The 93rd Academy Award nominations were announced on March 15, 2021 for films released in 2020. The announcement was delayed by the COVID-19 virus to allow movies more time to market their films. Mank received the most nominations with ten nominations. The awards ceremony is scheduled for April 25, 2021.
To see a BasementRejects review of the nominated films, clink on the BasementRejects Review link below the reviewed film titles.
Best Picture:
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
WINNER: Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director:
Thomas Vinterberg—Another Round
David Fincher—Mank
Lee Isaac Chung—Minari
WINNER: Chloe Zhao—Nomadland
Emerald Fennell—Promising Young Woman
Best Actor:
Riz Amed—Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman—Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
WINNER: Anthony Hopkins—The Father
Gary Oldman—Mank
Steven Yeun—Minari
Best Actress:
Viola Davis—Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day—The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby—Pieces of a Woman
WINNER: Frances McDormand—Nomadland
Carey Mulligan—Promising Young Woman
Best Supporting Actor:
Sacha Baron Cohen—The Trial of the Chicago 7
WINNER: David Kaluuya—Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr.—One Night in Miami…
Paul Raci—Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield—Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting Actress:
Maria Bakalova—Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close—Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman—The Father
Amanda Seyfried—Mank
WINNER: Youn Yuh-jung—Minari
Best Writing—Original Screenplay:
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
WINNER: Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Writing—Adapted Screenplay:
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
WINNER: The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami…
The White Tiger
Best Animated Feature:
Onward
Over the Moon
Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
WINNER: Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Foreign Language Film:
WINNER: Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best Documentary—Feature:
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
WINNER: My Octopus Teacher
Time
Best Documentary—Short Subject:
WINNER: Collete
A Concerto Is a Conversatio
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
Best Live Action Short:
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
WINNER: Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
Best Animated Short:
Burrow
Genius Loci
WINNER: If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
Best Original Score:
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
WINNER: Soul
Best Original Song:
WINNER: “Fight for You”—Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice”—The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Husavik”—Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
“lo Si (Seen)”—The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)
“Speak Now”—One Night in Miami…
Best Sound:
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
WINNER: Sound of Metal
Best Production Design:
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
WINNER: Mank
News of the World
Tenet
Best Cinematography:
Judas and the Black Messiah
WINNER: Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling:
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
WINNER: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
Best Costume Design:
Emma
WINNER: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulon
Pinocchio
Best Film Editing:
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
WINNER: Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Visual Effects:
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
WINNER: Tenet
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