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Oscars 2018 nominations are out!
By Say Peng / 24 Jan 2018 (Wednesday)
It's the 90th edition of the Academy Awards and the nominations are out.
This year is special for a number of firsts in Academy Awards history. We detail them below.
Best Motion Picture of the year
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best foreign language film of the year
A Fantastic Woman
The Insult
Loveless
On Body And Soul
The Square
Best documentary feature
Abacus: Small Enough To Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island
Best animated feature film of the year
The Boss Baby
Coco
The Breadwinner
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
Best Director
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape Of Water
Greta Gerwig is the fifth woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. And surprisingly, Christopher Nolan received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Can you believe it?
Original screenplay
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Shape Of Water
Adapted screenplay
Call Me By Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
Logan is the first superhero book film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay while Dee Rees is the first African-American woman to be nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for her work in Mudbound.
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Sally Hawkins, The Shape Of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Mary J Blige, Mudbound
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape Of Water
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape Of Water
Christopher Plummer, All The Money In The World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Plummer, at 88 years old, is the oldest actor to be nominated for a competitive award in Academy Award history.
Achievement in cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Mudbound
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
Rachel Morrison is the first woman in Academy Award history to be nominated for Best Cinematography for her work in Mudbound.
Achievement in production design
Beauty And The Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
Darkest Hour
Achievement in costume design
Darkest Hour
The Shape Of Water
Beauty And The Beast
Victoria And Abdul
Phantom Thread
Achievement in film editing
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape Of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape Of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Mighty River”, Mudbound
“Mystery of Love”, Call Me By Your Name
“Remember Me”, Coco
“Stand up for Something”, Marshall
“This is Me”, The Greatest Showman
Achievement in sound editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Achievement in sound mixing
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape Of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Baby Driver
Who do you think will win the Oscars come March 4th? Let us know in the comments below.