Countdown to the Oscars

The Academy Awards are tomorrow, Sunday 24^th February 2013, so it’s time for a quick reminder of the nominees.

Best Picture

Amour

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Directing

Amour – Michael Haneke

Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin

Life of Pi – Ang Lee

Lincoln – Steven Spielberg

Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

Emmanuelle Riva – Amour

Quvenzhane Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Naomi Watts – The Impossible

Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix – The Master

Denzel Washington – Flight

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams – The Master

Sally Field – Lincoln

Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

Helen Hunt – The Sessions

Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin – Argo

Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook

Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln

Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master

Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Animated Feature Film

Brave - Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

Frankenweenie – Tim Burton

ParaNorman – Sam Fell and Chris Butler

The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Peter Lord

Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore

Cinematography

Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey

Django Unchained – Robert Richardson

Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda

Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski

Skyfall – Roger Deakins

Foreign Language Film

Amour – Austria

Kon-Tiki – Norway

No – Chile

A Royal Affair – Denmark

War Witch – Canada

Writing – Adapted Screenplay

Argo – Chris Terrio

Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin

Life of Pi – David Magee

Lincoln – Tony Kushner

Silver Linings Plaubook – David O. Russell

Writing – Original Screenplay

Amour – Michael Haneke

Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino

Flight – John Gatins

Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

The award ceremony will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane and will start at 8:30pm EST which would be 01:30am in the UK. Who do you think will win? For more information on the Oscars and the full list of nominees visit here.

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