Oscar 2016 – List of probable nominees in Major Categories

This year's Academy Awards carry more significance to Tamil cinema as our very own ‘Visaranai’(Interrogation) directed by Vetrimaaran could emerge a winner in the Best Foreign Film category. Here is the list of probable nominees in other major categories.

Best Picture

• 'Arrival'
• 'Fences'
• 'Jackie'
• 'La La Land'
• 'Lion'
• 'Manchester By The Sea'
• 'Moonlight'
• 'Silence'
• 'Sully'

Best Director

• Damien Chazelle for 'La La Land'
• Garth Davis for 'Lion'
• Clint Eastwood for ‘Sully’
• Barry Jenkins for ‘Moonlight’
• Pablo Larraín for ‘Jackie'
• Kenneth Lonergan for ‘Manchester By The Sea’
• Martin Scorsese for ‘Silence’
• Denis Villeneuve for ‘Arrival’

Best Actor

• Casey Affleck for ‘Manchester By The Sea’
• Ryan Gosling for ‘La La Land’
• Tom Hanks for ‘Sully’
• Michael Keaton for ‘The Founder’
• Matthew McConaughey for ‘Gold’
• Dev Patel for ‘Lion’
• Mark Wahlberg for ‘Patriots Day’
• Denzel Washington for ‘Fences’

Best Actress

• Amy Adams for ‘Arrival’
• Amy Adams for ‘Nocturnal Animals’
• Annette Bening for ‘20th Century Women’
• Taraji P. Henson for ‘Hidden Figures’
• Isabelle Huppert for ‘Elle’
• Ruth Negga for ‘Loving’
• Natalie Portman for ‘Jackie’
• Emma Stone for ‘La La Land’

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Mahershala Ali for ‘Moonlight’
• Jeff Bridges for ‘Hell or High Water’
• Hugh Grant for ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’
• Liam Neeson for ‘Silence’
• Michael Shannon for ‘Nocturnal Animals’

Best Supporting Actress in a Supporting Role

• Viola Davis for ‘Fences’
• Naomie Harris for ‘Moonlight’
• Felicity Jones for ‘A Monster Calls’
• Nicole Kidman for ‘Lion’
• Rachel Weisz for ‘The Lobster’
• Michelle Williams for ‘Manchester By the Sea’

Best Original Screenplay

• Anthony Bagarozzi, Shane Black for ‘The Nice Guys’
• Damien Chazelle for ‘La La Land’
• Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos for ‘The Lobster’
• Jim Jarmusch for ‘Paterson’
• Barry Jenkins, Tarell McCraney ‘Moonlight’
• Kenneth Lonergan for ‘Manchester by the Sea’
• Noah Oppenheim for ‘Jackie’
• Taylor Sheridan for ‘Hell or High Water’

Best Animated Feature

• ‘Finding Dory’
• ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
• ‘Sausage Party’
• ‘Sing’
• ‘Zootopia’

Best Cinematography

• Roger Deakins for ‘Hail, Caesar!’
• Stéphane Fontaine for ’Jackie’
• James Laxton for ‘Moonlight’
• Seamus McGarvey for ‘Nocturnal Animals’
• Rodrigo Prieto for ‘Silence’
• Linus Sandgren for ‘La La Land’
• John Toll for ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’
• Bradford Young for ‘Arrival’

This year’s Academy Awards carry more significance to Tamil cinema as our very own ‘Visaranai’(Interrogation)..