The biggest day of the year for film fans is almost here! This morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the contenders for the 87th Academy Awards, or Oscars, and Disney was among those with the honor of receiving at least one nomination.
In fact, Disney films earned 9 nominations in total, including nods for Best Animated Feature (Big Hero 6), Best Animated Short (Feast), Best Production Design (Into the Woods), Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy), two for Best Costume Design (Into the Woods, Maleficent), and two for Best Visual Effects (Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Actress Meryl Streep also received a nomination for Best Actress In a Supporting Role for her work as the Witch in Into the Woods.
Take a look below for the full list of nominees, and tune into the Oscars when they are broadcast live from Hollywood on ABC on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 7e|4p.
Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Best Director
Alexandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Best Actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
*Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
*Into the Woods
*Maleficent
Mr. Turner
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
*Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken
Best Foreign Language Film
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything
Best Original Song
“Lost Stars,” Begin Again
“Everything is Awesome,” The LEGO Movie
“Glory,” Selma
“Grateful,” Beyond the Lights
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me
Best Animated Feature
*Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Best Documentary—Short
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Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
Best Film Editing
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
*Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Best Animated Short
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
*Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
Best Live Action Short
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call
Best Sound Editing
American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash
Best Visual Effects
*Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
*Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Best Documentary — Feature
Citizenfour
Finding Vivien Maier
Last Days of Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Is your favorite film or performance of the year one of the nominees above? Let us know in the comments, and we’ll see you on Oscar night, February 22 at 7e|4p on ABC!
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