Oscar season is a little late this year, like everything else it’s scheduling has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The nominees for this year’s ceremony have been announced, an animated Irish film is up for one of the prestigious awards.
The movie, Wolfwalkers, was made by Cartoon Saloon, an Irish animation studio. This is the company’s third fourth nomination in the Best Animated Feature category.
Produced in Kilkenny, it is fantastic to see Irish talent recognised at the Oscars, especially one based so heavily on Irish folklore.
The full list of nominees has been released today ahead of the 93rd Academy Awards which will air on the 26th of April.
Best Picture
The Father – Sony Pictures Classics
Judas and the Black Messiah – Warner Bros.
Mank – Netflix
Minari – A24
Nomadland – Searchlight Pictures
Promising Young Woman – Focus Features
Sound of Metal – Amazon Studios
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Netflix
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
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 Animated Feature Film
Onward – Pixar
Over the Moon – Netflix
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Netflix
Soul – Pixar
Wolfwalkers – Apple TV Plus/GKIDS
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 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 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 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 Costume Design
Emma – Alexandra Byrne
Mank – Trish Summerville
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth
Mulan – Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini
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 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 Documentary Feature
Collective – Magnolia Pictures and Participant
Crip Camp – Netflix
The Mole Agent – Gravitas Ventures
My Octopus Teacher – Netflix
Time – Amazon Studios
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette – Time Travel Unlimited)
A Concerto Is a Conversation – Breakwater Studios
Do Not Split – Field of Vision
Hunger Ward – MTV Documentary Films
A Love Song for Latasha – Netflix
Best Film 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 International Feature Film
Another Round – Denmark
Better Days – Hong Kong
Collective – Romania
The Man Who Sold His Skin – Tunisia
Quo Vadis, Aida? – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Best Makeup and 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 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 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