In keeping to my pattern of previous years, I have kept in step with the Oscars (announcing nominations one day later). The delays in the announcement have, of course, been understandable due to the devastating wildfires across Los Angeles County. If you’re looking for a way to aid in the recovery effort, here’s just a small list of resources. Every little bit helps.

With no graceful way to segue, so on to some notes then nominations.

Please note that some films from last Awards’ Season are included due to their nationwide release date.

As always they were difficult to decide upon. Best Score always proves most difficult with such diversity of style and disparate aims of music. If you use Apple music you can listen to all the scores that were in serious contention in my playlist where I listened to them repeatedly.

Categories marked Not Awarded are ones I wanted to include but they didn’t have enough contenders.

As usual I will provide further insight when I announce the winners.

Without further ado the nominations…

Best Picture

American Fiction

Dìdi

Dune: Part Two

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

I Saw the TV Glow

Longlegs

Nosferatu

Problemista

The Substance

The Wait (La Espera)

Best Foreign Language Film

Not awarded.

Most Overlooked Picture

Drive-Away Dolls

Problemista

Rumours

The Wait (La Espera)

We Grown Now

Best Director

Robert Eggers Nosferatu

Coralie Fargeat The Substance

Cord Jefferson American Fiction

Julio Torres Problemista

Denis Villeneuve Dune: Part Two

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo Wicked

Lily-Rose Depp Nosferatu

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Tuesday

Demi Moore The Substance

Emma Stone Poor Things

Tilda Swinton Problemista

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Timothée Chalamet A Complete Unknown

Victor Clavijo The Wait (La Espera)

Ralph Fiennes Conclave

Hugh Grant Heretic

Nicholas Hoult Nosferatu

Justice Smith I Saw the TV Glow

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Sônia Braga The First Omen

Michelle Buteau Babes

Joan Chen Dìdi

Ariana Grande Wicked

Isabella Rossellini Conclave

Alicia Witt Longlegs

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Sterling K. Brown American Fiction

Nicolas Cage Longlegs

Willem Dafoe Nosferatu

Dennis Quaid The Substance

Mark Ruffalo Poor Things

Christopher Walken Dune: Part Two

Best Performance by a Young Female Actor in a Leading Role

Pyper Braun Imaginary

Cailey Fleming IF

Ariella Glaser White Bird

Beatrice Schneider The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Mia SwamiNathan Sight

Alisha Weir Abigail

Best Performance by a Young Male Actor in a Leading Role 

Luke David Blumm Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Federico Ielapi Cabrini

Homer Janson Nutcrackers

Izaac Wang Dìdi

Orlando Schwerdt White Bird

Rupert Turnbull Daddy’s Head

Best Performance by a Young Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Madsyn Barnes We Grown Now

Valeria Lamm The Hole in the Fence (El hoyo en la cerca)

Alix West Lefler Speak No Evil

Mahaela Park Dìdi

Molly Belle Wright The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Best Performance by a Young Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Bryce Gheisar White Bird

Maxwell Jenkins Arcadian

Griffin Wallace Henkel Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Mason D Nelligan The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Moisés Ruiz The Wait (La Espera)

Ben Wang Sight

Best Cast

Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini, Brían F. O’Byrne, Sergio Catellito, Carlos Diehz, Lucian Msamati, Jacek Koman, Rony Kramer, Valerio Da Silva, Joseph Mydell, Vincenzo Failla, Garrick Hagon, Merab Ninidze, Mahdav Sharma Conclave

Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, etc.  Megalopolis

Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skargård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, and Simon McBurney Nosferatu

Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Aaron Teoh, Shaun Prendergast Wicked

Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte, Nele Ahrensmeier, Lilli Falk, Anastazja Drobniak, Cecylia Pekala, and Max Beck The Zone of Interest

