The Revenant leads Oscar race

The Revenant and Mad Max will be fighting it out on 28 February

The nominations for this year's Oscars have been revealed, and The Revenant is out in front with 12 nominations while Mad Max: Fury Road is second with ten. Both are nominated in the Best Picture and Best Director categories. The rest of the field is remarkably varied. Room has done very well for a small independent film and, after a long career on the margins, Jennifer Jason Leigh will be very pleased with her nomination for The Hateful Eight. UK hopes will rest on Eddie Redmayne, (nominated for his portrayal of trans pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl, Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet (nominated for Steve Jobs), and Charlotte Rampling (nominated for Michael Powell Award winning drama 45 Years).

Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski and Ang Lee joined Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs to make today's announcement at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.

The Oscar awards ceremony will be held on 28 February.

Those awards in full:-

Best Picture

• The Big Short
• Bridge Of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Spotlight

Best Director

• Adam McKay - The Big Short
• George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
• Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Revenant
• Lenny Abrahamson - Room
• Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

Best Actor

• Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
• Matt Damon - The Martian
• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
• Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
• Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett - Carol
• Brie Larson - Room
• Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
• Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
• Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
• Rooney Mara - Carol
• Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
• Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
• Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale - The Big Short
• Tom Hardy - The Revenant
• Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
• Mark Rylance - Bridge Of Spies
• Sylvester Stallone - Creed

Best Documentary

• Amy
• Cartel Land
• The Look Of Silence
• What Happened, Miss Simone?
• Winter On Fire

Best Animated Film

• Anomalisa
• The Boy And The World
• Inside Out
• Shaun The Sheep Movie
• When Marnie Was There

Best Foreign Language Film

• Embrace Of The Serpent
• Mustang
• Son Of Saul
• Theeb
• A War

Best Original Screenplay

• Bridge Of Spies
• Ex Machina
• Inside Out
• Spotlight
• Straight Outta Compton

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Big Short
• Brooklyn
• Carol
• The Martian
• Room

Best Short Film, Live Action

• Ave Maria
• Day One
• Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
• Shok
• Stutterer

Best Short Film, Documentary

• Body Team 12
• Chau, Beyond The Lines
• Claude Lanzmann: Spectres Of The Shoah
• A Girl In The River: The Price Of Forgiveness
• Last Day Of Freedom

Best Short Film, Animated

• Bear Story
• Prologue
• Sanjay's Super Team
• We Can't Live Without Cosmos
• World Of Tomorrow

Best Cinematography

• Carol
• The Hateful Eight
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Sicario

Best Editing

• The Big Short
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Spotlight
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Production Design

• Bridge Of Spies
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant

Best Costume Design

• Carol
• Cinderella
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant

Best Hair and Make-up

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared
• The Revenant

Best Visual Effects

• Ex Machina
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Editing

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Sicario
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Mixing

• Bridge Of Spies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Original Song

• Earned It - Fifty Shades Of Grey
• Manta Ray - Racing Extinction
• Simple Song Number 3 - Youth
• Till It Happens To You - The Hunting Ground
• Writing On The Wall - Spectre

Best Original Score

• Bridge Of Spies
• Carol
• The Hateful Eight
• Sicario
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens