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Thursday, January 23, 2025

The Oscar Nominations 2025

 José Alberto Hermosillo 


Here is the list of the 2025 Nominees:

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked



Directing

Jaques Audiard, Emilia Pérez

Sean Baker, Anora

Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

Coraline Fargeat, The Substance

James Mangold, A Complete Unkown

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

A Complete Unknown (Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks). 
Conclave (Screenplay by Peter Straughan).
Emilia Pérez (Screenplay by Jacques Audiard In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi). 
Nickel Boys (Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes).
Sing Sing (Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield).

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Anora (Written by Sean Baker).
The Brutalist (Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold).
A Real Pain (Written by Jesse Eisenberg).
September 5 (Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David).
The Substance (Written by Coralie Fargeat).

Animated Feature Film

Flow (Nominees to be determined)
Inside Out 2 (Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen)
Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Nominees to be determined)
The Wild Robot (Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann)

Animated Short Film

Beautiful Men (Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande)
In the Shadow of the Cypress (Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi)
Magic Candies (Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio)
Wander to Wonder (Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper)
Yuck! (Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet)

Cinematography

The Brutalist (Lol Crawley)
Dune: Part Two (Greig Fraser)
Emilia Pérez (Paul Guilhaume)
Maria (Ed Lachman)
Nosferatu (Jarin Blaschke)

Costume Design

A Complete Unknown (Arianne Phillips)
Conclave (Lisy Christl)
Gladiator II (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman)
Nosferatu (Linda Muir)
Wicked (Paul Tazewell)

Film Editing

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked


Live-Action Short Film

A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Music (Original Score)

The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Music (Original Song)

“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez
“Like A Bird” from Sing Sing
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight.

Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

Documentary Short Film

Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

International Feature Film

Brazil, I’m Still Here
Denmark, The Girl With the Needle
France, Emilia Pérez
Germany, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Latvia, Flow

Production Design

The Brutalist (Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia)
Conclave (Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter)
Dune: Part Two (Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau)
Nosferatu (Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová)
Wicked (Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales)


Sound

A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked

Film critic José Alberto Hermosillo www.FestivalinLA.com

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Monday, February 12, 2024

Shayda; “A Separation” in Australia

By José Alberto Hermosillo

AFI FEST FILM REVIEW: “Shayda” is a thoughtful and profoundly moving family drama. It chronicles the journey of an Iranian mother and daughter as they endure a painful separation from their abusive husband in Australia in the 1990s.

Paraphrasing the title of the Oscar-winning 2011 Iranian film “A Separation,” directed by Asghar Farhadi, another story of separation among Iranians comes to the screen -- “Shayda,” based on the personal experience of first-time Iranian Australian director Noora Niasari, delivers a vivid portrayal of an abused Iranian single mother and her daughter as they wander in a foreign land.

Director Nooria Niasari, Australia. Photo by José Alberto Hermosillo. Copyright © Festival in LA, 2023
 

The collaborative effort took six years to come to fruition. Noora’s mother was not only her inspiration but also stood by her side during production. Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett, who served as an executive producer, was an essential part of the project, Niasari said at a Q&A after the screening of her film during the AFI Fest in Los Angeles in 2023.


The Persian-born director Noora Niasari, who grew up in Australia, returned to Iran at 19 to learn more about her roots, cultural identity, and other elements that would enrich the film. The symbolism of Shayda’s clothes, shapes, and colors represents the emotional journey and transformation, visually turning Shayda’s silhouette into a butterfly. 


In terms of place and time, the film powerfully analyzes how immigrants lived in Australia during the 1990s.


The film strongly suggests Shayda’s darkest moments, including the reference to when she was beaten, raped, and sent out onto the street with her six-year-old daughter, Mona. To overcome adversity, she seeks refuge at a women’s shelter, where she finds counseling, legal aid, and friends in similar circumstances who teach her to empower herself to confront her husband and his family.

Over the Persian New Year celebration, Shayda would like to take comfort in the Nowruz rituals that symbolize a new beginning. But real life takes work. Escaping domestic violence and her country’s totalitarian ideology, Shayda needs to recapture her cultural identity by staying connected to her Iranian food, poetry, music, dances, traditions, and, above all, the Iranian people in Australia.

In this stressful cat-and-mouse drama, Shayda must be as far as possible from her abusive husband, Hossain (Osamah Sami), but the law does not grant her wishes. The patriarchal Australian system, unaware that the father wants to take his woman and daughter back to Iran to preserve his misogynist dominance, rules in favor of the father’s visitations.


Actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Photo by José Alberto Hermosillo. Copyright © Festival in LA, 2023

Starring Tehran-born actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi (“Holy Spider” & “Tatami”) is as remarkable as Shayda. She displays a wide range of emotions, playing a mother who is aware of her daughter’s well-being but also needs empathy for herself.

