In Los Angeles heeft men de genomineerden bekendgemaakt voor de 88ste editie van de Oscars. De namen van de kanshebbers werden live aangekondigd door Guillermo del Toro, Ang Lee, John Krasinski en Cheryl Boone Isaacs, het hoofd van de Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). De categorie Beste Film bestaat dit jaar uit de titels The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room en Spotlight. Le Tout Nouveau Testament van Jaco Van Dormael kreeg geen nominatie in de categorie Beste Niet-Engelstalige film. Het Colombiaanse Embrace of the Serpent, met Jan Bijvoet in een hoofdrol, maakt wel kans op een beeldje. Ook de kortfilm Bad Hunter van de Vlaamse-Koerdische filmmaker Sahim Omar Kalifa greep naast een nominatie. De uitreiking van de Academy Awards vindt plaats op 28 februari in het Dolby Theatre te Hollywood. Gastheer van dienst is Chris Rock. De genomineerden: Best Picture The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight Best Actor Bryan Cranston - Trumbo Matt Damon - The Martian Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl Best Actress Cate Blanchett - Carol Brie Larson - Room Jennifer Lawrence - Joy Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn Best Directing Adam McKay - The Big Short George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road Alejandro G. Inarritu - The Revenant Lenny Abrahamson - Room Tom McCarthy - Spotlight Best Foreign Language Film Embrace of the Serpent Mustang Son of Saul Theeb A War Best Original Score Bridge of Spies Carol The Hateful Eight Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Original Screenplay Bridge of Spies Ex Machina Inside Out Spotlight Straight Outta Compton Best Adapted Screenplay The Big Short Brooklyn Carol The Martian Room Best Production Design Bridge of Spies The Danish Girl Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Best Visual Effects Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Film Editing The Big Short Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Spotlight Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara - Carol Rachel McAdams - Spotlight Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale - The Big Short Tom Hardy - The Revenant Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies Sylvester Stallone - Creed Best Animated Feature Anomalisa Boy and the World Inside Out Shaun the Sheep Movie When Marnie Was There Best Animated Short Bear Story Prologue Sanday’s Super Team We Can’t Live without Cosmos World of Tomorrow Best Live-Action Short Ave Maria Day One Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut) Shok Stutterer Best Makeup & Hairstyling Mad Max: Fury Road The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared The Revenant Best Sound Mixing Bridge of Spies Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Sound Editing Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best Costume Design Carol Cinderella The Danish Girl Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Best Documentary Feature Amy Cartel Land The Look of Silence What Happened, Miss Simone? Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom Best Documentary Short Subject Body Team 12 Chau, beyond the Lines Claude Landzmann: Spectres of the Shoah A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness Last Day of Freedom Best Cinematography Carol The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Sicario Best 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 @TheJimeister