The 2023 Oscars were thrilling to say the least, with the wonderfully wacky Everything Everywhere All At Once – a rip-roaring sci-fi epic filled with kung-fu battles, hot dog fingers, butt plugs, talking rocks and a Ratatouille-esque raccoon, which almost certainly would not have been considered an “Oscar movie” a decade ago – racing ahead with seven wins: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis, and Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh. With her victory, the latter also became the first Asian actress to secure that statuette, the first woman of colour to take it home in over two decades, and only the second to do so in 95 years. So, what history-making moments could we witness in 2024? Here’s everything you need to know about the 96th Academy Awards.
When will the 2024 Oscars take place?
The 2024 Oscars are scheduled for Sunday 10 March.
Where will the 2024 Oscars be held?
As with the 2023 ceremony, the 96th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles.
When will the 2024 Oscar nominations be announced?
The nominations for the 2024 Oscars will be announced on 23 January 2024. The annual nominees’ luncheon will then take place on 12 February, with the final voting being carried out between 22 and 27 February.
Who will host the 2024 Oscars?
Jimmy Kimmel oversaw proceedings in 2023, and will return in 2024.
Who will win an Oscar in 2024?
Following the buzzy film festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto, the 2024 Oscar race is finally taking shape. Currently vying for the Best Picture statuette are Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, which won Venice’s Golden Lion; Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, which scooped Toronto’s coveted Audience Award; Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall; Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest; Bradley Cooper’s Maestro; Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon; Celine Song’s Past Lives; Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer; Greta Gerwig’s Barbie; and Ava DuVernay’s Origin. Lanthimos, Glazer, Scorsese, Nolan, Song, Gerwig, DuVernay and Cooper are surging in the Best Director race, too.
Then, there are the acting categories. Best Actress is unbelievably stacked, with the likes of Emma Stone (Poor Things), Carey Mulligan (Maestro), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), Natalie Portman (May December), Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Greta Lee (Past Lives), Margot Robbie (Barbie), Annette Bening (Nyad), Aunjanue Ellis (Origin) and Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla) competing to make the shortlist.
In Best Actor, you should expect to see Colman Domingo (Rustin), Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon), Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers), Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), and Bradley Cooper (Maestro), while the Best Supporting Actor contest is being dominated by Ryan Gosling (Barbie), Robert DeNiro (Killers of the Flower Moon), Robert Downey Jr (Oppenheimer), Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things), and Charles Melton (May December).
And as for Best Supporting Actress? Killers of the Flower Moon’s Lily Gladstone had been considered the favourite, but following her decision to run in the lead category instead, it’s all to play for. Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) could pop up, as could Jodie Foster (Nyad), Julianne Moore (May December), Sandra Hüller (The Zone of Interest), and Penélope Cruz (Ferrari).
How can I watch the 2024 Oscars in the UK?
There’s big news on this front, too. For the past 20 years, the Oscars have been broadcast on Sky – and more recently streamed live on Now – but the exclusive UK broadcasting rights have now been picked up by ITV in a new multi-year agreement that begins in 2024.