From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go.

Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them – a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) – and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).

The 96th Academy Awards | 2024

WINNER of Actress in a Leading Role – Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Nominee for Best Picture – Mark Johnson, Producer

Nominee for Actor in a Leading Role – Paul Giamatti

Nominee for Film Editing – Kevin Tent

Nominee for Sound – Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic

Nominee for Writing (Original Screenplay) – Written by David Hemingson