When the world’s awaited Oscar Awards are announced on March 12 (March 13 in India), there are many films that have made a place in the minds of the audience. Films that have won critical acclaim and have been accepted by the world audience and film festivals are considered for Oscars. Many media outlets have already released their award predictions.
Films are competing in 23 categories. Best Director, Best Live Action Short Film, Best Supporting Actress, Best Animated Feature Film, Best Song, Best International Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Picture, Best Makeup, Hairstyle, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Animated Short Film , Best Visual Effects, Best Screenplay, Best Documentary (Short Subject), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Documentary Feature Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound Score, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design. The films competing for these categories are,
Best picture:: Top Gun: Maverick, Women Talking, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Banshees, Of Insherin, Triangle of Sadness, The Fablemans, All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis, Tar
Best Actor:: Brendan Fraser – The Vale, Austin Butler – Elvis, Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Insherin, Bill Nighy – Living, Paul Meskel – After Sun
Best Actress:: Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie, Michelle Williams – The Fablemans, Cate Blanchett – Tar, Ana de Armas – Blonde, Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best International Feature Film:: All Quiet on the Western Front, Argentina, 1985, The Quiet Girl, Close, EO
Best Song:: Natu Natu – MM Keeravani, Chandra Bose: This Is Life – Mitsky, David Byrne, Ryan Lott: Lift Me Up – Rihanna, Tams, Ryan Coogler: Hold My Hand – Lady Gaga, Bloodpop: Applause – Diana Warren
Best Animated Feature:: Turning Red, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, The Sea Beast, Puss in Boots
Best Supporting Actress:: Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Insherin Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once Hong Chow – The Vale
Live Action Short Film:: An Irish Goodbye, The Red Suitcase, The Peoples, Ivalu, Night Ride
Best Director:: Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Insherin, Todd Field – Tarr, Ruben Öslund – Triangle of Sadness, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once, Steven Spielberg – Fabelmans,
Best Supporting Actor:: Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Insherin, Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway, Jude Hirsch – The Fabelmans, Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Insherin, Ke Hui Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Documentary Feature:: All That Breathes, Fire of Love, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, A Housemaid of Splendors, Navalny.
Best Adapted Screenplay:: Living, Top Gun: Maverick, Women Talking, Glass Union: A Knives Out Mystery, All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Documentary (Short Subject):: The Elephant Whisperers, Howlout, The Martha Mitchell Effect, Stranger at the Gate, How Do You Measure a Year
Best Screenplay:: Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Banshees of Insherin, Triangle of Sadness, The Fablemans
Best Visual Effects:: Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman
Best Animated Short Film:: My Year of Dicks, Ice Merchants, An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It, The Boy. The Mole. The Fox and the Horse, The Flying Sailor
Best Original Score:: Babylon, Everything Everywhere All at Ones, The Banshees of Insherin, The Fablemans, All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Cinematography:: Empire of Light – Roger Deakins, All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend, Bardo, False Time.news of a Handful of Truths – Darius Khondji, Elvis – Walker, Tarr – Florian Hofmeister
Best Makeup and Hairstyle::
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Joel Harlow, Camille Friend, All Quiet on the Western Front – Heike Merker, Linda Eisenhamerova, Elvis – Aldo Signoretti, Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, The Whale – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, Anne Marie Bradley, The Batman – Michael Marino, Naomi Dawn, Michael Fontaine
Best Dressed::
Babylon – Mary Sophrus, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – Jenny Beaven, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth Carter, Everything Everywhere All at Once – Shirley Kurata, Elvis – Catherine Martin
Best Picture Combination::
Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton, Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers, The Banshees of Insherin – Mikel E.G. Nielsen, Elvis – Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond, Tarr – Monica Willey
Best Production Design::
Babylon – Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino, The Fabelmans – Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara, All Quiet on the Western Front – Christian M. Goldbeck, Ernestine Hipper, Avatar: The Way of Water – Dylan Cole, Ben Proctor, Vanessa Cole, Elvis – Katherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Beverly Dunn
Best Sound Score::
Top Gun: Maverick, All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, The Batman
Story Highlights: Oscar 2023 nominations