On Tuesday, February 8, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards in 23 categories.
The leader in the number of nominations (12) was Jane Campion's dramatic western "The Power of the Dog" with Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons.
The film is about two brothers who own a ranch in Montana.
One of them decides to marry, but the second does not want to accept his beloved.
The tape claims the prize in the main nomination - "Best Film".
The film is also presented in acting categories.
Cumberbatch could win Best Actor, while Plemons, Cody Smith-McPhee and Dunst can win Best Actor and Supporting Actress.
The project also competes for awards for best adapted screenplay, director, cinematography, editing, production designer, original soundtrack and sound.
In second place in terms of the number of nominations is Denis Villeneuve's fantastic action movie Dune based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert.
The picture is presented in ten categories, including the main one.
The project will also compete for awards for adapted screenplay, direction, production designer, editing, special effects, cinematography, sound, costumes, soundtrack, makeup and hair.
The film takes place in the distant future on the planet Arrakis, where a valuable resource, melange, is mined.
Because of this, many dream of taking possession of Arrakis, which the emperor transfers to the control of House Atreides.
Its representatives go to the planet, but soon, as a result of the seizure of power, the heir to the family, Paul (Timothée Chalamet), has to flee.
© Shot from the film "Dune"
Steven Spielberg's West Side Story and Kenneth Branagh's Belfast have seven nominations each.
Both projects claim the title of the best film, as well as the victory in the category "Best Director".
Branagh can also win an award for best original screenplay.
At the same time, Branagh set a new award record.
He became the first filmmaker ever to be nominated for an Oscar in seven different categories.
He has previously been nominated for Best Supporting Actor (7 Days and Nights with Marilyn), Adapted Screenplay (Hamlet), Short Feature Film (Swan Song), Actor and Director (Henry V: The Battle of Agincourt).
Also competing for Best Film of 2021 will be CODA: Deaf Child by Sian Heder, Don't Look Up by Adam McKay, Drive My Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, King Richard by Reinaldo Marcus Green, Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson and Nightmare Alley by Guillermo del Toro.
All of them, except for the last one, are also nominated for an Oscar in screenwriting nominations.
Scripting awards also go to Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Unknown Daughter and Joakim Trier's The Worst Man Ever.
© Shot from the film "Belfast"
Among the leading actors in addition to Cumberbatch, members of the academy singled out Will Smith ("King Richard"), Javier Bardem ("As Ricardo"), Andrew Garfield ("Tick-tock ... BOOM!") and Denzel Washington ("The Tragedy of Macbeth").
Penelope Cruz (“Parallel Mothers”), Olivia Colman (“Strange Daughter”), Nicole Kidman (“Ricardo”), Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) and Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”) fell into a similar female category. .
Oscar contenders for supporting roles include Kieran Hinds (Belfast), Troy Kotzur (CODA: Deaf Child), J.K. Simmons (Ricardo), Judi Dench (Belfast) ), Ariana DeBos (West Side Story), Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) and Jessie Buckley (Strange Daughter).
The International Feature Film category includes films from Italy (The Hand of God by Paolo Sorrentino), Japan (Drive My Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi), Norway (The Worst Man in the World by Joakim Trier), Bhutan (Lunana: The Yak in the Classroom” by Pavo Choyning Dorji) and Denmark (“Escape” by Jonas Poer Rasmussen).
According to the results of 2021, Kira Kovalenko’s drama “Unclenching Fists” about the life of a girl Ada and her family in a North Ossetian mining town was nominated from Russia for the Oscar award at the end of 2021.
The tape was not included in the short list of the award.
The film was previously awarded the Grand Prix in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival and other awards.
Finland's drama film Coupe No. 6 also competed for the Oscar in the International Feature Film nomination.
The film was shot in co-production of Finland, Russia, Germany and Estonia.
The main role in it was played by the actor Yura Borisov.
The work of the Russian director Anton Dyakov "Boxing Ballet" claims an Oscar in the category "Best Animated Short Film".
The cartoon tells about the relationship between a ballerina and a boxer.
According to the director, the film "Box Ballet" is about people whose youth fell on the 1990s.
The duration of the cartoon is 15 minutes.
Previously, Dyakov's animated film won the Icarus Prize in the Short Film nomination, received the prize as the best animated film at the Koroche festival, and was also nominated for the Nika Prize.
Along with "Power of the Dog" and "Dune", the films "Don't Look Up", "Encanto" and "Parallel Mothers" claim the prize for the best soundtrack.
No Time To Die (“No Time To Die”), Be Alive (“King Richard”), Down To Joy (“Belfast”), Somehow You Do (“Four Good Days”) and Dos Oruguitas can receive Best Song awards. ("Encanto").
The winners of the award will be announced on March 27, 2022.
The solemn ceremony for the first time in four years will be held with a host.