The 2022 Oscar nominations were announced this morning by Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross.
The 94th Academy Awards will take place on March 27, back after a couple of pandemic-affected years at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre. For the first time in three years, the in-person event will have a host – or, according to broadcaster ABC, multiple hosts – though no names have yet been announced.
Jane Campion’s ‘The Power of the Dog’ led the pack with 12 nominations, though ‘Dune’ is nipping at its heels with 10 (albeit left out of the major acting and directing categories).
Let’s break down the big categories and you can find the full list of nominees below…
BEST PICTURE
This will be a tough category to call in terms of winners, especially with 10 nominees. ‘The Power of the Dog’ is surely the front-runner, but don’t count out ‘Belfast’ or ‘King Richard’.
Neither ‘Being The Ricardos’ or Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ managed to make it to the final list which is something of a surprise given the love for both, with ‘Drive My Car’ more of a surprise. And sorry Spidey – while it is dominating the box office, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ couldn’t manage a berth here.
- ‘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
Jane Campion is the clear favorite here for ‘The Power of the Dog’ and has made Oscar history by becoming the first woman to score two Oscar nominations, following her nod in 1994 for ‘The Piano’. Yet she faces competition from the likes of Kenneth Branagh, whose sentimental ‘Belfast’ has drawn plenty of attention. Paul Thomas Anderson also seems to be in with a shout for ‘Licorice Pizza’
Missing? We’d surely have predicted Guillermo del Toro for his work on ‘Nightmare Alley’ (which got a Best Picture nod but seems unlikely to win that given del Toro’s absence here) and Denis Villeneuve was surely in with a shot for ‘Dune’, but it was not to be.
- Kenneth Branagh – ‘Belfast’
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – ‘Drive My Car’
- Paul Thomas Anderson – ‘Licorice Pizza’
- Jane Campion – ‘The Power of the Dog’
- Steven Spielberg – ‘West Side Story’
BEST LEAD ACTOR
No real shock to find Benedict Cumberbatch once again on an acting award nominees list, while Will Smith and Andrew Garfield were also talked up as locks.
Perhaps an actual shock is the lack of acting nominations for ‘Licorice Pizza’. While Cooper Hoffman was not predicted to be in the running, we did think Alana Haim could end up in the Best Actress category.
- 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 LEAD ACTRESS
The likes of Colman, Chastain and Kidman were pretty much locks, though Kristen Stewart’s prospects for ‘Spencer’ had wavered of late, given the lack of love from either the Screen Actors Guild or the BAFTAs, yet she made it in here. Most shockingly, no sign of Lady Gaga for ‘House of Gucci’ and the film itself is a no-show beyond make-up and hairstyling. (Just picture Jared Leto’s Paolo wailing at the news).
- 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
The biggest surprise here is the absence of Bradley Cooper, who missed out both on a nod for Nightmare Alley and didn’t make the Supporting Actor list for his comedic role as Jon Peters in ‘Licorice Pizza’.
No sign of ‘Ben Affleck’ either, who had been drawing praise for his turn in ‘The Tender Bar’. Ciarán Hinds managed to make it through for ‘Belfast’, while co-star Jamie Dornan did not. Mostly, we want a video of ‘CODA’s Troy Kotsur reacting to his nomination, given the viral clip of him on the day of the BAFTA announcement.
AHHH! Troy Kotsur’s reaction to his #BAFTA nomination this morning is hilarious. Thank you to his wife @DeanneBray for capturing gold. I can’t stop watching. #CODAfilm pic.twitter.com/bAgiBa1BED
— Sian Heder (@sianheder) February 3, 2022
- Ciarán Hinds – ‘Belfast’
- Troy Kotsur – ‘CODA’
- Jesse Plemons – ‘The Power of the Dog’
- J.K. Simmons – ‘Being the Ricardos’
- Kodi Smit-McPhee – ‘The Power of the Dog’
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
DeBose is surely in the lead here, though Buckley does good work in ‘The Lost Daughter’ and Dunst has been picking up plenty of attention for ‘The Power of the Dog’.
No sign, sadly, of Marlee Matlin or Ruth Negga, who both deserved nods for ‘CODA’ and ‘Passing’ respectively. While it’s unlikely she’s winning again, there’s no denying the power of Dame Judi Dench.
