{"id":48757,"date":"2021-03-15T10:12:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=48757"},"modified":"2021-03-15T10:12:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:12:49","slug":"mank-leads-the-2021-oscars-race-with-10-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2021\/03\/15\/mank-leads-the-2021-oscars-race-with-10-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"MANK Leads The 2021 Oscars Race With 10 Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mank\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mank<\/strong>, the biopic that looks at the portion of screenwriter Herman Mankewicz life when he was writing the screenplay for the classic film Citizen Kane, has shown its own strength with the movie community, receiving ten nominations for this year’s Academy Awards. The categories it was nominated in including Best Picture, Director, Actor (Gary Oldman), Actress (Amanda Seyfried) and Cinematography.<\/p>\n

Six films\u00a0 –\u00a0 The Father<\/strong>,\u00a0Judas And The Black Messiah<\/strong>, Minari<\/strong>, Nomadland<\/strong>, The Sound Of Metal<\/strong> and The Trial Of The Chicago Seven<\/strong> are all strong contenders in the Oscar derby, each having received a nomination into the Best Picture category as well as five additional nods each across the twenty categories of the annual awards. Emerald Fennel’s revenge thriller Promising Young Woman<\/strong> was the next highest nomination earner with five including Best Director.<\/p>\n

You can see the complete list of nominees below.<\/p>\n

As always, there are a few first time events with this year’s nominations.<\/p>\n

Chlo\u00e9 Zhao and Emerald Fennell being nominated in the Best Director category marks the first time that more than one woman has been named in that category in any given year. Previously, only five women have been nominated in the category over the nearly nine decades of Oscar history – Lina Wertm\u00fcller<\/strong> for Seven Beauties (1977), Jane Campion for The Piano<\/strong> (1994), Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation<\/strong> (2003), Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker<\/strong> (2010) and Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird<\/strong> (2018). Bigelow is the only woman to actually take home the Oscar trophy though.<\/p>\n

Zhao’s nomination also puts her in the history books as the first woman of color to be nominated in the Best Director category.<\/p>\n

For his work as a Korean father who is trying to forge a better life in America for his family, Steven Yeun has become the first Asian-American actor nominated in the Best Actor category.<\/p>\n

The nomination of Daniel Kaluuya, Leslie Odom Jr and LaKeith Stanfield to the Best Supporting Actor category marks the first time that three actors of color have been named to the category in one year. Surprising, though, was the exclusion of Chadwick Boseman. Although the late actor did receive a Best Actor nomination for his work in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom<\/strong>, it was thought that he was a sure thing for his work in director Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods<\/strong> in this category as well.<\/p>\n

Composing team Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross nabbed two of the five nominations in the Best Score category for their work on Mank<\/strong> and the Pixar animated film Soul<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tunisia and Romania made their own Oscar history this morning as it is the first time that films submitted from their countries for Academy Awards consideration advanced to the final nominations. Tunisia’s entry in the Vest International Feature category, The Man Who Sold His Skin<\/strong>, tells the story of an immigrant who takes a job acting as a living canvas for an artist in order to earn money to move to Europe. Romania’s film, Collective<\/strong>, is a documentary about corruption in the country’s healthcare industry.<\/p>\n

The Best Supporting Actress category sees a rematch of Glen Close and Olivia Coleman, who were the frontrunners in the Best Actress category at the 2019 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

This year has been perhaps the most unusual in Academy Awards history on terms of how the nominations have played out. As the economic model for streaming does not favor blockbuster films shifting to a digital streaming only release, the major studios have shifted a majority of their big ticket movies to later this year and beyond in the hopes that the coronavirus pandemic will have subsided enough to allow theaters to reopen at full capacity.<\/p>\n

Additionally, because of that theater closure, the Academy expanded the eligibility requirements for films somewhat. It lengthened the calendar period end date in which films must be released in from December 31, 2020 to February 28, 2021. It also changed the Academy’s theatrical exhibition requirements, stating for this year that any film that was intending to have a theatrical release but was shifted to a video on demand one would be eligible for Oscar voting so long as a copy of the film is made available to the Academy\u2019s secure online members-only screening service. The end result is a nomination slate that is emphasizing the work of actors and behind-the-scenes creative personnel of color, people who don’t normally get key positions on those larger-budgeted films.<\/p>\n

