TORONTO --
Quebec's cinematic triple-threat Denis Villeneuve says he is discovered the important thing to navigating the depth of Oscar nomination day: "On the final minute earlier than bulletins, make pancakes. It helps with the stress."
It is a notably Canadian solution to put together, and maybe it is particularly becoming since this yr's nominees hail in all places from Saskatoon to Halifax.
The record begins with author, director and producer Villeneuve, whose sprawling sci-fi epic "Dune" is among the many most acknowledged total with 10 nods, together with nominations for the Montreal-based filmmaker in the most effective tailored screenplay and greatest image classes, though he was omitted from the director race.
Then there's Toronto costume designer Luis Sequeira of "Nightmare Alley" and Quebec producer Roger Frappier of "The Energy of the Canine."
Guillermo del Toro's "Nightmare Alley" snagged 4 nominations together with greatest image, for a staff that features Toronto producer J. Miles Dale.
Sequeira and Dale are each longtime collaborators of del Toro's, on initiatives together with "The Form of Water," which earned Dale the most effective image Oscar in 2018 for producing together with the Mexican director, and introduced Sequeira an Oscar nomination.
It was a nerve-wracking morning for Sequeira, who stated by cellphone from his dwelling in Toronto that he had deliberate to sleep in till "my cellphone began buzzing away and I knew one thing was up."
"However this time, I believed I would endure the suspense and watch," he stated of the early morning livestreamed bulletins.
Villeneuve, who shares the tailored screenplay nod with co-writers Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts, detailed his Oscar breakfast technique in a ready assertion that shared the highlight along with his "Dune" colleagues, lots of them Canadian.
"Now that it is over, I can say two issues: First, I couldn't be extra happy with my complete staff who received 10 nominations," stated Villeneuve, beforehand nominated for greatest director for 2016's alien-invasion movie "Arrival" and whose 2010 movie "Incendies" was up for a greatest overseas language Oscar.
"We had an incredible morning. None of which might have been potential with out our unbelievable solid -- on behalf of the whole producing staff, we thanks to your laborious work in making my previous dream a actuality. Second, ensure you put sufficient eggs within the preparation, our pancakes have been a catastrophe."
Different "Dune" nominations embrace greatest make-up and hairstyling for Donald Mowat and greatest manufacturing design for Patrice Vermette, who each hail from Montreal and every have longstanding ties to Villeneuve.
Main the Oscar pack is Jane Campion's suspenseful Western "The Energy of the Canine" with 12 nominations. Frappier, of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Que., is among the many staff members nominated for greatest image and stated it was a "big honour" to be included within the marquee class.
"Whatever the finish end result, it is already a implausible reward," Frappier stated in a press release that additionally congratulates Campion on her greatest director nod and all of the artists "who accompany us on this magnificent journey."
Del Toro's largely Canadian staff for "Nightmare Alley" contains Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, who obtained nominations for greatest manufacturing design, and have been additionally feeling the thrill of the day.
Vieau described an "overwhelming, emotional" morning at dwelling in Chester, N.S.
"It truthfully felt just like the Olympics this yr," the Halifax-bred set decorator stated over the cellphone.
"To be honoured inside your group of friends is absolutely a very powerful factor. We have got lots of love for this present, and it actually was such a labour of affection with Guillermo to do."
Deverell, Vieau's Saskatoon-bred and Toronto-based co-nominee and del Toro's manufacturing designer, was in Costa Rica on trip when she realized the information and was already celebrating.
"It has been a fairly implausible journey and honour," she stated over the cellphone.
She added it was "superb" to work with Sequeira and Vieau, however particularly del Toro, "the maestro," and with whom she simply completed collaborating for his upcoming Netflix anthology sequence "Cupboard of Curiosities."
Two Canadians additionally landed nods in the most effective documentary quick topic class: producer Geoff McLean for his work on "Audible," and Nova Scotia's Ben Proudfoot for his movie "The Queen of Basketball," which tells the story of Lucy Harris, the one girl to be drafted by the NBA and the primary Black girl inducted into the Basketball Corridor of Fame.
Harris died immediately in January on the age of 66.
"It is a very particular story not solely as a result of it is nice however as a result of we misplaced Lucy lower than a month in the past," a "flabbergasted" Proudfoot stated by cellphone from Los Angeles, the place he's now primarily based.
"Me and my complete staff, our hearts have been on fireplace since we began making this movie, (and) making an attempt to get Lucy's story on the market to the world and shut the hole between how vital and vital her life story is and the way many individuals learn about it.
"The nice and cozy glow of the information this morning could be a beacon of positivity for Lucy's household as they grieve her loss. I am blissful that this offers us the chance to inform the story to a fair wider viewers ... as a result of I come from Halifax, a spot that appreciates folks and appreciates the custom of oral storytelling."
Different nominees embrace the Nationwide Movie Board co-production "Affairs of the Artwork," up for greatest animated quick.
The 94th annual Academy Awards air March 27 on CTV and ABC.
-- With information from David Good friend in Toronto
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Feb. 8, 2022.
Director Denis Villeneuve arrives on the The Toronto Movie Critics Affiliation Awards, on Tuesday, January 10, 2017.(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Younger)
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