Oscars 2022 Nominations: Indian documentary nominated, The Power of the Dog leads with 12 nods

The Oscar fever has begun to rise as the 94th Academy Awards is to take place on 27 March 2022. Ahead of the ceremony, the nominations for the Oscars 2022 are out and Benedict Cumberbatch starrer The Power Of Dog is on the lead with 12 nods. Following closely is Zendaya and Timothee Chalamet starrer Dune with 10 nominations. Belfast and West Side Story have seven each. It is quite the stellar crowd with the Oscars nominations this year.

Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrew Garfield are at the forefront with the British acting nominees in the leading categories. Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross had hosted the announcement which was streamed on Oscar.com and Oscars.org.

Check out the key nominations below:

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

 

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Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Coleman – The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best 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 Actor

Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jesse Plemmons – The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

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 Director

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

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog

Best Animated Feature Film

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Documentary Film
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul
Writing With Fire

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 Original Song

“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die
“Be Alive” from King Richard
“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto
“Down to Joy” from Belfast
“Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days

Documentary (Short)

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

Documentary Feature

Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul
Riding with Fire

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