24/01/2017 - Europe dominates the Foreign-language category as well as having a good chance of winning other awards

Damien Chazelle’s La La Land (US) continued to display its nominations dominance with a breathtaking 14 Oscar nominations, equalling the numbers achieved by All About Eve and Titanic. The critical and commercial darling’s nods included Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress for Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone respectively, Cinematographer for Sweden’s Linus Sandgren, besides more in the music and technical categories.

Europe was the frontrunner in the Foreign Language category with nods for Martin Zandvliet’s Land of Mine [+see also:
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A Man Called Ove is also present in the category for Best Make-Up and Hairstyling (Eva von Bahr and Love Larson). Other European nominations include Isabelle Huppert in the Best Actress category for Paul Verhoeven’s Elle [+see also:
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The Best Documentary and Best Animation Feature categories also boast a fairly big European presence. Michael Dudok de Wit’s French-Japanese-Belgian co-production The Red Turtle [+see also:
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Other European co-productions have received nominations, such as Garth Davis’ Lion [+see also:
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The full list of nominees:

Best Picture
Arrival – Denis Villeneuve
Fences - Denzel Washington
Hacksaw Ridge - Mel Gibson
Hell or High Water - David Mackenzie
Hidden Figures - Theodore Melfi
La La Land - Damien Chazelle
Lion [+see also:
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Manchester By the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight – Barry Jenkins

Best Director
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling - La La Land
Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Isabelle Huppert - Elle [+see also:
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Ruth Negga - Loving [+see also:
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Emma Stone - La La Land
Natalie Portman - Jackie [+see also:
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Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins [+see also:
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel - Lion
Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals [+see also:
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Best Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis - Fences
Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Nicole Kidman - Lion
Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea

Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival - Eric Heisserer
Fences - August Wilson
Hidden Figures - Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
Lion - Luke Davies
Moonlight - Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Best Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan
La La Land - Damien Chazelle
The Lobster [+see also:
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Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan
20th Century Women - Mike Mills

Best Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea [+see also:
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I Am Not Your Negro [+see also:
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Life, Animated – Roger Ross Williams
OJ: Made in America – Ezra Edelman
The 13th – Ava DuVernay

Best Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine [+see also:
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A Man Called Ove [+see also:
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The Salesman [+see also:
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Tanna - Bentley Dean, Martin Butler (Australia)
Toni Erdmann [+see also:
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Best Animated Film
Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight
Moana - John Musker, Ron Clements, Don Hall, Chris Williams
My Life as a Courgette [+see also:
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The Red Turtle [+see also:
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Zootopia - Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush 

Best Cinematography
Arrival - Bradford Young
La La Land - Linus Sandgren
Lion - Grieg Fraser
Moonlight - James Laxton
Silence - Rodrigo Prieto

Best Original Score
Jackie (Mica Levi)
La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
Lion (Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka)
Moonlight (Nicholas Britell)
Passengers (Thomas Newman)

Best Original Song
"Audition" (La La Land)
"Can’t Stop the Feeling!" (Trolls)
"City of Stars" (La La Land)
"The Empty Chair" (Jim: The James Foley Story)
"How Far I'll Go" (Moana) 

Best Costume Design
Allied - Joanna Johnston
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [+see also:
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Florence Foster Jenkins - Consolata Boyle
Jackie - Madeline Fontaine
La La Land - Mary Zophres

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove - Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
Star Trek Beyond - Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
Suicide Squad - Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

Best Sound Editing
Arrival - Sylvain Bellemare
Deepwater Horizon - Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
Hacksaw Ridge - Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
La La Land - Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
Sully - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Best Sound Mixing
Arrival - Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
Hacksaw Ridge - Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
La La Land - Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi - Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth

Best Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon - Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
Doctor Strange - Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
The Jungle Book - Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
Kubo and the Two Strings - Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

Best Production Design
Arrival - Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Hail, Caesar! [+see also:
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La La Land - Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
Passengers - Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

Best Animated Short Film
Blind Vaysha - Theodore Ushev (Canada)
Borrowed Time - Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Pear Cider and Cigarettes - Robert Valley and Cara Speller (Canada)
Pearl - Patrick Osborne
Piper - Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Best Live Action Short Film
Ennemis Intérieurs - Sélim Azzazi (France)
La Femme et le TGV - Timo von Gunten (Switzerland)
Silent Nights - Aske Bang (Denmark)
Sing - Kristof Deák (Hungary)
Timecode - Juanjo Giménez (Spain)