12 Years a Slave gets nine Oscar nominations

twelve years a slave poster,chiwetel ejioforAnother round of congrats to the 12 Years cast and crew!

Oscar nominations were announced earlier today and all the usual suspects are on the list. The ceremony takes place on March 2. You can find all the nominees here.

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
American Hustle, David O. Russell
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón
Nebraska, Alexander Payne
12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen
The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Before Midnight, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips, Billy Ray
Philomena, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave, John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Christian Bale, AMERICAN HUSTLE
Bruce Dern, NEBRASKA
Leonardo DiCaprio, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Matthew McConaughey, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sally Hawkins, BLUE JASMINE
Jennifer Lawrence, AMERICAN HUSTLE
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Julia Roberts, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
June Squibb, NEBRASKA

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Barkhad Abdi, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Bradley Cooper, AMERICAN HUSTLE
Michael Fassbender, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Jonah Hill, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years a Slave

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave

ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years a Slave