The nominees for the 2020 Academy Awards have been announced and Todd Phillips’ Joker leads the pack with 11 nominations including Best Picture, Director and Actor for Joaquin Phoenix.
Sam Mendes’ 1917, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood are hot on its heels with 10 nominations each including Best Picture and Director.
The fairly unsurprising attention given to proven Oscar veteran filmmakers unfortunately pushed women largely out of the running. Greta Gerwig missed a second shot at the directing title for Little Women while Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood only got one nom for Academy darling Tom Hanks’ performance. As for Lorene Scafaria’s standout hit Hustlers and Lulu Wang’s Golden Globe winner The Farewell, they ended up with lemons.
However, there are plenty of nifty surprises from this list of nominees. South Korea’s Parasite, Flicks’ favourite film of 2019, landed itself 6 nominations including Best Picture and Director—a feat that doesn’t come around too often for foreign language films. Netflix animated titles Klaus and I Lost My Body both scored a nomination for Best Animated Feature while Frozen II got only a single nomination for its song Into the Unknown.
The Academy Awards ceremony will screen and stream live in Aotearoa via TVNZ Duke 10 February.
And the nominees are…
Best Picture
Best Director
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
Sam Mendes – 1917
Bong Joon-ho – Parasite
Todd Phillips – Joker
Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Driver – Marriage Story
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes
Best Actress
Renee Zellweger – Judy
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Cynthia Erivo – Harriet
Charlize Theron – Bombshell
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Best Supporting Actor
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Joe Pesci – The Irishman
Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes
Al Pacino – The Irishman
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Dern – Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
Margot Robbie – Bombshell
Florence Pugh – Little Women
Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell
Best Original Screenplay
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach
Parasite – Bong Joon-ho
Knives Out – Rian Johnson
1917 – Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Irishman – Steven Zaillian
Joker – Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi
Little Women – Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes – Anthony McCarten
Best International Film
Corpus Christi – Poland
Honeyland – North Macedonia
Les Misérables – France
Pain and Glory – Spain
Parasite – South Korea
Best Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Best Documentary — Feature
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design
Best Visual Effects
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Costume Design
Best Original Score
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Original Song
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” – Toy Story 4
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” – Rocketman
“I’m Standing with You” – Breakthrough
“Into the Unknown” – Frozen II
“Stand Up” – Harriet
Best Sound Editing
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Sound Mixing
Best Documentary — Short Subject
In the Absence
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Best Live Action Short Film
Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbors’ Window
Saria
A Sister
Best Animated Short Film
Dcera (Daughter)
Hair Love
Kitbull
Memorable
Sister
