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  • The 2026 Oscars: Nominees, Records and What to Watch For in Hollywood’s Biggest Night

    The 2026 Oscars: Nominees, Records and What to Watch For in Hollywood’s Biggest Night

    The 98th Academy Awards are here, celebrating the finest films of 2025 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. This year’s ceremony is one for the history books — Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leads with a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most ever in Oscar history, while Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another follows with 13. The night also marks a historic first: Best Casting makes its debut as a brand new competitive category, the first new Oscar category since Best Animated Feature was introduced in 2001.

    Nominees were determined by the Academy’s global membership of over 11,000 film industry professionals spanning 19 branches, with members nominating within their own area of expertise.

    Host Your Own Voting Events with Izivote

    The Oscars are a reminder of how exciting a well-run voting event can be. That same energy is something anyone can bring to their own events — and that’s exactly what Izivote is built for.

    Izivote is an online voting platform that makes it simple for individuals, organisations, schools, and businesses to create and manage professional voting events. Whether you’re running an awards night, a talent competition, a club election, or a community poll, Izivote has you covered.

    Key features include multiple voting methods, real-time results, customisable voting periods, website embedding, and a responsive design that works seamlessly on any device. Best of all, it’s completely free to get started — no credit card required.

    Izivote makes every vote count, with transparency and trust at the core of every event it powers.

    Visit izivote.com to create your free account and launch your first event today.

    All 2026 Oscar Nominees by Category

    This year’s nominations span 24 categories, recognising excellence across every craft in filmmaking — from acting and directing to costume design, documentary storytelling, and international cinema. Sinners and One Battle After Another dominate the conversation, but there are compelling contenders in every category. Here is the full list of nominees for the 98th Academy Awards.

    Actor in a Leading Role

    • Timothée Chalamet — Marty Supreme
    • Leonardo DiCaprio — One Battle after Another
    • Ethan Hawke — Blue Moon
    • Michael B. Jordan — Sinners
    • Wagner Moura — The Secret Agent

    Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Benicio Del Toro — One Battle after Another
    • Jacob Elordi — Frankenstein
    • Delroy Lindo — Sinners
    • Sean Penn — One Battle after Another
    • Stellan Skarsgård — Sentimental Value

    Actress in a Leading Role

    • Jessie Buckley — Hamnet
    • Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
    • Kate Hudson — Song Sung Blue
    • Renate Reinsve — Sentimental Value
    • Emma Stone — Bugonia

    Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Elle Fanning — Sentimental Value
    • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas — Sentimental Value
    • Amy Madigan — Weapons
    • Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners
    • Teyana Taylor — One Battle after Another

    Animated Feature Film

    • Arco — Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
    • Elio — Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
    • KPop Demon Hunters — Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong
    • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain — Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
    • Zootopia 2 — Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino

    Animated Short Film

    • Butterfly — Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
    • Forevergreen — Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
    • The Girl Who Cried Pearls — Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
    • Retirement Plan — John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
    • The Three Sisters — Konstantin Bronzit

    Casting (New Category)

    • Hamnet — Nina Gold
    • Marty Supreme — Jennifer Venditti
    • One Battle after Another — Cassandra Kulukundis
    • The Secret Agent — Gabriel Domingues
    • Sinners — Francine Maisler

    Cinematography

    • Frankenstein — Dan Laustsen
    • Marty Supreme — Darius Khondji
    • One Battle after Another — Michael Bauman
    • Sinners — Autumn Durald Arkapaw
    • Train Dreams — Adolpho Veloso

    Costume Design

    • Avatar: Fire and Ash — Deborah L. Scott
    • Frankenstein — Kate Hawley
    • Hamnet — Malgosia Turzanska
    • Marty Supreme — Miyako Bellizzi
    • Sinners — Ruth E. Carter

    Directing

    • Hamnet — Chloé Zhao
    • Marty Supreme — Josh Safdie
    • One Battle after Another — Paul Thomas Anderson
    • Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier
    • Sinners — Ryan Coogler

    Documentary Feature Film

    • The Alabama Solution — Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
    • Come See Me in the Good Light — Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
    • Cutting through Rocks — Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
    • Mr. Nobody against Putin — David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková
    • The Perfect Neighbor — Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

    Documentary Short Film

    • All the Empty Rooms — Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
    • Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud — Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
    • Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” — Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
    • The Devil Is Busy — Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
    • Perfectly a Strangeness — Alison McAlpine

