'Sirat' receives two Oscar nominations: "It's a feat"

BarcelonaSirado It is nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film and Best Sound. The film by the Galician director Oliver Laxe, which features Catalan co-production, will compete with A simple accident, directed by Jafar Panahi (France); The secret agent, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil); Sentimental value, directed by Joachim Trier (Norway), and Hind's voice, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia). As for sound, the nominees of Sirado They are Laia Casanovas from Vallès, Amanda Villavieja from Barcelona, ​​and Yasmina Praderas from Aragon, who a few days ago won the award for best sound design at the European Film AwardsIn this category, the rivals of Sirado will be F1, Frankenstein, One battle after another and The sinnersIncidentally, this is the first time an all-female team has been nominated for best sound.

Oliver Laxe, who experienced the nominations in Sirado Speaking with his team at a Movistar+ event in Madrid, with seventy journalists in the room, he said that "being up against this competition is a feat": "With sacrifice and talent, small mammals survive the dinosaurs." The director assured everyone that he is "very calm" because they have "nothing to lose." "Making the film and sharing it was already a success," he asserted, highlighting the "handmade" nature of the film and the quality of all departments, as demonstrated by the nomination in the sound category (the cast, soundtrack, and cinematography teams were also nominated). "'Sirat' is a film that takes no prisoners, it's bold, and the fact that it's here is a huge achievement: it's 10,000 voters," he reminded everyone.

"For us, it's absolutely crazy, and we're overjoyed with everything that's happening; when we made the film, you don't even dare to imagine or project something like this," Laia Casanovas remarked. "This is a bonus and a reward, and more freedom for next time," added Laxe, who recalled thatSirado "It's not a consensus film; we didn't make it to win an Oscar." For now, it has won. the jury prize at Cannes and five European film awards...

'The Sinners' and 'One Battle After Another'

The films with the most nominations for the 2026 Oscars, to be held on March 15, are the bloodthirsty vampire musical extravaganza The sinners Ryan Coogler's film, which broke the record with 16 nominations, was closely followed by the epic film ofOne battle after another by Paul Thomas Andersonnominated in 13 categories. Both films are nominated in the best picture category, along with Bugonia by Yorgos Lanthimos, F1by Joseph Kosinski, Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro, Hamnet by Chloé Zhao, Marty Supremeby Josh Safdie, Train dreams by Clint Bentley, Sentimental value by Joachim Trier and The secret agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho, these last two also nominated in the international film category with SiradoOf the ten nominees for best film, eight have premiered in Catalonia (including Hamnet(which arrives in theaters this Friday) or are available on streaming platforms. The other two, Marty Supreme and The secret agentThey will arrive on January 30th.

BehindThe sinners and One battle after another there is Frankenstein, Sentimental value and Marty Supreme, all three with 9 nominations. Hamnet[Company Name], with a presence in very relevant categories, has 8 nominations. And with 4 there are The secret agent, Bugonia, Train dreams and F1.

DiCaprio vs. Chalamet

The acting categories are dominated by One battle after another and Sentimental valueHowever, the most striking duel has a generational character: Leonardo DiCaprio (51 years old) is nominated for the Oscar for best leading actor, for the role of a rather lazy post-revolutionary ofOne battle after another, with which he could win his second statuette; and Timothée Chalamet (30 years old), who after playing Bob Dylan in A complete unknown, in the film Marty Supreme It's inspired by table tennis player Marty Reisman. Chalamet has already beaten DiCaprio at the Golden Globes. The quintet of nominees for best actor is completed by Wagner Moura for The secret agent (also awarded at the Golden Globes), Ethan Hawke for Blue moon (a new adventure for the actor with director Richard Linklater) and Michael B. Jordan by The sinnersOf the five, only DiCaprio has an Oscar at home.

As for the actresses, the prediction is more complicated, although two have already received Golden Globe awards: Australian Rose Byrne for her demanding performance as a scatterbrained mother in If I could, I'd kick you. and the Irish actress Jessie Buckley for her magnificent performance in HamnetThe third contender could be Norwegian Renate Reinsve. Sentimental value (Best Actress at the European Awards). However, we cannot rule out American actress Emma Stone, who won for her role in Bugonia He could win a third Oscar (he already has one for La La Land and one per Poor creaturesThe surprise could come from American Kate Hudson, who in recent years has been reviving her career thanks to roles like that of Claire in Song sung blue.

