Overview
- Wagner Moura is nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama, becoming the first Brazilian man ever recognized in the category.
- The film also contends for Best Motion Picture — Drama and Best Non‑English Language Film after a Cannes launch and a season capped by a Critics Choice win and 48 international awards.
- Industry forecasts shifted as Variety dropped Moura from its latest Oscar Best Actor predictions, yet the magazine and Vanity Fair still name him a leading contender for the Globes.
- Globes balloting closed before the Critics Choice results, and the ceremony’s outcomes could influence Academy members as Oscar voting starts the next day.
- Brazil will carry the ceremony on free‑to‑air television for the first time, with TV Globo broadcasting the awards after Fantástico.