The Academy Awards will be presented on April 25.<\/p>\n

The complete list of nominees is as follows –<\/p>\n

Best Picture<\/span>
\nThe Father
\nJudas and the Black Messiah
\nMank
\nMinari
\nNomadland
\nPromising Young Woman
\nSound of Metal
\nThe Trial of the Chicago 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Director<\/span>
\nThomas Vinterburg – Another Round<\/strong>
\nEmerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman<\/strong>
\nDavid Fincher – Mank<\/strong>
\nLee Isaac Chung – Minari<\/strong>
\nChlo\u00e9 Zhao – Nomadland<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Actor in a Leading Role<\/span>
\nRiz Ahmed – Sound of Metal<\/strong>
\nChadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom<\/strong>
\nAnthony Hopkins – The Father<\/strong>
\nGary Oldman – Mank<\/strong>
\nSteven Yeun – Minari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Actress in a Leading Role<\/span>
\nViola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom<\/strong>
\nAndra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday<\/strong>
\nVanessa Kirby – Pieces Of A Woman<\/strong>
\nFrances McDormand – Nomadland<\/strong>
\nCarey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Actor in a Supporting Role<\/span>
\nSacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7<\/strong>
\nDaniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah<\/strong>
\nLeslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami<\/strong>
\nPaul Raci – Sound Of Metal<\/strong>
\nLaKeith Stanfield – Judas And The Black Messiah<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Actress in a Supporting Role<\/span>
\nMaria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm<\/strong>
\nGlenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy<\/strong>
\nOlivia Colman – The Father<\/strong>
\nAmanda Seyfried – Mank<\/strong>
\nYuh-Jung Youn – Minari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Original Screenplay<\/span>
\nJudas and the Black Messiah<\/strong> – Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas & Kenny Lucas
\nMinari<\/strong> – Lee Isaac Chung
\nPromising Young Woman<\/strong> – Emerald Fennell
\nSound of Metal<\/strong> – Derek Cianfrance, Abraham Marder & Darius Marder
\nThe Trial of the Chicago 7<\/strong> – Aaron Sorkin<\/p>\n

Best Adapted Screenplay<\/span>
\nBorat Subsequent Moviefilm<\/strong> – Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja & Dan Swimer
\nThe Father<\/strong> – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
\nNomadland<\/strong> – Chlo\u00e9 Zhao
\nOne Night in Miami<\/strong> – Kemp Powers
\nThe White Tiger<\/strong> – Ramin Bahrani<\/p>\n

Best International Feature Film<\/span>
\nDenmark – Another Round<\/strong>
\nHong Kong – Better Days<\/strong>
\nRomania – Collective<\/strong>
\nTunisia – The Man Who Sold His Skin<\/strong>
\nBosnia and Herzegovina – Quo Vadis, Aida?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Documentary Feature<\/span>
\nCollective
\nCrip Camp
\nThe Mole Agent
\nMy Octopus Teacher
\nTime<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Animated Feature Film<\/span>
\nOnward
\nOver the Moon
\nA Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
\nSoul
\nWolfwalkers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Animated Short Film<\/span>
\nBurrow
\nGenius Loci
\nIf Anything Happens I Love You
\nOpera
\nYes-People<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Sound<\/span>
\nGreyhound
\nMank
\nNews of the World
\nSound of Metal
\nSoul<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Cinematography<\/span>
\nJudas and the Black Messiah
\nMank
\nNews of the World
\nNomadland
\nThe Trial of the Chicago 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Costume Design<\/span>
\nEmma
\nMank
\nMa Rainey’s Black Bottom
\nMulan
\nPinocchio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Documentary Short Subjec<\/span>t
\nColette
\nA Concerto Is a Conversation
\nDo Not Split
\nHunger Ward
\nA Love Song for Latasha<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Film Editing<\/span>
\nThe Father
\nNomadland
\nPromising Young Woman
\nSound of Metal
\nThe Trial of the Chicago 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Live-Action Short Film<\/span>
\nFeeling Through
\nThe Letter Room
\nThe Present
\nTwo Distant Strangers
\nWhite Eye<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Makeup and Hairstyling<\/span>
\nEmma
\nHillbilly Elegy
\nMa Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom
\nMank
\nPinocchio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Original Score<\/span>
\nDa 5 Bloods
\nMank
\nMinari
\nNews of the World
\nSoul<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Original Song<\/span>
\n“Husavik” – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga<\/strong>
\n“Fight For You” – Judas and the Black Messiah<\/strong>
\n“lo S\u00ec (Seen)” – The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)<\/strong>
\n“Speak Now” – One Night In Miami<\/strong>
\n“Hear My Voice” – The Trial Of The Chicago 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Production Design<\/span>
\nThe Father
\nMa Rainey’s Black Bottom
\nMank
\nNews of the World
\nTenet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Visual Effects<\/span>
\nLove and Monsters
\nThe Midnight Sky
\nMulan
\nThe One and Only Ivan
\nTenet<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Fincher’s biopic about the screenwriter of the classic film CITIZEN KANE leads the Oscar race, but there are a number of films close at its heels.<\/div>\n

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