2022 Academy Awards Nominees Officially Announced
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2022 Academy Awards Nominees Officially Announced

The full list of nominees for the upcoming 94th annual Academy Awards was officially announced this morning by hosts Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan through a global live stream. Leading the major categories is Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog with 12 nominations, followed by Denis Villeneuve’s Dune with a total of 10 nominations. Meanwhile, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, and Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast both scored seven nominations including Best Picture and Best Director.

The 2022 Academy Awards is scheduled to commence on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood. It will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT in more than 200 territories worldwide.

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Best Picture

Belfast

CODA

Don’t Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh – Belfast

Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car

Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

Best Actor

Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!

Will Smith – King Richard

Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter

Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Supporting Actor

Ciaran Hinds – Belfast

Troy Kotsur – CODA

Jesse Plemons – The Power of The Dog

J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story

Judi Dench – Belfast

Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

The Worst Person In The World

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power of the Dog

Best Animated Feature

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Animated Short

Affairs Of The Art

Bestia

Boxballet

Robin Robin

The Windshield Wiper

Best International Feature

Drive My Car – Japan

Flee – Denmark

The Hand of God – Italy

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom – Bhutan

The Worst Person in the World – Norway

Best Documentary Feature

Ascension

Attica

Flee

Summer of Soul

Writing with Fire

Best Documentary Short

Audible

Lead Me Home

The Queen of Basketball

Three Songs for Benazir

When We Were Bullies

Best Live-Action Short

Ala Kachuu – Take And Run

The Dress

The Long Goodbye

On My Mind

Please Hold

Best Cinematography

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

Best Film Editing

Don’t Look Up

Dune

King Richard

The Power of the Dog

tick, tick…Boom!

Best Original Score

Don’t Look Up – Nicholas Britell

Dune – Hans Zimmer

Encanto – Germaine Franco

Parallel Mothers – Alberto Iglesias

The Power of The Dog – Jonny Greenwood

Best Original Song

“Be Alive” – King Richard

“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto

“Down to Joy” – Belfast

“No Time to Die” – No Time to Die

“Somehow You Do” – Four Good Days

Best Sound

Belfast

Dune

No Time to Die

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

Best Production Design

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Power of The Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

Best Costume Design

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

Best Makeup And Hairstyling

Coming 2 America

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

House Of Gucci

Best Visual Effects

Dune

Free Guy

No Time to Die

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home

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