Kenneth Branagh has made Academy Award history today with nominations in the Best Director and Best Picture (Producer) categories leading him to become the first person to received Oscar nomination in seven different categories.
The previous record (6) was jointly held by George Clooney, Alfonso Cuarón, and Walt Disney.
Branagh also picked up a nomination for Best Original Screenplay, as well as Best Director and Best Picture. The Best Picture nomination marks a significant milestone for Northern Irish funding body, Northern Ireland Screen, who will celebrate their first Best Picture nomination.
Jessie Buckley has been nominated for her first Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress category. Buckley is nominated for The Lost Daughter alongside Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Judi Dench (Belfast), Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog), and Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard).
Reacting to her first Oscar nomination, Jessie Buckley said: “I am in complete shock! The Lost Daughter is so special to me. To be recognised for anything connected to it is just a wild dream come true. And to gorgeous Olivia Colman and our leader and legend Maggie Gyllenhaal, I’m so lucky to share this ride with you incredible women. Thank you.”
Actor Ciaran Hinds, who boasts a career spanning over five decades, has been nominated for his first Academy Award. Having already picked up nominations at the BAFTA, Golden Globes, and Critics Choice awards, this nomination is richly deserved following a touching performance in Branagh’s Northern Irish drama.
Northern Irish musician Van Morrison picked up a nomination for Best Original Song. Morrison’s “Down to Joy”, which featured in Belfast, was nominated along with “Be Alive” — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Scott (King Richard), “Dos Oruguitas” — Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto), “No Time to Die” — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die), and “Somehow You Do” — Diane Warren (Four Good Days).
Hinds is nominated alongside Troy Kotsur (CODA), Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog), J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos), and Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog).
Ruth Negga (Passing) and Caitríona Balfe (Belfast) missed out in the Best Supporting Actress category after registering nominations in the BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild (SAG), British Independent Film Awards, Golden Globe, and Critics’ Choice award
Irish Editor Úna Ní Dhongaíle missed out in the Best Editing category for her work on Belfast. Nominations went to Don’t Look Up (Hank Corwin), Dune (Joe Walker), King Richard (Pamela Martin), The Power of the Dog (Peter Sciberras), and Tick, Tick… Boom! (Myron Kerstein & Andrew Weisblum).
Belfast is nominated for Best Original Screenplay alongside Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay & David Sirota), Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson), King Richard, and The Worst Person in the World. Read our interview with Adam McKay about Don’t Look Up.
The Northern Irish drama also features in the Best Picture line up alongside CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story.
Belfast
Described as his “most personal film,” Northern Irish writer-director Branagh's semi-autobiographical drama, told through the eyes of a semi-fictional young self, stars Jamie Dornan, Caitríona Balfe, Ciaran Hinds, Judi Dench and newcomer Jude Hill.
Belfast is described as “the humorous, tender, and intensely personal story of one boy's childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s" with Branagh describing it as being "… about coming home - a dramatic journey of excitement, emotion, and humour.”
The 94th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® in Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
The 2022 Oscar nomination were announced Emmy-winning actor/comedian Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace, The Help) and Emmy-nominated actor/producer Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish). The pair revealed the nominees across all 23 Academy Award® categories in a live presentation on Tuesday, Feb. 8, via global live stream.
Watch the announcement here:
Full List of Nominations:
BEST SUPPORTING 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 COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella (Jenny Beavan)
Cyrano (Massimo Cantini Parrini)
Dune (Jacqueline West)
Nightmare Alley (Luis Sequeira)
West Side Story (Paul Tazewell)
BEST SOUND
Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
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 ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA (Sian 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
The Worst Person in the World
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Affairs of the Art
Bestia
Boxballet
Robin Robin
The Windshield Wiper
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Ala Kachuu — Take and Run
The Dress
The Long Goodbye
On My Mind
Please Hold
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
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 MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul
Writing With Fire
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Audible
Lead Me Home
The Queen of Basketball
Three Songs for Benazir
When We Were Bullies
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 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 FILM EDITING
Don’t Look Up (Hank Corwin)
Dune (Joe Walker)
King Richard (Pamela Martin)
Tick, Tick… Boom! (Myron Kerstein & Andrew Weisblum)
The Power of the Dog (Peter Sciberras)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
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 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)