WASHINGTON, March 10The Academy Awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on March 10, with “Oppenheimer,” “Barbie,” and “The Poor” competing for the title of best film of the year. -unfortunate» and «Anatomy of a fall.»
The ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the fourth time, will take place at the Dolby Theater and will be broadcast on ABC. It starts an hour earlier than usual, at 19.00 US East Coast time (2.00 March 11 Moscow time) and, according to tradition, will probably last at least three hours.
A total of ten films are presented in the main film award category, including American Fiction by Cord Jefferson, The Leftovers by Alexander Payne, Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese, Maestro by Bradley Cooper, Past Lives by Celine Sohn and The Zone interests» by Jonathan Glaser.
The leader in the number of nominations this year was Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer. In addition to his acting work (the main male role, as well as supporting roles), he was noted for directing, cinematography, costumes, editing, makeup, musical accompaniment, work as a production designer, sound engineering and adapted script. The second place in the number of nominations goes to the film “The Unfortunate Poor”, it was mentioned in 11 categories, “Killers of the Flower Moon” — 10, “Barbie” — eight.
This year's contenders for the title of Best Director include Frenchwoman Justine Trieu (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Scorsese, Nolan, Yorgos Lanthimos (“The Unfortunate”) and Briton Jonathan Glazer (“Zone of Interest”). This is the 15th nomination for Hollywood master Scorsese — he won an Oscar only once, in 2007 for The Departed.
British film «Zone of Interest» is also up for the Best Foreign Film award, along with «Teacher's Room» (Germany), «The Snow Society» (Spain), «I Am Captain» (Italy) and «Perfect Days» (Japan). .
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress; she became the first indigenous person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting; Emma Stone (The Unfortunate) and Annette Bening (Diana) Nayed»), Carey Mulligan («Maestro») and Sandra Hüller («Anatomy of a Fall»). The Oscar nominees for Best Actor are Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”), Colman Domingo (“Rustin”), Paul Giamatti (“The Leftovers”), Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”).
Nominees for Best Supporting Actor are Sterling K. Brown (“American Fiction”), Robert De Niro (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Robert Downey Jr. (“Oppenheimer”), Ryan Gosling (“Barbie”) and Mark Ruffalo («The Unfortunate Ones»). Competing for best supporting actress are Emily Blunt (“Oppenheimer”), Judy Foster (“Diana Naked”), Davan Joy Randolph (“The Leftovers”), Danielle Brooks (“The Color Purple”) and America Ferrera (“Barbie”) .
The Animated Feature Film category includes Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Bird, Elementary, Nimona, Spider-Man: Web of Spider-Man and Robot Dreams. Competing for the title of “Best Documentary Film” will be “Kill the Tiger” by Indian director Nisha Pahuja, “Olfa’s Daughters” by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, “Eternal Memory” by Chilean director Maite Alberdi, “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” (Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo ) and Mstislav Chernov’s film “20 days in Mariupol”.