2020 Academy Awards: South Korea’s Parasite nominated for best picture Oscar, alongside Joker, Jojo Rabbit, The Irishman and Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
- The Academy Awards will take place on February 9. Joker leads the Oscar pack with 11 nominations
- Parasite is up for both best picture and best international film awards
Joker is the leading nominee for the Academy Awards with 11 nominations, with The Irishman close behind at 10 nominations, while South Korea’s Parasite received six nominations, including best picture and best international film categories.
The Oscar nominations were announced on Monday, with 24 categories that honour the best achievements in films released in 2019.
For the 87th time, the academy selected all-male directing nominees despite a year in which women made historic gains behind the camera. The most likely candidate was Greta Gerwig (Little Women), who was the last woman nominated, two years ago for Lady Bird.
There were some surprises. Frozen 2, the highest grossing animated film ever, was passed over. Beyoncé (The Lion King) missed out on her first Oscar nomination, for best song. And most glaringly, Jennifer Lopez, long considered a supporting actress front-runner for her performance in Hustlers, was denied her first Oscar nomination.
This year’s nominees will bring plenty of star power to the ceremony, which will be held without a host for the second year in a row.
The 92nd Academy Awards will take place on February 9 in Los Angeles. Last year, viewership of the ceremony rose 12 per cent to 29.6 million people.
Here are the nominees in the main categories:
BEST PICTURE
Ford v. Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Parasite
BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Renée Zellweger, Judy
BEST ACTOR
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Al Pacino, The Irishman
BEST DIRECTOR
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Todd Phillips, Joker
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1917
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Parasite
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Two Popes
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Corpus Christi, Poland
Honeyland, North Macdeonia
Les Miserables, France
Pain and Glory, Spain
Parasite, South Korea
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
American Factory
The Cave
The Edge of Democracy
For Sama
Honeyland
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
How to Train a Dragon: The Hidden World
Toy Story 4
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
1917
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away from Toy Story 4
(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again from Rocketman
I’m Standing With You from Breakthrough
Into the Unknown from Frozen 2
Stand Up from Harriet
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Dcera (Daughter)
Hair Love
Kitbull
Memorable
Sister
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
A Sister
Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbors’ Widow
Sari a
BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
In the Absence
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if You’re a Girl)
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1917
The Irishman
Joker
The Lighthouse
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Parasite
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1917
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
BEST SOUND EDITING
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
BEST SOUND MIXING
1917
Ad Astra
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
BEST FILM EDITING
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Parasite
