The German contribution "Nothing New in the West" by director Edward Berger has been nominated for an Oscar in the top category "Best Film". This was announced by the Los Angeles Film Academy on Tuesday. Along with the anti-war drama are nine other films in the most important category, including "Avatar: The Way of Water", "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and "The Fabelmans".

"Nothing New in the West" based on the book by Erich Maria Remarque from 1929 shows the horror of the First World War from the perspective of a young soldier. Austrian Felix Kammerer plays the leading role.

The work has chances of a golden boy in eight other categories. These include "Best Foreign Language Film", "Best Adapted Screenplay" and "Best Film Music". The German composer and pianist Volker Bertelmann, known by his stage name Hauschka, was nominated for an Oscar in 2017 together with his US colleague Dustin O'Halloran for the soundtrack to the film "Lion". At the award ceremony, however, they went away empty-handed.

Austin Butler, Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, Paul Mescal and Bill Nighy can hope for an Oscar for best actor. Cate Blanchett, Ana de Armas, Andrea Riseborough, Michelle Williams and Michelle Yeoh are up for Best Actress.

Supporting Actor nominees are Brendan Gleeson, Brian Tyree Henry, Judd Hirsch, Barry Keoghan and Ke Huy Quan. Best Supporting Actress nominations went to Angela Bassett, Hong Chau, Kerry Condon, Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu.

The nominations were announced by British actor Riz Ahmed and his US colleague Allison Williams. The 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood is scheduled for March 12th.