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94th Academy Awards® Nominations

By 4chionlifestyle | March 12, 2022

94th Academy Awards® nominations announced on February 8, 2022. This year’s theme is Movie Lovers Unit.

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94th Academy Awards® Nominations ~ Televised

Actor–comedian Leslie Jordan and actor, CEO and producer Tracee Ellis Ross announce the 94th Oscars^® nominations virtually. Jordan was all dressed and ready for the red carpet but it is only the announcements.

94th Academy Awards® Nominations Snubs and Surprises

Snubs

House of Gucci Lady Gaga is nominated for a BAFTA®, Critics’ Choice® Award, Golden Globe® and SAG®. This is usually a shoe in for the Oscar®. Jared Leto snubbed as well. He also was nominated for a SAG®.

Respect Jennifer Hudson is snubbed in two categories for her portrayal of Aretha Franklin, Best Original Song and Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

Dune Denis Villeneuve for Best Director category. Dune is one of the top nominated films with 10 nominations.

Don’t Look Up Leonardo DiCaprio snubbed again. He is use to being snubbed at the Oscars®. He has been snubbed for some of his best roles, even for his role in Titanic.

Surprises

Drive My Car nominated for two best pictures this year, Best Foreign Film and Best Motion Picture. This is on of 11 foreign films to be nominated for best picture. This film also takes 4 nominations this year.

The Lost Daughter Jessie Buckley for supporting actress.

Spencer Kristen Stewart did not even score a SAG® nomination.

The Worst Person in the World score two nominations in Best Foreign Film and Best Original Screen Play.

94th Academy Awards® Sidebars

Flee is the first documentary to be nominated for Animated Feature Film, and the first animated film to be nominated for Documentary Feature.

For the fourth consecutive year, the director of a film nominated in the International Feature Film category has also received a nomination in the Directing category.

No Time To Die is the sixth song from the James Bond franchise to be nominated for Original Song. Previous nominees were the title song from Live and Let Die (1973); Nobody Does It Better from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); the title song from For Your Eyes Only (1981); the title song from Skyfall (2012), which won the award; and Writing’s On The Wall from Spectre (2015), which won the Academy Award®.

Troy Kotsur is the second deaf actor to be nominated for playing a deaf character. Previously, Marlee Matlin won an Oscar for her leading role in Children of a Lesser God (1986).

Academy Awards® Nominations

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Belfast Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
CODA Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
Don’t Look Up Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
Drive My Car Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
Dune Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
King Richard Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers
Licorice Pizza Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
Nightmare Alley Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
West Side Story Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield in tick, tick…BOOM!
Will Smith in King Richard
Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Ciarán Hinds in Belfast
Troy Kotsur in CODA
Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons in Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart in Spencer

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose in West Side Story
Judi Dench in Belfast
Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis in King Richard

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Encanto Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Luca Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
Raya and the Last Dragon Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho

Achievement in Cinematography

Dune Greig Fraser
Nightmare Alley Dan Laustsen
The Power of the Dog Ari Wegner
The Tragedy of Macbeth Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story Janusz Kaminski

Achievement in Costume Design

Cruella Jenny Beavan
Cyrano Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
Dune Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
Nightmare Alley Luis Sequeira
West Side Story Paul Tazewell

Achievement in Directing

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

Best Documentary Feature

Ascension Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
Attica Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
Writing with Fire Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

Best Documentary Short Subject

Audible Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean
Lead Me Home Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
The Queen of Basketball Ben Proudfoot
Three Songs for Benazir Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
When We Were Bullies Jay Rosenblatt

Achievement in Film Editing

Don’t Look Up Hank Corwin
Dune Joe Walker
King Richard Pamela Martin
The Power of the Dog Peter Sciberras
tick, tick…BOOM! Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

Best International Feature Film of the Year

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

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Coming 2 America Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
Cruella Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
Dune Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
The Eyes of Tammy Faye Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
House of Gucci Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score)

Don’t Look Up Nicholas Britell
Dune Hans Zimmer
Encanto Germaine Franco
Parallel Mothers Alberto Iglesias
The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song)

Be Alive from King Richard
Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Dos Oruguitas from Encanto
Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Down To Joy from Belfast
Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
No Time To Die from No Time to Die
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Somehow You Do from Four Good Days
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

Achievement in Production Design

Dune Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
Nightmare Alley Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
The Power of the Dog Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
The Tragedy of Macbeth Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
West Side Story Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

Best Animated Short Film

Affairs of the Art Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
Bestia Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
Boxballet Anton Dyakov
Robin Robin Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
The Windshield Wiper Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez

Best Live Action Short Film

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
The Dress Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki
The Long Goodbye Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed
On My Mind Martin Strange Hansen and Kim Magnusson
Please Hold K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse

Achievement in Sound

Belfast Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
Dune Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
No Time to Die Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
The Power of the Dog Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
West Side Story Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

Achievement in Visual Effects

Dune Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
Free Guy Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
No Time to Die Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
Spider-Man: No Way Home Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

Adapted Screenplay

CODA Screenplay by Siân Heder
Drive My Car Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
Dune Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
The Lost Daughter Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power of the Dog Written by Jane Campion

Original Screenplay

Belfast Written by Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
King Richard Written by Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Worst Person in the World Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

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Depth in Foreign Films ~ Oscars’ Week

By 4chionlifestyle | February 17, 2019

Foreign Film Oscars 4chion lifestyle — Host Academy Governor Mark Johnson and directors

Oscars presents foreign film Foreign Films symposiums. Providing insight into the directors’ Oscar-nominated films.

Foreign Film Theatre

Gathering Saturday to attend the evening Nominees Symposium we found ourselves surrounded by many who attend every year. One family is attending for the 24th year, they did miss the first symposium.

Sitting in the theatre the white screen where the top films in history screened. Today the top foreign film directors surround me. The stories fill the sound of people’s stories and lives. Taking in all the emotions that the directors have developed. It is a true honor.

Mark Johnson the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science 4Chion Lifestyle — Host Academy Governor Mark Johnson during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Week: Foreign Language Films

This is the 60th year for the Foreign Film category; La Strada states, “It took The Academy 27 years to realize that not all great filmmaking is American.” Mark Johnson, Academy governor representing the Producers Branch and the chair of the Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, stated, “there is a depth in this category, foreign films, they are becoming more accessible. It is not necessary to make an American film.” This year the Academy nominated 5 films from 85 submitted foreign films. The nominted films are Tanna, Land Of Mine, Tori Erdmann, The Salesman, and A Man Called Ove.

Foreign Language Film Oscars 4Chion Lifestyle — Hannes Holm A Man Called Ove Foreign Language Film Oscars

Foreign Film A Man Called Ove

A Man Called Ove brings the sense of losing a lifelong partner to reality. This may be something many will experience in their lifetime, but not understand until that time. Hannes Holm, The Director, talks about taking a novel to the film he says, “He felt like a thief taking the book story to film. The version is his not the author’s version of the book. Frederick Morheden, the novelist, told him yes!”

The story is of a husband losing his wife. The struggle with disorder and absence of her presence he becomes desperate with the struggle. He turns to enforcing association rules and gives up on life. He develops a most unlikely relationship.

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Holm’s discussed the film with us after the symposium. He feels that each time the movie is different. He believes that he is only fifty percent of a film. The audience is the other fifty percent. Holms is htrilled to be theatre where some of the world’s greatest films are screened.

This film’s nomination and awards also include: “Nominated – Best Foreign Language Film and Best Achievement for Makeup & Hairstyling (Love Larson & Eva von Bahr), 89th Academy Awards® Winner – Best European Comedy, 29th European Film Awards Winner – Best Actor (Rolf Lassgård), 2016 Seattle International Film Festival Golden Space Needle Award, Winner – Audience Award, Best Actor (Rolf Lassgård), Best Makeup (Love Larson & Eva Von Bahr), 2016 Guldbagge Awards, Winner – Audience Award, 2016 Mill Valley Film Festival & 2016 Traverse City Film Festival Winner – Audience Award for Best Film, 2016 Scottsdale International Film Festival.” This film may be viewed here Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, Microsoft, and ViaPlay.

Bentley Dean and Martin Butler Tanna Oscars Foreign Film 4Chion Lifestyle — Academy Governor Mark Johnson with directors of the Oscar® nominated foreign film “Tanna,” Bentley Dean and Martin Butler

Foreign Film Tanna

Tanna, a South Pacific island, is a story about the Yakel Tribe. The love interest of Wawa may change the tribe’s world for generations to come. The film is cast by the tribe leaders. Its presentation is in their native language. Martin Butler and Bentley Dean, film directors, state, “This was a collaboration film.” JJ acted as the language and cultural interpreter for the film.

The film did present many hurdles. The island has no electricity. The filming and editing with solar power. Casting was done by tribal leaders. They did have a few issues the almost imploded the film. The tribe members had never seen a film. The crew created a natural warm. the environment for a cast that did not even have a sense of filmmaking to be comfortable and present their best acting. They filmed a lot to ensure a good presence. The story had no written script. The story is a collaborated dialog based on each day shooting best. There were no rehearsals.

The world primer was with tribe. The chief said, “This is our Movie.” This film’s awards also include: Awards: AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score, Special Mention for Feature-length Fiction Film Nominations: AACTA Award for Best Direction. You can view the film on Amazon.

Land of Mine”, Martin Zandvliet Oscars Foreign Films 4Chion Lifestyle — Director of the Oscar® nominated foreign film “Land of Mine”, Martin Zandvliet

Foreign Film Land of Mine

Land Of Mine, Under Sandet original title, is based on actual events after World War II German prisoners of war. They are ordered to clear over 2 million land mines on the Denmark shoreline.

Director, Martin Zandvloet, “This film is about how we view human beings. We need to be more aware of viewing human being’s as individuals. I am grateful to the editor for his insightful talent. The bricklayer he finds walking on set with a cup of coffee is the best job.”

This film awarded Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015. It won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. The film also won Best Danish Film at the Bodil Award plus more. You can view this film here iTunes, GooglePlay, MicroSoft, & Via Play.

Toni Erdmann Maren Ade Oscars Foreign Films 4Chion Lifestyle — Director of the Oscar® nominated foreign film “Toni Erdmann”, Maren Ade

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Toni Erdmannthe, a film about a jokester father and his very busy CEO daughter. He hires someone to play his daughter. He wonders who is going to pay that bill.

The film has received criticism regarding the length. Director, Maren Ade,states, “Took notes after premiere and was afraid to make those changes. She stewed a few days but left it.” The comedy is character driven. The play with the dentures developed from a set that was a gift while the director was a waitress.

Foreign Film The Salesman

The Salesman is about a couple begins performing Death of A Salesman their relationship begins to change. Asghar Farhadi, from Iran, was not in attendance at the symposium. He made a choice to stay away after the recent ban by the US President put in place a travel ban. He did send a message that he was honored to be nominated and had a lot of respect for the Academy. All directors present signed a letter in solidarity with Farhadi.

We had the honor of meeting actor Brian Avery after the event. He is thrilled for Oscars week. He found the films to be inspirational in talent and film. You can learn more about Avery’s acting career here.

The symposium provides a great insight to the processes of filmmaking and how it works world wide. Many film makers receive funding from their governments. Looking forward to the announcement at the 89th Oscars for Foreign Language Film 60th winner.

The Oscars® will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre® in Hollywood, CA and televised live by the ABC Television Network.