The 89th Academy Awards will mark the very first time Australia has received more than a single nominee for best picture at the Oscars, with two stunning films nominated for best picture – Lion and Hacksaw Ridge.
Lion, the wonderfully cast tearjerker from Aussie director Garth Davis, has picked up six nods including Australian-sweetheart Nicole Kidman for best supporting actress and Dev Patel for supporting actor.
Next up is Mel Gibson’s intense drama Hacksaw Ridge which has also received six nominations. Mel, who has spent years as a Hollywood pariah after a slew of anti-semitic comments in 2006, beat out veteran directors Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood for the nomination of best director.
Aussie Joel Edgerton was predicted to receive a nod for best actor for his stunning performance in the inter-racial romance Loving but lost to the likes of Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) and Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge).
The clear frontrunner from the nominations announcement is director Damien Chazelle’s love letter to the golden age of Hollywood – La La Land.
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Lauded by fans and critics alike, the smash-hit musical – led by Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling – has received a whopping 14 nominations, tying with iconic films such as Titanic and All About Eve for the most nominations received by a single film in Oscar’s history.
Other standouts include critical-darling, Moonlight, which is up for a total of eight nominations, including best picture, director and supporting awards for Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris and mystery sci-fi film Arrival, which has also attracted eight nods.
Despite predictions, Amy Adams failed to receive a nod for her stellar portrayal in Arrival, which has instead been favoured for its production design, cinematography and sound awards – not to mention best picture and director.
After last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy, it is pleasing to see that seven of the 20 actors nominated for awards are non-white.
Amy Adams at the world premiere of Arrival.
Check out the full list of nominations below:
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best Director
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
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
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
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 Film Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
0Best Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Best Production Design
Arrival
1Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers
Best Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
2Jackie
La La Land
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
Best Original Score
Jackie
3La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
Best Original Score
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” La La Land
“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls
“City of Stars,” La La Land
4“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
5Best Sound Mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
6Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Best Documentary
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
7O.J.: Made in America
13th
Best Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann
8Best Documentary Short Subject
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
Best Live Action Short
Ennemis Entreniers
9La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode
Best Animated Short
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
0Pearl
Piper
