The 2018 Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be awarded Sunday, March 3. This year is set to be one of the most intriguing awards ceremonies in memory. Last year, the effect of #OscarsSoWhite and the influx of over 1,500 new members to the academy (20% of its membership) – many of whom were women and people of colour - meant that voting was no longer as predictable, with all usual patterns being broken.
Of course, that resulted in one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Oscars, as the relatively safe and pleasant La La Land was mistakenly announced the winner, when actually Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight had scooped the gong. The mistake became an all-too-easy metaphor for how the Academy was clinging on to its old ways for as long as possible, before finally bestowing a beautiful story of a young, Black gay man the Best Picture award.
And since then, so much has changed - as indicated by the Oscar nominations this year, which indicate that again, the race this year is going to be a tight one.
The #MeToo movement has highlighted the absence of recognition for women’s stories and artistry. Natalie Portman’s dig at the Golden Globes where she pointed out that all the Best Director nominees were men may have had a knock-on effect of Academy members, who rightly acknowledged Greta Gerwig’s incredible work on Lady Bird – making her only the fifth woman to ever be nominated, alongside Katheryn Bigelow who won in 2010, Sofia Coppola, Jane Campion and Lina Wertmuller. It's notable that Stephen Spielberg (rightly) did not get a directing nomination for The Post, when Gerwig did - a possible indication that the Academy paid attention to Gerwig controversially being snubbed for a well-deserved Best Director nomination at the Golden Globes.
Another history-making woman is Rachel Morrison, who has become the first woman to ever be nominated for cinematography for her work on Mudbound.
Jordan Peele and Daniel Kaluuya received nominations for the directing and acting skills in Get Out, the brilliant social horor film about racism
Of course, we’re delighted that Saoirse Ronan has been nominated for Lady Bird, that Cartoon Saloon have been honoured for their work the animated feature The Breadwinner, Daniel Day-Lewis received a nomination for his final acting role in Phantom Thread, and Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri received a Best Picture nomination as well as Best Original Screenplay.
The full list is below, and we look forward to staying up late in March and seeing how it all unfolds!
Best Picture
• Call Me by Your Name
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• Get Out
• Lady Bird
• Phantom Thread
• The Post
• The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Directing
• Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
• Jordan Peele, Get Out
• Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
• Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
• Guillermo del Toro, Shape of Water

Actor in a Leading Role
• Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
• Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
• Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
• Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
• Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Actress in a Leading Role
• Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
• Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
• Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
• Meryl Streep, The Post
Actress in a Supporting Role
• Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
• Allison Janney, I, Tonya
• Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
• Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
• Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Actor in a Supporting Role
• Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
• Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
• Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
• Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Adapted Screenplay
• Call Me by Your Name
• The Disaster Artist
• Logan
• Molly’s Game
• Mudbound
Original Screenplay
• The Big Sick
• Get Out
• Lady Bird
• The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Animated Feature Film
• The Boss Baby
• The Breadwinner
• Coco
• Ferdinand
• Loving Vincent
Foreign Language Film
• A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
• The Insult (Lebanon)
• Loveless (Russia)
• Body and Soul (Hungary)
• The Square (Sweden)
Documentary Feature
• Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
• Faces/Places
• Icarus
• Last Men in Aleppo
• Strong Island
Cinematography
• Blade Runner: 2049
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• Mudbound
• The Shape of Water
Film Editing
• Baby Driver
• Dunkirk
• I, Tonya
• The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Production Design
• Beauty and the Beast
• Blade Runner: 2049
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water
Costume Design
• Beauty and the Beast
• Darkest Hour
• Phantom Thread
• The Shape of Water
• Victoria & Abdul
Makeup and Hairstyling
• Darkest Hour
• Victoria & Abdul
• Wonder
Original Score
• Dunkirk
• Phantom Thread
• The Shape of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Original Song
• “Mighty River,” Mudbound
• “Mystery of Love,” Call Me by Your Name
• “Remember Me,” Coco
• “Stand Up for Something,” Marshall
• “This Is Me,” The Greatest Showman
Sound Editing
• Baby Driver
• Blade Runner 2049
• Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Sound Mixing
• Baby Driver
• Blade Runner 2049
• Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Visual Effects
• Blade Runner 2049
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Kong: Skull Island
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• War for the Planet of the Apes
Animated Short Film
• Dear Basketball
• Garden Party
• Lou
• Negative Space
• Revolting Rhymes
Live Action Short Film
• DeKalb Elementary
• The Eleven O’Clock
• My Nephew Emmett
• The Silent Child
• Watu Wote: All of Us
Documentary Short Subject
• Edith and Eddie
• Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405
• Heroin(e)
• Knife Skills
• Traffic Stop