#OscarsSoMale trends as No Women included for best director at this year’s Oscars nominations announcement

#OscarsSoMale trends as No Women have been included for best director at this year’s Oscars nominations announcement!

The Academy Award nominations were announced on Tuesday and to a surprise did not include any women filmmakers such as Sarah Polley (“Women Talking”), Gina Prince-Bythewood (“The Woman King”), Maria Schrader (“She Said”) and Charlotte Wells (“Aftersun”) in the best director lineup.

Women filmmakers have won the category the past two years in a row, with Chloé Zhao taking home the 2021 prize for “Nomadland” and Jane Campion bagging the trophy last year for “Power of the Dog.”

The director category is voted by the 573 active members of the Directors Branch.

The five cinematic helmers nominated for this by the Academy include Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Todd Field (“Tár”), Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”) and Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”).

The 95th Oscars ceremony will be held on March 12 and will air live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Following the announcement of nominations, the organization Women In Film, Los Angeles condemned the Academy for not including women filmmakers.

“Once again, Academy voters have shown that they don’t value women’s voices, shutting us out of the Best Director nominations,” they said in a statement.

“An Academy Award is more than a gold statue, it’s a career accelerator that can lead to continued work and increased compensation. That’s why WIF will continue to advocate for the work of talented women directors like Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking,’ Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Woman King,’ Maria Schrader’s ‘She Said,’ Chinonye Chukwu’s ‘Till,’ and Charlotte Wells’ ‘Aftersun,’ to be included,” the statement added.

Check out the nominations for the 95th instalment of the prestigious awards.

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tar

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

Actor in a Leading Role

– Austin Butler, Elvis

– Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

– Brendan Fraser, The Whale

– Paul Mescal, Aftersun

– Bill Nighy, Living

Actress in a Leading Role

– Cate Blanchett, Tar

– Ana de Armas, Blonde

– Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie

– Michelle Williams, The Fablemans

– Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Directing

– Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

– Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere all at Once

– Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

– Todd Field, Tar

– Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

Actor in a Supporting Role

– Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

– Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway

– Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans

– Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

– Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Actress in a Supporting Role

– Angela Basset, Wakanda Forever

– Hong Chau, The Whale

– Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

– Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once

– Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Animated Feature Film

Pinocchio

Marcel

Puss In Boots

Documentary Feature Film

All That Breathes

All The Beauty and the Bloodshed

Fire of Love

A House Made of Splinters

Navalny

International Feature Film

– All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany

– Argentina, 1985, Argentina

– Close, Belgium

– EO, Poland

– An Cailín Ciúin/The Quiet Girl, Ireland

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

All Quiet on the Western Front

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Living

Top Gun: Maverick

Women Talking

Writing (Original Screenplay)

– The Banshees of Inisherin, written by Martin McDonagh

– Everything Everywhere All At Once, written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

– The Fabelmans, written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner

– Tar, written by Todd Field

– Triangle of Sadness, written by Ruben Ostlund

Cinematography

– All Quiet On The Western Front, James Friend

– Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful of Truths, Darius Khondji

– Elvis, Mandy Walker

– Empire of Light, Roger Deakins

– Tar, Florian Hoffmeister

Film Editing

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Tar

Top Gun: Maverick

Music (Original Score)

– All Quiet on the Western Front, Volker Bertelmann

– Babylon, Justin Hurwitz

– The Banshees of Inisherin, Carter Burwell

– Everything Everywhere All at Once, Son Lux

– The Fabelmans, John Williams

Music (Original Song)

– Applause from Tell It Like A Woman

– Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick

– Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

– Naatu Naatu from RRR

– This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All At Once

Production Design

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

Babylon

Elvis

The Fabelmans

Costume Design

Babylon

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

Makeup and Hairstyling

All Quiet

The Batman

Black Panther

Elvis

The Whale

Live Action Short Film

An Irish Goodbye

Ivalu

Le Pupille

Night Ride

The Red Suitcase

Documentary Short Film

The Elephant Whisperers

Haulout

How Do You Measure a Year

Stranger at the Gate

Animated Short Film

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse

The Flying Sailor

Ice Merchants

My Year of Dicks

An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Elvis

Top Gun: Maverick

Visual Effects

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Black Panther

Top Gun: Maverick