The 91st Academy Awards are just around the corner, and it should come as no surprise that we Pakistanis hold a special place in our hearts for the Oscars.
The Oscars will air on Monday, 25th February 2019. 6 a.m. Pakistan time. (You’re very welcome, who can understand all those GMTs, etc. anyway?)
ICYMI: Who won at this year’s Golden Globes?
The Academy has recently announced the nominees for this year and we have selected the categories we most look forward to:
Best Actor
Christian Bale: Vice Bradley Cooper: A Star Is Born Willem Dafoe: At Eternity’s Gate Rami Malek: Bohemian Rhapsody Viggo Mortensen: Green Book
Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio: Roma Glenn Close: The Wife Olivia Colman: The Favorite Lady Gaga: A Star Is Born Melissa McCarthy: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali: Green Book Adam Driver: BlacKkKlansman Sam Elliott: A Star Is Born Richard E. Grant: Can You Ever Forgive Me? Sam Rockwell: Vice
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams: Vice Marina de Tavira: Roma Regina King: If Beale Street Could Talk Emma Stone: The Favorite Rachel Weisz: The Favorite
Best Director
Spike Lee: BlacKkKlansman Pawel Pawlikowski: Cold War Yorgos Lanthimos: The Favorite Alfonso Cuarón: Roma Adam McKay: Vice
Best Film
Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favorite Green Book Roma A Star Is Born Vice
Read: All the movies we’re looking forward to in 2019!
Best Animated Film
Incredibles 2 Isle of Dogs Mirai Ralph Breaks the Internet Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Live Action Short
Detainment Fauve Marguerite Mother Skin
Best Documentary
Free Solo Hale County This Morning, This Evening Minding the Gap Of Fathers and Sons RBG
Best Foreign Film
Capernaum (Lebanon) Cold War (Poland) Never Look Away (Germany) Roma (Mexico) Shoplifters (Japan)
Best Cinematography
Cold War: Lukasz Zal The Favorite: Robbie Ryan Never Look Away: Caleb Deschanel Roma: Alfonso Cuarón A Star Is Born: Matthew Libatique
Best Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: Mary Zophres Black Panther: Ruth E. Carter The Favourite: Sandy Powell Mary Poppins Returns: Sandy Powell Mary Queen of Scots: Alexandra Byrne
Best Original Song
“All The Stars” from “Black Panther” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA “I’ll Fight” from “RBG” by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns” by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch
Who are you rooting for?