Oscar nominations 2020: Barack Obama wins the award - a film is a big favorite

The Academy Awards are coming up. The nominations for the most important film award are out. A film is a clear favorite and the Obamas could cheer.

• The 2020 Oscar nominations will be announced on Monday, January 13.
• The award is the most important award in the film industry .
• The coveted gold boy will be awarded on February 9th .

Update from January 14, 2020, 11:38 a.m .: The Oscars will be awarded again in Hollywood on the night of February 9-10 . For actors , directors , screenwriters and other filmmakers the opportunity to rise to the top of the industry.

Direction legend Martin Scorsese , whose mafia epic “ The Irishman ” is nominated in ten categories, can hope for a prize. Joaquin Phoenix has a good chance of winning the "Best Actor" award for his embodiment of the Batman antagonist Joker in the film of the same name. In Germany, too, you can watch the Oscars live on TV and live stream and find out who wins the awards.

Oscars 2020: surprising name on the list of nominees - Obama could win Oscar

Another well-known name could also win a prize: Barack Obama . The former President of the United States was also involved in a nominated film . The Netflix film "American Factory" shows the establishment of a Chinese auto glass company in a suburb of Dayton, Ohio and was nominated for an Oscar for best documentary .

The film was produced by the company “Higher Ground Productions”, which was founded by none other than Michelle and Barack Obama himself. The 58-year-old and his wife also have a happy hand outside the White House. The ex-president wrote on Twitter about the nomination: "It's the kind of story that you don't see too often and exactly what Michelle and I want to achieve with 'Higher Ground'."

Glad to see American Factory's Oscar nod for Best Documentary. It's the kind of story we don't see often enough and it's exactly what Michelle and I hope to achieve with Higher Ground. Congrats to the incredible filmmakers and entire team!

By the way: You can also watch the Oscars 2020 in our live ticker.

Oscars 2020: A film with eleven nominations a clear favorite

Update of January 13, 2020, 2:25 p.m .: The highly anticipated Oscar nominations were announced on Monday. The film academy broadcast the nominations live in various categories on Twitter.

It's #OscarNoms morning! Tune in to find out these year's nominees. https://t.co/XKQNawb0nH

Eleven nominations: This film is the clear Oscar favorite in 2020

With eleven nominations , the film “Joker” is a big favorite in this year's Oscar race. The dark comic thriller by director Todd Phillips has chances for awards in the categories for best film, for director and leading actor Joaquin Phoenix. There were ten nominations for "The Irishman" , "1917" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" . These films are also nominated for the best film in the main category.

Oscar nomination for the directors

Directors Martin Scorsese ("The Irishman"), Sam Mendes ("1917") and Quentin Tarantino ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood") have chances of winning an Oscar for Best Director. The five nominees in this category also include Bong Joon Ho ("Parasite") and Todd Phillips ("Joker"), as the Oscar Academy announced on Monday.

Oscars 2020: nomination for best film

"The Irishman" , "Joker" and "Little Women" are competing for the Oscar for best film . "Le Mans 66 - Against Every Chance", "Jojo Rabbit", "Marriage Story", "1917", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and "Parasite" were also nominated.

Oscar nominations for Best Actor

Renée Zellweger and Leonardo DiCaprio are among the nominees for the Oscars as best actors . Zellweger was nominated for best actress for her role of actress Judy Garland in the film "Judy", DiCaprio for his role in the film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" as best actress. This was announced by the Oscar Academy on Monday in Los Angeles.

In their category, Zellweger has competition from Charlize Theron ("Bombshell"), Cynthia Erivo ("Harriet"), Scarlett Johansson ("Marriage Story") and Saoirse Ronan ("Little Women"). DiCaprio competes against Antonio Banderas (“Suffering and Glory”), Adam Driver (“Marriage Story”), Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”) and Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes”).

Oscar chances for German co-production "The Cave"

German co-production also has chances for the coveted gold boy. "The Cave" (German title "Die Höhle") was nominated for an Oscar for best documentary. The work of Syrian-born director Feras Fayyad (“The Last Men of Aleppo”) is among the five contenders for the award, as the Oscar Academy announced on Monday.

In the Syrian-German-Danish co-production, the director accompanies a dedicated team of doctors in Syria who tirelessly treat victims of war in an underground hospital and fight against systemic sexism.

Oscar nominations for best supporting role

Brad Pitt and Laura Dern have chances of winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Pitt was nominated for his role as a stuntman in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", Dern for her appearance as a divorce lawyer in "Marriage Story". In the men's team, Pitt competes with Al Pacino and Joe Pesci from "The Irishman". The five contenders in the women's team also include Scarlett Johansson ("Jojo Rabbit") and Margot Robbie ("Bombshell"). The Oscar Academy announced on Monday.

Oscar nomination 2020: These films and actors can hope for the coveted trophy

Los Angeles - It is the most coveted film award in the world and is considered Hollywood's biggest award: the Oscar . On February 9, the trophy will be awarded again in Los Angeles. The highly anticipated nominations will be announced on Monday (from 2:18 p.m. CET).

Oscar nomination 2020: these are this year's favorites

The favorites this year include the films "The Irishman" , "1917" , "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" , "Marriage Story" and "Joker" . Actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio , Brad Pitt , Adam Driver , Renée Zellweger , Scarlett Johansson and Saoirse Ronan can hope for an Oscar nomination . Many of them were able to win at this year's Golden Globes, which are the second most important film award after the Oscars and the first yardstick. Cult director Quentin Tarantino and acting greats like Brad Pitt , Renée Zellweger and Joaquin Phoenix were honored there.

The Oscar trophies will be awarded for the 92nd time in Hollywood on February 9th .

German film disappointed in the race for an Oscar nomination

The German film "Systemsprenger" by director Nora Fingscheidt has no chances in the "International Feature Film" division, it had already been left in the middle of December in the pre-selection.

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck made it to the nomination final round with “Werk ohne Autor” in 2019, but was left empty-handed at the gala last February. Last year, the election of the best film came as a surprise. The American tragedy "Green Book - A Special Friendship" by director Peter Farrelly won the race for himself. The reactions to the winning film were split.

#Oscars Green Book? Really? I should have slept better.

As Alexander Horwath beautifully noted: GREEN BOOK might have been a reasonably acceptable winner in 1958. 2019, especially in view of the competition (nominated and not nominated) - well.

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