Oscar 2021 nominations…….

So whilst the Golden Globes and BAFTA’s nominations are something of a taster as to what to expect when the Oscar 2021 nominations are announced and here they are in full and it’s an impressive and diverse list with a few surprises. This year’s winners will be announced on 25th April at a delayed ceremony that will take place at both the Dolby Theatre, the ceremony’s normal home, and Los Angeles’ main railway hub, Union Station.

Best picture

• The Father
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• Mank
• Minari
• Nomadland
• Promising Young Woman
• Sound of Metal
• The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best actress

• Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Andra Day – The United States vs Billie Holiday
• Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
• Frances McDormand – Nomadland
• Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best actor

• Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
• Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Anthony Hopkins – The Father
• Gary Oldman – Mank
• Steven Yeun – Minari

Best supporting actress

• Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
• Olivia Colman – The Father
• Amanda Seyfried – Mank
• Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

Best supporting actor

• Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
• Leslie Odom Jr – One Night in Miami
• Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
• Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah

Best director

• Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
• Mank – David Fincher
• Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
• Nomadland – Chloe Zhao
• Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

Best original screenplay

• Judas and the Black Messiah – Will Berson, Shaka King, Will Berson, Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas
• Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
• Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
• Sound of Metal – Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Derek Cianfrance
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

Best adapted screenplay

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman and Lee Kern
• The Father – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
• The Mauritanian – Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, MB Traven
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
• The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani

Best animated feature

• Onward
• Over the Moon
• A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
• Soul
• Wolfwalkers

Best documentary feature

• Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
• Crip Camp – Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
• The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
• My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
• Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Best international feature

• Another Round (Denmark)
• Better Days (Hong Kong)
• Collective (Romania)
• The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)
• Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Best original song

• Fight For You – Judas and the Black Messiah (H.E.R., Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas)
• Hear my Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite)
• Husavik – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson)
• Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead [La Vita Davanti a Se] (Diane Warren and Laura Pausini)
• Speak Now – One Night in Miami… (Leslie Odom, Jr and Sam Ashworth)

Best original score

• Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
• Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Minari – Emile Mosseri
• News of the World – James Newton Howard
• Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

Best cinematography

• Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
• Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
• News of the World – Dariusz Wolski
• Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael

Best visual effects

• Love and Monsters – Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
• The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
• Mulan – Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
• The One and Only Ivan – Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher
• Tenet – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

Best film editing

• The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
• Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
• Sound of Metal – Mikkel EG Nielsen
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Best costume design

• Emma – Alexandra Byrne
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth
• Mank – Trish Summerville
• Mulan – Bina Daigeler
• Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini

Best sound

• Greyhound – Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
• Mank – Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
• News of the World – Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
• Soul – Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
• Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

Best production design

• The Father – Peter Francis and Cathy Featherstone
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
• Mank – Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale
• News of the World – David Crank and Elizabeth Keenan
• Tenet – Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas

Best make-up and hairstyling

• Emma – Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
• Hillbilly Elegy – Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
• Mank – Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
• Pinocchio – Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti

Best live action short

• Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
• The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
• The Present – Farah Nabulsi
• Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
• White Eye – Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

Best animated short

• Burrow – Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
• Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
• If Anything Happens I Love You – Will McCormack and Michael Govier
• Opera – Erick Oh
• Yes-People – Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

Best documentary short

• Colette – Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
• A Concerto is a Conversation – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
• Do Not Split – Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
• Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman
• A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan

So in summary leading the Oscar 2021 nominations are as follows:

• 10 nominations – Mank
• 6 – The Father
• 6 – Judas and the Black Messiah
• 6 – Minari
• 6 – Nomadland
• 6 – Sound of Metal
• 6 – The Trial of the Chicago

So it’s pretty evenly spread out and we’ll make some predictions nearer the time ! Who do you think will win best Film? And do you think anyone has been overlooked in the Oscar 2021 nominations?