The Nominations Arrival is nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Denis Villeneuve), Best Writing Adapted Screenplay (Eric Heisserer), Best Cinematography (Bradford Young), Best Film Editing (Joe Walker), Best Sound Editing (Sylvain Bellemare), Best Production Design (Patrice Vermette, Paul Hotte), and Best Sound Mixing (Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Claude La Haye). [read post]