The Power Of The Dog Leads Oscars 2022 Nominations

After last week’s BAFTA nominations, today it was the turn of the Academy who announced the nominees for 94th Academy Awards. Jane Campion‘s Western drama The Power Of The Dog has emerged as the frontrunner with 12 nominations.

Dune leads the chasing pack with 10. West Side Story and Belfast are just behind with both films receiving 7 nominations each.

But just like any nomination, regardless, how many films receive, it doesn’t mean they will be the eventual winners. This year’s nominations has it’s usual expected nominees, this years has a lot of shocks, surprises too. We also know that what the critics love and didn’t enjoy isn’t always the same films the viewing public enjoyed or didn’t . Whilst many may say the Oscars are very different or even a ‘new normal’, we should never expect anyone has an universal right to anything.

I cannot comment some of the films as I haven’t seen some of the films like Nightmare Alley which I did enjoy, critically it garnered an mixed response.

Should Kenneth Branagh‘s Belfast received more nominations">Pig? How about world cinema films in the main Best Picture category? This surprised many , however no one expected Parasite to sweep the awards a few years ago.

I could go on forever on the snubs and surprises, Jane Campion who became the first woman to win best director with The Piano, near 30 years ago, won’t always be popular peoples choices. Arthouse cinema isn’t for everyone, however big thumbs up for The Academy for giving the smaller unexpected films a chance.

Best Picture
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power Of The Dog
West Side Story

Best Director
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Actor
Javier Bardem – Being The Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power Of The Dog
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy Of Macbeth

Best ing Actress
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Judi Dench – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst – The Power Of The Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

Best ing Actor
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jesse Plemons – The Power Of The Dog
Kodi Smit-Mhee – The Power Of The Dog
JK Simmons – Being The Ricardos

Best Adapted Screenplay
CODA – Siân Heder
Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe
Dune – Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve
The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power Of The Dog – Jane Campion

Best Original Screenplay
Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up Adam McKay & David Sirota
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
King Richard – Zach Baylin
The Worst Person In The World – Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt

Best Costume Design
Cruella – Jenny Beavan
Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Dune – Robert Morgan & Jacqueline West
Nightmare Alley – Luis Sequeira
West Side Story – Paul Tazewell

Best Original Score
Don’t Look Up – Nicholas Britell
Dune – Hans Zimmer
Encanto – Germaine Franco
Parallel Mothers – Alberto Iglesias
The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood

Best Sound
Belfast
Dune
No Time To Die
The Power Of The Dog
West Side Story

Best Animated Feature Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells Vs. The Machines
Raya And The Last Dragon

Best Cinematography
Dune – Greig Fraser
Nightmare Alley – Dan Lausten
The Power Of The Dog – Ari Wegner
The Tragedy Of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story – Janusz Kaminski

Best Documentary Feature
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Writing With Fire

Best Film Editing
Don’t Look Up – Hank Corwin
Dune – Joe Walker
King Richard – Pamela Martin
The Power Of The Dog – Peter Sciberras
Tick, Tick… Boom! – Myron Kerstein & Andrew Weisblum

Best International Feature Film
Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
The Hand Of God (Italy)
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)
The Worst Person In The World (Norway)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
House Of Gucci
Coming 2 America

Best Original Song
“Be Alive” — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Scott (King Richard)
“Dos Oruguitas” — Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
“Down to Joy” — Van Morrison (Belfast)
“No Time to Die” — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (No Time To Die)
“Somehow You Do” — Diane Warren (Four Good Days)

Best Production Design
Dune – Zsuzsanna Sipos & Patrice Vermette
Nightmare Alley – Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau
The Power Of The Dog – Grant Major & Amber Richards
The Tragedy Of Macbeth – Stefan Dechant & Nancy Haigh
West Side Story – Rena DeAngelo & Adam Stockhausen

Best Visual Effects
Dune
Free Guy
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
No Time To Die
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Live Action Short Film
Ala Kachuu — Take And Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold

Best Documentary Short Subject
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen Of Basketball
Three Songs For Benazir
When We Were Bullies

Best Animated Short Film
Affairs Of The Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper