Oscar Nominees 2023 x SIFF

At the end of the year, cinephiles tally their Letterboxd lists, share their top picks, and complete their #NowWatching threads. Oscar season is just one facet of the film industry, but we relish it as a chance to reflect on the past year of moviegoing.

Returning to cinemas let us unite to enjoy the spectacle of Fire of Love on the big screen, connect a young Marcel the Shell with Shoes On fan with director Dean Fleischer Camp over Zoom, and transport our members to the multiverse of Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Friends and families reunite to discuss the thought-provoking Women Talking in the Uptown lobby, or wipe away a few tears on exiting Aftersun. It's a privilege to present these films at our festivals and in our year-round cinemas, and we're proud of the recognition they've received.

Here's the full list of 95th Academy Award nominees, highlighting the films SIFF has featured (* Asterisk indicates films that have played at SIFF Cinema. Bold indicates films that have screened as part of the Seattle International Film Festival.):

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
* Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
* Triangle of Sadness
* Women Talking

Best Director

* Ruben Ostlund, Triangle of Sadness
* Todd Field, Tár
* Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
* Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Best Actor

* Austin Butler, Elvis
* Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
* Brendan Fraser, The Whale
* Paul Mescal, Aftersun
* Bill Nighy, Living

Best Actress

* Cate Blanchett, Tár
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
* Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

* 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

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: 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

Best Original Screenplay

* Todd Field, Tár
Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
* Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
* Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
* Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front, by Edward Berger, Ian Stokell & Lesley Paterson
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, by Rian Johnson
* Living, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Top Gun: Maverick, Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, Peter Craig, Justin Marks
* Women Talking, by Sarah Polley

Best International Feature

All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
Close (Belgium)
* EO (Poland)
The Quiet Girl (Ireland)

Best Animated Feature

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
* Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

Best Documentary Feature

* All the Beauty and the Bloodshed [SIFF DocFest 2022]
All That Breathes
* Fire of Love [Seattle International Film Festival 2022 Official Competition Special Jury Prize winner]
A House Made of Splinters
* Navalny [Seattle International Film Festival 2022 Opening Night selection and Official Competition Special Jury Prize winner]

Best Original Score

Volker Bertelmann, All Quiet on the Western Front
* Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin
* Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
* Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All at Once
John Williams, The Fabelmans

Best Original Song

Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna, & Tems, “Lift Me Up,” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Lady Gaga & Michael “BloodPop,” “Hold My Hand,” Top Gun: Maverick
* M. M. Keeravani & Chandrabose, “Naatu Naatu,” RRR
Diane Warren, “Applause,” Tell It Like a Woman
* Ryan Lott, David Byrne, & Mitski, “This Is a Life,” Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Cinematography

James Friend, All Quiet on the Western Front
* Roger Deakins, Empire of Light
Darius Khondji, Bardo
* Mandy Walker, Elvis
* Florian Hoffmeister, Tár

Best Editing

Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick
* Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, The Banshees of Inisherin
* Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once
* Jonathan Redmond & Matt Villa, Elvis
* Monika Willi, Tár

Best Production Design

Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper, All Quiet on the Western Front
* Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, and Beverley Dunn, Elvis
* Florencia Martin, Babylon
Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole, Avatar: The Way of Water
Rick Carter and Karen O'Hara, The Fabelmans

Best Costume Design

Jenny Beavan, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Ruth Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
* Catherine Martin, Elvis
* Mary Zophres, Babylon
* Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

All Quiet on the Western Front
* The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
* Elvis
* The Whale

Best Visual Effects

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
* The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
* The Batman
* Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Live Action Short

An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase

Best Animated Short

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

Best Documentary Short

The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate