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…
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)
Not awarded.
Drive-Away Dolls
Problemista
Rumours
The Wait (La Espera)
We Grown Now
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
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
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
Not Awarded
Francis Ford Coppola Megalopolis
Coralie Fargeat The Substance
JT Mollner Strange Darling
Jane Schoenbrun I Saw the TV Glow
Julio Torres Problemista
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
Volker Bertelmann Conclave
Robin Carolan Nosferatu
Raffertie The Substance
Robert Ouyang Rusli Problemista
Hans Zimmer Dune: Part Two
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
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
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)
Craig Lathrop Nosferatu
Beth Mickle, Bradley Rubin Megalopolis
Stanislas Reydellet The Substance
Danny Vermette Longlegs
Patrice Vermette Dune: Part Two
Jenny Beavan Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Milena Canonero Megalopolis
Linda Muir, David Schwed Nosferatu
Paul Tazewell Wicked
Jaqueline West Dune: Part Two
A Different Man
Longlegs
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
Megalopolis
Poor Things
Wicked
Deadpool & Wolverine
Drive-Away Dolls
My Spy: The Eternal City
Red One
Y2K
“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
TBA
TBA