Five Oscar nominations for Dune: Part Two

The movie Dune: part two by Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve received five Oscar nominations, including one in the premier category for best film. The musical drama Emilia Perez by French director Jacques Audiard leads the way with 13 nominations.

The unveiling of the nominations took place Thursday morning, after being postponed twice due to the fires still raging in Los Angeles.

Denis Villeneuve’s film is in the running in the categories of best scenery, best sound, best visual effects and best photography. In that of best film, it rubs shoulders with nine other feature films: Emilia Perez, Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, A complete stranger, I’m still here, Nickel Boys, The Substance et Wicked.

In addition to the Oscar for best film, Emilia Perez is found in the categories of best actress (Karla Sofía Gascón), best international film and best director. In this last category, Jacques Audiard will rub shoulders with Sean Baker (Anora), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), James Mangold (A complete stranger) and Coarlie Fargeat (The Substance).

In terms of total nominations, Emilia Perez is followed by The Brutalist and the musical Wickedboth in the running for ten Oscars. Then follows the papal thriller Conclave and the Bob Dylan biopic A complete strangeru, with eight nominations each.

Timothée Chalamet is also in the running for the Oscar for best actor for his role as Bob Dylan, alongside Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Adrian Brody (The Brutalist) and Sebastian Stan, who plays Donald Trump in The apprentice.

On the women’s side, the fight will be between Cynthia Eviro (Wicked), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Perez), Mikey Madison (Anora), Fernanda Torres (I’m still here) and Demi Moore, for her role in the terrifying The Substance by Coralie Fargeat.

A universal language removed from the race

The movie A universal language by Canadian director Matthew Rankin, who was on the short list for the Oscar for best international film, ultimately did not find himself among the five finalists. Rather, we find I’m still here (Brazil), The young woman with the needle (Denmark), The seeds of the wild fig tree (Germany), Flow (Latvia) and Emilia Perez (France).

However, another Canadian film stood out in the best documentary film category, namely Sugarcane : the shadows of a boarding school by director Julian Noise BraveCat, originally from the Secwepemc Nation in British Columbia, and Toronto journalist Emily Kassie.

The feature film explores the heartbreak and rebuilding of a community after years of abuse and disappearances of children at a residential school on the Sugarcane reserve.

The 97th Academy Awards will be held on March 2 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The evening will be hosted for the first time by comedian and former talk show host Conan O’Brien.