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Official Oscar Nominations
for the 93rd Academy Awards
2020 FILM YEAR
/ 2021 OSCAR CEREMONY
CURRENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS RACE


93RD OSCARS IN REVIEW

 

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ALL OSCAR RACE ARTICLES

 

BEST PICTURE

NOMADLAND


The Father

Judas and...

Mank

Minari

Nomadland

Promising Young 

Trial of. Chicago 7


Sound of Metal

prediction:

predictions:
7/8

BEST DIRECTOR 

CHLOE ZHAO

Chung
Minari

Fennell

Promising

Fincher
Mank

Vinterberg
Another Round

Zhao
Nomadland

prediction:

predictions:
4/5

 

BEST ACTRESS

FRANCES MCDORMAND

 Viola Davis
Ma Rainey

Andra Day
United Stats

Vanessa Kirby
Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand
Nomadland

Carey Mulligan
Promising Young

prediction:

predictions: 5/5

BEST ACTOR

ANTHONY HOPKINS 

Riz Ahmed
Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey

Anthony Hopkins
The Father

Gary Oldman
Mank 

Steven Yeun
Minari

prediction:

predictions: 5/5

SUPP'  ACTRESS

YOUN YUH-JUNG

Maria Bakalova
Borat

Glenn Close
Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman
The Father

Amanda Seyfried
Mank

Youn Yuh-jung
Minari

prediction:

predictions: 4/5

SUPP' ACTOR 

DANIEL KALUUYA

Sacha Baron Cohen
Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya
Judas and...

Leslie Odom Jr

One Night In...

Paul Raci
Sound of Metal

LaKeith Stanfield
Judas and...

prediction:

predictions: 4/5

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

Judas and
Berson, King, Lucas

Minari
Chung

Promising Young
Fennell

Sound of Metal
Marder & Cianfrance

Trial of Chicago 7

Sorkin

prediction:

predictions : 4/5

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

THE  FATHER

Borat
multiple

The Father

Hampton & Zeller

Nomadland
Zhao

One Night in Miami
Powers

White Tiger
Bahrani

prediction:

predictions: 3/5

CINEMATOGRAPHY

MANK

Judas and...
Bobbitt

Mank
Messerschmidt

News of...
Wolski

Nomadland
Richards

Trial of Chicago 7
Papamichael

prediction:

predictions: 4/5

COSTUME DESIGN

MA RAINEY

Emma
Byrne

Ma Rainey
Roth

Mank
Summerville

Mulan
Daigler

Pinnochio
Parrini

prediction:

predictions: 4/5

PRODUCTION DESIGN

MANK


The Father 

 Mank

Ma Rainey

News of the World


Tenet

prediction:

predictions: 3/5

FILM EDITING

SOUND OF METAL

The Father

Nomadland


Promising Young

Sound of Metal

Trial of Chicago 7

prediction:

predictions: 4/5

VISUAL EFFECTS

TENET


Love and Monsters

Midnight Sky

Mulan

One and Only Ivan

Tenet

prediction:

predictions: 4/5

MAKEUP & HAIR

MA RAINEY

Emma

Hillbilly Elegy


Ma Rainey


Mank

Pinnochio

prediction:

predictions: 4/5

INTERNATIONAL FILM 

ANOTHER ROUND

Bosnia & Herzegovina
Quo Vadis, Aida?

Denmark
Another Round

Hong Kong
Better Days

Romania

Collective

Tunisia
Man Who Sold...

prediction:

predictions: 3/5

ORIGINAL SCORE

SOUL

Da 5 Bloods
Blanchard

Mank
Reznor & Ross

Minari

Mosseri

News of the World
Howard

Soul
Ross & Reznor & Batiste

prediction:

predictions: 3/5

ORIGINAL SONG 

"Fight For You"
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH


"Fight For You"
Judas and...

"Hear My Voice"
Trial of Chicago 7

"Husavik"
Eurovision


"Io Si (Seen)"
The Life Ahead

"Speak Now"
One Night in Miami

prediction:

predictions: 4/5

SOUND MIXING / EDITING

SOUND OF METAL

Greyhound

Mank

News of the World

Nomadland

Soul

Sound of Metal

prediction:

predictions: 3/5

ANIMATED FILM

SOUL

Onward

Over the Moon

Shaun the Sheep 2

Soul

Wolfwalkers

prediction:

predictions: 5/5

DOCUMENTARY

MY OCTOPUS TEACHER

Collective

Crip Camp

Mole Agent

My Octopus Teacher

Time

prediction:

predictions : 3/5

   

 

SHORTS, DOCUMENTARY

COLETTE

Colette

Concerto is a

Do Not Split

Hunger Ward

Love Song for...

prediction:

predictions: 4/5

 

SHORTS, LIVE ACTION

TWO DISTANT STRANGERS

Feeling Through

The Letter Room

The Present

Two Distant Strangers


White Eye

prediction:

predictions: 2/5

SHORTS, ANIMATED

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS...


Burrow

Genius Loci

If Anything...

Opera

Yes People

prediction:

predictions : 3/5

 

 

sound off on the Oscar race

NOMINATION TALLY

10 noms
MANK (2 wins)

6 noms
THE FATHER (2 wins)
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (2 wins)
MINARI (1 win)
NOMADLAND (3 wins)
SOUND OF METAL (2 wins)
TRIAL OF CHICAGO 7 (fewest statues for a Best Picture nominee - 0)

5 noms
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (2 wins) - most noms AND wins without a best picture citation this year
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN  (1 win)  - fewest noms for a best picture nominee this year

4 noms
NEWS OF THE WORLD

3 noms
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
SOUL (2 wins) - tied with Ma Rainey for most wins without a best picture citation this year

2 noms
ANOTHER ROUND (1 win) 
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
COLLECTIVE
EMMA
HILLBILLY ELEGY
MULAN
PINOCCHIO
TENET (1 win)

1 nom

BETTER DAYS
CRIP CAMP
DA 5 BLOODS
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
GREYHOUND
THE LIFE AHEAD
LOVE AND MONSTERS
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN
MIDNIGHT SKY
THE MOLE AGENT
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER (1 win)
ONE AND ONLY IVAN
ONWARD
OVER THE MOON
PIECES OF A WOMAN
QUO VADIS AIDA?
A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON
TIME
UNITED STATES VS BILLIE HOLIDAY
THE WHITE TIGER
WOLFWALKERS

 

 

 

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