Oscars 2019: And the nominees are…

The nominations for the 2019 Academy Awards have been announced, with Roma and The Favourite leading the pack with 10 nods each.

What were the obvious candidates? Who got snubbed? How many surprises lurk in the list? Take a look for yourself.

Best Picture

BlacKkKlansman (available on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD)

Black Panther (available on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD)

Bohemian Rhapsody (currently in cinemas)

The Favourite (currently in cinemas)

Green Book (currently in cinemas)

Roma (available on Netflix)

A Star Is Born (currently in cinemas)

Vice (currently in cinemas)

Alfonso Cuarón, director of Roma

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman

Pawel Pawlikowski – Cold War

Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite

Adam McKay – Vice

Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma

Glenn Close – The Wife

Olivia Colman – The Favourite

Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born

Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Viggo Mortensen & Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Best Actor

Christian Bale – Vice

Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born

Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate

Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody

Viggo Mortensen – Green Book

Rachel Weisz & Emma Stone, The Favourite

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – Vice

Marina de Tavira – Roma

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk

Emma Stone – The Favourite

Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Sam Rockwell, Vice

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Green Book

Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman

Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born

Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Sam Rockwell – Vice

First Reformed

Best Original Screenplay

The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara

First Reformed – Paul Schrader

Green Book – Nic Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly

Vice – Adam McKay

Roma – Alfonso Cuaron

If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

BlacKkKlansman – Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee

If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins

Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty

A Star Is Born – Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters

BlacKkKlansman

Best Film Editing

Cold War

Best Cinematography

Isle of Dogs

Best Original Score

Black Panther

BlacKkKlansman

If Beale Street Could Talk

Isle of Dogs

Mary Poppins Returns

A Star is Born

Best Original Song

“All the Stars” – Black Panther

“I’ll Fight” – RBG

“The Place Where Lost Things Go” – Mary Poppins Returns

“Shallow” – A Star Is Born

“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Black Panther

Best Production Design

Mary Queen of Scots

Best Costume Design

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Border

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Border

Mary Queen of Scots

Vice

Avengers: Infinity War

Best Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War

Christopher Robin

First Man

Ready Player One

Solo: A Star Wars Story

A Quiet Place

Best Sound Editing

First Man

Best Sound Mixing

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Animated Feature

Incredibles 2

Isle of Dogs

Mirai

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Shoplifters

Best Foreign Language Film

Capernaum – Lebanon

Cold War – Poland

Never Look Away – Germany

Roma – Mexico

Shoplifters – Japan

Free Solo

Best Documentary Feature

Free Solo

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Minding the Gap

Of Fathers and Sons

RBG

Left to right: End Game, Detainment, Bao

Short Films

Best Documentary Short Subject

Black Sheep

End Game

Lifeboat

A Night at the Garden

Period. End of Sentence.

Best Short Film – Live Action

Detainment

Fauve

Marguerite

Mother

Skin

Best Short Film – Animated

Animal Behavior

Bao

Late Afternoon

One Small Step

Weekends

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