Oscar Nominees Announced This Year. The film "Sinners" has 16 nominations

Contending for the "Best Picture" Oscar are: "Bugonia", F1, "Frankenstein", "Hamnet", "Marty the Wonderful", "Battle for Battle", "Secret Agent", "A Sentimental Value", "Sinners" and "Train Dreams".

The "Best Director" nominees include Chloe Zhao ("Hamnet"), Josh Safdie ("Marty the Wonderful"), Paul Thomas Anderson ("Battle for Battle"), Joachim Trier ("A Sentimental Value"), Ryan Coogler ("Sinners").

"Battle for Battle" director Paul Thomas Anderson has been nominated for an Oscar for the 12th time, but has not previously won the coveted statuette.

The Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role could go to: Timothée Chalamet ("Marty the Wonderful"), Leonardo DiCaprio ("Battle for Battle"), Ethan Hawke ("Blue Moon"), Michael B. Jordan ("Sinners"), Wagner Moura ("Secret Agent").

Competing in the "Best Actress" category are: Jessie Buckley ("Hamnet"), Rose Byrne ("I'd Push You If I Could"), Kate Hudson ("The Melody of Their Dreams"), Renate Reinsve ("A Sentimental Value"), Emma Stone ("Bugonia").

Among the contenders for "Best Supporting Actor" are – Benicio del Toro ("Battle for Battle"), Jacob Elordi ("Frankenstein"), Delroy Lindo ("Sinners"), Sean Penn ("Battle for Battle"), Stellan Skarsgård ("A Sentimental Value").

Paul Mescal did not receive a "Best Supporting Actor" nomination, despite being considered one of the main contenders for his role in the film "Hamnet".

In the "Best Supporting Actress" category, the short-list includes: Elle Fanning ("A Sentimental Value"), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas ("A Sentimental Value"), Amy Madigan ("Weapon"), Wunmi Mosaku ("Sinners"), Teyana Taylor ("Battle for Battle").

This year, the Academy introduced a new category for the first time – "Best Casting". Nominated films in this category are: "Hamnet", "Marty the Wonderful", "Battle for Battle", "Secret Agent" and "Sinners". From 2028, the Oscars will feature another new category for Best Stunt Coordination.

The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on March 15, and will once again be hosted by American comedian Conan O'Brien.

This year, the American Film Academy introduced new voting rules. Jury members voting in a particular category were required to either watch all presented films on the organization's streaming service or fill out a form detailing their attendance at a cinema screening.

In the past, voters were always asked not to vote if they had not watched all the nominees' works, but this process was based purely on honesty.

According to the organizers' plan, such measures should reduce the number of cases where jury members vote based not on the works themselves, but on the general buzz surrounding them.

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