Gay drama ‘Moonlight’ and ‘La La Land’ lead 2017 Oscar nominations
By Will Stroude
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With just over a month to go until the biggest night in the Hollywood calendar, 2017’s Oscar nominees have finally been announced – and it’s good news for gay drama Moonlight.
The gay coming-of-age drama has racked up eight nominations, including one for ‘Best Picture’, and will be hoping for more major awards glory after scooping the same award at the Golden Globes earlier this month.
Directed by Barry Jenkins – who is also nominated for the ‘Best Director’ – the film documents the life of a young, black gay kid growing up in an down-and-out part of Miami as he transitions from child, to adolescent, to adult. You can read our exclusive feature on the film in Attitude’s February issue, available to download and in shops now.
Meanwhile, modern musical classic La La Land leads the 2017 Oscars race with a mammoth 14 nominations, tying the all-time record currently held by 1950’s All About Eve and 1997’s Titantic.
The David Chazelle-directed film, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as a pair of budding entertainers living in modern day Los Angeles, will go head-to-head with Moonlight in the ‘Best Picture’category, while Gosling and Stone pick up nominations for ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Actress’.
Sci-fi drama Arrival tied Moonlight with eight nominations, though its critically-acclaimed star, Amy Adams, missed out on an expected ‘Best Actress’ nod.
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony will be broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on February 26, 2017, at 5.30pm PST.
Related: Ryan Gosling tells Attitude filming ‘La La Land’ helped him to ‘open up’ more
Check out the full list of nominees below:
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best Director
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Best Original Screenplay
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, The Lobster
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Mike Mills, 20th Century Women
Best Adapted Screenplay
Eric Heisserer, Arrival
August Wilson, Fences
Allion Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures
Luke Davis, Lion
Barry Jenkins (screenplay) and Tarell Alvin McCraney (story), Moonlight
Best Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine (Denmark)
A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
The Salesman (Iran)
Tanna (Australia)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best Live Action Short
Ennemis Intérieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode
Best Animated Feature Film
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Best Animated Short
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper
Best Documentary – Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
OJ: Made in America
13th
Best Documentary – Short Subject
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
Best Cinematography
Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
Best Original Score
Mica Levi, Jackie
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka, Lion
Nicholas Britell, Moonlight
Thomas Newman, Passengers
Best Original Song
‘Audition – The Fools Who Dream’ (La La Land: Music by Justin Hurwitz, lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul)
‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ (Trolls: Music and lyrics by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster)
‘City of Stars’ (La La Land: Music by Justin Hurwitz, lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul)
‘The Empty Chair’ (Jim: The James Foley Story: Music and lyrics by J Ralph and Sting)
‘How Far I’ll Go’ (Moana: Music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
Best Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
Best Sound Mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Best Production Design
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
Best Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
Best Film Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
Best Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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