98th Academy Awards Nominations
Written by Andreas Babiolakis
No nonsense. Just the nominees.
Click on any of the nominees to read Films Fatales’ critics’ reviews of these films in full.
Films with Multiple Nominations
•Sinners-16 nominations
•One Battle After Another-13 nominations
•Frankenstein-9 nominations
•Marty Supreme-9 nominations
•Sentimental Value-9 nominations
•Hamnet-8 nominations
•Bugonia-4 nominations
•F1-4 nominations
•The Secret Agent-4 nominations
•Train Dreams-4 nominations
•Avatar: Fire and Ash-2 nominations
•Blue Moon-2 nominations
•It Was Just an Accident-2 nominations
•Kpop Demon Hunters-2 nominations
•Sirāt-2 nominations
Best Original Screenplay
• Blue Moon-Written by Robert Kaplow
• It Was Just an Accident-Written by Jafar Panahi, Script Collaborators — Nader Saīvar, Shadmeh Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
• Marty Supreme-Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
• Sentimental Value-Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
• Sinners-Written by Ryan Coogler
Best Animated Feature Film
• Arco
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2
Best Animated Short Film
• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• The Girl who Cried Pearls
• Retirement Plan
• The Three Sisters
Best Original Song
• Diane Warren: Relentless-”Dear Me”, Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
• KPop Demon Hunters-”Golden”, Music and Lyric by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon, and Teddy Park
• Sinners-”I Lied to You”, Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
• Train Dreams-”Train Dreams”, Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave
• Viva Verdi!-”Sweet Dreams of Joy”, Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
Best Sound
• F1-Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
• Frankenstein-Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
• One Battle After Another-José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
• Sinners-Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
• Sirāt-Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
Best Visual Effects
• Avatar: Fire and Ash-Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
• F1-Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
• Jurassic World Rebirth-David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
• The Lost Bus-Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, RUssell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
• Sinners-Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahi, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
Best Production Design
• Frankenstein-Production Design: Tamara Deverell, Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
• Hamnet- Production Design: Fiona Crombie, Set Decoration: Alice Felton
• Marty Supreme-Production Design: Jack Fisk, Set Decoration: Adam Willis
• One Battle After Another-Production Design: Florencia Martin, Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
• Sinners-Production Design: Hannah Beachler, Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
• Frankenstein-Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
• Kokuho-Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
• Sinners-Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
• The Smashing Machine-Kazuo Hiro, Glen Griffen and Bjoern Rehbein
• The Ugly Stepsister-Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Andreas Babiolakis has a Masters degree in Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management from Ryerson University, as well as a Bachelors degree in Cinema Studies from York University. His favourite times of year are the Criterion Collection flash sales and the annual Toronto International Film Festival.