Full List of the 2021 Oscar Nominations!
PFF29 film NOMADLAND made Oscar history with the nomination of Director Chloé Zhao in the Best Director category. Zhao is the first woman of color to be nominated in the category. With Zhao and PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Director Emerald Fennell, for the first time, the Academy nominated two women for Best Director.
PFF29 film SOUND OF METAL Actor Riz Ahmed also made Oscar history, becoming the first person of Pakistani decent and first Muslim to be nominated for Best Actor, while PFF29’s MINARI Actor Steven Yeun became the first Asian American nominated for Best Actor.
David Fincher’s MANK led the Oscar nominations with 10 total nods. PFF29 films SOUND OF METAL, NOMADLAND, and MINARI received six nominations each.
Between the Philadelphia Film Festival and year-round programming at the Roxy, Film Center, Drive-In, and Virtual Theater, as well as Member exclusive advance screenings, the Philadelphia Film Society brought 18 Academy Award-nominated films to Philadelphia, with a total of 54 nominations between them.
Check out the full list of nominations below:
Best Picture:
THE FATHER
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH~
MANK
MINARI*^
NOMADLAND*
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN~
SOUND OF METAL*
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Best Director:
Thomas Vinterberg, ANOTHER ROUND^
David Fincher, MANK
Lee Isaac Chung, MINARI*^
Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND*
Emerald Fennell, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN~
Actor in a Leading Role:
Riz Ahmed, SOUND OF METAL*
Chadwick Boseman, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM^
Anthony Hopkins, THE FATHER
Gary Oldman, MANK
Steven Yeun, MINARI*^
Actress in a Leading Role:
Viola Davis, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM^
Andra Day, THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY~
Vanessa Kirby, PIECES OF A WOMAN
Frances McDormand, NOMADLAND*
Carey Mulligan, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN~
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Sacha Baron Cohen, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Daniel Kaluuya, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH~
Leslie Odom Jr., ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI*
Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL*
LaKeith Stanfield, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH~
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Maria Bakalova, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
Glenn Close, HILLBILLY ELEGY
Olivia Colman, THE FATHER
Amanda Seyfried, MANK
Youn Yuh-jung, MINARI*^
Adapted Screenplay:
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM, Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Nina Pedrad, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Swimer
THE FATHER, Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
NOMADLAND, Chloé Zhao*
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI, Kemp Powers*
THE WHITE TIGER, Ramin Bahrani
Original Screenplay:
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, Kenneth Lucas~
MINARI, Lee Isaac Chung*^
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, Emerald Fennell~
SOUND OF METAL, Abraham Marder, Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance*
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, Aaron Sorkin
Production Design:
THE FATHER, Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara, Diana Stoughton^
MANK, Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
NEWS OF THE WORLD, David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan^
TENET, Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas^
Cinematography:
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, Sean Bobbitt~
MANK, Erik Messerschmidt
NEWS OF THE WORLD, Dariusz Wolski^
NOMADLAND, Joshua James Richards*
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, Phedon Papamichael
Costume Design:
EMMA., Alexandra Byrne~
MANK, Trish Summerville
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, Ann Roth^
MULAN, Bina Daigeler
PINOCCHIO, Massimo Cantini Parrini
Best Sound:
GREYHOUND, Odin Benitez, Jason King, Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, Jeff Sawyer
MANK, Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance, Drew Kunin
NEWS OF THE WORLD, John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, Oliver Tarney, Michael Fentum^
SOUL, Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Vince Caro
SOUND OF METAL, Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés, Carolina Santana*
Original Score:
DA 5 BLOODS, Terence Blanchard
MANK, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
MINARI, Emile Mosseri*^
NEWS OF THE WORLD, James Newton Howard^
SOUL, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
Original Song:
“Husavik” from EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA
“Fight For You” from JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH~
“lo Sì (Seen)” from THE LIFE AHEAD (LA VITA DAVANTI A SE)
“Speak Now” from ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI*
“Hear My Voice” from THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Visual Effects:
LOVE AND MONSTERS
THE MIDNIGHT SKY^
MULAN
THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN
TENET^
Film Editing:
THE FATHER, Yorgos Lamprinos
NOMADLAND, Chloé Zhao*
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, Frédéric Thoraval~
SOUND OF METAL, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen*
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, Alan Baumgarten
Makeup and Hairstyling:
EMMA., Marese Langan~
HILLBILLY ELEGY, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, Matiki Anoff, Mia Neal, Larry M. Cherry^
MANK, Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
PINOCCHIO, Dalia Colli, Anna Kieber, Sebastian Lochmann, Stephen Murphy
Animated Feature Film:
ONWARD^
OVER THE MOON^
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON
SOUL
WOLFWALKERS^
Documentary Feature:
COLLECTIVE
CRIP CAMP*
THE MOLE AGENT
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER
TIME
International Feature:
ANOTHER ROUND (Denmark)^
BETTER DAYS (Hong Kong)
COLLECTIVE (Romania)
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN (Tunisia)
QUO VADIS, AIDA? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Animated Short Film:
BURROW
GENIUS LOCI
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU
OPERA
YES-PEOPLE
Live Action Short Film:
FEELING THROUGH
THE LETTER ROOM
THE PRESENT
TWO DISTANT STRANGERS
WHITE EYE*
Documentary Short Subject:
COLETTE
A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION
DO NOT SPLIT
HUNGER WARD
A LOVE SONG FOR LATASHA
* Screened at the 29th Philadelphia Film Festival or PFF SummerFest
^Screened at PFS Roxy Theater, Philadelphia Film Center, PFS Drive-In, or Virtual Theater
~A PFS Member exclusive advance screening
The 93rd Annual Academy Awards will air Sunday, April 25!