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Academy Awards 2021 nominations

March 15, 2021 - The AMPAS announces its nominees for its annual Academy Awards AKA The Oscars. The nominees? Surprising! I was not expecting the AMPAS to embrace diversity this openly. And what a beautiful thing to do. From the love across the board for Minari, to the feminist Promising Young Woman, Asian actors, 2 Black actresses competing for Best Actress and 3 (!!!) Black actors competing in Best Supporting Actor... And a shocking Lakeith Stanfield nomination for Judas and the Black Messiah (so, who's the lead?).
Mank is the most nominated movie of this year's edition, but I believe it won't be able to suprass Nomadland, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Judas and the Black Messiah or Promising Young Woman. Most nominations doesn't always translate to "most wins"... you know... last year's The Irishman!
Sad for a Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round) snub in Best Actor in a Leading Role, since he would be a worthier nominee than Gary Oldman (Mank). Shocked for a Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian) snub and that the AMPAS really went for Glenn Close for that godawful movie Hillbilly Elegy - I want Close to be an Academy Award winner, but please, not for that performance in that movie! 
So, let's have a look at the full list of nominees:


BEST PICTURE
  • The Father - David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, producers
  • Judas and the Black Messiah - Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, producers
  • Mank - Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, producers
  • Minari - Christina Oh, producer
  • Nomadland - Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, producers
  • Promising Young Woman - Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, producers
  • Sound of Metal - Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, producers
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, producers

BEST DIRECTOR
  • Lee Isaac Chung, Minari 
  • Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman 
  • David Fincher, Mank
  • Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
  • Chloé Zhao, Nomadland 

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
  • Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal 
  • Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 
  • Anthony Hopkins, The Father
  • Gary Oldman, Mank 
  • Steven Yeun, Minari 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
  • Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 
  • Andra Day, The United States v. Billie Holiday 
  • Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
  • Frances McDormand, Nomadland 
  • Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
  • 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 ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
  • Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 
  • Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
  • Olivia Colman, The Father 
  • Amanda Seyfried, Mank 
  • Yuh-jung Youn, Minari 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Nina Pedrad
  • The Father, Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
  • Nomadland, Chloé Zhao 
  • One Night in Miami, Kemp Powers 
  • The White Tiger, Ramin Bahrani 

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

BEST EDITING
  • The Father, Yorgos Lamprinos
  • Nomadland, Chloé Zhao 
  • Promising Young Woman, Frédéric Thoraval 
  • Sound of Metal, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen 
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7, Alan Baumgarten 

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

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
  • The Father. Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton
  • Mank. Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
  • News of the World. Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
  • Tenet. Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

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

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, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
  • Tenet, Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

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

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
  • “Fight for You,” Judas and the Black Messiah. Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
  • “Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7. Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
  • “Húsavík,” Eurovision Song Contest. Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
  • “Io Si (Seen),” The Life Ahead. Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
  • “Speak Now,” One Night in Miami. Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

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

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
  • Onward (Pixar) 
  • Over the Moon (Netflix) 
  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix) 
  • Soul (Pixar) 
  • Wolfwalkers (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS) 

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
  • Burrow (Disney Plus/Pixar)
  • Genius Loci (Kazak Productions) 
  • If Anything Happens I Love You (Netflix) 
  • Opera (Beasts and Natives Alike) 
  • Yes-People (CAOZ hf. Hólamói) 

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
  • Feeling Through 
  • The Letter Room
  • The Present
  • Two Distant Strangers 
  • White Eye

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 DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
  • 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

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