Through a live video on the accounts of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "Oscars" on social media platforms, the nominations for the 2023 Academy Awards were announced, the first step in the most important international cinematic event awaited by millions of fans of the seventh art every year, and the video and nominations were presented by the British Pakistani Muslim actor Riz Ahmed and actress Allison Williams.

This year, 10 films compete for the Best Film Award, but in recent years global interest has also escalated in the Best International Film Award, which allows films from other countries to compete, becoming in itself a mini cinematic wedding, and 5 films may be nominated for it in 2023.

The ten best films of the year

The nominations for the “Oscar” award for the best film for the current year 2023 included 10 films in a list that was almost devoid of surprises, namely:

All Quiet on the Western Front.


Avatar: The Way of Water.


The Banshees of Inisherin.


Elvis.


Everything Everywhere All At Once.


The Fabelmans.


Tar.


Top Gun: Maverick.


Triangle of Sadness.


Women Talking.

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— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 24, 2023

“Everything is everywhere.” The dark horse

The film with a limited budget and the long name “Everything Everywhere All at Once” has achieved many records since its release, and today it becomes the film with the highest nominations of the year for the Academy Awards, with 11 nominations at once.

The events of the film begin in the real world, and in it we get to know the ordinary life of an American woman of Asian descent who strives to maintain the laundromat through which she supports her family, and at the same time tries to find common ground between her and her young daughter, but the plot of the film quickly changes and the heroine finds herself in danger. Kabir threatens the entire world, so she is forced to move between parallel worlds, and fights on all fronts.

In addition to Best Picture and Best Director nominations for Dan Cowan and Daniel Scheinert, the film received four nominations, including Best Acting, Best Editing, Costume Design, Original Score and Original Song.

Enchantress fairies.. 9 nominations

In second place in terms of the number of nominations is “The Banshees of Inisherin,” written and directed by Martin McDonagh, who also co-produced it. It is a black comedy about two friends whose lives are torn apart when one of them falls victim to depression;

Which puts everyone under terrifying pressure.

The film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Music, in addition to 4 nominations in the acting category: Best Actor in a Leading Role for "Colin Farrell", Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kerry Condon) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( Brendan Gleeson) and Best Supporting Actor (Barry Coogan).

Elvis .. the return of the legend

The singing legend Elvis Presley returned this year to life in the biographical film that bore his name "Elvis", and it achieved critical and public success, and today he is nominated for 7 awards, including the Grand Prize for Best Film, and Best Actor in a Leading Role for actor Austin Butler. Best sound, best photography, and best decor.

The film is directed by Baz Luhrmann and revolves around the rise and success of superstar Elvis Presley, whose career witnessed many upheavals, which ultimately led to his tragic death.

Oscar surprises 2023

The biggest exclusion in this year's awards was for star Tom Hanks for his role in the movie "Elvis", and many expected him to be nominated for at least the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance of the character of Colonel Tom Parker.

But on the other hand, there are works that have achieved surprises, such as "Top Gun: Maverick", which not only competed for the title of the highest-grossing film of the year, but also snatched 6 Oscar nominations, including "Best Film", which, if won, would be received by Tom Cruise, the star of the work as well as his producer, in addition to This nomination competes with the film in the categories of montage, music, sound, visual effects and adapted screenplay.

The second surprise is that the German movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” won 9 Oscar nominations, and the movie that was shown on Netflix may bring glory to this platform that has been struggling for years to reach important awards, and it is an epic anti-war movie based on the novel of the same name published in 1929 by Erich Maria Remarque, and the film was nominated for Best Film, Best International Film, and Best Makeup and Visual Effects.

Maverick did it again!

#TopGun: Maverick is now the #1 Global Movie Premiere on #ParamountPlus EVER!

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- Paramount+ (@paramountplus) December 28, 2022

The 95th Academy Awards will be distributed next March 23, at a ceremony presented by comedian Jimmy Kimmel for the third time, after he had previously presented it in the 98th and 90th editions.