Irish Animation Studio, Cartoon Saloon Gets Yet Another Oscar Nomination

The Academy announced the list of Oscar nominations earlier today. A huge congratulations to Kilkenny based studio Cartoon Saloon, who received their fourth consecutive feature film Oscar nomination. This year, their latest movie Wolfwalkers was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film. A joint venture between Cartoon Saloon and Mélusine, the film is directed by Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart and can currently be enjoyed on Apple TV.

Wolfwalkers will go up against Onward (Pixar), Over the Moon (Netflix), A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix) & Soul (Pixar). The Oscars will take place on April 26th at 1am GMT. We wish them the best of luck.

Full List of Nominations

Best Picture

• The Father – (Sony Pictures Classics) 
• Judas and the Black Messiah – (Warner Bros.) 
• Mank – (Netflix) 
• Minari – (A24) 
• Nomadland – (Searchlight Pictures) 
• Promising Young Woman – (Focus Features) 
• Sound of Metal – (Amazon Studios) 
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – (Netflix) 

Best Director

• Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
• David Fincher – Mank 
• Lee Isaac Chung – Minari 
• Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
• Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman 

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal 
• Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 
• Anthony Hopkins – The Father 
• Gary Oldman – Mank 
• Steven Yeun – Minari 

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 
• Andra Day – The United States v. Billie Holiday 
• Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
• Frances McDormand – Nomadland 
• Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 
• Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah 
• Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami 
• Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
• Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 
• Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy 
• Olivia Colman – The Father 
• Amanda Seyfried – Mank 
• Yuh-jung Youn – Minari 

Best Animated Feature Film

• Onward – (Pixar) 
• Over the Moon – (Netflix) 
• A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – (Netflix) 
• Soul – (Pixar) 
• Wolfwalkers – (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS) 

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Nina Pedrad
• The Father – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao 
• One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers 
• The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani 

Best Original Screenplay

• Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson, Shaka King; Story by Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas
• Minari – Lee Isaac Chung 
• Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell 
• Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Darius Marder, Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin 

Best Original Song

• Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah. Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
• Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7. Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
• Húsavík – Eurovision Song Contest. Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
• “Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead. Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
• Speak Now – One Night in Miami. Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

Best Original Score

• Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard 
• Mank – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
• Minari – Emile Mosseri
• News of the World – James Newton Howard
• Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste 

Best Sound

• Greyhound – Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
• Mank – Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
• News of the World – Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
• Soul – Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
• Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

Best Costume Design

• Emma – Alexandra Byrne 
• Mank – Trish Summerville 
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth 
• Mulan – Bina Daigeler 
• Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini

Best Animated Short Film

• Burrow – (Disney Plus/Pixar)
• Genius Loci – (Kazak Productions) 
• If Anything Happens I Love You – (Netflix) 
• Opera – (Beasts and Natives Alike) 
• Yes-People – (CAOZ hf. Hólamói) 

Best Live-Action Short Film

• Feeling Through 
• The Letter Room
• The Present
• Two Distant Strangers 
• White Eye 

Best Cinematography

• Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt 
• Mank – Erik Messerschmidt 
• News of the World – Dariusz Wolski 
• Nomadland – Joshua James Richards 
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael 

Best Documentary Feature

• Collective – (Magnolia Pictures and Participant) 
• Crip Camp – (Netflix) 
• The Mole Agent – (Gravitas Ventures) 
• My Octopus Teacher – (Netflix) 
• Time – (Amazon Studios) 

Best Documentary Short Subject

• Colette – (Time Travel Unlimited) 
• A Concerto Is a Conversation – (Breakwater Studios) 
• Do Not Split – (Field of Vision) 
• Hunger Ward – (MTV Documentary Films)
• A Love Song for Latasha – (Netflix) 

Best Film Editing

• The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao 
• Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval 
• Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen 
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten 

Best International Feature Film

• Another Round – (Denmark) 
• Better Days – (Hong Kong)
• Collective – (Romania) 
• The Man Who Sold His Skin – (Tunisia)
• Quo Vadis, Aida? – (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Emma – Marese Langan, Laura Allen, Claudia Stolze
• Hillbilly Elegy – Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle 
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson
• Mank – Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams, Colleen LaBaff
• Pinocchio – Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli, Francesco Pegoretti

Best Production Design

• The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
• Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
• News of the World –  Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
• Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Best Visual Effects

• Love and Monsters – Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox 
• The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
• Mulan – Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
• The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
• Tenet – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

Brian Dooley