In the supporting actress and actor categories, the double nominations for Sentimental value and One battle after anotherElle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro, respectively. In addition, the academics have also named Amy Madigan (the badly dressed, brightly colored actress in Weapons), the Nigerian Wunmi Taylor (the powerful sorceress cook ofThe sinners) and Teyana Taylor (the permanent revolution in One battle after another), as supporting actresses; and Jacob Elordi (the photogenic monster of Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo (the bluesman Delta Slim in The sinners) and Stellan Skarsgård (who for the role in Sentimental value (has already won a Golden Globe and a European Film Award) as supporting actors.

Two fights against racism

According to the selection of the members of the American film academy, the battle, at least numerically, is between a film that addresses the racism of the 1930s through genre cinema (horror and musicals) and an auteur film that, in the present, proposes a revolution on a sound scale but more outlandish, as absurd as nonsense. The ramshackle group of Ku Klux Klan vampires ofThe sinners They are an elitist secret sect in One battle after anotherIn fact, the rivalry between Ryan Coogler's film and Paul Thomas Anderson's is direct in eleven categories: film, direction, actor, supporting actress, supporting actor, cinematography, editing, original score, sound, art direction, and casting.

In both films, music plays a fundamental role, and the Academy has recognized this. On the one hand, there's the music of the Swede Ludwig Göransson, who with The sinners She is nominated for her third Oscar after the ones she won for Black Panther and OpenheimerGoransson has skillfully integrated his soundtrack into an atmosphere dominated by Delta blues. Meanwhile, British composer Jonny Greenwood, guitarist for Radiohead and a trusted collaborator of Paul Thomas Anderson since [year missing], has contributed his score. Wells of ambition (2007); this is his third nomination, and who knows if Greenwood's contribution to taking film scores out of the conventional will finally be recognized. However, Goransson and Greenwood will have a tough time against Max Richter's impressive work on Hamnet and the new tour de force by Jerskin Fendrix under the direction of Yorgos Lanthimos in BugoniaLess interesting is the music for Frankenstein which has been done by the Frenchman Alexandre Desplat, a composer who already has two Oscars in his pocket (for The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water).

All the 2026 Oscar nominations

[We write the film titles respecting the title under which they were released in Catalonia. In the case of films that include Catalan subtitles or dubbing when available on platforms, we write the title in Catalan.]

Best Film

• The secret agent, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
• One battle after anotherdirected by Paul Thomas Anderson
• Bugoniadirected by Yorgos Lanthimos
• F1directed by Joseph Kosinski
• Frankensteindirected by Guillermo del Toro
• Hamnetdirected by Chloé Zhao
• Marty Supremedirected by Josh Safdie
• The sinnersdirected by Ryan Coogler
• Sentimental valuedirected by Joachim Trier
• Train dreams, directed by Cint Bentley

Better direction

• Paul Thomas Anderson by One battle after another
• Ryan Coogler by The sinners
• Josh Safdie by Marty Supreme
• Joachim Trier by Sentimental value
• Chloé Zhao by Hamnet

Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley by Hamnet
• Rose Byrne by If I could, I'd kick you.
• Renate Reinsve by Sentimental value
• Emma Stone by Bugonia
• Kate Hudson by Song sung blue

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet by Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio by One battle after another
• Ethan Hawke by Blue moon
• Michael B. Jordan by The sinners
• Wagner Moura by The secret agent

Best Supporting Actress

• Elle Fanning by Sentimental value
• Amy Madigan by Weapons
• Teyana Taylor by One battle after another
• Wunmi Mosku by The sinners
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas by Sentimental value

Best Supporting Actor

• Jacob Elordi by Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo by The sinners
• Sean Penn for One battle after another
• Stellan Skarsgård by Sentimental value
• Benicio del Toro by One battle after another

