92nd Academy Awards

92nd Academy Awards

Broadcast Date: 10th February 2020 - Australia

It's official, moviegoers. Nominations for this year's Oscar ceremony are announced, with Joker leading 11 award categories, including Best Picture. I'm disappointed that neither Matt Damon nor Christian Bale got nominated for the Best Actor award in Ford v Ferrari. I was surprised to discover that the Best Foreign Language Film category is now the Best International Feature Film award.

Here is the list of the contenders that are nominees for each category.

UPDATE: 10/2/20

Sorry guys! I forgot to include Parasite and Pain and Glory, as these films got nominated for Best International Feature Film.

Best Visual Effects

Avengers: Endgame - Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick

The Irishman - Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli and Nelson Sepulveda

The Lion King - Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Eliot Newman

1917 - Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy

Best Film Editing

Ford v Ferrari - Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker
The Irishman - Thelma Schoonmaker
Jojo Rabbit - Tom Eagles
Joker - Jeff Groth
Parasite - Yang Jin-mo


Best Costume Design

The Irishman - Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson

Jojo Rabbit - Mayes C. Rubeo

Joker - Mark Bridges

Little Women - Jacqueline Durran

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Arianne Phillips

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Bombshell - Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
Joker - Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
Judy - Jeremy Woodhead
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil - Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
1917 - Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole

Best Cinematography

The Irishman - Rodrigo Prieto
Joker - Lawrence Sher
The Lighthouse - Jarin Blaschke
1917 - Roger Deakins
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Robert Richardson

Best Production Design

The Irishman - Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves

Jojo Rabbit - Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopkova

1917 - Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Parasite - Production Design: Lee Ha-jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won-woo

Best Sound Mixing

Ad Astra - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano

Ford v Ferrari - Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow

Joker - Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland

1917 - Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Michael & Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano

Best Sound Editing

Ford v Ferrari - Donald Sylvester

Joker - Alan Robert Murray

1917 - Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Wylie Stateman

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Matthew Wood and David Acord

Best Original Song

"I Can't Let Yourself Throw Away" from Toy Story 4 - Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman - Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
"I'm Standing with You" from Breakthrough - Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
"Into the Unknown" from Frozen II - Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson & Robert Lopez
"Stand Up" from Harriet - Music and Lyrics by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo

Best Original Score

Joker - Hildur Guonadottir
Little Women - Alexandre Desplat
Marriage Story - Randy Newman
1917 - Thomas Newman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - John Williams

Best Animated Short Film

Dcera (Daughter) - Daria Kashcheeva
Hair Love - Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver
Kitbull - Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
Memorable - Bruno Collet and Jean-Francois Le Corre
Sister - Siqi Song

Best Live Action Short Film

Brotherhood - Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
Nefta Football Club - Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
The Neighbors' Window - Marshall Curry
Saria - Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre
A Sister - Delphine Girard

Best Documentary - Short Subject

In the Absence - Yi Seung-Jin and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) - Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva
Life Overtakes Me - John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
St. Louis Superman - Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
Walk Run Cha-Cha - Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt

Best Documentary - Feature

American Factory - Steven Bognar and Julia & Jeff Reichert
The Cave - Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjaer
The Edge of Democracy - Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan
For Sama - Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
Honeyland - Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev

Best International Feature Film

Parasite (South Korea) in Korean - Directed by Bong Joon-ho

Corpus Christi (Poland) in Polish - Directed by Jan Komasa
Honeyland (North Macedonia) in Turkish - Directed by Tamara Koevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
Les Miserables (France) in French - Directed by Ladj Ly

Pain and Glory (Spain) in Spanish - Directed by Pedro Almodovar

Best Animated Feature Film

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold and Brad Lewis
I Lost My Body - Jeremy Clapin and Marc du Pontavic
Klaus - Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Roman
Missing Link - Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight
Toy Story 4 - Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera and Mark Nielsen

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay

The Irishman - Steven Zaillian based on the book 'I Heard You Paint Houses' by Charles Brandt

Jojo Rabbit - Taika Watiti based on the novel 'Caging Skies' by Christine Leunens

Joker - Todd Philips and Scott Silver based on characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson

Little Women - Greta Gerwig based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott

The Two Popes - Anthony McCarten based on his play 'The Pope'

Best Writing - Original Screenplay

Knives Out - Written by Rian Johnson
Marriage Story - Written by Noah Baumbach
1917 - Written by Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Written by Quentin Tarantino
Parasite - Written by Bong Joon-Ho and Han Jin-won

Best Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates - Richard Jewell as Barbara "Bobi" Jewell
Laura Dern - Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
Scarlett Johansson - Jojo Rabbit as Rosie Betzler
Florence Pugh - Little Women as Amy March
Margot Robbie - Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Hanks - A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood as Fred Rogers
Anthony Hopkins - The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI
Al Pacino - The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa
Joe Pesci - The Irishman as Russell Bufalino
Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo - Harriet as Harriet Tubman
Scarlett Johansson - Marriage Story as Nicole Barber
Saoirse Roman - Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March
Charlize Theron - Bombshell as Megyn Kelly
Renee Zellweger - Judy as Judy Garland

Best Actor

Antonio Banderas - Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton
Adam Driver - Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
Joaquin Phoenix - Joker as Arthur Fleck/The Joker
Jonathan Pryce - The Two Popes as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Best Director

Martin Scorsese - The Irishman
Todd Phillips - The Joker
Sam Mendes - 1917
Quentin Tarantino - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Bong Joon-ho - Parasite

Best Picture

Ford v Ferrari - Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold
The Irishman - Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Jojo Rabbit - Carthew Neal and Taika Watiti
Joker - Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Little Women - Amy Pascal
Marriage Story - Noah Baumbach and David Heyman
1917 - Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino
Parasite - Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho

Make sure you let me know who you think the winners will be. My predictions for the winners of the following categories are

Best Picture - Ford v Ferrari
Best Actress - Renee Zellweger for Judy
Best Animated Feature - Klaus
Best Visual Effects - Avengers: Endgame
Good luck!

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