 

Actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi & Selina Zahednia, Photo courtesy of Sony Classics, 2023,

Mona, the little girl, is confident and expressive; young actress Selina Zahednia plays her. She understood acting from the beginning. The mother-daughter relationship looked natural on camera thanks to Selina and Zar Amir’s chemistry. They bonded by practicing their scenes in a child-friendly environment for two months.

“Shayda” is a woman-driven story that depicts the repercussions of the Australian immigration system and resonates as part of a new image of the Great Southern Land we have not seen before.

Noora Niasari dedicated her first work to her mom and all the brave women of Iran. She will continue working on her trilogy and has just announced that her next project is an adaptation of Mahsa Rahman’s novel “Raya” in North America.

“Shayda” is an affectionate, female-driven film with a sense of belonging. This cathartic project reflects the challenges experienced by a single mom during her separation from her abusive husband, as she moves away from her totalitarian country to find shelter and personal fulfillment for her and her daughter in a new land that represents a new beginning for both women who dream of a better future. 


Director Nooria Niasari & film critic José Alberto Hermosillo. Copyright © Festival in LA, 2023

Actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi & film critic José Alberto Hermosillo. Copyright © Festival in LA, 2023

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

2024 Oscar Nominations Complete List

By José Alberto Hermosillo
 Photo: Jose Alberto Hermosillo, FestivalinLA ©2022

 

BEST PICTURE
“American Fiction”
“Anatomy of a Fall”
“Barbie”
“The Holdovers”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
“Oppenheimer” *****
“Past Lives”
“Poor Things”
“The Zone of Interest”
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bradley Cooper, “Maestro”
Colman Domingo, “Rustin”
Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer” *****
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening, “Nyad”
Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon” *****
Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall”
Carey Mulligan, “Maestro”
Emma Stone, “Poor Things” WINNER!
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Sterling K. Brown, “American Fiction”
Robert De Niro, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer” *****
Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”
Charles Melton, “May December”
Mark Ruffalo, “Poor Things”

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Emily Blunt, “Oppenheimer”
Danielle Brooks, “The Color Purple”
America Ferrera, “Barbie”
Jodie Foster, “Nyad”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers” *****

BEST DIRECTOR
Justine Triet, “Anatomy of a Fall”
Martin Scorsese, “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer” *****
Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things”
Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“El Conde”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
“Oppenheimer” *****
“Poor Things”
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
“The Teachers’ Lounge,” Germany
“Io Capitano,” Italy
“Perfect Days,” Japan
“Society of the Snow,” Spain
“The Zone of Interest,” United Kingdom ******
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“American Fiction” *****
“Barbie”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”
“The Zone of Interest”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Anatomy of a Fall” *****
“The Holdovers”
“Maestro”
“May December”
“Past Lives”
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“The After” *****
“Invincible”
“Knight of Fortune”
“Red, White and Blue”
“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” WINNER! 
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Letter to a Pig”
“Ninety-Five Senses”
“Our Uniform”
“Pachyderme”
“War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” *****
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“The Boy and the Heron” WINNER! 
“Elemental”
“Nimona”
“Robot Dreams”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” *****
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“The ABCs of Book Banning” ******
“The Barber of Little Rock”
“Island In Between”
“The Last Repair Shop” WINNER! 
“Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
“The Eternal Memory”
“Four Daughters”
“To Kill a Tiger”
“20 Days in Mariupol” ******

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”
“I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
“It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”
“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People),” “Killers of the Flower Moon”
“What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie” *****
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“American Fiction”
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Oppenheimer” *****
“Poor Things”
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
“Golda”
“Maestro” *****
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things” WINNER!
“Society of the Snow”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Barbie” *****
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Napoleon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things” WINNER!
BEST EDITING

“Anatomy of a Fall”
“The Holdovers”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Oppenheimer” *****
“Poor Things”
BEST SOUND
“The Creator”
“Maestro”
“Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Oppenheimer” *****
“The Zone of Interest” WINNER!
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Barbie” 
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Napoleon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things” *****
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“The Creator”
“Godzilla Minus One” *****
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Napoleon”
My predictions ******

THE OSCARS BY THE NUMBERS
Oppenheimer - 13
Poor Things - 11
Killers of the Flower Moon - 10
Barbie - 8
Maestro - 7
American Fiction - 5
Anatomy of a Fall - 5
The Holdovers - 5
The Zone of Interest - 5
Napoleon - 3

THE OSCARS BY THE STUDIOS
NETFLIX - 18
APPLE ORIGINAL FILMS - 13
SEARCHLIGHT - 13
UNIVERSAL - 13
WARNER BROS. - 9
A24 - 7
NEON - 7
WALT DISNEY - 5
FOCUS FEATURES - 5
ORION PICTURES/AMAZON MGM - 5
MUYU DISTRIBUTION - 2
MTV DOCUMENTARY FILMS - 2
THE NEW YORKER - 2
PARAMOUNT - 2

Winners will be announced during The 96th Academy Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at 4:00 PM (The time has changed from previous ceremonies to start one hour earlier) on NBC. Jimmy Kimmel returns to host the ceremony this year.


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