The 88th Academy Awards (Oscars) 2016
There's no clearer sign that awards season is upon us than the Oscar nominations, which have just been announced live from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Directors Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee, actor John Krasinski and Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs took to the stage to reveal who was loved and who has been snubbed from the last year of cinema.
The nominations for the 88th Academy Awards are:
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
BEST DIRECTOR
Adam Mckay – The Big Short
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G Inarritu – The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Lee – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpant
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep
Boy and the Wild
When Marnie Was There
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
We Can't Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
BEST FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Spotlight
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
'Earned It' – 50 Shades of Grey
'Til It Happens To You' – The Hunting Ground
'Writings On the Wall' – Spectre
'Manta Ray' – Racing Extinction
'Simple Song #3' – Youth
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
BEST SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Tune in on February 28 to see Chris Rock host the 88th Academy Awards ceremony from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.
