It was only 10 February 2020 when Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite swept the 2020 Oscars, but that historic awards ceremony – with its packed crowds and public displays of affection – now seems like a relic from a bygone age.
What will the first Academy Awards of the post-pandemic era look like, as the film industry struggles to get back on its feet? We round up all the details we know so far.
When will the Oscars 2021 take place?
Originally scheduled for 28 February 2021, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony has since been postponed to 25 April 2021.
The move will result in a temporary change to the Oscars’s eligibility period, meaning the standard 31 December deadline will be extended to 28 February. Films released up to that point will qualify for awards recognition.
“For more than a century, movies have played an important role in comforting, inspiring and entertaining us during the darkest of times,” said Academy president David Rubin and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson in a joint statement.
“They certainly have this year. Our hope, in extending the eligibility period and our awards date, is to provide the flexibility filmmakers need to finish and release their films without being penalised for something beyond anyone’s control.”
When were the nominations for the Oscars 2021 announced?
The Oscar nominations were announced on 15 March 2021 by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas.
Who is nominated at the Oscars 2021?
Best Picture
- ‘The Father’
- ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
- ‘Mank’
- ‘Minari’
- ‘Nomadland’
- ‘Promising Young Woman’
- ‘Sound of Metal’
- ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
Best Director
- Thomas Vinterberg, ‘Another Round’
- Emerald Fennell, ‘Promising Young Woman’
- David Fincher, ‘Mank’
- Lee Isaac Chung, ‘Minari’
- Chloé Zhao, ‘Nomadland’
Best Actor
- Riz Ahmed, ‘Sound of Metal’
- Chadwick Boseman, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
- Anthony Hopkins, ‘The Father’
- Gary Oldman, ‘Mank’
- Steven Yeun, ‘Minari’
Best Actress
- Viola Davis, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
- Andra Day, ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’
- Vanessa Kirby, ‘Pieces of a Woman’
- Frances McDormand, ‘Nomadland’
- Carey Mulligan, ‘Promising Young Woman’
Best Supporting Actor
- Sacha Baron Cohen, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
- Daniel Kaluuya, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
- Leslie Odom, Jr, ‘One Night in Miami’
- Paul Raci, ‘Sound of Metal’
- LaKeith Stanfield, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Best Supporting Actress
- Maria Bakalova, ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
- Glenn Close, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
- Olivia Colman, ‘The Father’
- Amanda Seyfried, ‘Mank’
- Yuh-Jung Youn, ‘Minari’
Best Original Screenplay
- ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
- ‘Minari’
- ‘Promising Young Woman’
- ‘Sound of Metal’
- ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
Best Adapted Screenplay
- ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
- ‘The Father’
- ‘Nomadland’
- ‘One Night in Miami’
- ‘The White Tiger’
Best Animated Feature
- ‘Onward’
- ‘Over the Moon’
- ‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’
- ‘Soul’
- ‘Wolfwalkers’
Best Production Design
- ‘The Father’
- ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
- ‘Mank’
- ‘News of the World’
- ‘Tenet’
Best Cinematography
- ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
- ‘Mank’
- ‘News of the World’
- ‘Nomadland’
- ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
Best Costume Design
- ‘Emma’
- ‘Mank’
- ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
- ‘Mulan’
- ‘Pinocchio’
Best Film Editing
- ‘The Father’
- ‘Nomadland’
- ‘Promising Young Woman’
- ‘Sound of Metal’
- ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
Best Make-Up & Hairstyling Oscars
- ‘Emma’
- ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
- ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
- ‘Mank’
- ‘Pinocchio’
Best Sound
- ‘The Father’
- ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
- ‘Mank’
- ‘News of the World’
- ‘Tenet’
Best Visual Effects
- ‘Love and Monsters’
- ‘The Midnight Sky’
- ‘Mulan’
- ‘The One and Only Ivan’
- ‘Tenet’
Best Original Score Oscars
- ‘Da 5 Bloods’
- ‘Mank’
- ‘Minari’
- ‘News of the World’
- ‘Soul’
Best Original Song
- “Husavik” from ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’
- “Fight For You” from ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
- “lo Sì (Seen)” from ‘The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)’
- “Speak Now” from ‘One Night in Miami’
- “Hear My Voice” from ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
Best Documentary Feature Oscars
- ‘Collective’
- ‘Crip Camp’
- ‘The Mole Agent’
- ‘My Octopus Teacher’
- ‘Time’
Best International Feature
- Denmark, ‘Another Round’
- Hong Kong, ‘Better Days’
- Romania, ‘Collective’
- Tunisia, ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’
Best Animated Short
- ‘Burrow’
- ‘Genius Loci’
- ‘If Anything Happens I Love You’
- ‘Opera’
- ‘Yes-People’
Best Documentary Short Oscars
- ‘Colette’
- ‘A Concerto Is a Conversation’
- ‘Do Not Split’
- ‘Hunger Ward’
- ‘A Love Song for Latasha’
Best Live-Action Short
- ‘Feeling Through’
- ‘The Letter Room’
- ‘The Present’
- ‘Two Distant Strangers’
- ‘White Eye’
Where will the Oscars 2021 take place?
The 2021 Oscars ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
What will the Oscars 2021 ceremony look like?
Due to be broadcast on the ABC TV network in the US, as well as in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide, the 2021 Oscars ceremony will likely be a more pared-back affair than usual, but it will definitely go ahead – and, critically, be filmed live.
“The Oscars in-person telecast will happen,” a representative for the Academy confirmed to Variety in December, contradicting reports that the Oscars would take a similar format to the Emmys.