Oscar Nominations 2017

The 26th of February will see the the culmination of this year’s award season at the 89th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood California, although all award shows are subjective and we can endlessly debate over who should win what, this is a chance for films and their filmmakers to be globally recognised for another great year of work so let’s see who the principal nominees are this year;

 

Best Picture

• Arrival

• Fences

• Hacksaw Ridge

• Hell or High Water

• Hidden Figures

• La La Land

• Lion

• Manchester by the Sea

• Moonlight

Our Pick from the Nominees: Manchester by the Sea

Our Pick Overall: Manchester by the Sea

 

 

Directing

• Damien Chazelle for ‘La La Land’
  

• Mel Gibson for ‘Hacksaw Ridge’

• Barry Jenkins for ‘Moonlight’

• Kenneth Lonergan for ‘Manchester by the Sea’

• Denis Villeneuve for ‘Arrival’

Our Pick from the Nominees: Damien Chazelle for ‘La La Land’

Our Pick Overall: Damien Chazelle for ‘La La Land’

 

Actor in a Leading Role

• Casey Affleck for ‘Manchester by the Sea’ 
  

• Andrew Garfield for ‘Hacksaw Ridge’

• Ryan Gosling for ‘La La Land’

• Viggo Mortensen for ‘Captain Fantastic’

• Denzel Washington for ‘Fences’

Our Pick from the Nominees: Casey Affleck for ‘Manchester by the Sea’ 

Our Pick Overall: Casey Affleck for ‘Manchester by the Sea’ 

 

 

Actress in a Leading Role

• Isabelle Huppert for ‘Elle’
  

• Ruth Negga for ‘Loving’

• Natalie Portman for ‘Jackie’

• Emma Stone for ‘La La Land’

• Meryl Streep for ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’

Our Pick from the Nominees: Natalie Portman for ‘Jackie’

Our Pick Overall: Natalie Portman for ‘Jackie’

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Mahershala Ali for ‘Moonlight’
  

• Jeff Bridges for ‘Hell or High Water’

• Lucas Hedges for ‘Manchester by the Sea’

• Dev Patel for ‘Lion’

• Michael Shannon for ‘Nocturnal Animals’

Our Pick from the Nominees: Mahershala Ali for ‘Moonlight’

Our Pick Overall: Mahershala Ali for ‘Moonlight’

 

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Viola Davis for ‘Fences’

• Naomie Harris for ‘Moonlight’

• Nicole Kidman for ‘Lion’

• Octavia Spencer for ‘Hidden Figures’
  

• Michelle Williams for ‘Manchester by the Sea’
  

Our Pick from the Nominees: Michelle Williams for ‘Manchester by the Sea’

Our Pick Overall: Michelle Williams for ‘Manchester by the Sea’

 

Writing- Original Screenplay

• 20th Century Women

• Hell or High Water

• La La Land

• The Lobster

• Manchester by the Sea

Our Pick from the Nominees: Manchester by the Sea

Our Pick Overall: Manchester by the Sea

 

 

Writing- Adapted Screenplay

• Arrival

• Fences

• Hidden Figures

• Lion

• Moonlight

Our Pick from the Nominees: Arrival

Our Pick Overall: Arrival

 

 

Music- Original Score

• Nicholas Britell for ‘Moonlight’

• Justin Hurwitz for ‘La La Land’
  

• Mica Levi for ‘Jackie’
  

• Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka for ‘Lion’
  

• Thomas Newman for ‘Passengers’

Our Pick from the Nominees: Justin Hurwitz for ‘La La Land’

Our Pick Overall: Justin Hurwitz for ‘La La Land’

 

 

Music- Original Song

• “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from ‘La La Land’

• “Can’t Stop the Feeling” from ‘Trolls’

• “City of Stars” from ‘La La Land’

• “The Empty Chair” from ‘Jim: The James Foley Story’

• “How Far I’ll Go” from ‘Moana’

Our Pick from the Nominees: “City of Stars” from ‘La La Land’

Our Pick Overall: “City of Stars” from ‘La La Land’

 

Animated Feature Film

• Kubo and the Two Strings

• My Life as a Zucchini

• Moana
  

• The Red Turtle

• Kubo and the Two Strings

Our Pick from the Nominees: Kubo and the Two Strings

Our Pick Overall: Kubo and the Two Strings

 

 

Foreign Language Film

• Land of Mine (Denmark)
  

• A Man Called Ove (Sweden)

• The Salesman (Iran)

• Tanna (Australia)

• Toni Erdmann (Germany)

Our Pick from the Nominees: Toni Erdmann (Germany)

Our Pick Overall: The Wailing (South Korea)

 

 

Cinematography

• Greig Fraser for ‘Lion’

• James Laxton for ‘Moonlight’

• Rodrigo Prieto for ‘Silence’

• Linus Sandgren for ‘La La Land’

• Bradford Young for ‘Arrival’

Our Pick from the Nominees: Rodrigo Prieto for ‘Silence’

Our Pick Overall: Peter Suschitzky for ‘Tale of Tales’

 

 

Film Editing

• Arrival

• Hacksaw Ridge
  

• Hell or High Water

• La La Land

• Moonlight

Our Pick from the Nominees: La La Land

Our Pick Overall: La La Land

 

Visual Effects

• Deepwater Horizon

• Doctor Strange

• The Jungle Book

• Kubo and the Two Strings

• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Our Pick from the Nominees: The Jungle Book

Our Pick Overall: The Jungle Book

 

 

So there it is, ‘La La Land’ sweeps the board with 14 nominations in total but let’s see how things play out on the night, we’ve given our picks on who we think should win but as always there are many films in 2016 that are not nominated and deserve recognition. Let us know what you think of the Oscar nominations and our picks by commenting here and on FilmPhonic at Facebook and Twitter.

 

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