The essential. ‘Oppenheimer’ was the star of the 2024 Oscar nominations this Tuesday, entering 13 different categories, including Best Picture and Best Director for Christopher Nolan. The film starring Cillian Murphy, nominated for best actor, is the favorite in awards in which Spanish cinema, with ‘The Snow Society’ by JA Bayona at the helm, is also in luck.
- The appointment of the next March 12 It is a new opportunity for Hollywood academics to reward a Nolan until now ignored by the statuettes.
- As direct rivals of ‘Oppenheimer’ in these Oscars, feature films such as ‘The Moon Killers’, by Martin Scorsese; ‘Poor Creatures’, by Yorgos Lanthimos; and ‘Barbie’, by Greta Gerwig.
For its part, Spanish cinema came out of the nominations announcement with good news.
- Bayona’s ‘The Snow Society’ aspires to two statuettes, Best International Film and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Its direct rival in the first category is ‘The zone of interest’, a big favorite.
- And ‘Robot Dreams’ by Pablo Berger has entered Best Animated Film, where it has a very tough opponent: Hayao Miyazaki with ‘The Boy and the Heron’.
Context. The 13 nominations for ‘Oppenheimer’ for the 2024 Oscars were within what experts expected. The awards season has boosted Nolan’s film as one of the most acclaimed of the year.
- The film and its director have received the greatest number of awards among critics, as attested by their victories at the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice and among other specialized press groups.
- And its presence has also been highlighted in the guild awards, with mentions in those for actors (SAG), directors (DGA) and producers (PGA).
The question is whether in these weeks in which the guilds hand out their own awards, someone is capable of taking the Oscar spotlight away from ‘Oppenheimer’.
The other favorites
The last. ‘Oppenheimer’s’ favoritism at the 2024 Oscars is far from indisputable, far from these nominations. Films like ‘Those Who Stay’, ‘The Moon Killers’ or ‘Poor Creatures’ still have a way to go to surprise in March.
- ‘Those Who Stay’ brings together several surprises, such as Paul Giamatti’s victory in Best Actor at the Golden Globes or the presence of Alexander Payne in Best Director at these Oscars.
- ‘The Moon Killers’ could be a consensus option among academics and benefit from the preferential vote that characterizes the Best Film category.
- And ‘Poor Creatures’ may resurface after it jumped to the front line in the fall and then faded under the shadow of ‘Oppenheimer’. The unions will have the answer this February.
Of course, it also remains to be seen how the ‘Barbie’ mystery is resolved. The 2024 Oscars have included Gerwig’s film with 8 nominations, although with the notable absence of Margot Robbie in Best Leading Actress. The narrative of having been the cultural phenomenon of the year in theaters could give it the necessary push for the final climb. For now, here is the complete list of nominations:
Oscar nominations 2024: the big categories
MOVIE
- ‘Oppenheimer’
- ‘Those who stay’
- ‘Poor creatures’
- ‘The Moon Killers’
- ‘Barbie’
- ‘American Fiction’
- ‘Anatomy of a fall’
- ‘The area of interest’
- ‘Past Lives’
- ‘Maestro’
DIRECTOR
- Christopher Nolan por ‘Oppenheimer’
- Martin Scorsese for ‘The Moon Killers’
- Jonathan Glazer for ‘The Zone of Interest’
- Yorgos Lanthimos for ‘Poor Creatures’
- Justine Triet for ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
MAIN ACTOR
- Paul Giamatti for ‘Those Who Remain’
- Cillian Murphy por ‘Oppenheimer’
- Bradley Cooper for ‘Master’
- Jeffrey Wright por ‘American Fiction’
- Colman Domingo for ‘Rustin’
LEADING ACTRESS
- Lily Gladstone for ‘The Moon Killers’
- Emma Stone for ‘Poor Creatures’
- Sandra Hüller for ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
- Carey Mulligan for ‘Master’
- Annette Bening por ‘Nyad’
SECONDARY ACTOR
- Robert Downey Jr. for ‘Oppenheimer’
- Ryan Gosling por ‘Barbie’
- Robert De Niro for ‘The Moon Killers’
- Sterling K. Brown por ‘American Fiction’
- Mark Ruffalo for ‘Poor Creatures’
SECONDARY ACTRESS
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph for ‘Those Who Remain’
- Danielle Brooks for ‘The Color Purple’
- Emily Blunt por ‘Oppenheimer’
- Jodie Foster por ‘Nyad’
- America Ferrera for ‘Barbie’
Oscar nominations 2024: the almost big categories
ORIGINAL SCRIPT
- ‘Those who stay’
- ‘Past Lives’
- ‘Anatomy of a fall’
- ‘Maestro’
- ‘Secrets of a scandal’
ADAPTED SCRIPT
- ‘American Fiction’
- ‘Poor creatures’
- ‘Oppenheimer’
- ‘Barbie’
- ‘The area of interest’
INTERNATIONAL FILM
- ‘The area of interest’ (United Kingdom)
- ‘The snow society’ (Spain)
- ‘Teachers’ room’ (Germany)
- ‘I, captain’ (Italy)
- ‘Perfect Days’ (Japan)
ANIMATION FILM
- ‘The Boy and the Heron’
- ‘Spider-Man: Crossing the Multiverse’
- ‘Nimona’
- ‘Elemental’
- ‘Robot Dreams’
DOCUMENTARY FILM
- ’20 days in Mariupol’
- ‘Infinite memory’
- ‘The four daughters’
- ‘To Kill a Tiger’
- ‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’
Oscar nominations 2024: the technical-artistic categories
PHOTOGRAPHY
- ‘Oppenheimer’
- ‘Poor creatures’
- ‘The Moon Killers’
- ‘Maestro’
- ‘Count’
MOUNTING
- ‘Oppenheimer’
- ‘The Moon Killers’
- ‘Anatomy of a fall’
- ‘Poor creatures’
- ‘Those who stay’
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- ‘Poor creatures’
- ‘Barbie’
- ‘Oppenheimer’
- ‘The Moon Killers’
- ‘Napoleon’
LOCKER ROOM
- ‘Poor creatures’
- ‘Barbie’
- ‘The Moon Killers’
- ‘Oppenheimer’
- ‘Napoleon’
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLE
- ‘Maestro’
- ‘Oppenheimer’
- ‘Poor creatures’
- ‘Golda’
- ‘The Snow Society’
VISUAL EFFECTS
- ‘The Creator’
- ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
- ‘Godzilla: Minus One’
- ‘Mission Impossible: Deadly Sentence – Part 1’
- ‘Napoleon’
SOUND
- ‘Oppenheimer’
- ‘The area of interest’
- ‘Maestro’
- ‘Mission Impossible: Deadly Sentence – Part 1’
- ‘The Creator’
MUSIC
- ‘Oppenheimer’
- ‘The Moon Killers’
- ‘Poor creatures’
- ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
- ‘American Fiction’
SONG
- ‘Barbie’: I’m Just Ken
- ‘Barbie’: What Was I Made For?
- ‘Flamin’ Hot: The Story of Hot Cheetos’: The Fire Inside
- ‘American Symphony’: It Never Went Away
- ‘The Moon Killers’: Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)
