THE Power of the Dog and Dune swept the nominations for the Oscars, which were announced today (Tuesday, February 8).

Both films earned multiple nominations for technical awards such as Editing, Production Design as well as Best Picture.

However, Dune director Denis Villeneuve missed out on a Best Director nomination, unlike The Power of the Dog director Jane Campion.

Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical film Belfast also did well with nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, as well as with acting nominations for Judi Dench and Ciaran Hinds.

Further British representation was found with a Best Actor nod for Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog and Andrew Garfield for tick...tick...BOOM!, as well as Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley both being nominated for The Lost Daughter.

After her snub by the BAFTAs Kristen Stewart was nominated for Best Actress for her role-playing Diana, Princess of Wales in Spencer.

In a surprise nod in the Best Picture category Guillermo del Toro's remake of Nightmare Alley was featured alongside the likes of King Richard, Licorice Pizza and Don't Look Up.

Who was nominated for the Oscars 2022?

Best Film

  • 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 Director

  • Kenneth Branagh for Belfast
  • Ryusuke Hamaguchi for Drive My Car
  • Paul Thomas Anderson for Licorice Pizza
  • Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
  • Steven Spielberg for West Side Story

Best Actor

  • Javier Bardem for Being the Ricardos
  • Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog
  • Andrew Garfield for tick...tick...BOOM!
  • Will Smith for King Richard
  • Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress

  • Jessica Chastain for The Eyes of Tammy Faye
  • Olivia Colman for The Lost Daughter
  • Penelope Cruz for Parallel Mothers
  • Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos
  • Kristen Stewart for Spencer

Best Supporting Actor

  • Ciaran Hinds in Belfast
  • Troy Kotsur in CODA
  • Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog
  • J.K Simmons in Being the Ricardos
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

  • Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter
  • Judi Dench in Belfast
  • Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog
  • Ariana DeBose in West Side Story
  • Anjunaue Ellis in King Richard

Best International 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 Animated Film

  • Encanto
  • Luca
  • Flee
  • The Mitchells vs The Machines
  • Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Screenplay

  • Belfast by Kenneth Branagh
  • Don't Look Up by Adam McKay and David Sirota
  • King Richard by Zach Baylin
  • Licorice Pizza by Paul Thomas Anderson
  • The Worst Person in the World

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • CODA by Sian Heder
  • Drive My Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe
  • Dune by Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
  • The Lost Daughter by Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • The Power of the Dog by Jane Campion