Oscar Nominees for the 87th Academy Awards; Iranian Director's Short Film in Final List

During a ceremony in Los Angeles, the nominees for the 87th Academy Awards were announced, and the short film "Butterfly" by Iranian director Talghoun Hamzavi made it to the final nominees for Best Short Film. The nominees for the 2015 Oscars were revealed on Thursday, January 25, with Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Birdman" and Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" leading with nominations in nine categories. Morten Tyldum's "The Imitation Game" received eight nominations, while Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" and Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" followed with six nominations each. This year, the Best Picture nominees include "American Sniper," "Boyhood," "Birdman," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Whiplash," "The Theory of Everything," "The Imitation Game," and "Selma." Additionally, the nominees for Best Director are Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher), Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game). The nominees for Best Actor are Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game), and Michael Keaton (Birdman). In the Best Actress category, nominees include Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night), Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), and Reese Witherspoon (Wild). For Best Supporting Actor, nominees are Robert Duvall (The Judge), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Edward Norton (Birdman), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher), and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash). The Best Supporting Actress nominees are Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Meryl Streep (Into the Woods), Laura Dern (Wild), Emma Stone (Birdman), and Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game). Furthermore, the films "American Sniper," "The Imitation Game," "Inherent Vice," "The Theory of Everything," and "Whiplash" are nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, while "Birdman," "Boyhood," "Foxcatcher," "Nightcrawler," and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" are nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Additionally, five films: "Ida" (Poland), "Leviathan" (Russia), "Timbuktu" (Mauritania), "Wild Tales" (Argentina), and "Tangerines" (Estonia) are nominated for Best Foreign Language Film this year. Talghoun Hamzavi is an Iranian filmmaker residing in Switzerland who has been nominated for the 2015 Oscar with her short film. She produced her film in German and submitted it to the Oscars on behalf of her country of residence, Switzerland. Hamzavi was born in Tehran in 1979 and emigrated to Switzerland at the age of seven. She holds a master's degree in filmmaking from the Zurich University of the Arts and has previously participated in several other international festivals with her short film "Butterfly." Winning the Student Academy Award for Best Foreign Short Film in 2013 in Los Angeles is among her successes. The 25-minute short film "Butterfly" is about an Afghan girl who enters a refugee camp in Switzerland, but when she learns about her father's poor health, she decides to send all her illegally earned money to her family. To do this, she must go to Zurich, and since she does not have a valid passport, she is unable to send the money. During this time, she meets a girl named "Emily," and various events unfold for the two in the film. The 87th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on the evening of February 22 (Sunday, March 3) in Los Angeles.