The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced on Thursday morning (9:30 p.m. Manila time) the nominees for the 88th Academy Awards, which will be handed out on Feb. 28.
In a live telecast on HBO in Asia, directors Ang Lee and Guillermo del Toro announced the nominees in the first 11 categories, while actor John Krasinski Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs the rest of the nominees in the remaining categories..
Survival thriller The Revenant topped the nominations with 12 nods, including for best picture, actor (Leondardo DiCaprio) and director (Alejandro G, Iñarritu).
The dystopian action film Mad Max: Fury Road loaded with 10 nominations, including best picture, and directing for George Miller.
The Martian earned seven nods, including best picture, actor (Matt Damon) and in technical categories.
Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies received 6nominations, including for best picture, and the lesbian drama Carol starring Cate Blanchett got six nominations, including for best actress and best supporting actress (Rooney Mara).
Spotlight, a film about journalists from The Boston Globe that uncovered sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, also received six nods including for best picture and director.
The Big Short, about the subprime mortgage crisis, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens each got five nods. – IVR, AFP
…and the nominees are…
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
DIRECTING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres
of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price
of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom
FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ORIGINAL SONG
“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Til It Happens To You,”
The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s On The Wall,”
Spectre
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos World of Tomorrow
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
(Alles Wird Gut) Shok
Stutterer
SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short Brooklyn Carol
The Martian Room
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
* List from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences