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Oscars 2024 – Celebrations and Snubs
Earlier this week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this year’s award nominations and, as expected, reactions were strong and social media almost immediately lit itself on fire. Today I want to break down for you some of the nominees and snubs that are currently driving the conversation.
Unsurprisingly, Oppenheimer is leading the pack with 13 nominations. It’s giving The Lord of the Rings trilogy of films circa 20 years ago. Slightly more surprising is Poor Things nipping at its heels with 11 nominations, giving to total awards won by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King exactly 20 years ago at the 2004 Academy Awards ceremony.
The most culturally significant and historical nomination belongs to Lily Gladstone for her nomination as Best Actress in Killers of the Flower Moon. Should she win (and it seems an inevitability she will based on how other awards have gone this season so far), Gladstone is poised to become the first Native American performer to win in the category.
Barbie was the biggest snub and the injustice the movie-going public is currently up-in-arms about. America Ferrera and Ryan Gosling secured themselves nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. The film itself is also nominated for: Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Original Song (twice over, seeming to cement its triumph in this category), Costume Design, and Production Design, however Greta Gerwig was not nominated in the Director Category and Barbie, herself, Margot Robbie was not nominated in the Best Lead Actress category.
Whether or not you have seen or enjoyed Barbie, the irony of a film directly addressing the patriarchy led by women garnering its most high profile awards for their male co-star seems not only antithetical to the ethos of the film itself, but potentially serves as a reminder of who the Academy voters represent and their lapses in judgment of the past.
Another snub (in my opinion, it ought to have snagged a Best Picture nod), was Godzilla Minus One, but it did secure a Visual Effects nomination in a historic move for the beloved kaiju franchise. Japanese cinema is also being celebrated in the Best Animated Feature category with Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki snagging a nomination for The Boy and the Heron. Despite Disney’s Elemental also being nominated in the same category, to me, this category is a battle between The Boy and the Heron and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
I’m looking forward to reading your reactions in the comments section and on social media! A full list of nominees follows:
Best Picture
American Fiction Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, producers
Anatomy of a Fall Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, producers
Barbie David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, producers
The Holdovers Mark Johnson, producer
Killers of the Flower Moon Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, producers
Maestro Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers
Oppenheimer Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, producers
Past Lives David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, producers
Poor Things Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, producers
The Zone of Interest James Wilson, producer
Best Director
Justine Triet — Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese — Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer
Yorgos Lanthimos — Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer — The Zone of Interest
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper — Maestro
Colman Domingo — Rustin
Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening — Nyad
Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller — Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan — Maestro
Emma Stone — Poor Things
Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K. Brown — American Fiction
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling — Barbie
Mark Ruffalo — Poor Things
Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Jodie Foster — Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers
Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction by Cord Jefferson
Barbie by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan
Poor Things by Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer
Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
The Holdovers by David Hemingson
Maestro by Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer
May December by Samy Burch; story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik
Past Lives by Celine Song
Cinematography
El Conde – Edward Lachman
Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro – Matthew Libatique
Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan
Original Song
The Fire Inside from Flamin’ Hot music and lyric by Diane Warren
I’m Just Ken from Barbie music and lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
It Never Went Away from American Symphony music and lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson
Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon music and lyric by Scott George
What Was I Made For? from Barbie music and lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Costume Design
Barbie – Jacqueline Durran
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
Napoleon – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick
Poor Things – Holly Waddington
Sound
The Creator Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
Maestro Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
Oppenheimer Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell
The Zone of Interest Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
Original Score
American Fiction – Laura Karpman
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams
Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson
Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix
Live Action Short Film
The After Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham
Invincible Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron
Knight of Fortune Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk
Red, White and Blue Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Wes Anderson and Steven Rales
Animated Short Film
Letter to a Pig Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter
Ninety-Five Senses Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
Our Uniform Yegane Moghaddam
Pachyderme Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko Dave Mullins and Brad Booker
Documentary Feature Film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha
To Kill a Tiger Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
Documentary Short Film
The ABCs of Book Banning Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic
The Barber of Little Rock John Hoffman and Christine Turner
Island in Between S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien
The Last Repair Shop Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó Sean Wang and Sam Davis
International Feature Film
Io Capitano (Italy)
Perfect Days (Japan)
Society of the Snow (Spain)
The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany)
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Elemental Peter Sohn and Denise Ream
Nimona Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary
Robot Dreams Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal
Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue
Maestro Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
Oppenheimer Luisa Abel
Poor Things Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston
Society of the Snow Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé
Production Design
Barbie production design: Sarah Greenwood; set decoration: Katie Spencer
Killers of the Flower Moon production design: Jack Fisk; set decoration: Adam Willis
Napoleon production design: Arthur Max; set decoration: Elli Griff
Oppenheimer production design: Ruth De Jong; set decoration: Claire Kaufman
Poor Things production design: James Price and Shona Heath; set decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek
Film Editing
Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal
The Holdovers – Kevin Tent
Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker
Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame
Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Visual Effects
The Creator Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould
Godzilla Minus One Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould
Napoleon Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould