Nominations for the 91st annual Academy Awards were unveiled today (Tuesday 22nd January) by Tracee Ellis Ross and Kumail Nanjiani, with Netflix’ Roma and black-comedy The Favourite leading with ten nominations each.
Following a win at the Golden Globes, black-and-white Spanish drama, Roma, is expected to take home the Best Picture trophy, as is its director Alfonso Cuarón, who also nabbed screenplay and cinematography nominations. This marks Netflix’ first major Oscar nomination following last year’s win for Best Documentary with Icarus.
The Favourite saw its three leading ladies – Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz – nominated, although Glen Close (The Wife) and Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) are likely to pip the royal trio in their respective categories. Lady Gaga also became a double Oscar nominee for her acting and vocal work in A Star is Born, which tallied seven nominations in total.
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther became the first comic book movie to land in the Best Picture race, following historical snubs for The Dark Knight. The ninth-highest grossing movie of all time will compete against Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born (with Cooper controversially missing for director) and Green Book, which has been heavily criticised for its racial politics. Although, Mahershala Ali is widely tipped to take home his second Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pianist Don Shirely in the film (Ali previously won for Moonlight).
As ever, the Academy sidestepped some critical favourites with Eight Grade, Hereditary, Widows, Leave No Trace and The Rider left empty-handed. Despite Greta Gerwig’s 2018 nomination, no female director cracked the top five this year, with the Academy instead handing first time nominations to Spike Lee, Pawel Pawlikowski and Yorgos Lanthimos.
Scroll below for the full list of nominees, competing across 24 categories.
Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
Actress in a Leading Role
Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Glenn Close – The Wife
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
[‘Uncanny performances and a sublime soundtrack’ – Read Brig’s★★★★ review of Bohemian Rhapsody here]
Directing
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski – Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Adam McKay – Vice
Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell – Vice
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams – Vice
Marina de Tavira – Roma
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
BlacKkKlansman – Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
A Star Is Born – Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters
Original Screenplay
The Favourite – Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
First Reformed – Paul Schrader
Green Book – Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
Vice – Adam McKay
Cinematography
Cold War – Lukasz Zal
The Favourite – Robbie Ryan
Never Look Away – Caleb Deschanel
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
A Star Is Born – Matthew Libatique
Production Design
Black Panther – Hannah Beachler
First Man – Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
The Favourite – Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
Mary Poppins Returns – John Myhre, Gordon Sim
Roma – Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enrı́quez
Costume Design
Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Mary Zophres
Black Panther – Ruth E. Carter
The Favourite – Sandy Powell
Mary Poppins Returns – Sandy Powell
Mary Queen of Scots – Alexandra Byrne
[‘A run-of-the-mill period drama whose desperation for an Academy Award is unashamedly blatant’ – Brig’s Mary Queen of Scots consensus, which you can read here]
Film Editing
BlacKkKlansman – Barry Alexander Brown
Bohemian Rhapsody – John Ottman
Green Book – Patrick J. Don Vito
The Favourite – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Vice – Hank Corwin
Foreign Language Film
Capernaum (Lebanon)
Cold War (Poland)
Never Look Away (Germany)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)
Documentary Feature
Free Solo – Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Hale County This Morning, This Evening – RaMell Ross
Minding the Gap – Bing Liu
Of Fathers and Sons – Talal Derki
RBG – Betsy West, Julie Cohen
Documentary Short Subject
Black Sheep – Ed Perkins
End Game – Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Lifeboat – Skye Fitzgerald
A Night at the Garden – Marshall Curry
Period. End of Sentence – Rayka Zehtabchi
Animated Feature Film
Incredibles 2 – Brad Bird
Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson
Mirai – Mamoru Hosoda
Ralph Breaks the Internet – Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Animated Short Film
Animal Behaviour – Alison Snowden, David Fine
Bao – Domee Shi
Late Afternoon – Louise Bagnall
One Small Step – Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas
Weekends – Trevor Jimenez
Live Action Short Film
Detainment – Vincent Lambe
Fauve – Jeremy Comte
Marguerite – Marianne Farley
Mother – Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Skin – Guy Nattiv
Original Score
BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard
Black Panther – Ludwig Goransson
If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
Original Song
All The Stars – Black Panther by Kendrick Lamar, SZA
I’ll Fight – RBG by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson
The Place Where Lost Things Go – Mary Poppins Returns by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
Shallow – A Star Is Born by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice
When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson
Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War – Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl, Dan Sudick
Christopher Robin – Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones, Chris Corbould
First Man – Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, J.D. Schwalm
Ready Player One – Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler, David Shirk
Solo: A Star Wars Story – Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy
Makeup and Hairstyling
Border – Göran Lundström, Pamela Goldammer
Mary Queen of Scots – Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher, Jessica Brooks
Vice – Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, Patricia DeHaney
Sound Editing
Black Panther – Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker
Bohemian Rhapsody – John Warhurst
First Man – Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan
A Quiet Place – Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
Roma – Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay
Sound Mixing
Black Panther – Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Peter Devlin
Bohemian Rhapsody – Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, ohn Casali
First Man – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee, Mary H. Ellis
Roma – Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan, José Antonio García
A Star Is Born – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder, Steve Morrow
To see who takes home a statue, tune in to the Oscar’s live on Sunday 24th February on Sky Cinema.
[…] CNN entertainment released their 2019 Oscar Night ballot to keep you and your friends entertained (and awake) during the show. A full list of nominees, which sees Roma and The Favourite lead the pack, with Black Panther and A Star is Born hot on their heels, can be found here. […]