Infographic: Nominations for Oscars 2018
This year's Oscars is being seen as an opportunity for Tinseltown to support female filmmaking. Photo: A.M.P.A.S
(Web Desk) – The world waits impatiently for Hollywood’s biggest award ceremony - Oscars, are set to begin.
The 90th Academy Awards will be hosted by late night funny man Jimmy Kimmel. This is his second straight year to host the most prestigious awards of the industry.
The awards ceremony will be broadcasted live around the world by ABC from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre.
The show caps a difficult few months during which the industry has declared war on the pervasive culture of sexual impropriety unearthed by the downfall of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
With the #MeToo and Time’s Up campaigns against sexual misconduct and gender inequality dominating the 2018 awards circuit, this year’s Oscars gala is seen as an opportunity for Tinseltown to support female filmmaking.
Greta Gerwig is only the fifth woman in Oscars history to be nominated for best director, but faces tough competition from Guillermo Del Toro, the runaway favourite for "The Shape of Water".
There was also the first nod in history for a female cinematographer, Rachel Morrison, who shot Dee Rees’s racial drama "Mudbound".
For more on Oscar nominations for some of the major awards, here is an infographic by Dunyanews.tv.
Creative: Ahsan Zahid
