The biggest story of the 2016 Academy Awards has been who was not nominated. For the second year in a row, all 20 acting nominees were white. “Oscars So White” led to backlash, boycotts, and ultimately changes in the structure of voting regulations of the Academy.
It also has been a notable year for the lack of a frontrunner. In a rare split, the three main guilds – the Directors Guild, the Producers Guild and the Screen Actors Guild – all awarded their top prize to different films. The directors went with The Revenant, the producers voted for The Big Short and SAG opted for Spotlight. But come Sunday night, we’ll finally know which one (if any of those) gets the Best Picture Oscar.
You can see the full list of nominees below and listen to interviews with many of the nominees who have stopped by KCRW this year. Happy listening, and see you on the red carpet!
Best Picture
- The Big Short
The Big Short director Adam McKay on The Treatment
The Big Short director Adam McKay on The Business - Bridge of Spies
- Brooklyn
Brooklyn writer Nick Hornby on The Business - Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max Fury Road director George Miller on The Treatment
Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller on Press Play
Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller on The Business - The Martian
- The Revenant
Kim Masters and Matt Belloni talk about the challenges of making The Revenant - Room
Room writer Emma Donoghue & director Lenny Abrahamson on The Business - Spotlight
Spotlight director Tom McCarthy on The Business
Best Director
- Adam McKay, The Big Short
The Big Short director Adam McKay on The Treatment
The Big Short director Adam McKay on The Business
- George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller on The Treatment
Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller on Press Play
Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller on The Business - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
- Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Room writer Emma Donoghue & director Lenny Abrahamson on The Business
- Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Spotlight director Tom McCarthy on The Business
Best Actor
- Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Trumbo star Bryan Cranston on The Business - Matt Damon, The Martian
- Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
- Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
- Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actress
- Cate Blanchett, Carol
Carol director Todd Haynes and producer Christine Vachon on The Business
- Brie Larson, Room
- Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
- Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
45 Years director Andrew Haigh on The Business
- Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Brooklyn star Saoirse Ronan on The Treatment
Best Supporting Actor
- Christian Bale, The Big Short
- Tom Hardy, The Revenant
- Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
- Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
- Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Creed director Ryan Coogler on The Business
Best Supporting Actress
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
- Rooney Mara, Carol
- Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
- Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
- Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best Original Screenplay
- Bridge of Spies
- Ex Machina
- Inside Out
- Spotlight
- Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton producer Ice Cube on The Business
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Big Short
- Brooklyn
Nick Hornby, who adapted the screenplay for Brooklyn, on The Business - Carol
- The Martian
- Room
Best Animated Feature
- Anomalisa
- Boy and the World
- Inside Out
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
- When Marnie Was There
Best Foreign Language Film
- Embrace of the Serpent
- Mustang
Mustang Director Deniz Ergüven on Press Play - Son of Saul
Son of Saul Director Lásló Nemes on The Business - Theeb
- A War
KCRW’s First Take producer Matt Holzman talks to Madeleine Brand on Press Play about the five foreign language films.
Best Documentary Feature
- Amy
Amy director Asif Kapadia on Press Play - Cartel Land
- The Look of Silence
Discussion on Press Play - What Happened, Miss Simone?
What Happened, Miss Simone? director Liz Garbus on The Business - Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Best Cinematography
- Carol
- The Hateful Eight
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Revenant
- Sicario
Best Film Editing
- The Big Short
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Revenant
- Spotlight
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Production Design
- Bridge of Spies
- The Danish Girl
The Danish Girl director Tom Hooper on The Treatment - Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
Best Costume Design
- Carol
Carol costume designer Sandy Powell on Design and Architecture
- Cinderella
Cinderella costume designer Sandy Powell on Design and Architecture - The Danish Girl
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Revenant
KCRW’s Design and Architecture talks to Kevin Jones of FIDM about all of this year’s costume contenders.
Best Original Score
- Bridge of Spies
- Carol
- The Hateful Eight
- Sicario
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Original Song
- “Earned It,” 50 Shades Of Grey
- “Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
- “Simple Song #3,” Youth
- “Til It Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground
- “Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre
Best Visual Effects
- Ex Machina
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
- Mad Max
- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
- The Revenant
Best Sound Mixing
- Bridge of Spies
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Sound Editing
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Sicario
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Documentary Short
- Body Team 12
- Chau Behind the Lines
- Claude Lanzman
- A Girl in the River
- Last Day of Freedom
Best Live Action Short Film
- Ave Maria
- Day One
- Everything Will Be Okay
- Shok
- Stutterer
Best Animated Short Film
- Bear Story
- Prologue
- Sanjay’s Super Team
- We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
- World of Tomorrow