Oscars 2022: the nominations in full

Jane Campion’s western The Power of the Dog leads the race with 12 nominations.

Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank in The Power of the Dog (2021)
Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank in The Power of the Dog (2021)Courtesy of Netflix

Jane Campion’s western drama The Power of the Dog has emerged as the frontrunner after the announcement of this year’s Academy Award nominations. Its 12 nominations include best picture, best director and four acting nominations, including best actor for Benedict Cumberbatch.

Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune follows with 10 nominations, while Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story both have seven.

Belfast sees nominations for Branagh himself for best director and best original screenplay, as well as for Judi Dench as best supporting actress and Ciarán Hands as best supporting actor. Other British talents among the nominations include Olivia Colman, who is up for best actress for The Lost Daughter, while Andrew Garfield is nominated as best actor for Tick, Tick … Boom!

Among the nominated films that screened at the BFI London Film Festival are The Power of the Dog, Belfast, Drive My Car, King Richard, The Lost Daughter, Spencer, The Worst Person in the World, The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Hand of God, Flee, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom and the animated short film Robin Robin.

The winners will be announced on 27 March 2022.

Best picture

Belfast
CODA 
Don’t Look Up 
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best director

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

Best lead actress

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Best lead actor

Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)
Will Smith (King Richard)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

Best supporting actress

Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Judi Dench (Belfast)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Best supporting actor

Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

Best adapted screenplay

CODA, Siân Heder
Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
Dune, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth
The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion

Best original screenplay

Belfast, Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay, David Sirota
King Richard, Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson
The Worst Person in the World, Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Best cinematography

Dune, Greig Fraser
Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen
The Power of the Dog, Ari Wegner
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story, Janusz Kamiński

Best animated feature film

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best animated short film

Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper

Best costume design

Cruella 
Cyrano 
Dune 
Nightmare Alley 
West Side Story 

Best original score

Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell
Dune, Hans Zimmer
Encanto, Germaine Franco
Parallel Mothers, Alberto Iglesias
The Power of the Dog, Jonny Greenwood

Best sound

Belfast 
Dune 
No Time to Die 
The Power of the Dog 
West Side Story

Best original song

‘Be Alive’ (King Richard), Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson
‘Dos Oruguitas’ (Encanto), Lin-Manuel Miranda
‘Down to Joy’ (Belfast), Van Morrison
‘No Time to Die’ (No Time to Die), Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
‘Somehow You Do’ (Four Good Days), Diane Warren

Best film editing

Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick … Boom!

Best international feature film

Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
The Hand of God (Italy)
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

Best makeup and hairstyling

Coming 2 America
Cruella 
Dune 
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci 

Best production design

Dune 
Nightmare Alley 
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story 

Best visual effects

Dune 
Free Guy 
No Time to Die 
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 
Spider-Man: No Way Home 

Best documentary feature

Ascension 
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Writing With Fire 

Best documentary short subject

Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies

Best live action short film

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold

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