Academy Awards Shortlist for Nominations

Academy Awards Shortlist for Nominations Revealed

 

A shortlist of Oscar nominees across ten categories has been revealed. *Emilia Pérez* leads the pack with potential nominations in six categories, followed closely by *Wicked* with four.

The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on January 17, with the ceremony scheduled for March 2. Here’s a breakdown of the films under consideration across key categories:

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### **Documentary Feature Film**
– *The Bibi Files*
– *Black Box Diaries*
– *Dahomey*
– *Daughters*
– *Eno*
– *Frida*
– *Hollywoodgate*
– *No Other Land*
– *Porcelain War*
– *Queendom*
– *The Remarkable Life of Ibelin*
– *Soundtrack to a Coup d’État*
– *Sugarcane*
– *Union*
– *Will & Harper*

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### **Documentary Short Film**
– *Chasing Roo*
– *Death by Numbers*
– *Eternal Father*
– *I Am Ready, Warden*
– *Incident*
– *Instruments of a Beating Heart*
– *Keeper*
– *Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World*
– *Once Upon a Time in Ukraine*
– *The Only Girl in the Orchestra*
– *Planetwalker*
– *The Quilters*
– *Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr*
– *A Swim Lesson*
– *Until He’s Back*

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### **International Feature Film**
– Brazil: *I’m Still Here*
– Canada: *Universal Language*
– Czech Republic: *Waves*
– Denmark: *The Girl with the Needle*
– France: *Emilia Pérez*
– Germany: *The Seed of the Sacred Fig*
– Iceland: *Touch*
– Ireland: *Kneecap*
– Italy: *Vermiglio*
– Latvia: *Flow*
– Norway: *Armand*
– Palestine: *From Ground Zero*
– Senegal: *Dahomey*
– Thailand: *How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies*
– United Kingdom: *Santosh*

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### **Makeup and Hairstyling**
– *The Apprentice*
– *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice*
– *A Different Man*
– *Dune: Part Two*
– *Emilia Pérez*
– *Maria*
– *Nosferatu*
– *The Substance*
– *Waltzing with Brando*
– *Wicked*

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### **Music (Original Score)**
– *Alien: Romulus*
– *Babygirl*
– *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice*
– *Blink Twice*
– *Blitz*
– *The Brutalist*
– *Challengers*
– *Conclave*
– *Emilia Pérez*
– *The Fire Inside*
– *Gladiator II*
– *Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1*
– *Inside Out 2*
– *Nosferatu*
– *The Room Next Door*
– *Sing Sing*
– *The Six Triple Eight*
– *Wicked*
– *The Wild Robot*
– *Young Woman and the Sea*

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### **Music (Original Song)**
– “Forbidden Road” from *Better Man*
– “Winter Coat” from *Blitz*
– “Compress/Repress” from *Challengers*
– “Never Too Late” from *Elton John: Never Too Late*
– “El Mal” from *Emilia Pérez*
– “Mi Camino” from *Emilia Pérez*
– “Sick In The Head” from *Kneecap*
– “Beyond” from *Moana 2*
– “Tell Me It’s You” from *Mufasa: The Lion King*
– “Piece By Piece” from *Piece by Piece*
– “Like A Bird” from *Sing Sing*
– “The Journey” from *The Six Triple Eight*
– “Out Of Oklahoma” from *Twisters*
– “Kiss The Sky” from *The Wild Robot*
– “Harper And Will Go West” from *Will & Harper*

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### **Animated Short Film**
– *Au Revoir Mon Monde*
– *A Bear Named Wojtek*
– *Beautiful Men*
– *Bottle George*
– *A Crab in the Pool*
– *In the Shadow of the Cypress*
– *Magic Candies*
– *Maybe Elephants*
– *Me*
– *Origami*
– *Percebes*
– *The 21*
– *Wander to Wonder*
– *The Wild-Tempered Clavier*
– *Yuck!*

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### **Live Action Short Film**
– *Anuja*
– *Clodagh*
– *The Compatriot*
– *Crust*
– *Dovecote*
– *Edge of Space*
– *The Ice Cream Man*
– *I’m Not a Robot*
– *The Last Ranger*
– *A Lien*
– *The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent*
– *The Masterpiece*
– *An Orange from Jaffa*
– *Paris 70*
– *Room Taken*

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### **Sound**
– *Alien: Romulus*
– *Blitz*
– *A Complete Unknown*
– *Deadpool & Wolverine*
– *Dune: Part Two*
– *Emilia Pérez*
– *Gladiator II*
– *Joker: Folie à Deux*
– *Wicked*
– *The Wild Robot*

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### **Visual Effects**
– *Alien: Romulus*
– *Better Man*
– *Civil War*
– *Deadpool & Wolverine*
– *Dune: Part Two*
– *Gladiator II*
– *Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes*
– *Mufasa: The Lion King*
– *Twisters*
– *Wicked*

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This shortlist provides a glimpse into the highly competitive race for the 97th Academy Awards.