Best Youth Ensemble

Kynlee Heiman, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez, Wyatt Dewar, Matthew Lamb, Owen Mathison, Ewan Matthis-Wood, Essek Moore, Laurelei Olivia Mote, Mason D Nelligan, and Isla Verot The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Valeria Lamm, Lucciano Kurti, Yuba Ortega, Santiago Barajas, Eric David Walker, Giovanni Conconi, Adolfo Osorio, etc. The Hole in the Fence (El hoyo en la cerca)

Mason Thames, Rafael Alejandro, and Ramon Reed Incoming

Blake Cameron James, RJ Lewis, Gian Knight Ramirez, Madsyn Barnes, and Giovani Chambers We Grown Now

Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Bryce Gheisar, Selma Keymakci, Jordan Cramond, Jem Matthews,and Mia Kadlecova White Bird

Best Documentary

Not Awarded

Best Original Screenplay

Francis Ford Coppola Megalopolis

Coralie Fargeat The Substance

JT Mollner Strange Darling

Jane Schoenbrun I Saw the TV Glow

Julio Torres Problemista

Best Adapted Screenplay

Robert Eggers, Patrick Galeen, Bram Stoker Nosferatu

Cord Jefferson, Percival Everett American Fiction

Peter Straughan, Robert Harris Conclave

Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, Frank Herbert Dune: Part Two

James Watkins, Christian Tafdrup, Mads Tafdrup Speak No Evil

Best Original Score

Volker Bertelmann Conclave

Robin Carolan Nosferatu

Raffertie The Substance

Robert Ouyang Rusli Problemista

Hans Zimmer Dune: Part Two

Best Editing

Jérôme Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat, Valentin Féron The Substance

Nick Emerson Conclave

Louise Ford Nosferatu

Sofi Marshall I Saw the TV Glow

Joe Walker Dune: Part Two

Best Sound Editing/Mixing

Brian Berger, Lawrence He, Jessica Tresidder, et al. Arcadian

James Ashton, Laure Montagnol, Jessica Meir et al. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Dave Whitehead, Chris Terhune, Jeff Sawyer, Matt Stutter, Michael Babcock, Lee Gilmore, et al. Dune: Part Two

Michael Fentum, Anna-Agata Denzenova, Samir Foco, Mariusz Glabinski, Steve Little et al. Nosferatu

Martín Hernández, Charles Maynes, John Nathans, Alejandro Quevedo, Roland N. Thai et al. Terrifier 3

Best Cinematography

Jarin Blaschke Nosferatu

Stéphane Fontaine Conclave

Greig Fraser Dune: Part Two

Robbie Ryan Poor Things

Miguel Ángel Mora, Raúl Lavado Verdú The Wait (La Espera)

Best Art Direction

Craig Lathrop Nosferatu

Beth Mickle, Bradley Rubin Megalopolis

Stanislas Reydellet The Substance

Danny Vermette Longlegs

Patrice Vermette Dune: Part Two

Best Costume Design

Jenny Beavan Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Milena Canonero Megalopolis

Linda Muir, David Schwed Nosferatu

Paul Tazewell Wicked

Jaqueline West Dune: Part Two

Best Hair and Makeup

A Different Man

Longlegs

Nosferatu

The Substance

Wicked

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus

Dune: Part Two

Megalopolis

Poor Things

Wicked

Best Soundtrack

Deadpool & Wolverine

Drive-Away Dolls

My Spy: The Eternal City

Red One

Y2K

Best Song

“Huele a Fraude” OHYUNG & STEFA* Problemista

“Harper and Will Go West” Kristin Wiig Harper & Will

“Song to Woody” Timothée Chalamet A Complete Unknown

“Kaawaa Kaawaa” Sachway Sachdev, Sudir Yaduvanshi, Sanj V Kill

“I Was Made For Lovin’ You” YUNGBLUD The Fall Guy

Robert Downey, Jr. Entertainer of the Year Award

TBA

Ingmar Bergman Lifetime Achievement Award

TBA

Neutron Star Award

TBA

Special Jury Awards

TBA