'Past Lives' is nominated for 2 Oscars including best picture, best original screenplay for Celine Song

"Past Lives" is nominated for two Oscars this year including best picture and best original screenplay for writer-director Celine Song

WATCH: Celine Song speaks with George Pennacchio on the Oscars red carpet

Celine Song, director of "Past Lives," speaks with George Pennacchio on the Oscars red carpet

In her first time out, Song crafted a lyrical work of art out of her own life as a 12-year-old girl who leaves her family home and her boy crush Hae Sung in South Korea to grow up in Canada.
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The luminous Greta Lee stars as the adult Nora, who's now a playwright in New York City and married to Arthur (John Magaro), an American, when Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) decides to visit Nora in Manhattan.

Here are the categories that "Past Lives" is nominated for:

Best picture

Best original screenplay: Celine Song

ABC News' Peter Travers contributed to this report.

It's Oscar Sunday! The 96th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, an hour earlier than past years.

The Oscars are followed by an all-new episode of "Abbott Elementary."

Once all the awards have been handed out, it's time to party! Watch "On the Red Carpet: After the Awards" for a look into the most star-studded parties of the night.

On Monday, it's America's best after party! "Live With Kelly and Mark: After the Oscars" is live from the Oscars stage at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood at 9 a.m.

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