The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards have just been announced, and the list of hopefuls is particularly European-heavy. Two weeks after the Golden Globes celebrated a high number of European (co-)productions (see the news), the race for the most coveted statuettes is getting under way, and not only are the two leading films European co-productions, but also, two of the most nominated titles are not in the English language, but rather in French and in German: Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall [+leggi anche:
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Christopher Nolan’s box-office sensation Oppenheimer [+leggi anche:
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Joining them, and rounding off the selection of five films that are running for both Best Picture and Director alongside Martin Scorsese’s US production Killers of the Flower Moon, are both Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest, in an unprecedented feat for European-produced, non-English-language cinema. The Palme d’Or winner, which was not selected by France as its official submission, has managed to rack up five nods, also including Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Actress for Sandra Hüller’s compelling turn; and the Cannes Grand Prix winner notched up five nominations as well, also including Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound and Best International Feature Film.

In this latter category, the five nominees are made up of European talent. Besides The Zone of Interest, the hopefuls are JA Bayona’s Netflix title and Spanish submission Society of the Snow [+leggi anche:
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European talent is also celebrated in the general categories. Now boasting a second Oscar nomination after her 2020 Best International Feature Film entry The Man Who Sold His Skin [+leggi anche:
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Lastly, some more European talent is scattered throughout the list of nominees, thanks to the likes of France’s Stéphanie Clément and Denmark’s Lasse Lyskjær Noer in the short-film categories.

Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Picture
American Fiction – Cord Jefferson
Anatomy of a Fall [+leggi anche:
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Barbie – Greta Gerwig
The Holdovers – Alexander Payne
Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese
Maestro – Bradley Cooper
Oppenheimer [+leggi anche:
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Past Lives – Celine Song
Poor Things [+leggi anche:
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The Zone of Interest [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of Interest
Yorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things
Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer
Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actress
Annette Bening - Nyad
Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan - Maestro
Emma Stone - Poor Things

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper - Maestro
Colman Domingo - Rustin
Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction

Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown - American Fiction
Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey, Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling - Barbie
Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple
America Ferrera - Barbie
Jodie Foster - Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers

Best International Feature Film
Io Capitano [+leggi anche:
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Society of the Snow [+leggi anche:
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The Teachers’ Lounge [+leggi anche:
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The Zone of Interest [+leggi anche:
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Perfect Days [+leggi anche:
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Best Documentary Feature
Bobi Wine: The People’s President [+leggi anche:
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The Eternal Memory - Maite Alberdi (Chile/USA)
Four Daughters [+leggi anche:
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To Kill a Tiger - Nisha Pahuja (Canada)
20 Days in Mariupol [+leggi anche:
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Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron - Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)
Elemental - Peter Sohn
Nimona - Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
Robot Dreams [+leggi anche:
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

Best Original Screenplay
Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik - May December
Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer - Maestro
Arthur Harari, Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall
David Hemingson - The Holdovers
Celine Song - Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay
Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig - Barbie
Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of Interest
Cord Jefferson - American Fiction
Tony McNamara - Poor Things
Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer

Best Cinematography
Hoyte van Hoytema - Oppenheimer
Ed Lachman - El Conde (Chile/USA)
Matthew Libatique - Maestro
Rodrigo Prieto - Killers of the Flower Moon
Robbie Ryan - Poor Things

Best Visual Effects
Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, Neil Corbould - The Creator
Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, Tatsuji Nojima - Godzilla Minus One (Japan)
Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Theo Bialek - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Neil Corbould - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco, Neil Corbould - Napoleon

Best Editing
Laurent Sénéchal - Anatomy of a Fall
Kevin Tent - The Holdovers
Thelma Schoonmaker - Killers of the Flower Moon
Jennifer Lame - Oppenheimer
Yorgos Mavropsaridis - Poor Things

Best Production Design
Barbie - Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Killers of the Flower Moon - Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
Napoleon - Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff
Oppenheimer - Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman
Poor Things - Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Luisa Abel, Jason Hamer, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Ahou Mofid - Oppenheimer
Mark Couler, Nadia Stacey, Josh Weston - Poor Things
Kay Georgiou, Sian Grigg, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy-Bell - Maestro
Karen Hartley, Suzi Battersby - Golda [+leggi anche:
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Ana López-Puigcerver, Belén López-Puigcerver, David Martí, Montse Ribé - Society of the Snow

Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran - Barbie
Ellen Mirojnick - Oppenheimer
Holly Waddington - Poor Things
Jacqueline West - Killers of the Flower Moon
Janty Yates, David Crossman – Napoleon

Best Sound
Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic - The Creator
Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic – Maestro
Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor - Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, Kevin O’Connell - Oppenheimer
Tarn Willers, Johnnie Burn - The Zone of Interest

Best Original Score
Jerskin Fendrix - Poor Things
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Laura Karpman - American Fiction
Robbie Robertson - Killers of the Flower Moon
John Williams - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Best Original Song
“It Never Went Away” — Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson (American Symphony)
“What Was I Made For?”— Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell (Barbie)
“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)”—The Osage Tribe (Killers of the Flower Moon)
“I’m Just Ken”— Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt (Barbie)
“The Fire Inside”— Diane Warren (Flamin’ Hot)

Best Documentary Short Subject
The ABCs of Book Banning - Trish Adlesic, Nazenet Habtezghi, Sheila Nevins
The Barber of Little Rock - John Hoffman, Christine Turner
Island in Between - S. Leo Chiang (Taiwan)
The Last Repair Shop - Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó - Sean Wang

Best Live Action Short
The After - Misan Harriman (UK)
Invincible - Vincent René-Lortie (Canada)
Knight of Fortune - Lasse Lyskjær Noer (Denmark)
Red, White and Blue - Nazrin Choudhury
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - Wes Anderson

Best Animated Short
Letter to a Pig - Tal Kantor (Israel/France)
Ninety-Five Senses - Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess
Our Uniform - Yegane Moghaddam (Iran)
Pachyderme - Stéphanie Clément (France)
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - Dave Mullins