Cumberbatch, “Dune” and the Russian cartoon: the nominations for “Oscar”-2022 are announced

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the list of Oscar nominees. The broadcast could be viewed on the YouTube channel of the film award.

The leader in the number of nominations was Jane Campion’s western “Power of the Dog” – he will compete for the statuette in 12 categories at once. In second place is the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel Dune. A film with an outstanding cast and a stack of mixed reviews in its luggage is presented in ten categories.

It should be noted that the short cartoon boxing ballet by Russian director Anton Dyakov, a 15-minute animated love story between boxer Evgeny and ballerina Olga, will also compete for the main film award of the world. This year the cartoon has already won in the Best Animated Work nomination at the Koroche festival. In September, Dyakov was awarded the main prize in the Short Film nomination of the Ikar Prize.

Best Film nominees for Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, KODA: Child of Deaf Parents, acclaimed political satire Don’t Look Up, Dune, sports biopic King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Dog Power , Steven Spielberg’s musical remake of West Side Story, Guillermo del Toro’s Horror Nightmare Alley and Drive My Car.

Directors Kenneth Branagh, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Paul Thomas Anderson, Steven Spielberg and Jane Campion will clash in the Best Director nomination.

Javier Bardem (“Being Ricardo”), Benedict Cumberbatch (“Power of the Dog”), Andrew Garfield (“Tick-Tock, Boom!”), Will Smith (“King Richard”) and Denzel Washington (“ The tragedy of Macbeth). Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Fey), Olivia Colman (Lost Daughter), Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers), Nicole Kidman (Being Ricardo) and Kristen Stewart (Spencer) ).

Nominees for Best Foreign Film include Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand of God, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, Joakim Trier’s The Worst Man in the World, and Jonas Poer Rasmussen’s Escape.

The Best Adapted Screenplay category includes CODA: Child of Deaf Parents, Drive My Car, Dune, and Power of the Dog. Golden Idol for Best Original Screenplay can go to Don’t Look Up, King Richard, Belfast, Licorice Pizza, or The Worst Man Ever. And finally, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto, Escape, Luka and Mitchells vs. Machine will compete for the title of best animated feature.

Russian cinema in 2022 dropped out of the race for the Oscars – Kira Kovalenko’s film Unclenching Fists was not included in the shortlist. The 94th Academy Awards Gala will be held in Los Angeles at the Dolby Theater on March 27.