Hollywood gets up early this Thursday for one of its big days: the nominations for the 2026 Oscars. At 5:30 in the morning (2:30 p.m. Spanish peninsular time) the names of those competing for the statuettes that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will award on March 15, in its 98th edition, have begun to be announced.
The nominations are made in two rounds, and in the first round it is eagerly awaited that there will be names in Spanish: those of and the short film The ghost of the fifth. The film about a party in the desert starts with an advantage. In mid-December, when the pre-candidates were known – some categories make short lists, in which the 10 or 15 films that will reach the final phase are already known. Therefore, it can be nominated for best international film, but also for best original soundtrack, best sound, and best photography already. Also included in that list was , which has a more difficult time, but can manage to enter the nomination for best international film.
For its part, the animated short The ghost of the villa, directed, co-produced and co-written by Madrid-born James Castillo and his production company, Martirio Films, will be among those waiting to hear his name at the Dolby Theater. In 17 minutes, it recounts the last years that the painter Francisco de Goya spent in his house, his country house, in Carabanchel.
Of course, there is another powerful Latin representative: , a film dream that the Mexican has managed to bring to life with the help of Netflix and that is giving him juicy fruits from the public and critics. Both the film and the director, and an actor, can be nominated.
The interpreters Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman, accompanied by the president of the Academy, Lynette Howell Taylor, began reading the nominations after 5:30. The doubts will be resolved next March 15 in a great gala broadcast from the Dolby theater, in the heart of Los Angeles, and presented by . Until then, place your bets.
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