    Film Editing

    • F1 — Stephen Mirrione
    • Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
    • One Battle after Another — Andy Jurgensen
    • Sentimental Value — Olivier Bugge Coutté
    • Sinners — Michael P. Shawver

    International Feature Film

    • Brazil — The Secret Agent
    • France — It Was Just an Accident
    • Norway — Sentimental Value
    • Spain — Sirāt
    • Tunisia — The Voice of Hind Rajab

    Live Action Short Film

    • Butcher’s Stain — Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
    • A Friend of Dorothy — Lee Knight and James Dean
    • Jane Austen’s Period Drama — Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
    • The Singers — Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt
    • Two People Exchanging Saliva — Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata

    Makeup and Hairstyling

    • Frankenstein — Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
    • Kokuho — Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
    • Sinners — Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
    • The Smashing Machine — Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
    • The Ugly Stepsister — Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg

    Music (Original Score)

    • Bugonia — Jerskin Fendrix
    • Frankenstein — Alexandre Desplat
    • Hamnet — Max Richter
    • One Battle after Another — Jonny Greenwood
    • Sinners — Ludwig Göransson

    Music (Original Song)

    • “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless — Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
    • “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters — Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park
    • “I Lied To You” from Sinners — Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson
    • “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Viva Verdi! — Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
    • “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams — Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave

    Best Picture

    • Bugonia — Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
    • F1 — Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
    • Frankenstein — Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
    • Hamnet — Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
    • Marty Supreme — Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
    • One Battle after Another — Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
    • The Secret Agent — Emilie Lesclaux, Producer
    • Sentimental Value — Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
    • Sinners — Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
    • Train Dreams — Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers

    Production Design

    • Frankenstein — Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
    • Hamnet — Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
    • Marty Supreme — Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
    • One Battle after Another — Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
    • Sinners — Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne

    Sound

    • F1 — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta
    • Frankenstein — Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
    • One Battle after Another — José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
    • Sinners — Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
    • Sirāt — Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas

    Visual Effects

    • Avatar: Fire and Ash — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
    • F1 — Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
    • Jurassic World Rebirth — David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
    • The Lost Bus — Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
    • Sinners — Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean

    Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    • Bugonia — Screenplay by Will Tracy
    • Frankenstein — Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
    • Hamnet — Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
    • One Battle after Another — Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
    • Train Dreams — Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

    Writing (Original Screenplay)

    • Blue Moon — Written by Robert Kaplow
    • It Was Just an Accident — Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators: Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
    • Marty Supreme — Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
    • Sentimental Value — Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
    • Sinners — Written by Ryan Coogler

  • No More Manual Monitoring: How Izivote’s Auto-Close Feature Takes the Stress Out of Voting Deadlines

    Manually tracking and adjusting voting start and end times is a time-consuming process, particularly for events with many voters or multiple voting rounds. Without automation, it’s easy to miss deadlines, set incorrect timeframes, or forget to send timely reminders, which can cause confusion, undermine the credibility of the vote and frustrate participants.

    That’s where Izivote’s auto-close feature transforms how voting deadlines are managed. Organizers can set a precise deadline for their voting event, and the system automatically closes the voting once the deadline is reached, no manual effort required. To enhance this process further, the newly added countdown timer provides participants with a clear visual of the remaining time, building anticipation and ensuring everyone stays informed. Together, these features remove the need for constant monitoring, delivering a seamless and timely voting experience.

    Here’s how it works:

    Set End Time: During event setup, organizers can specify the exact end time for voting, ensuring the voting period aligns with the event’s schedule. This level of control helps eliminate confusion by clearly defining when voting ends, allowing for a smooth and organized process.

    Automatic Closure: At the designated end time, Izivote automatically locks the voting page, ensuring that no further submissions can be made. This seamless process removes the risk of any votes being cast after the deadline has passed, maintaining the integrity of the voting event. With this feature, organizers can be confident that the voting period is adhered to strictly, without the need for manual intervention or last-minute adjustments.

    Countdown Timer: The newly added countdown timer enhances the voting experience by giving participants a real-time view of how much time is left to cast their votes. This feature not only keeps voters informed but also creates a sense of urgency, motivating them to act quickly before the deadline passes. By visually emphasizing the ticking clock, it drives higher engagement and ensures no one misses the opportunity to have their say, making the voting process both exciting and efficient.

