The official 2021 Oscar nominations have been announced

Award season is underway, and the most-anticipated ceremony is of course the 2021 Oscars.

The 93rd Academy Awards is set to take place in Los Angeles on 26 April, honouring the best films over the past few year.

The 2021 Oscar nominations were announced this week by Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, and with two female director nods and nine actors of colour receiving nominations, it is set to be a historic year.

Here are the 2021 Oscar nominations

Best picture

The Father Judas and the Black Messiah Mank Minari Nomadland Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best actress in a leading role

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Andra Day, The United States vs Billie Holiday Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman Frances McDormand, Nomadland Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best actor in a leading role

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins, The Father Gary Oldman, Mank Steven Yeun, Minari

Best director

Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman David Fincher, Mank Lee Isaac Chung, Minari Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best actress in a supporting role

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy Olivia Colman, The Father Amanda Seyfried, Mank Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

Best actor in a supporting role

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7 Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah Leslie Odom, Jr, One Night in Miami Paul Raci, Sound of Metal Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best costume design

Emma Mank Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mulan Pinocchio

Best original score

Da 5 Bloods Mank Minari News of the World Soul

Best adapted screenplay

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm The Father Nomadland One Night in Miami The White Tiger

Best original screenplay

Judas and the Black Messiah Minari Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best animated short film

Burrow Genius Loci If Anything Happens I Love You Opera Yes-People

Best live-action short film

Feeling Through The Letter Room The Present Two Distant Strangers White Eye

Best documentary

Collective Crip Camp The Mole Agent My Octopus Teacher Time

Best documentary short

Colette A Concerto Is a Conversation Do Not Split Hunger Ward A Love Song for Latasha

Best international feature film

Another Round Better Days Collective The Man Who Sold His Skin Quo Vadis, Aida?

Best sound

Greyhound Mank News of the World Sound of Metal Soul

Best production design

The Father Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank News of the World Tenet

Best film editing

The Father Nomadland Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best cinematography

Judas and the Black Messiah Mank News of the World Nomadland The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best visual effects

Love and Monsters The Midnight Sky Mulan The One and Only Ivan Tenet

Best animated feature film

Onward Over the Moon A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Soul Wolfwalkers

Best makeup and hairstyling

Emma Hillbilly Elegy Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank Pinocchio

Best original song

Husavik, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Fight For You, Judas and the Black Messiah Io Sì (Seen), The Life Ahead Speak Now, One Night in Miami Hear My Voice, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Congratulations to all nominees!