Hollywood (National Post/NAMPAS) – Thursday was a big day in Hollywood, as the nominations for the 88th Academy Awards — to be held February 28, 2016 at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center— were announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations, followed closely by Mad Max: Fury Road with 10.
Actor John Krasinski and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for:
Best picture
Spotlight
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Room
The Martian
Actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)
Actress in a leading role
Brie Larson (Room)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Best director
Alejandro Iñárritu (The Revenant)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
Adam McKay (The Big Short)
Lenny Abrahamson (Room)
Actress in a supporting role
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)
Actor in a supporting role
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)
Christian Bale (The Big Short)
Tom Hardy (The Revenant)
Best foreign language film
Son of Saul
Mustang
A War
Embrace of the Serpent
Theeb
Best animated feature film
Inside Out
When Marnie Was There
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Best original score
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Carol
Bridge of Spies
Best adapted screenplay
Carol
The Big Short
Brooklyn
The Martian
Room
Best original screenplay
Spotlight
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Straight Outta Compton
Inside Out
Best film editing
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spotlight
The Big Short
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best cinematography
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
Carol
Sicario
The Hateful Eight
Best production design
Mad Max: Fury Road
Bridge of Spies
The Martian
The Danish Girl
The Revenant
Best visual effects
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Revenant
The Martian
Ex Machina
Best original song
“Simple Song” (Youth)
“Manta Ray” (Racing Extinction)
“Writing’s on the Wall” (Spectre)
“Til it Happens to You” (The Hunting Ground)
“Earned It” (Fifty Shades of Grey)
Best documentary short subject
Body Team 12
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Lasy Day of Freedom
Best documentary feature
Amy
What Happened, Miss Simone?
The Look of Silence
Cartel Land
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Best costume design
Carol
Cinderella
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Danish Girl
The Revenant
Best sound mixing
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Bridge of Spies
Best live action short film
Ave Maria
Shok
Day One
Stutterer
Everything Will Be Okay
Best animated short film
Sanjay’s Super Team
Bear Story
World of Tomorrow
Prologue
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
Best makeup and hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
Best sound editing
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
