The Oscars 2021 are already slowly knocking on the door, but we will still be following them a little later this year. The awarding of the golden statuettes, originally announced for February 28, has been postponed to April.
Oscars 2021 will be broadcast on Sunday, April 25, 2021, and the Oscar nominations will be announced on Monday, March 15.
Since 2004, only the Winter Olympics have "stolen" the Oscar ceremony in February. But due to the pandemic and the many impacts it has had on the film industry - delayed release and production dates - the Academy has decided to move the ceremony to April.
Honoring the films of 2020 when we're almost in May of 2021 seems a little odd, but it's actually a return to roots for the Oscars. Historically, the Oscars were awarded in the second half of March or the beginning of April. Excluding the first few years, when they held five ceremonies in three years, April 25, 2021 the latest award of golden statuettes after 1966, when the musical My Songs, My Dreams took home the most prestigious Oscar.
Who will host the award Oscars 2021, it is not yet clear. We also cannot be sure that we will even see him on stage at all - especially because in the last two years they have realized that the award can be held without him. The decision to host or not will thus be up to the producers (Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh).
So there are still quite a few unknowns, but we can already assume who could be in the running for the most prestigious statuette of the award - the Oscar for the best film. Let's see who all could at the award Oscars 2021 seen with a golden statuette in his hands!
Drama
Nomadland (2020)
After losing everything in the Great Recession, an elderly woman (Frances McDormand) embarks on a journey through the American West and lives as a modern-day nomad.
Drama
The Trial of Chicago 7 (2020)
The story of seven people on trial arising from various charges related to the 1968 Democratic National Convention riot in Chicago, Illinois.
Drama
Minarets (2020)
In the 1980s, a Korean family moves to Arkansas to start a farm.
Drama
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Chicago, 1927. Record recording. Tensions rise between singer Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), her aspiring horn player, and white management determined to control the out-of-control "mother of the blues."
Drama
One Night in Miami (2020)
A fictional account of an incredible night in 1964, when four icons of activism, sports and music - Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke - come together to discuss their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheavals of the 1960s.
Drama
The Father (2020)
As the man (Anthony Hopkins) ages, he refuses all help from his daughter (Olivia Colman). As she tries to make sense of her changing circumstances, she begins to question her loved ones, her mind, and even reality.
Comedy drama
Mank (2020)
The film presents the 1930s in Hollywood as seen by sharp social critic and screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he rushes to complete the screenplay for Citizen Kane for Orson Welles.
Western/Drama
News of the World (2020)
A Civil War veteran (Tom Hanks) agrees to bring a girl who was taken by the Kiowa people years ago to her uncle and aunt against her will. So they travel hundreds of kilometers and face dire dangers as they search for a place they can call home!
War drama
Yes 5 Bloods (2020)
Four African-American veterans battle the forces of man and nature as they return to Vietnam in search of the remains of a fallen lieutenant and the gold he helped them hide.
Comedy thriller
Promising Young Woman (2020)
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event from her past, decides to take revenge on everyone who crosses her path.
Family comedy animated film
Soul (2020)
A musician who has lost his passion for music experiences an out-of-body experience. Now he must find his way back with the help of the baby's soul, which teaches him about himself.
Romantic drama
Malcolm & Marie (2021)
In this romantic drama, we follow the director and his girlfriend (Zendaya) as they return home after the gala premiere of the film and wait for - or so they believe - the film's critical and financial success.
Romantic drama
Ammonite (2020)
In the 1840s, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to her for recuperation develop a powerful relationship that changes their lives forever.
Comedy
Palm Springs (2020)
When carefree Nyles and reluctant bridesmaid Sarah meet by chance at a wedding in Palm Springs, things get downright complicated as they can't escape the scene, neither themselves, nor each other.
Science fiction drama
The Midnight Sky (2020)
This post-apocalyptic story follows Augustine, a lone scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop astronaut Sully and her colleagues from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
Sci-fi action movie
Tenet (2020)
Armed with only one word - "tenet" - and the fight for the survival of the whole world, the main character of the story makes his way through the dark world of international espionage on a mission that takes place in something outside of real time and space.
Drama
Pieces of a Woman (2020)
When a home birth ends in an unfathomable tragedy, a period of grief begins that hurts relationships with loved ones. A deeply personal story about a woman learning to live with her loss.
