The 89th Academy Awards will be held today, Sunday, February 26, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. If you want to watch them live, tune in to ABC at 8:30 PM.
For those of you who won’t be able to see this year’s ceremony, we will be live blogging the awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and announcing all the winners in real time. There rie a few behind-the-scenes Greek nominees up for awards this year as well.
“The Lobster”, directed and written by Yorgos Lanthimos, has been nominated for best original screenplay; Lanthimos and co-writer Efthimis Filippou crafted the script. This is Lanthimos’ second high-profile nomination, as his film “Dogtooth” made it into the foreign language film top five a few years ago.
Greek director Daphne Matziaraki’s documentary “4.1 miles” has also been nominated for best short documentary; it follows a Greek coast guard mission to save Syrian refugees from drowning.
Lastly, acclaimed costume director Mary Zophres has been nominated for an Oscar for her work on “La La Land”, which is up for a record fourteen nominations, the most any film has ever had at the Academy Awards.
The full list of winners is below.
Update: None of the Greek nominees won, unfortunately, but there was a huge surprise moment at the end of the 2017 Academy Awards! Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, who were presenting the award for Best Picture, were handed the wrong envelope and accidentally read out the Best Picture Winner as “La La Land”, though the Best Picture winner was, in fact, “Moonlight”.
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Makeup and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life Animated
OJ: Made in America
13th
Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
Sound Mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (The Academy rescinded the nomination a day before the ceremony for violation of campaign regulations.)
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman (Iran)
Tanna
Toni Erdmann
Best Animated Short
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper
Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Production Design
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers
Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Film Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
Best Documentary Short Subject
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
Live-Action Short
Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode
Cinematography
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Best Original Score
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
Original Song
“Audition: The Fools Who Dream” – La La Land
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls
“City of Stars” – La La Land
“The Empty Chair” – Jim: The James Foley Story
“How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
Best Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women
Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight
Best Director
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Lead Actress
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Lion
Moonlight
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