Oscar Nominations 2022
A definitive year in the calendar, the Academy Awards brings the whole film industry together to celebrate the past year of cinematic greatness.
This year sees the Awards take place on 27th March and yesterday the nominees were announced. Leading the way for Netflix is Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, which has gathered up the most nominations, with a grand total of 12 – including Best Picture, Directing, Adapted Screenplay, Leading Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, Supporting Actor nominations from the film also include Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Supporting Actress for Kirsten Dunst. With the news, Campion is the first woman to be nominated twice for Directing, previously for 1993’s The Piano.
Next, Dune picked up a hefty 10 nominations too after last week’s BAFTA nominations lead with 11. Specifically, the film is leading the way with technical awards (Visual Effects, Cinematography, Sound), Villeneuve’s film secured a Best Picture nod, as well as Adapted Screenplay.
West Side Story secured seven nominations, including Best Picture, Directing, Supporting Actress for Ariana DeBose, Cinematography, and Sound. Away from the musical world is Belfast with seven nominations too. The personal tale is up for Best Picture, Kenneth Branagh is nominated for Directing and Original Screenplay, and there are Supporting Actor nominations for Ciarán Hinds and Judi Dench.
Rounding out the frontrunners is King Richard, the big-screen depiction of a young Venus and Serena Williams, and the father who coached them to sporting glory. It’s up for six awards, including Best Picture and Original Screenplay, with a Leading Actor nomination for Will Smith and a Supporting Actress nomination for Aunjanue Ellis. Also competing for Best Picture are CODA, Adam McKay’s apocalyptic satire Don’t Look Up, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza plus Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley.
However, most notable of all is Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s acclaimed Japanese drama is a rare international film to break into the Best Picture pack, also receiving a nomination for Hamaguchi himself for Directing, plus Adapted Screenplay and International Feature Film.
Elsewhere, there were several pleasing nominations in the wake of BAFTA last week – Kristen Stewart is up for Leading Actress for her role as Princess Diana in Spencer, while Andrew Garfield is in the Leading Actor race after singing up a storm as Jonathan Larson in Tick, Tick… Boom!. In that category, there is Denzel Washington for his lead role in The Tragedy Of Macbeth. Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley were nominated for The Lost Daughter (in Leading Actress and Supporting Actress). Lastly, another surprise is CODA where Troy Kotsur has become the first deaf actor to be nominated for an Oscar.
In the superhero spheres, there were nominations in the Visual Effects category for Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings. No Time To Die secured technical categories as Visual Effects and Sound, plus a nomination for Billie Eilish in the Original Song competition. Disney sees three with three nominations for Encanto, including Animated Feature Film, Original Score, and Original Song. Moreover in the animation specific films, The Mitchells Vs. The Machines features in Feature Film category.One last final surprise in the nominations arrives in the form of Flee, a mix of style, subject and form found secured it for Animated Feature Film, Documentary, and International Feature Film which is a first for any film ever.
We all cannot wait to see the awards on the 27th March and to celebrate all nominations for their outstanding contribution to film.
List Of Nominees:
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
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
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 Actor
Javier Bardem – Being The Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power Of The Dog
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Judi Dench – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst – The Power Of The Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Best Supporting Actor
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jesse Plemons – The Power Of The Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog
JK Simmons – Being The Ricardos
Best Adapted Screenplay
CODA – Siân Heder
Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe
Dune – Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve
The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power Of The Dog – Jane Campion
Best Original Screenplay
Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay & David Sirota
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
King Richard – Zach Baylin
The Worst Person In The World – Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt
Best Costume Design
Cruella – Jenny Beavan
Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Dune – Robert Morgan & Jacqueline West
Nightmare Alley – Luis Sequeira
West Side Story – Paul Tazewell
Best Original Score
Don’t Look Up – Nicholas Britell
Dune – Hans Zimmer
Encanto – Germaine Franco
Parallel Mothers – Alberto Iglesias
The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
Best Sound
Belfast
Dune
No Time To Die
The Power Of The Dog
West Side Story
Best Animated Feature Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells Vs. The Machines
Raya And The Last Dragon
Best Cinematography
Dune – Greig Fraser
Nightmare Alley – Dan Lausten
The Power Of The Dog – Ari Wegner
The Tragedy Of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story – Janusz Kaminski
Best Documentary Feature
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Writing With Fire
Best Film Editing
Don’t Look Up – Hank Corwin
Dune – Joe Walker
King Richard – Pamela Martin
The Power Of The Dog – Peter Sciberras
Tick, Tick… Boom! – Myron Kerstein & Andrew Weisblum
Best International Feature Film
Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
The Hand Of God (Italy)
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)
The Worst Person In The World (Norway)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
House Of Gucci
Coming 2 America
Best Original Song
“Be Alive” — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Scott (King Richard)
“Dos Oruguitas” — Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
“Down to Joy” — Van Morrison (Belfast)
“No Time to Die” — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (No Time To Die)
“Somehow You Do” — Diane Warren (Four Good Days)
Best Production Design
Dune – Zsuzsanna Sipos & Patrice Vermette
Nightmare Alley – Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau
The Power Of The Dog – Grant Major & Amber Richards
The Tragedy Of Macbeth – Stefan Dechant & Nancy Haigh
West Side Story – Rena DeAngelo & Adam Stockhausen
Best Visual Effects
Dune
Free Guy
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
No Time To Die
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Live Action Short Film
Ala Kachuu — Take And Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold
Best Documentary Short Subject
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen Of Basketball
Three Songs For Benazir
When We Were Bullies
Best Animated Short Film
Affairs Of The Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper
