Oscars nominations 2016: Complete list of nominees announced – so will Leonardo DiCaprio finally win?
Academy favours The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road, Carol, Bridge of Spies and more
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Your support makes all the difference.The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards have been announced in L.A. by directors Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee, actor John Krasinski and Academy President Cheryl Boone.
The Revenant leads the race with 12 nominations, followed by Mad Max: Fury Road on 10.
Both films are honoured in the Best Picture category, joined by The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, The Martian, Room and Spotlight.
The Revenant comes from director Alejandro G. Inarittu, who is also nominated for Best Director, picked up Best Film last year for Birdman, and just collected outstanding film and director awards at the Golden Globes. A huge year for the Mexican filmmaker.
Leonardo DiCaprio looks a dead cert to finally land his first Leading Actor Oscar, while the Leading Actress field is more open, with Cate Blanchett (Carol), Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) and Brie Larson (Room) all in the mix.
2016 nominations list in full:
BEST PICTURE
- The Big Short
- Bridge of Spies
- Brooklyn
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Room
- Spotlight
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
- Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
- Matt Damon, The Martian
- Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
- Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
- Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
- Cate Blanchett, Carol
- Brie Larson, Room
- Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
- Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
- Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Christian Bale, The Big Short
- Tom Hardy, The Revenant
- Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
- Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
- Sylvester Stallone, Creed
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
- Rooney Mara, Carol
- Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
- Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
- Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- Anomalisa
- Boy and the World
- Inside Out
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
- When Marnie Was There
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Carol
- The Hateful Eight
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Revenant
- Sicario
COSTUME DESIGN
- Carol
- Cinderella
- The Danish Girl
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Revenant
DIRECTING
- The Big Short
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Revenant
- Room
- Spotlight
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Amy
- Cartel Land
- The Look of Silence
- What Happened, Miss Simone?
- Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
- Body Team 12
- Chau, beyond the Lines
- Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
- The Girl on the River: The Price of Forgiveness
- Last Day of Freedom
FILM EDITING
- The Big Short
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Revenant
- Spotlight
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- Embrace of the Serpent
- Mustang
- Son of Saul
- Theeb
- A War
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out
- the Window and Disappeared
- The Revenant
ORIGINAL SCORE
- Bridge of Spies
- Carol
- The Hateful Eight
- Sicario
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ORIGINAL SONG
- “Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
- “Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
- “Simple Song #3,” Youth
- “Til It Happens To You,” The Hunting Ground
- “Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Bridge of Spies
- The Danish Girl
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- Bear Story
- Prologue
- Sanjay’s Super Team
- We Can’t Live without Cosmos
- World of Tomorrow
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
- Ave Maria
- Day One
- Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
- Shok
- Stutterer
SOUND EDITING
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Sicario
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING
- Bridge of Spies
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
VISUAL EFFECTS
- Ex Machina
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- The Big Short
- Brooklyn
- Carol
- The Martian
- Room
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Bridge of Spies
- Ex Machina
- Inside Out
- Spotlight
- Straight Outta Compton
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