No streaming service has ever won best picture but Netflix appears to have its strongest chance since Roma in 2019. Streamer Netflix comfortably led the pack with 26 nominations, of which four were for shorts. It makes Flee the first documentary to be nominated in the animated feature category, and the first animation to be nominated for best documentary. The film, which debuted at Sundance, received three nods for best animated feature, documentary feature and international feature for Denmark. It marks a record number of Oscar nominations for a Japanese title, with no feature from the country ever being nominated in more than one category at once.Īnother notable international nominee was Flee, an animated documentary from Danish director Jonas Poher Rasmussen. The three-hour drama premiered in Competition at Cannes, where it won best screenplay. Japanese drama Drive My Car secured an impressive four nominations that included best picture, directing for Ryusuke Hamaguchi, adapted screenplay and best international feature film. Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story both secured seven nominations, including best picture and directing, while King Richard received six, including best picture and leading actor for Will Smith, who plays the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams in the biopic. Sci-fi blockbuster Dune received 10 nominations including best picture and across the technical categories for sound, visual effects, cinematography and costume design among others. The film was developed with and backed by BBC Film. She is also nominated this year for adapted screenplay, having written the psychological western drama based on the Thomas Savage novel of the same name. New Zealand filmmaker Campion is now the first woman to have secured two nominations in the best director category, after The Piano in 1994 for which she won the Oscar for original screenplay. Netflix-backed The Power Of The Dog secured 12 nods including best picture, directing and cinematography as well as four acting nominations for lead actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actors Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smith-McPhee, and actress Kirsten Dunst. "It's a privilege to be the one in this role," she said.Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog leads the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards, closely followed by Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. She never thought she would be involved with charities so early in her life but she is happy she took this route. On the flip side, she notes, " I think when people get it, they get it good." "When I'm faced with someone who is not in it for the right reasons," she said is the hardest part. "You feel the energy when you get there," she said. She said she sacrifices time with friends and family, but it's all worth it once she visits the hospital. The procurement of the equipment for the hospital comes next and that in itself is another process. Currently, it's a full-time job for her and it does not end when the concert is over. "You extend yourself physically, emotionally and mentally," she said. This ranges from sponsorship to decorations. Packer, who by profession is an art director for film and videos, says, along with Sharon Burke, who is also a co-producer, they ensure that all aspects of the event are in place. When Shaggy was faced with the plight of a young girl who had been shot in the head, they decided to increase their commitment and the idea of the concert was born. She and Shaggy began visiting the hospital and took on the organisation of the Christmas treat at the hospital in 2001. Packer has been involved from the beginning. "You really are on call 24/7," said Packer, who is a co-producer of the Shaggy and Friends charity concert to be held on January 2. Merely stepping into the Bustamante Hospital for Children makes all the hard work involved in the Shaggy and Friends charity concert worth it for Rebecca Packer. Last Week, Flair focused on some of the women who are working tirelessly behind the scene to make it happen. Now only in its second year, the Shaggy and Friends concert to aid the Bustamante Hospital for Children is already a calendar event.
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