14/01/2016 - European co-productions Carol, The Danish Girl, Room and Brooklyn score big; Son of Saul, A War and Mustang nominated for Best Foreign Film

Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, actor John Krasinski, and filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee announced the 88^th Academy Awards nominations today, and Alejandro G Iñárritu’s The Revenant was the clear leader with 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and acting nods for Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road was not far behind with ten nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

European (co-)productions have been particularly successful, with Todd Haynes’ Carol [+see also:
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Europe was also well represented in the Foreign Language and Documentary categories, with three out of the five nominees. Laszlo Nemes’ Son of Saul [+see also:
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The continent made its presence felt in the acting categories, with Ronan, Redmayne, Vikander, Charlotte Rampling (45 Years [+see also:
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The awards will be handed out in Los Angeles on 28 February.

The full list of the nominations for the 88^th Academy Awards: 

Best Film
The Big Short – Adam McKay
Bridge of Spies - Steven Spielberg
Brooklyn [+see also:
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Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller
The Martian - Ridley Scott
The Revenant – Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Room [+see also:
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Spotlight – Thomas McCarthy

Best Director
Adam McKay - The Big Short
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs [+see also:
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Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl [+see also:
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Best 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

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett – Carol [+see also:
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Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years [+see also:
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Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Best 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

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short - Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Brooklyn - Nick Hornby
Carol - Phyllis Nagy
The Martian - Drew Goddard
Room - Emma Donoghue

Best Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies - Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Ex Machina [+see also:
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Inside Out - Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
Spotlight - Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Straight Outta Compton - Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff

Best Foreign-language Film
Embrace of the Serpent – Ciro Guerra
Mustang [+see also:
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Son of Saul [+see also:
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Theeb [+see also:
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A War [+see also:
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Best Documentary
Amy [+see also:
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Cartel Land - Matthew Heineman
The Look of Silence [+see also:
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What Happened, Miss Simone? - Liz Garbus
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom [+see also:
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Best Animated Film
Anomalisa - Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
Boy and the World - Alê Abreu
Inside Out - Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
Shaun the Sheep Movie [+see also:
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When Marnie Was There - Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura

Best Original Score
Bridge of Spies - Thomas Newman
Carol - Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
Sicario - Jóhann Jóhannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams

Best Original Song
Earned It - Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio, from Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray – J. Ralph and Antony Hegarty, from Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3 - David Lang, from Youth
 [+see also:
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Writing’s On The Wall - Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith, from Spectre

Best Cinematography
Carol - Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale
The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario - Roger Deakins

Best Film Editing
The Big Short - Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight - Tom McArdle
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey

Best Costume Design
Carol - Sandy Powell
Cinderella [+see also:
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The Danish Girl - Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road - Jenny Beavan
The Revenant - Jacqueline West

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road - Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared [+see also:
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The Revenant - Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini

Best Production Design
Bridge of Spies - Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
The Danish Girl - Eve Stewart and Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson
The Martian - Arthur Max and Celia Bobak
The Revenant - Jack Fisk and Hamish Purdy

Best Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road - Mark Mangini and David White
The Martian - Oliver Tarney
The Revenant - Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
Sicario - Alan Robert Murray
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Matthew Wood and David Acord

Best Sound Mixing
Bridge of Spies - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
Mad Max: Fury Road - Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
The Martian - Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
The Revenant - Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

Best Visual Effects
Ex Machina - Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
Mad Max: Fury Road - Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
The Martian - Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
The Revenant - Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould

Best Animated Short Film
Bear Story - Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
Prologue - Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
Sanjay’s Super Team - Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
We Can’t Live without Cosmos - Konstantin Bronzit
World of Tomorrow - Don Hertzfeldt

Best Live-action Short Film
Ave Maria - Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
Day One - Henry Hughes
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut) - Patrick Vollrath
Shok - Jamie Donoughue
Stutterer - Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage

Best Documentary Short Subject
Body Team 12 - David Darg and Bryn Mooser
Chau, beyond the Lines - Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah - Adam Benzine
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Last Day of Freedom - Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman