The 2022 Oscar nominees have arrived!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just revealed the 2022 Oscars nominees, celebrating the best of film in 2021. While there are certain snubs – we’re looking at you Lady Gaga – the quality unveiled here is unparalleled.
Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” is the frontrunner, scooping up a whopping 12 nominations, including Best Picture. Close behind is Denis Villeneuve’s spicy sci-fi feature, “Dune”, which earned 10 nods. Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” and Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” each got seven nominations.
There are a bunch of notable firsts here. First-time nominees include Kristen Stewart for her role as Princess Diana in “Spencer” along with Kirsten Dunst for her role in “The Power of the Dog”. Dunst’s husband, Jesse Plemons, too grabbed a nom for the same film. Furthermore, Jane Campion is the first female director to be nominated in the Best Director category more than once – her first time being for 1993’s “The Piano”.
On the technical end, Marvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” grabbed nominations for Best Visual Effects. No surprise here. Without further ado, here are the nominees for the 94th edition of the Academy Awards:
BEST PICTURE
“Belfast”
“CODA”
“Don’t Look Up”
“Drive My Car”
“Dune”
“King Richard”
“Licorice Pizza”
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of The Dog”
“West Side Story”
BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Andrew Garfield, “tick, tick… BOOM!”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Javier Bardem, “Being The Ricardos”
Will Smith, “King Richard”
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”
Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Penélope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ciarán Hinds, “Belfast”
Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog”
J.K. Simmons, “Being the Ricardos”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
Judi Dench, “Belfast”
Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Belfast”
“Don’t Look Up”
“King Richard”
“Licorice Pizza”
“The Worst Person in the World”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“CODA”
“Drive My Car”
“Dune”
“The Lost Daughter”
“The Power of the Dog”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Encanto”
“Flee”
“Luca”
“The Mitchells vs The Machines”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
“West Side Story”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Cruella”
“Cyrano”
“Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“West Side Story”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
“West Side Story”
BEST FILM EDITING
“Don’t Look Up”
“Dune”
“King Richard”
“The Power of the Dog”
“tick, tick… BOOM!”
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“Coming 2 America”
“Cruella”
“Dune”
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
“House of Gucci”
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Be Alive”, “King Richard”
“Dos Oruguitas”, “Encanto”
“Down to Joy”, “Belfast”
“No Time to Die”, “No Time to Die”
“Somehow You Do”, “Four Good Days”
BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“Don’t Look Up”
“Dune”
“Encanto”
“Parallel Mothers”
“The Power of the Dog”
BEST SOUND
“Belfast”
“Dune”
“No Time to Die”
“The Power of the Dog”
“West Side Story”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Ascension”
“Attica”
“Flee”
“Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
“Writing with Fire”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Dune”
“Free Guy”
“No Time to Die”
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
“Drive My Car”, Japan
“Flee,” Denmark
“The Hand of God”, Italy
“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”, Bhutan
“The Worst Person in the World”, Norway
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
“Affairs of the Art”
“Bestia”
“Boxballet”
“Robin Robin”
“The Windshield Wiper”
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“Audible”
“Lead Me Home”
“The Queen of Basketball”
“Three Songs for Benazir”
“When We Were Bullies”
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
“Ala Kachuu – Take and Run”
“On My Mind”
“Please Hold”
“The Dress”
“The Long Goodbye”
The 94th Academy Awards will be taking place on the 28th of March (Malaysian time), so stay tuned for the grand finale!
