Broadcast Date: 16th March 2026 - Australia
Hello
everyone. The nominations for the 98th Academy Awards in 2026 are finally here! Conan O'Brien
will host this year's ceremony. Leading up the categories this year is the horror movie Sinners.
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
F1 - Ryan Tudhope, Robert Harrington, Nicolas Chevallier and Keith Dawson
Jurassic World Rebirth - David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Cain and Neil Corbould
The Lost Bus - Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
Sinners - Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
Best Film Editing
F1 - Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme - Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another - Andy Jurgensen
Sentimental Value - Olivier Bugge Coutte
Sinners - Michael P. Shawver
Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash - Deborah L. Scott
Frankenstein - Kate Hawley
Hamnet - Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme - Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners - Ruth E. Carter
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein - Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cilona Furey
Kokuho - Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Sinners - Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine - Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
The Ugly Stepsister - Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein - Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme - Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another - Michael Bauman
Sinners - Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams - Adolpho Veloso
Best Production Design
Frankenstein - Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Hamnet - Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
Marty Supreme - Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
One Battle After Another - Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
Sinners - Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Best Sound
F1 - Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary Rizzo and Juan Peralta
Frankenstein - Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
One Battle After Another - Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villafor
Sinners - Chris Weckler, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
Sirat - Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
Best Original Song
"Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless - Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
"Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters - Music and Lyrics by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, 24, Ido, Teddy, and Ian Eisendrath
"I Lied to You" from Sinners - Music and Lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
"Sweet Dreams of Joy" from Viva Verdi! - Music and Lyrics by Nicholas Pike
"Train Dreams" from Train Dreams - Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyrics by Nick Cave
Best Original Score
Bugonia - Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein - Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet - Max Richter
One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood
Sinners - Ludwig Goransson
Best Casting
Hamnet - Nina Gold
Marty Supreme - Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another - Cassandra Kulukundis
The Secret Agent - Gabriel Domignues
Sinners - Francine Maisler
Best Animated Short Film
Butterfly - Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
Forevergreen - Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
The Girl Who Cried Pearls - Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Retirement Plan - John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
The Three Sisters - Konstantin Bronzit
Best Live Action Short Film
Butcher's Stain - Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
A Friend of Dorothy - Lee Knight and James Dean
Jane Austen's Period Drama - Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
The Singers - Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
Two People Exchanging Saliva - Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata
Best Documentary Short Film
All the Empty Rooms - Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud - Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
Children No More: "Were and Are Gone" - Hilla Medalia and Shelia Nevins
The Devil Is Busy - Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
Perfectly a Strangeness - Alison McAlpine
Best Documentary Feature Film
The Alabama Solution - Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
Come and See Me in the Good Light - Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
Cutting Through Rocks - Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
Mr Nobody Against Putin - Nominees to be determined
The Perfect Neighbor - Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee
Best International Feature Film
The Secret Agent (Brazil) in Portuguese and German - Directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho
It Was Just an Accident (France) in Persian and Azerbaijani - Directed by Jafar Panahi
Sentimental Value (Norway) in Norwegian and English - Directed by Joachim Trier
Sirat (Spain) in Spanish, French and Arabic - Directed by Oliver Laxe
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia) in Arabic - Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Best Animated Feature Film
Arco - Ugo Bienvenu, Felix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
Elio - Madeline Sharafin, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
KPop Demon Hunters - Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain - Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
Zootopia 2 - Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia - Will Tracy; based on the film Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan
Frankenstein - Guillermo del Toro; based on the novel by Mary Shelley
Hamnet - Chloe Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell; based on the novel by Maggie O'Farrell
One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson; based on the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
Train Dreams - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar; based on the novella by Dennis Johnson
Best Original Screenplay
Blue Moon - Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident - Jafar Panahi in collaboration with Shadmehr Rastin, Nader Saivar and Mendu Mahmoudian
Marty Supreme - Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value - Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Sinners - Ryan Coogler
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value as Rachel Kemp
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen
Amy Madigan - Weapons as Gladys
Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners as Annie
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hilla
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio del Toro - One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein as The Creature
Delroy Sindo - Sinners as Delta Slim
Sean Penn - One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
Stellan Skarsgard - Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley - Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda
Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue as Claire Sardina
Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value as Nora Borg
Emma Stone - Bugonia as Michelle Fuller
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson
Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart
Michael B. Jordan - Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore/Elias "Stack" Moore
Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent as Armando Solimoes/Marcelo Alves/Fernando Solimoes
Best Director
Chloe Zhao - Hamnet
Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Best Picture
Bugonia - Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, producers
F1 - Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, producers
Frankenstein - Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, producers
Hamnet - Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, producers
Marty Supreme - Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, producers
One Battle After Another - Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, producers
The Secret Agent - Emilie Lesclaux, producer
Sentimental Value - Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, producers
Sinners - Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, producers
Train Dreams - Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, producers
Honorary Awards
Debbie Allen
Tom Cruise
Wynn Thomas
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Dolly Parton
Make sure you let me know who the winners are.