- 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 ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Campion may well win this one, though we’d love to see ‘CODA’ snag this one.
- ‘CODA’– Siân Heder
- ‘Drive My Car’ – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Takamasa Oe
- ‘Dune’ Jon Spaihts – Denis Villeneuve Eric Roth
- ‘The Lost Daughter’ – Maggie Gyllenhaal
- ‘The Power of the Dog’ – Jane Campion
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
‘Don’t Look Up’ continues to do well and could take this one, though ‘Licorice Pizza’ and ‘King Richard’ are big favorites. Aaron Sorkin didn’t make the list this year, with voters snubbing ‘Being the Ricardos’.
- ‘Belfast’ – Kenneth Branagh
- ‘Don’t Look Up’ – Adam McKay, David Sirota
- ‘King Richard’ – Zach Baylin
- ‘Licorice Pizza’ – Paul Thomas Anderson
- ‘The Worst Person in the World’ – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Troer
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Despite the lack of love in the bigger categories besides Picture, ‘Nightmare Alley; is in with a chance here, though ‘Dune’ and ‘West Side Story’ are also big possibilities.
- ‘Dune’ – Greig Fraser
- ‘Nightmare Alley’ – Dan Laustsen
- ‘The Power of the Dog’ – Ari Wegner
- ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ – Bruno Delbonnel
- ‘West Side Story’ – Janusz Kamiński
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
‘Encanto’ is surely the big favourite, though don’t count out ‘Flee’, which made history by showing up in this category plus Best Documentary and Best International Feature Film. ‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’ would also be a fun win.
- ‘Encanto’
- ‘Flee’
- ‘Luca’
- ‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’
- ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Locked out of the main categories, ‘Cyrano’ might find some love here, though with ‘Cruella’, ‘Dune’ and ‘Nightmare Alley’ also on the list, we don’t love its chances.
- ‘Cruella’
- ‘Cyrano’
- ‘Dune’
- ‘Nightmare Alley’
- ‘West Side Story’
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Some predicted a double Jonny Greenwood year (he also scored ‘Licorice Pizza’), but it may well be Zimmer’s time again, or even, given its surging success, ‘Encanto’s Germain Franco.
- ‘Don’t Look Up’ – Nicholas Britell
- ‘Dune’ – Hans Zimmer
- ‘Encanto’ – Germaine Franco
- ‘Parallel Mothers’ – Alberto Iglesias
- ‘The Power of the Dog’ – Jonny Greenwood
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
‘Flee’, as previously mentioned, pulled off the trick of multiple categories and is a strong contender here, though ‘Drive My Car’ might be the one to beat, also having shown up in Best Picture. No sign of ‘Lamb’, as some had predicted.
- ‘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 SOUND
- ‘Belfast’
- ‘Dune’
- ‘No Time to Die’
- ‘The Power of the Dog’
- ‘West Side Story’
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- ‘Be Alive,’ ‘King Richard’ – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson
- ‘Dos Oruguitas,’ – ‘Encanto’ – Lin-Manuel Miranda
- ‘Down to Joy,’ ‘Belfast’ – Van Morrison
- ‘No Time to Die’, ‘No Time to Die’ – Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
- ‘Somehow You Do,’ ‘Four Good Days’ – Diane Warren
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’
- ‘Dune’
- ‘King Richard’
- ‘The Power of the Dog’
- ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- ‘Coming 2 America’
- ‘Cruella’
- ‘Dune’
- ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’
- ‘House of Gucci’
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- ‘Dune’
- ‘Nightmare Alley’
- ‘The Power of the Dog’
- ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’
- ‘West Side Story’
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- ‘Dune’
- ‘Free Guy’
- ‘No Time to Die’
- ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’
- ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
- ‘Audible’
- ‘Lead Me Home’
- ‘The Queen of Basketball’
- ‘Three Songs for Benazir’
- ‘When We Were Bullies’
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
- ‘Ala Kachuu – Take and Run’
- ‘The Dress’
- ‘The Long Goodbye’
- ‘On My Mind’
- ‘Please Hold’
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- ‘Affairs of the Art’
- ‘Bestia’
- ‘Boxballet’
- ‘Robin Robin’
- ‘The Windshield Wiper’
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