Announcing The 2026 Oscar Nominees 

This morning, the 98th Oscar nominees were announced in a live broadcast hosted by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman. Leading the pack with a record-breaking 16 nominations is Sinners. Following close behind with 13 nominations is One Battle After Another.

Overall, WIFF films earned 37 nominations this morning – 16 nominations for films presented throughout the year with WIFF Presents and 21 nominations for official selections of the Festival.

See the full list of nominees below.

Best Picture 

• Bugonia 
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value 
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Best Actress 

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet 
• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue 
• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
• Emma Stone, Bugonia 

Best Actor 

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
• Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
• Michael B Jordan, Sinners
• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Director

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet 
• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
• Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Actress in a Supporting Role 

• Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value 
• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
• Amy Madigan, Weapons
• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners 
• Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Actor in a supporting role 

• Benicio De Toro, One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elodi, Frankenstein
• Delroy Lindo, Sinners
• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
• Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value 

International Feature 

• The Secret Agent, Brazil 
• It was Just An Accident, France 
• Sentimental Value, Norway 
• Sirât, Spain 
• The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia

Cinematography 

• Frankenstein
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Train Dreams

Costume Design 

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Sinners

Achievement in Casting 

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• The Secret Agent 
• Sinners

Sound 

• F1
• Frankenstein
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners
• Sirât 

Original Score 

• Bugonia
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet 
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Adapted Screenplay 

• Bugonia 
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• One Battle After Another 
• Train Dreams

Original Screenplay 

• Blue Moon
• It Was Just An Accident 
• Marty Supreme 
• Sentimental Value 
• Sinners

Documentary Feature 

• The Alabama Solution
• Come See Me in the Good Light 
• Cutting Through Rocks
• Mr Nobody Against Putin
• The Perfect Neighbor

Documentary Short 

• All The Empty Rooms 
• Armed Only With A Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
• Children No More: “Were and are Gone” 
• The Devil is Busy 
• Perfectly A Strangeness 

Live Action Short Film 

• Butcher’s Stain
• A Friend of Dorothy 
• Jane Austen’s Period Drama 
• The Singers 
• Two People Exchanging Saliva

Animated Short Film 

• Butterfly
• Forevergreen
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls
• Retirement Plan 
• The Three Sisters 

Original Song 

• “Dear Me”, Diane Warren: Relentless
• “Golden”, KPop Demon Hunters
• “I Lied to You”, Sinners
• “Sweet Dreams of Joy”, Viva Verdi!
• “Train Dreams”, Train Dreams

Animated Feature Film 

• Arco
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters 
• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
• Zootopia 2 

Makeup and Hairstyling 

• Frankenstein 
• Kokuho
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine 
• The Ugly Stepsister 

Production Design 

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

Film Editing 

• F1
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle After Another
• Sentimental Value 
• Sinners

Visual Effects 

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Jurassic World Rebirth 
• The Lost Bus 
• Sinners

The 98th Oscars will be broadcast live on ABC on March 15.

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