They did it again! Tentu saja, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences akan selalu menghadirkan kejutan dalam pemilihan nominasi Academy Awards mereka. Namun dengan tidak mengikutsertakan Ben Affleck (Argo) dan Kathryn Bigelow (Kathryn Bigelow) – yang banyak diprediksi merupakan calon nominasi yang dipastikan akan masuk – dalam nominasi Best Director? Jelas adalah sebuah kejutan besar! Menggantikan posisi Affleck dan Bigelow di posisi tersebut adalah Ben Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) dan Michael Haneke (Amour). Sementara tiga nama lain, David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Ang Lee (Life of Pi) dan Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) merupakan nama-nama yang sebelumnya telah banyak diprediksi akan mendapatkan nominasi di kategori Best Director.

Oh… Berbicara mengenai Lincoln, film teranyar Spielberg tersebut berhasil menjadi film dengan total raihan nominasi terbanyak, yakni 12 nominasi termasuk di kategori Best Director, Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis) dan Best Picture. Terdapat delapan film lainnya yang akan bersaing bersama Lincoln untuk memperebutkan gelar Best Picture, yakni Argo, Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook dan Zero Dark Thirty. Sementara itu, bersaing bersama Daniel Day-Lewis di kategori Best Actor adalah Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables), Joaquin Phoenix (The Master) dan Denzel Washington (Flight). Dan… oh… Silver Linings Playbook berhasil mencatatkan sejarah tersendiri ketika film tersebut berhasil meraih nominasi di setiap kategori utama: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence), Best Supporting Actor (Robert DeNiro), Best Supporting Actress (Jackie Weaver) dan Best Adapted Screenplay.

Para pemenang The 85th Annual Academy Awards akan diumumkan pada tanggal 24 Februari 2013 mendatang.

Berikut daftar lengkap nominasi The 84th Annual Academy Awards:

BEST PICTURE

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Lincoln
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR

• Ang Lee, Life of Pi
• Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
• David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
• Michael Haneke, Amour
• Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

BEST ACTOR

• Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
• Denzel Washington, Flight
• Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
• Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
• Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

BEST ACTRESS

• Naomi Watts, The Impossible
• Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
• Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
• Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
• Alan Arkin, Argo
• Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Sally Field, Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
• Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
• Helen Hunt, The Sessions
• Amy Adams, The Master

ANIMATED FEATURE

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits
• Wreck-It Ralph

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Amour
• Kon-Tiki
• No
• A Royal Affair
• War Witch

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How To Survive A Plague
• Searching for Sugar Man

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Anna Karenina
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

COSTUME DESIGN

• Anna Karenina
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Mirror Mirror
• Snow White and the Huntsman

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

• Inocente
• Kings Point
• Open Heart
• Redemption
• Mondays at Racine

FILM EDITING

• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• Hitchcock
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserables

ORIGINAL SCORE

• Anna Karenina
• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

ORIGINAL SONG

• “Before My Time,” Chasing Ice
• “Everybody Needs A Best Friend,” Ted
• “Pi’s Lullaby,” Life of Pi
• “Skyfall,” Skyfall
• “Suddenly,” Les Miserables

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Anna Karenina
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln

ANIMATED SHORT

• Adam and Dog
• Fresh Guacamole
• Head Over Heels
• Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
• Paperman

LIVE ACTION SHORT

• Asad
• Buzkashi Boys
• Curfew
• Death of a Shadow
• Henry

SOUND EDITING

• Argo
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty

SOUND MIXING

• Argo
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

VISUAL EFFECTS

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life of Pi
• The Avengers
• Prometheus
• Snow White and the Huntsman

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Amour
• Django Unchained
• Flight
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Zero Dark Thirty