With 10 nominations each, ‘Roma’, ‘The Favourite’ vie for Oscar glory

Los Angeles, January 22

Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron’s semi-autobiographical black-and-white drama, “Roma”, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ dark comedy, “The Favourite”, have topped the 91st Academy Awards nominations with 10 nods each. 

“Roma”, Cuaron’s memoir of childhood set in 1970s Mexico City, scored nominations in best picture, best director (Cuaron), best actress (Yalitza Aparicio), best supporting actress (Marina De Tavira), best foreign language film, cinematography (Cuaron), original screenplay, sound mixing, sound editing and production design categories. 

The film has also created history by becoming the first Netflix project to get nominated in the best picture category where it will compete with “Black Panther”, “The Favourite”, “Vice”, “Green Book”, “A Star Is Born”, “BlacKkKlansman” and “Bohemian Rhapsody”. “Black Panther”, the Marvel blockbuster, became the first superhero film to be nominated in the best picture category.

Curaon, who has previously won the Best Director Oscar for his space-survival drama “Gravity”, will be vying for his second Academy Award. He will go up against Spike Lee, (“BlacKkKlansman”), Pawel Pawlikowski, (“Cold War”), Yorgos Lanthimos, (“The Favourite”) and Adam McKay, (“Vice”).  The two films are closely followed by political satire "Vice" and "A Star Is Born" with eight nominations each. — PTI