    A seamlessly managed voting timeline reflects well on your event. The auto-close feature brings a touch of professionalism to your process, leaving participants with a positive impression and increasing the chances of engaging with future events. This functionality is especially valuable for events, contests, and surveys that depend on accurate and timely results.

    Incorporating an auto-close voting feature into your event ensures a smooth, efficient, and trustworthy experience for both organizers and participants. It’s a simple adjustment that makes a big impact on the success of your event!

    Looking to take your event to the next level? Get started with Izivote today!

  • New updates from 10 Nov 2018

    Izivote website has recently gone through a major update. The update presents bug fixes and more importantly the addition of several new features to the app. Some of these new features include

    • Two new vote types

    Anyone who has created a vote page on izivote would know izivote has two vote types (Open and Facebook) ever since izivote was launched, but due to requests from some users and analysis of the system, we decided to add two others, making a total of four different vote types to choose from for your vote page. The two added are Paid and Ticket.

    With the Paid vote type, you can set an amount to be paid per vote, this is a way to generate revenue for your awards. You can set any amount in either US Dollars or Nigerian Naira.

    With Ticket vote type you generate a list of tickets whereby only those with the tickets you added can vote. It is useful for office elections, class votes, etc, where everyone has a unique id known to them (e.g. staff number)

    • Online payment

    Online payment has been integrated to izivote hence you do not need to contact us to upgrade your account to pro or premium, you can simply upgrade your account by purchasing any of our plans in the pricing page

    • Nominee profile

    Having an izivote account now gives you more value because you can now create a nominee profile, upload your details and select categories you would be interested in, so you can be easily found by award organisers and have a higher chance of being nominated. In addition, it makes it easier for organisers to add nominees to their vote pages without having to source for information or type, nominees can be added with a click of a button.

    There a several other changes made to izivote, a lot on the invisible part of the system, to raise performance and serve you better.

  • New placement of vote button

    We constantly ensure that voting done on our platform is as easy and stress-free as possible, that you can easily find nominees in their distinctive categories and making them obvious to find, or if not found, using Izivote Search would easily locate them regardless of the vote page they were nominated in, same applies to options in izivote polls. Although voting on izivote seemed simple enough, there were certain factors which strain voters a major one being the need of voters to scroll to the bottom of each category to login to vote (in the case of a vote page using the Facebook vote type), scrolling up back to select the nominee or option to be voted for and scrolling down back to the bottom of the category to click on vote, the procedure only gets worse in mobile devices which have lesser display viewport hence accommodating limited nominees on screen at a time, which increases the amount of scrolling required from the voter. Although this limitation seemed not to have stopped thousands of voters who regardless voted for their favorites, we saw a need for it to be improved (thanks to all users who contacted Izivote support). We decided to bring the login button and vote button closer to any nominee or option to be voted for, hence voting on izivote now takes the following steps:

    1. Click on a nominee or option to be voted for, once that is done, the ‘login to vote’ button would be shown above the nominee if login is needed to vote, else the vote button along sides a cancel button would be displayed.
    1. If login is required, click on the ‘login to vote’ button and login appropriately.
    1. If login is not required or if already logged in, the cancel and vote buttons would be displayed, click on the cancel button to cancel the vote process or click on vote button to vote for the selected nominee.
    1. Once the vote button is clicked, the vote would be sent and the voting process is completed.

    This doesn’t just reduce the amount of scrolling but it totally eliminates the need to scroll to vote a nominee or option once already in view, making it faster, easier and less stressful for anyone to vote.

    From the bottom of the screen to the left-bottom of each category and now just right in front of the nominee or option to be voted for, we have gradually but eventually made voting on Izivote easier. Move your votes or polls to izivote today and take advantage of our system to provide you what is needed to have a successful award vote or poll survey.

  • Izivote Optimization

    We are constantly making improvements to our system in order to give the best to our users. In as much as Izivote has new UI upgrades, we also pay attention to our background working codes, optimizing them to give faster results making you to accomplish more tasks faster. With the recent changes to our user interface (UI) on the account dashboard, we also made optimization to our system.

    Remember that you can be part of those making Izivote better for everyone. Send you suggestions for upgrades or report bugs to our support at [email protected] or chat with us live on our website.