Here are the key nominations for the 2022 Academy Awards

Combo image of actors Andrew Garfield, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kristen Stewart and documentary film director Rintu Thomas.

Los Angeles: Winners of the 94th Academy Awards, the highest honours in the film industry, will be announced on Sunday in a live ceremony from Los Angeles. The awards will be bestowed upon on the artists, crew and the films released between March 1 and December 31, 2021. The event takes place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Actors Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan announced the nominations on February 8, 2022.

Following is the list of key nominations:

BEST PICTURE

"Belfast"

"CODA"

"Don't Look Up"

"Drive My Car"

"Dune"

"King Richard"

"Licorice Pizza"

"Nightmare Alley"

"The Power of the Dog"

"West Side Story"

BEST ACTOR

Javier Bardem - "Being the Ricardos"

Benedict Cumberbatch - "The Power of the Dog"

Andrew Garfield - "tick, tick...BOOM!"

Will Smith - "King Richard"

Denzel Washington - "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

BEST ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain - "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"

Olivia Colman - "The Lost Daughter"

Penelope Cruz - "Parallel Mothers"

Nicole Kidman - "Being the Ricardos"

Kristen Stewart - "Spencer"

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson - "Licorice Pizza"

Kenneth Branagh - "Belfast

Jane Campion - "The Power of the Dog"

Ryusuke Hamaguchi - "Drive My Car"

Steven Spielberg - "West Side Story"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Ciaran Hinds - "Belfast"

Troy Kotsur - "CODA"

Jesse Plemons - "The Power of the Dog"

J.K. Simmons - "Being the Ricardos"

Kodi Smit-McPhee - "The Power of the Dog"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jessie Buckley - "The Lost Daughter"

Ariana DeBose - "West Side Story"

Judi Dench - "Belfast"

Kirsten Dunst - "The Power of the Dog"

Aunjanue Ellis - "King Richard"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

"Belfast"

"Don't Look Up"

"King Richard"

"Licorice Pizza"

"The Worst Person in the World"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

"CODA"

"Drive My Car"

"Dune"

"The Lost Daughter"

"The Power of the Dog"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

"Encanto"

"Flee"

"Luca"

"The Mitchells vs the Machines"

"Raya and the Last Dragon"

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

"Ascension"

"Attica"

"Flee"

"Summer of Soul"

"Writing With Fire"

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

"Drive My Car" - Japan

"Flee" - Denmark

"The Hand of God" - Italy

"Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom" - Bhutan

"The Worst Person in the World" - Norway

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

"Don’t Look Up"

"Dune"

"Encanto"

"Parallel Mothers"

"The Power of the Dog"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"No Time to Die" from "No Time to Die"

"Be Alive" from "King Richard"

"Dos Oruguitas" from "Encanto"

"Down to Joy" from "Belfast"

"Somehow You Do" from "Four Good Days"

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