This year, 10 titles will compete for the title of the best film of 2023. Among the favorites, that is “Oppenheimer”, “Barbie”, “Poor Creatures” and “Time of the Blood Moon”there were also representatives of independent cinema: “Winter Solstice” Alexander Payne (5 total nominations) i “American Fiction” (also 5 nominations). The list is completed by a biographical one “Maestro” Bradley Cooper (probably the most stereotypically Oscar-winning title in the field, 7 nominations) and modest “Past Life” Celine Song (2 nominations).
The featured titles also included two foreign-language films. Both made their debut at the Cannes festival, where they received the most important awards. Awarded the Palme d’Or “Anatomy of a Fall” Justine Triet received a total of 5 nominations. She collected the same amount “Zone of interests” Jonathan Glazer, one of the producers of which is Ewa Puszczyńska.
In addition to the categories related to the best productions and actors, statuettes will also be awarded for music, which often complements the “greatness” of film masterpieces.
This year’s nominees for Best Original Music are:
- Laura Karpman for the music to “American Fiction”,
- a true Oscar veteran John Williams for “Indiana Jones and the Artifact of Destiny”,
- winner of this year’s Golden Globes Ludwig Goransson (“Oppenheimer”),
- legendary member The BandThat is Robbie Robertson for the music to “The Time of the Blood Moon”,
- Jerskin Fendrix for the production of “Poor Creatures”.
The nominees in the Best Song category are:
- Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson for the song “It Never Went Away” (from the movie “Jon Batiste: American Symphony”),
- two songs from the production of “Barbie” – “I’m Just Ken” (Mark Ronson and Andrew Watt) and “What Was I Made For?” (Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell),
- “The Fire Inside” Diane Warren from the movie “Flamin’ Hot”,
- “Road To Freedom” Lenny Kravitz for the movie “Rustin”.
Who will receive the music statuettes? According to the predictions of the editors of the American portal “Variety”, it is almost certain that the Oscars will repeat the results of this year’s Golden Globes – they will go to Ludwig Goransson, Billie Eilish and Finneas.
It would be the first such great distinction for the Swedish composer. Eilish, on the other hand, would receive an Oscar for the second time in just 2 years! This would be quite an achievement for an artist who is only 22 years old.
The nominations were announced by actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid. The 96th Academy Awards will take place on the night of March 10-11, 2024. The ceremony will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the fourth time.
Below is the full list of nominees:
“American Fiction”
“Anatomy of a Fall”
“Barbie”
“Poor creatures”
“Time of the Blood Moon”
“Maestro”
“Oppenheimer”
“Past Life”
“Winter Solstice”
“Zone of interests”
Justine Triet – “Anatomy of a Fall”
Martin Scorsese – “Bloody Moon”
Christopher Nolan – “Oppenheimer”
Yorgos Lanthimos – “Poor Creatures”
Jonathan Glazer – “Zone of Interest
Annette Bening – “Nyad”
Lily Gladstone – “Bloody Moon”
Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy of a Fall”
Carey Mulligan – “Maestro”
Emma Stone – “Poor Creatures”
Bradley Cooper – “The Maestro”
Colman Domingo – “Rustin”
Paul Giamatti – “Winter Solstice”
Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer”
Jeffrey Wright – “American Fiction”
Emily Blunt – “Oppenheimer”
Danielle Brooks – “The Color Purple”
America Ferrera – “Barbie”
Jodie Foster – “Nyad”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – “Winter Solstice”
Sterling K. Brown – “American Fiction”
Robert De Niro – “Bloody Moon”
Robert Downey, Jr. – “Oppenheimer”
Ryan Gosling – “Barbie”
Mark Ruffalo – “Poor Things”
“American Fiction” – Cord Jefferson
“Barbie” – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
“Poor Things” – Tony McNamara
“Oppenheimer” – Christopher Nolan
“Zone of Interest” – Jonathan Glazer
“Anatomy of a Fall” – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
“Maestro” – Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer
“Obsession” – Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik
“Winter Solstice” – David Hemingson
“Past Life” – Celine Song
Italy, “I am the captain”
Japan, “Perfect Days”
Spain, “Snow Brotherhood”
Germany, “The Teachers’ Lounge”
Great Britain, “Zone of Interest”
“The Boy and the Heron”
“Between us the elements”
“Nimona”
“Robot Dreams”
“Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Multiverse”
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
“To Kill a Tiger”
“20 days in Mariupol”
“The Eternal Memory”
“Four Daughters”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Creatures”
“Winter Solstice”
“Anatomy of a Fall”
“Time of the Blood Moon”
“Oppenheimer” – Hoyte van Hoytema
“The Time of the Blood Moon” – Rodrigo Prieto
“Poor Things” – Robby Ryan
“Maestro” – Matthew Libatique
“The Count” – Edward Lachman
“Poor creatures”
“Barbie”
“Time of the Blood Moon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Napoleon”
“Barbie”
“Time of the Blood Moon”
“Napoleon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor creatures”
“Godzilla Minus One”
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning PArt 1”
“Napoleon”
“Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3”
“Creator”
“Poor creatures”
“Golda”
“Maestro”
“Oppenheimer”
“Snow Brotherhood”
“Oppenheimer”
“Maestro”
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1”
“Zone of interests”
“Creator”
“The After”
“Invincible”
“Knight of Fortune”
“Red, White and Blue”
“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”
“Letter to a Pig”
“Ninety-Five Senses”
“Our Uniform”
“Pachyderme”
“WAR IS OVER! “Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko”
“The ABCs of Book Banning”
“The Barber of Little Rock”
“Island in Between”
“The Last Repair Shop”
“Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó”