It’s that time of year again, the Oscars!
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While last year’s award show was absolutely dominated by Bong Joon-ho’s black comedy meets mystery flick, Parasite, this year’s show seems to have a bit more of an even mix of films predicting to win.
Going into the awards show this morning, we’re expecting big things from Minari, a beautifully shot film about a young Korean family trying to make it in America; Nomadland, a gripping drama about a woman in her sixties who, after losing all of her money during the Great Recession, decides to live out her days as a modern-nomad, travelling through the American West in a van; and Promising Young Woman, a knife-turning mystery about a former medical student’s plan to avenge her friend after she was sexually assaulted on campus.
Minari, in particular, is up for six awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Lee Isaac Chung), Best Actor (Steven Yuen), Best Supporting Actress (Youn Yuh-jung), Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score.
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Judas and the Black Messiah, a film about the true story of Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), the chairman of the Black Panther Party’s Illinois section in the late 1960s who was betrayed by William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield), an FBI informant, is also highly favoured today, too. Both Daniel and Lakeith nominated for Best Supporting Actor – it’s unclear why the two leads of this film weren’t nominated as Best Actor rather than Supporting – along with the film being nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
The late Chadwick Boseman is also nominated for his posthumous performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
From there, we were also spoiled with some cinematic genius over on Netflix with films like The Trial of the Chicago 7 – which stars honorary Aussie Sacha Baron Cohen – and Mank, which follows famed and flawed screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he tries to finish Citizen Kane. Soul is likely to take home the Best Animated Feature, as well.
Want to know the full list of nominees and who won, as they are announced? Keep reading to find out.
All The Oscars 2021 Winners & Nominees
Best Picture
- Sound of Metal, Dir. Darius Marder
- Mank, Dir. David Fincher
- Minari, Dir. Lee Isaac Chung
- Promising Young Woman, Dir. Emerald Fennell
- The Father, Dir. Florian Zeller
- Judas and the Black Messiah, Dir. Shaka King
- The Trial of the Chicago 7, Dir. Aaron Sorkin
- Nomadland, Dir. Chloé Zhao
Best Director
- Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
- David Fincher, Mank
- Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
- Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
- Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Best Actor
- Anthony Hopkins, The Father
- Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Gary Oldman, Mank
- Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
- Steve Yuen, Minari
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Best Actress
- Andra Day, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday
- Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
- Frances McDormand, Nomadland
- Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
- Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Supporting Actor
- Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
- LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
- Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
- Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
- Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Supporting Actress
- Amanda Seyfried, Mank
- Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
- Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- Olivia Coleman, The Father
- Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
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Best Animated Feature
- Onward, Dir. Dan Scanlon
- Over the Moon, Dir. Glen Keane
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Dir. Will Becher, Richard Phelan
- Soul, Dir. Pete Docter, Kemp Powers
- Wolfwalkers, Dir. Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
Best Original Screenplay
- Sound of Metal, Darius Marder
- Minari, Lee Isaac Chung
- Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell
- Judas and the Black Messiah, Shaka King, Will Berson
- The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin
Best Cinematography
- Judas and the Black Messiah, Sean Bobbitt
- News of the World, Dariusz Wolski
- Nomadland, Joshua James Richards
- Mank, Erik Messerschmidt
- The Trial of the Chicago 7, Phedon Papamichael
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Best Visual Effects
- Love and Monsters, Genevieve Camilleri
- The Midnight Sky, Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence
- Mulan, Sean Andrew Faden
- The One and Only Ivan, Santiago Colomo
- Tenet, Andrew Lockley
Best Original Score
- Da 5 Bloods, Terence Blanchard
- News of the World, James Newton Howard
- Mank, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- Minari, Emile Mosseri
- Soul, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
International Feature Film
- The Man Who Sold His Skin, Dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
- Collective, Dir. Alexander Nanau
- Quo Vadis, Aida?, Dir. Jasmila Žbanić
- Better Days, Dir. Kwok Cheung Tsang
- Another Round, Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
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