The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards have been announced, and this year there is also a Hungarian nominee: Zsuzsa Mihalek, the designer of the film Poor Couples, was nominated in the best production design category.
According to IMDb, Zsuzsa Mihalek started her career as a decorator in the 1980s, and also worked on the films Csinibaba, Werckmeister harmonies, and Argo. He was a set designer in several productions filmed in Hungary (Atomszőke, Suszter, szabó, baka, kém, Vaksötét). He was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for his work in Poor Couples.
The most recent Hungarian Oscar winner was also a decorator, Zsuzsanna Sipos won jointly with production designer Patrice Vermette for her work in Düne.
Anna Flóra Buda’s animated short film 27, which won prizes in Cannes and Annecy, was not among the candidates.
Thirteen nominations were given to Oppenheimer, eleven to Szegény párá, filmed in Hungary, ten to Megtott vuletok, and eight to Barbie.
At first glance, there are no huge surprises, only smaller ones: the Cannes grand prize winner Anatomy of a Fall was not only nominated in the category of best foreign film, but Sandra Hüller and the screenplay were also nominated. Lily Gladstone (our portrait) and Robert DeNiro from Drowned Flowers were nominated, but Leonardo DiCaprio was not. Barbie’s star (Margot Robbie) and director (Greta Gerwig) were left out. The biopic Nyad was also nominated in two acting categories (Annette Benning and Jodie Foster).
The list of candidates is as follows:
Best Film:
Best Director:
- Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
- Martin Scorsese (Strangled Flowers)
- Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
- Jorgosz Lantimosz (Poor couples)
- Jonathan Glazer (Interest Protection Area)
Best Actress:
- Annette Benning (Nyad)
- Lily Gladstone (Strangled Flowers)
- Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
- Carrey Mulligan (Maestro)
- Emma Stone (Poor Couples)
Best Actor:
- Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
- Colman Domingo (Rustin)
- Paul Giamatti (Winter Break)
- Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
- Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Best Supporting Actor:
- Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)
- Robert DeNiro (Strangled Flowers)
- Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
- Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
- Mark Ruffallo (Poor Couples)
Best Special Effects:
- The creator
- Godzilla Minus One
- Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
- Mission: Impossible: Showdown – Part One
- Napoleon
Best cinematographer:
- The Count (Edward Lachman)
- Strangled Flowers (Rodrigo Prieto)
- Maestro (Matthew Libatique)
- Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema)
- Poor Couples (Robbie Ryan)
Best Cut:
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Winter Break
- Smothered flowers
- Oppenheimer
- Poor couples
Best production design:
- Barbie
- Smothered flowers
- Napoleon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor couples
Best Hair and Makeup:
- Golda
- Maestro
- Oppenheimer
- Poor couples
- The society of snow
Best Animated Film:
- The Boy and the Gray Heron
- Elementary
- Nimona
- Robot Dreams
- Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse
Best foreign film:
- I am Captain
- Perfect days
- The society of snow
- The teacher’s room
- Interest protection area
Best Short Documentary:
- The ABC Of Bookbanning
- The Barber Of Little Rock
- Island In-between
- The Last Repair Shop
- Nai Nai & Night Water
Best Documentary:
- Bobi Wine: The People’s President
- The Eternal Memory
- Four Daughters
- To Kill A Tiger
- Twenty Day In Mariupol
Best Original Song:
- The Fire Inside (Flamin’ Hot)
- I’m Just Ken (Barbie)
- It Never Went Away (American Symphony)
- Wahzaze (Strangled Flowers)
- What Was I Made For (Barbie)
Best Supporting Actress:
- Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
- Danielle Brooks (Magenta)
- America Ferrera (Barbie)
- Jodie Foster (Nyad)
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Winter Break)
Best Costume:
- Barbie
- Smothered flowers
- Napoleon
- Oppenheimer
- Poor couples
The best sound:
- The creator
- Maestro
- Mission: Impossible: Showdown – Part One
- Oppenheimer
- Interest protection area
Best soundtrack:
- American Fiction
- Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Fortune
- Smothered flowers
- Oppenheimer
- Poor couples
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- American Fiction
- Barbie
- Oppenheimer
- Poor couples
- Interest protection area
Original script:
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Winter Break
- Maestro
- May December
- Past lives
Best Short Film:
- The After
- Invicible
- Night Of Fortune
- Red, White and Blue
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best Animated Short Film:
- Letter to a Pig
- 95 Senses
- Our Uniform
- Pachyderm
- War Is Over
The Oscars will be presented at dawn on March 11, Hungarian time.
You can read our article on the winners of the 2023 Oscars here, last year’s big winner was Everything, Everywhere, Every Time, with a total of seven awards, including Best Picture.
