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The 88Th Annual Academy Awards Nominations the Oscars Will Be Presented on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles The 88th annual Academy Awards nominations The Oscars will be presented on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles Best Picture: Best Foreign Language Film: q "The Big Short" q "Embrace of the Serpent" (Colombia) q "Bridge of Spies" q "Mustang" (France) q "Brooklyn" q "Son of Saul" (Hungary) q "Mad Max: Fury Road" q "Theeb" (Jordan) q "The Martian" q "A War" (Denmark) q "The Revenant" q "Room" Best Adapted Screenplay: q "Spotlight" q "The Big Short" q "Brooklyn" Best Director: q "Carol" q Adam McKay, "The Big Short" q "The Martian" q George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road" q "Room" q Alejandro G. Iñárritu, "The Revenant" q Lenny Abrahamson, "Room" Best Original Screenplay: q Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight" q "Bridge of Spies" q "Ex Machina" Best Actor: q "Inside Out" q Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo" q "Spotlight" q Matt Damon, "The Martian" q "Straight Outta Compton" q Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant" q Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs" Best Animated Feature Film q Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl" q "Anomalisa" q "Boy and the World" Best Actress: q "Inside Out" q Cate Blanchett, "Carol" q "Shaun the Sheep Movie" q Brie Larson, "Room" q "When Marnie Was There" q Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy" q Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years" Best Cinematography: q Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn" q "Carol" q "The Hateful Eight" Best Supporting Actor: q "Mad Max: Fury Road" q Christian Bale, "The Big Short" q "The Revenant" q Tom Hardy, "The Revenant" q "Sicario" q Mark Ruffalo, "Spotlight" q Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies" Best Costume Design: q Sylvester Stallone, "Creed" q "Carol" q "Cinderella" Best Supporting Actress: q "The Danish Girl" q Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight" q "Mad Max: Fury Road" q Rooney Mara, "Carol" q "The Revenant" q Rachel McAdams, "Spotlight" q Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl" q Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs" Best Film Editing: Best Sound Editing: q "The Big Short" q "Mad Max: Fury Road" q "Mad Max: Fury Road" q "The Martian" q "The Revenant" q "The Revenant" q "Spotlight" q "Sicario" q "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" q "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Best Visual Effects q "Mad Max: Fury Road" q "Ex Machina" q "The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed q "Mad Max: Fury Road" Out the Window and Disappeared" q "The Martian" q "The Revenant" q "The Revenant" q "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Best Production Design: q "Bridge of Spies" Best Documentary - Feature: q "The Danish Girl" q "Amy" q "Mad Max: Fury Road" q "Cartel Land" q "The Martian" q "The Look of Silence" q "The Revenant" q "What Happened, Miss Simone?" q "Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Best Original Song: Freedom" q "Earned It" (from "Fifty Shades of Grey") q "Manta Ray" (from "Racing Extinction") Best Documentary - Short Subject: q "Simple Song #3" (from "Youth") q "Body Team 12" q "'Til It Happens To You" (from "The q "Chau, Beyond the Lines" Hunting Ground") q "Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the q "Writing's On The Wall" (from Shoah" "Spectre") q "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness" Best Original Score: q "Last Day of Freedom" q "Bridge of Spies" q "Carol" Best Animated Short Film: q "The Hateful Eight" q "Bear Story" q "Sicario" q "Prologue" q "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" q "Sanjay's Super Team" q "We Can't Live Without Cosmos" Best Sound Mixing: q "World of Tomorrow" q "Bridge of Spies" q "Mad Max: Fury Road" Best Live Action Short Film: q "The Martian" q "Ave Maria" q "The Revenant" q "Day One" q "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" q "Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)" q "Shok" q "Stutterer" .
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