Best International Film

• A simple accident, directed by Jafar Panahi (France)
• The secret agent, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil)
• Sentimental value, directed by Joachim Trier (Norway)
• Sirado, directed by Oliver Laxe (Spain)
• Hind's voice, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)

Best Animated Feature Film

• Bow, directed by Ugo Bienvenu
• Eliodirected by Adrian Molina, Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi
• The K-pop warriors, directed by Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang
• Little Amélie, directed by Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang and Maïlys Vallade
• Zootopia 2directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard

Best Documentary

• The Alabama solutiondirected by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
• Come see me in the good lightdirected by Ryan White
• Cutting through rocks, directed by Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki
• Mr. Nobody against Putindirected by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin
• The perfect neighbor, directed by Geeta Gandbhir

Best Original Screenplay

• Robert Kaplow by Blue moon
• Jafar Panahi by A simple accident
• Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdi by Marty Supreme
• Ryan Coogler by The sinners
• Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier for Sentimental value

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Will Tracy by Bugonia
• Guillermo del Toro by Frankenstein
• Paul Thomas Anderson by One battle after another
• Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell by Hamnet
• Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar for Train dreams

Best photograph

• Michael Buaman by One battle after another
• Dan Laustesen by Frankenstein
• Darius Khondji by Marty Supreme
• Antumn Durald Arkapaw by The sinners
• Adolpho Veloso by Train dreams

Better assembly

• Stephen Mirrione by F1
• Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
• Andy Jurgensen by One battle after another
• Olivier Bugge Coutte by Sentimental value
• Michael P. Shawver by The sinners

Best Original Music

• Jonny Greenwood by One battle after another
• Jerskin Fendrix by Bugonia
• Alexandre Desplat by Frankenstein
• Max Richter by Hamnet
• Ludwig Goransson by The sinners

Best Original Song

• Dear me, for Diane Warren: relentlessLyrics and music: Diane Warren
• Golden, for The K-pop warriors. Words and music: EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park
• And lied to you, for The sinners. Words and music: Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
• Sweet dreams of joy, for Long live Verdi!. Words and music: Nicholas Pike
• Train dreams, for Train dreamsLyrics and music: Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner

Better sound

• Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendoline Yates Whitle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta by F1
• Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern for Frankenstein
• José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio, and Tony Villaflor by One battle after another
• Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Brutt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker for The sinners
• Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas by Sirado

Best Art Direction

• Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau for Frankenstein
• Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton by Hamnet
• Jack Fisk and Adam Willis by Marty Supreme
• Florence Martin and Anthony Carlino by One battle after another
• Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne for The sinners

Best wardrobe

• Deborah L. Scott for Avatar: Fire and Ashes
• Kate Hawley by Frankenstein
• Malgosia Turzanska by Hamnet
• Miyako Bellizzi by Marty Supreme
• Ruth E. Carter by The sinners

Better makeup and hairstyling

• Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey by Frankenstein
• Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu for Kokuho
• Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry for The sinners
• Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein for The smashing machine
• Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg forThe Ugly Stepsister

Better visual effects

• Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett for Avatar: Fire and Ashes
• Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson for F1
• David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould for Jurassic World Rebirth
• Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin for Through the Fire (The Lost Bus)
• Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean by The sinners

Best casting

• Gabriel Domingues by The secret agent
• Cassandra Kulukundis by One battle after another
• Gold Doll by Hamnet
• Jennifer Venditti by Marty Supreme
• Francine Maisler by The sinners

Best Animated Short

• Butterflyby Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
• Forevergreenby Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
• The girl who cried pearlsby Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
• Retirement planby John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
• The three sistersby Konstantin Bronzit

Best fiction short film

• Butcher's stainby Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
• A friend of Dorothyby Lee Knight and James Dean
• Jane Austen's period dramaby Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
• The singersby Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
• Two people exchanging salivaby Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

Best Short Documentary

• All the empty roomsby Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
• Armed only with a camera: the life and death of Brent Renaudby Craig Renaud and Juan Arredond
• Children no more: "Were and are gone"by Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
• The devil is busyby Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
• Perfectly a strangenessby Alison McAlpine