The 89th Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, is one of entertainment’s most prestige honor for all of Hollywood’s key players.

Every year, the Oscar nominees are announced in standard fashion– an announcement ceremony in front of a live audience. However, this year’s nominees were announced in a way completely new to the Academy Awards. This year’s award contenders were named via a global livestream.

Current Oscar winners and nominees alike such as Jennifer Hudson, Jason Reitman, and Brie Larson were some of the stars used to announce the films being honored at this year’s Academy Awards.

Check out the full list below and be sure to watch the 89th Academy Awards hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Feb. 26.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
• Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
• Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
• Dev Patel, Lion
• Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Best Cinematography

• Arrival
• La La Land
• Lion
• Moonlight
• Silence

Best Documentary Feature

• Fire at Sea
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Life, Animated
• O.J.: Made in America
• 13th

Best Documentary Short Subject

• Extremis
• 4.1 Miles
• Joe’s Violin
• Watani: My Homeland
• The White Helmets

Best Foreign Language Film

• Land of Mine, Denmark
• A Man Called Ove, Sweden
• The Salesman, Iran
• Tanna, Australia
• Toni Erdmann, Germany

Best Live Action Short

• Ennemis Intérieurs
• La Femme et le TGV
• Silent Nights
• Sing
• Timecode

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
• Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
• Ryan Gosling, La La Land
• Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
• Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Sound Editing

• Arrival
• Deepwater Horizon
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Sully

Best Sound Mixing

• Arrival 
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• 13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Best Production Design

• Arrival
• Fantastic Beasts
• Hail, Caesar!
• La La Land
• Passengers

Best Visual Effects

• Deepwater Horizon
• Doctor Strange
• The Jungle Book
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Costume Design

• Allied
• Fantastic Beasts
• Florence Foster Jenkins
• Jackie
• La La Land

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

• A Man Called Ove
• Star Trek Beyond
• Suicide Squad

Best Original Score

• Jackie
• La La Land
• Lion
• Moonlight
• Passengers 

Best Original Song

• “Audition,” La La Land
• “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls
• “City of Stars,” La La Land
• “The Empty Chair,” Jim: The James Foley Story
• “How Far I’ll Go,” Moana

Best Original Screenplay

• Hell or High Water
• La La Land
• The Lobster
• Manchester by the Sea
• 20th Century Women

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Arrival
• Fences
• Hidden Figures
• Lion
• Moonlight

Best Animated Feature

• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Moana
• My Life as a Zucchini
• The Red Turtle
• Zootopia

Best Animated Short Film

• Blind Vaysha
• Borrowed Time
• Pear Cider and Cigarettes
• Pearl
• Piper

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Viola Davis, Fences
• Naomie Harris, Moonlight
• Nicole Kidman, Lion
• Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
• Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Best Film Editing

• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hell or High Water
• La La Land
• Moonlight

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Isabelle Huppert, Elle
• Ruth Negga, Loving
• Natalie Portman, Jackie
• Emma Stone, La La Land
• Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Directing

• Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
• Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
• Damien Chazelle, La La Land
• Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
• Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Best Picture

• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hidden Figures
• Lion
• Moonlight
• Fences
• Hell or High Water
• La La Land
• Manchester by the Sea

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