ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• ONWARD
• OVER THE MOON
• A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON
• SOUL*** (WINNER)
• WOLFWALKERS

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, Sean Bobbitt
• MANK, Erik Messerschmidt*** (WINNER)
• NEWS OF THE WORLD, Dariusz Wolski
• NOMADLAND, Joshua James Richards
• THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, Phedon Papamichael

COSTUME DESIGN

• EMMA, Alexandra Byrne
• MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, Ann Roth*** (WINNER)
• MANK, Trish Summerville
• MULAN, Bina Daigeler 
• PINOCCHIO, Massimo Cantini Parrini

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

• COLLECTIVE
• CRIP CAMP
• THE MOLE AGENT
• MY OCTOPUS TEACHER*** (WINNER)
• TIME

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

• COLETTE*** (WINNER)
• A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION
• DO NOT SPLIT
• HUNGER WARD
• A LOVE SONG FOR LATASHA

FILM EDITING

• THE FATHER, Yorgos Lamprinos
• NOMADLAND, Chloé Zhao
• PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, Frédéric Thoraval
• SOUND OF METAL, Mikkel E. G. Nielsen*** (WINNER)
• THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, Alan Baumgarten

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

• ANOTHER ROUND, Denmark*** (WINNER)
• BETTER DAYS, Hong Kong
• COLLECTIVE, Romania
• THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, Tunisia
• QUO VADIS, AIDA?, Bosnia and Herzegovina 

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• EMMA, Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
• HILLBILLY ELEGY, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
• MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson*** (WINNER)
• MANK, Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
• PINOCCHIO, Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti 

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

• DA 5 BLOODS, Terence Blanchard
• MANK, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• MINARI, Emile Mosseri
• NEWS OF THE WORLD, James Newton Howard
• SOUL, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste*** (WINNER)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

• FIGHT FOR YOU, from Judas and the Black Messiah*** (WINNER)
• HEAR MY VOICE, from The Trial of the Chicago 7
• HUSAVIK, from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
• IO SÌ (SEEN), from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)
• SPEAK NOW, from One Night in Miami... 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• THE FATHER
• MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
• MANK *** (Winner)
• NEWS OF THE WORLD
• TENET

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SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

• BURROW
• GENIUS LOCI
• IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU*** (WINNER)
• OPERA
• YES-PEOPLE 

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

• FEELING THROUGH
• THE LETTER ROOM
• THE PRESENT
• TWO DISTANT STRANGERS*** (WINNER)
• WHITE EYE 

SOUND

• GREYHOUND
• MANK
• NEWS OF THE WORLD
• SOUL
• SOUND OF METAL*** (WINNER)

VISUAL EFFECTS

• LOVE AND MONSTERS
• THE MIDNIGHT SKY
• MULAN
• THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN
• TENET *** (WINNER)

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

• BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM: DELIVERY OF PRODIGIOUS BRIBE TO AMERICAN REGIME FOR MAKE BENEFIT ONCE GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
• THE FATHER*** (WINNER)
• NOMADLAND
• ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI...
• THE WHITE TIGER

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

• JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
• MINARI
• PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN*** (WINNER)
• SOUND OF METAL
• THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7