The film by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan is particularly in the running for the award for the best film. His performers Michelle Yeoh (Best Actress in a Leading Role) and Ke Huy Quan (Best Actor in a Supporting Role) are also finalists.
Other titles competing for best picture include The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans and Avatar: The Way of Water.
The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards on March 12 have been announced. Canada features in several categories, but not in Best Foreign Film. A report by Louis-Philippe Ouimet.
There’s also Women Talking by Toronto filmmaker Sarah Polley. Polley is also in contention for the Best Adapted Screenplay trophy. Her film is based on the novel of the same name by Manitoba author Miriam Toews.
Another Canadian, director Domee Shi, is in the Best Animated Feature category for Turning Red. The film follows the story of Meilin “Mei” Lee, a 13-year-old Toronto girl who discovers that she has the ability to transform herself into transform into a giant red panda.
The Flying Sailor, a National Film Board of Canada Production directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, is nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
Montreal-born makeup artist Adrien Morot is receiving awards for his work in The Whale and Canadian actor Brendan Fraser’s stunning — and critically acclaimed — physical transformation into a severely overweight man.
Return of traditional cinema
The nominations were announced Tuesday morning at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California by Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams.
Last year’s Oscar nominations were dominated by online viewing platforms – Apple TV+’s CODA won Best Picture and Netflix received 27 nominations – but this year the spotlight is on the films that lured viewers to theaters after two years of the pandemic.
The nominees for the Academy Award for Best Actress are: Ana de Armas for Blonde; Cate Blanchett for tar; Andrea Riseborough for To Leslie (To Leslie); Michelle Williams for The Fabelmans and Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Five artists have won the Academy Award for Best Actor: Brendan Fraser for The Whale; Colin Farrell for Banshees by Inisherin; Austin Butler for Elvis; Bill Nighy for Living and Paul Mescal for After Sun.
Last year’s Academy Awards drew 15.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen, up 56% from the all-time low of 10.5 million for the 2021 TV show. This year, ABC brought back Jimmy Kimmel to host the March 12 ceremony.
Here are the works and people nominated in the main categories for the 95th Academy Awards:
Best movie
- Nothing is new in the west
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Banshees by Inisherin
- elvis
- Everything everywhere at once
- The Fabelmans
- tar
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Triangle of Sadness (unfiltered)
- women talk
Best Actress
- Cate Blanchett, Tar
- Ana de Armas, Blonde
- Andrea Riseborough, to Leslie
- Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
- Michelle Yeoh, Everything, everywhere at once
Best actor
- Austin Butler, Elvis
- Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Brendan Fraser, The Whale
- Paul Mescal, After Sun
- Bill Nighty, Alive
best performance
- Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere at Once
- Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
- Todd Field, Tar
- Ruben Ostlund, Triangle of Sadness (No Filter)