy, and Perfectly a Strangeness.
Visual Effects contenders include Avatar: Fire and Ash, F1, Jurassic World Rebirth, The Lost Bus, and Sinners.
Event Coverage
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