This year, the film that swept the most nominations for the Oscar awards it was Everything everywhere at the same time, by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, with 11.
left behind The Banshees of Inisher, by Martin McDonagh, and No news at the front, by Edward Berger, with nine nominations. then there are Elvis, Baz Luhrmann, with eight, and finally The Fabelmans, by Steven Spielberg, with seven nominations.
It is worth mentioning that, it has surprised, that the film Everything everywhere at the same time has become the great favorite because it bets on a spectacular and very different science fiction.
Four of its actors were also Oscar nominated. It turns out that Michelle Yeoh is up for Best Actress against Cate Blanchett by the conductor of orchestra tar; Michelle Williams, who plays Spielberg's mother in The Fabelmans; Andrea Riseborough, for to Leslie (a small film that in recent days has received numerous accolades from Riseborough's fellow performers), and the Spanish-Cuban Ana de Armas, the only nomination to have won Blonde.
Ke Huy Quan, who has swept the season awards for Everything everywhere at the same time, is the big favorite in the supporting actor category. Next to him are Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisher; Brian Tyree Hanery for causeway and Judd Hirsch for The Fabelmans.
Another who seems almost certain to win an Oscar for Best Actor is Brendan Fraser for The whale, who is competing against Austin Butler for Elvis; Colin Farrell, for The Banshees of Inisher; Paul Mescal, in Aftersun, and Bill Nighy, in Living.
As for the films competing for the Best Foreign Film, there are Argentine, 1985, by Santiago Mitre; the belgian Close, by Lukas Dhont; the irish The Quiet Girlby Colm Bairéad; the polish EO, by Jerzy Skolimowski, and the German No news at the front, by Edward Berger, the great bet of Netflix.
And will the Mexicans be present at the Oscars 2023?
The answer is yes, and with a handful of nominees. The first is the animated film Pinocchio de Guillermo del Toro, which will seek to obtain a statuette in the Best Animated Film category at the 95th ceremony that celebrates the best of cinema.
This film, which was also nominated for the Golden Globes, will be measured in this category along with films such as: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Sea Beast y Red.
Then there is Bard, a film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, which was left with the desire to be nominated for Best Foreign Film, but was in the Best Cinematography category for the work of Darius Khondji.
le Pupil, The short, produced by the Mexican Alfonso Cuarón, also garnered a nomination for the Best Live Action Short Film category.
This tells the story of boys from a Catholic boarding school on Christmas Eve, which was directed by Alice Rohrwacher and will compete against An irish goodbye, Ivalu, Night ride y The red suitcase.
The next ceremony of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will take place on March 12 under the leadership of Jimmy Kimmel, from Los Angeles, California.