While Oscar voters showered the neo-musical 'La La Land' with 14 nominations, a tie with 'Titanic' and 'All About Eve' for the most in Academy Award
While Oscar voters showered the neo-musical ‘La La Land’ with 14 nominations, a tie with ‘Titanic’ and ‘All About Eve’ for the most in Academy Award history, what has really go many buzzing is the fact that in sharp contrast to the previous two years, when the academy put forward all-white rosters of acting nominees, voters chose the largest number of black candidates ever this year. The academy body will be honouring six black actors who featured in diverse films like ‘Moonlight’, ‘Fences’ and ‘Hidden Figures’, all three in the best picture race.
From Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris who both received nods for their supporting work in ‘Moonlight’, to Viola Davis in ‘Fences’ to Octavia Spencer ‘Hidden Figures’ – all nominated for supporting actress as well as Ms. Negga and Denzel Washington in the lead categories for ‘Fences’. Also, four of the five nominated documentaries came from black filmmakers, including ’13th’, a searing look at race and mass incarceration in America, by Ava DuVernay as well as ‘I Am Not Your Negro’, a portrait of the writer James Baldwin and the civil-rights era directed by Raoul Peck.
So obviously, the academy listened to the #OscarsSoWhite protests that found many berating Hollywood in a pre-ceremony rally last year. The academy made drastic membership changes in 2016, revoking the voting privileges of long-nonworking members and inviting more women and minorities to join. The 7,000-member group remains overwhelmingly white and male however.
The 89th Academy Awards will be hosted in February by talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel.
The complete list of nominees bellow.
Best Picture
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Hidden Figures”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Manchester By the Sea”
“Moonlight”
Best Director
“Arrival” – Denis Villeneuve
“Hacksaw Ridge” – Mel Gibson
“La La Land” –Damien Chazelle
“Manchester by the Sea” – Kenneth Lonergan
“Moonlight” -Barry Jenkins
Best Actor
Casey Affleck “Manchester by the Sea”
Andrew Garfield “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling “La La Land”
Viggo Mortensen “Captain Fantastic”
Denzel Washington “Fences”
Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert “Elle”
Ruth Negga “Loving”
Emma Stone “La La Land”
Natalie Portman “Jackie”
Meryl Streep “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Best Supporting- Actor
Mahershala Ali “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges “Hell or High Water”
Lucas Hedges “Manchester by the Sea”
Dev Patel “Lion”
Michael Shannon “Nocturnal Animals”
Best Supporting- Actress
Viola Davis “Fences”
Naomie Harris “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman “Lion”
Octavia Spencer “Hidden Figures”
Michelle Williams “Manchester by the Sea”
Best Original Screenplay
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land”
“The Lobster”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“20th Century Women”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hidden Figures”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
Best Cinematography
“Arrival”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
“Silence”
Best Documentary Feature
“Fire at Sea”
“I Am Not Your Negro”
“Life, Animated”
“O.J.: Made in America”
“The 13th”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Land of Mine” Denmark
“A Man Called Ove” Sweden
“The Salesman” Iran
“Tanna” Australia
”Toni Erdmann” Germany
Best Costume Design
”Allied”
”Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
”Florence Foster Jenkins”
”Jackie”
”La La Land”
Best Original Score
”Jackie”
”La La Land”
”Lion”
”Moonlight”
”Passengers”
Best Original Song
“Audition” (La La Land)
“Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (Trolls)
“City of Stars” (La La Land)
“The Empty Chair” (Jim: The James Foley Story)
“How Far I’ll Go” (Moana)
Best Sound Editing
”Arrival”
”Deepwater Horizon”
”Hacksaw Ridge”
”La La Land”
”Sully”
Best Sound Mixing
”Arrival”
”Hacksaw Ridge”
”La La Land”
”Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
”13 Hours”
Best Documentary Short
”4.1 Miles”
”Extremis”
”Joe’s Violin”
”Watani: My Homeland”
”The White Helmets”
Best Production Design
”Arrival”
”Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
”Hail Caesar”
”La La Land”
”Passengers”
Best Animated Feature
”Kubo and the Two Strings”
”Moana”
”My Life As a Zucchini”
”The Red Turtle”
”Zootopia”
Best Animated Short
”Blind Vaysha”
”Borrowed Time”
”Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
”Pearl”
”Piper”
Best Film Editing
”Arrival”
”Hacksaw Ridge”
”Hell or High Water”
”La La Land”
”Moonlight”
Best Visual Effects
”Deepwater Horizon”
”Doctor Strange”
”The Jungle Book”
”Kubo and the Two Strings”
”Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
”A Man Called Ove”
”Star Trek Beyond”
”Suicide Squad”
Best live-action short film
“Ennemis Intérieurs”
“La Femme et le TGV”
“Silent Nights”
“Sing”
“Timecode”
