Attention, dear film and series friends: The Oscar nominations 2023 were announced freshly at 2:30 p.m. via live stream and are really heating up the 95th Awards Ceremony the most important international film award, which will take place in Los Angeles in mid-March. The small-scale show was hosted by Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”, “Venom”) and M3GAN star Allison Williams (damn funny horror comedy – our movie review). There were big surprises, powerful blockbuster films and a very clear Academy favorite, the the big favorites of the main show should count.
could shine particularly well the A24 film Everything Everywhere All At Once. The wild genre mix of the “Swiss Army Man” directors took home 11 nominations and is therefore considered this year’s front runner. Including even in prestige categories like Best picture, best director and Best Original Screenplay. The cast, led by Michelle Yeoh, was also able to score four times in the acting categories – that hasn’t happened in a long time. Other big “winners” among the numerous productions: Nothing New in the West, The Banshees of Inisherin (both with 9 nominations) and Baz Luhrman’s biopic Elvis (8).
This is followed by a surprising number of blockbusters, which otherwise tend to go sour on the fringes of the festivities. The box office giants Top Gun: Maverick (6), Black Panther Wakanda Forever (5) and Avatar 2 (4) are also among the frontrunners of this year’s Oscars and round off the list of favorites in 2023. Particularly exciting: The James Cameron blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water – one of the most successful films of all time – was even nominated for Best Picture, and Angela Bassett also gets the very first acting nomination for an MCU film – deserved! Her rousing performance as Queen Ramonda is clearly one of the highlights of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
You can find out how other big films like The Batman or the visually stunning Chazelle film Babylon are doing in our overview of the Oscars 2023. We also tell you where and when the Oscars will be held and how to attend the awards ceremony on March 12th can look.
Oscars 2023 – The nominees at a glance
Best picture
- “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
- “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
- “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
- “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
- “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
- “The Fablemans” (Universal Pictures)
- “Tar” (Focus Features)
- “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
- “Triangle of Sadness” (neon)
- “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
Best Lead Actor
- Austin Butler (“Elvis”)
- Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
- Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)
- Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”)
- Bill Nighty (“Living”)
Best Lead Actress
- Cate Blanchett (“Tar”)
- Ana de Armas (“Blonde”)
- Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”)
- Michelle Williams (“The Fablemans”)
- Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
best director
- Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
- Steven Spielberg (“The Fablemans”)
- Todd Field (“Tar”)
- Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Sadness”)
Best Supporting Actor
- Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
- Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”)
- Judd Hirsch (“The Fablemans”)
- Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
- Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Supporting Actress
- Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
- Hong Chau (“The Whale”)
- Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
- Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Animated Feature Film
- “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
- “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” (A24)
- “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)
- “The Sea Beast” (Netflix)
- “Turning Red” (Pixar)
Best Animated Short Film
- “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” (Apple TV+)
- “The Flying Sailor”
- “Ice Merchants”
- “My Year of Dicks”
- “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”
Best Visual Effects
- “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
- “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
- “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
- “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
- “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures) Austin Butler (“Elvis”)
Best Costume Design
- “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
- “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
- “Elvis” (Warner Bros)
- “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
- “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris” (Focus Features)
Best Live Action Short
- “An Irish Goodbye” (Floodlight Pictures)
- “Ivalu” (M&M Productions)
- “Le Pupille” (Disney+)
- “Night Ride”
- “The Red Suitcase” (Cynefilms)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
- “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
- “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
- “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
- “Whale” (A24)
Best original score
- “All Quiet on the Western Front”
- “Babylon”
- “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
- “The Fabelmans”
best sound
- “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
- “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
- “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
- “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
- “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
- “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
- “Living” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
- “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
Best Original Screenplay
- “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
- “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
- “The Fablemans” (Universal Pictures)
- “Tar” (Focus Features)
- “Triangle of Sadness” (Neon) “An Irish Goodbye” (Floodlight Pictures)
Best Cinematography
- “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
- “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix)
- “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
- “Empire of Light” (Searchlight Pictures)
- “Tar” (Focus Features)
Best Documentary Feature Film
- “All That Breathes” (HBO Documentary Films)
- “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (Neon)
- “Fire of Love” (National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon)
- “A House Made of Splinters”
- “Navalny” (CNN/Warner Bros.)
Best Documentary Short Film
- “The Elephant Whisperers” (Netflix)
- “haulout”
- “How Do You Measure a Year?” (Jay Rosenblatt Films)
- “The Martha Mitchell Effect” (Netflix)
- “Stranger at the Gate”
Best Production Design
- “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
- “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
- “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
- “Elvis” (Warner Bros)
- “The Fablemans” (Universal Pictures)
Best Film Editing
- “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
- “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
- “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
- “tar”
- “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount)
Best International Feature Film
- “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany)
- “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
- “Close” (Belgium)
- “EO” (Poland)
- “The Quiet Girl” (Ireland)
best original song
- “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman”
- “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick”
- “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
- “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”
- “This Is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
When & where will the 2023 Oscars take place?
This year’s Oscars awards ceremony will be held on March 12, 2023 instead of. As usual, the Los Angeles show will be held at the Dolby Theater. Due to the time difference, the live transmission will of course be broadcast at night in Germany, around between 02:00 and 06:00. In recent years, the private broadcaster Pro Sieben has been responsible almost exclusively for this, which is on site with a team led by cinema expert Steven Gätjen. Whether that will be the case this year is still unclear, but should hardly be doubted. The show will again be hosted by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, who previously hosted the Oscars in 2017 and 2018, replacing last year’s team of Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall.
What do you think of the Academy’s decisions for the 2023 Oscars? What are the major controversies and which films do you think have been cold-hearted? The historical film The Northman, created by Robert Eggers? Or something else? Tell us your thoughts and opinions in the comments.
