The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards have officially been announced.
2021 was a strange year. Much like the lockdown tales of yesteryear, the film industry was miles away from its full re-emergence, with many titles still relegated to PVOD and default Disney+ releases. Slowly but surely, the movies came back: No Time To Die finally reached the big-screen after literally years of being Hollywood's first domino; and Spider-Man: No Way Home became one of the biggest movies in history, even in a pandemic.
The landscape may have changed – streaming platforms host prestige pictures far more than theatres these days – but cinema is alive and booming, and there were some truly phenomenal films. So, without further ado, these are this year's Oscar nominations.
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BEST PICTURE
- Belfast
- CODA
- Don’t Look Up
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
- Nightmare Alley
- The Power of the Dog
- West Side Story
BEST DIRECTOR
- Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
- Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
- Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
- Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
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BEST ACTOR
- Will Smith, King Richard
- Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick... Boom!
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
- Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
- Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST ACTRESS
- Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
- Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
- Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
- Kristen Stewart, Spencer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
- Troy Kotsur, CODA
- Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
- Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
- J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
- Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
- Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
- Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
- Judi Dench, Belfast
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- CODA
- Dune
- The Lost Daughter
- The Power of the Dog
- Drive My Car
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- The Worst Person in the World
- Belfast
- Don’t Look Up
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Dune
- The Power of the Dog
- West Side Story
- Nightmare Alley
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
- Drive My Car
- The Hand of God
- Flee
- The Worst Person in the World
- Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- Encanto
- Dune
- Parallel Mothers
- The Power of the Dog
- Don't Look Up
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BEST SOUND
- Dune
- No Time to Die
- The Power of the Dog
- West Side Story
- Belfast
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- No Time to Die, No Time to Die
- Four Good Days, Somehow You Do
- King Richard, Be Alive
- Encanto, Dos Oruguitas
- Belfast, Down to Joy
BEST EDITING
- Dune
- The Power of the Dog
- Tick, Tick... Boom!
- Don’t Look Up
- King Richard
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Dune
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Free Guy
- No Time To Die
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- West Side Story
- The Power of the Dog
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Cruella
- Dune
- Nightmare Alley
- West Side Story
- Cyrano
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Dune
- Cruella
- House of Gucci
- Coming 2 America
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines
- Encanto
- Luca
- Flee
- Raya and the Lost Dragon
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- Affairs of the Art
- Bestia
- Boxballet
- Robin Robin
- The Windshield Wiper
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
- The Long Goodbye
- Ala Kachuu - Take and Run
- The Dress
- On My Mind
- Please Hold
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Summer of Soul
- Flee
- Writing with Fire
- Ascension
- Attica
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
- Audible
- Lead Me Home
- The Queen of Basketball
- Three Songs for Benazir
- When We Were Bullies
The 94th Academy Awards will take place on March 28 at 1.00am GMT.
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Cameron Frew