Shortlists Announced for 10 Categories at the 97th Oscars®

 

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the shortlists for 10 categories ahead of the 97th Academy Awards. These categories include Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound, and Visual Effects.

### **Documentary Feature Film**
Out of 169 eligible films, 15 have advanced to the next round. The Documentary Branch determined the shortlist through member voting. The shortlisted films are:
– *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’Etat*
– *Sugarcane*
– *Union*
– *Will & Harper*

### **Documentary Short Film**
Out of 104 submissions, 15 films have been selected. The shortlist includes:
– *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*

### **International Feature Film**
This category saw entries from 85 countries and regions. Academy members reviewed and selected 15 films to advance:
– 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*

### **Makeup and Hairstyling**
Ten films advanced in this category, including:
– *The Apprentice*
– *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice*
– *A Different Man*
– *Dune: Part Two*
– *Emilia Pérez*
– *Maria*
– *Nosferatu*
– *The Substance*
– *Waltzing with Brando*
– *Wicked*

### **Music (Original Score)**
From 145 eligible scores, the following 20 were shortlisted:
– *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*

### **Music (Original Song)**
Fourteen original songs made the shortlist:
– *Winter Coat* (*Blitz*)
– *Compress/Repress* (*Challengers*)
– *Never Too Late* (*Elton John: Never Too Late*)
– *El Mal* (*Emilia Pérez*)
– *Mi Camino* (*Emilia Pérez*)
– *Sick in the Head* (*Kneecap*)
– *Beyond* (*Moana 2*)
– *Tell Me It’s You* (*Mufasa: The Lion King*)
– *Piece by Piece* (*Piece by Piece*)
– *Like a Bird* (*Sing Sing*)
– *The Journey* (*The Six Triple Eight*)
– *Out of Oklahoma* (*Twisters*)
– *Kiss the Sky* (*The Wild Robot*)
– *Harper and Will Go West* (*Will & Harper*)

### **Animated Short Film**
Fifteen films advanced, including:
– *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!*

### **Live Action Short Film**
The shortlist for this category includes:
– *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*

### **Sound**
Ten films advanced in the Sound category, including:
– *Alien: Romulus*
– *Blitz*
– *A Complete Unknown*
– *Deadpool & Wolverine*
– *Dune: Part Two*
– *Emilia Pérez*
– *Gladiator II*
– *Joker: Folie à Deux*
– *Wicked*
– *The Wild Robot*

### **Visual Effects**
The Visual Effects shortlist includes:
– *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*

### **Key Dates**
– **Nominations Voting**: January 8-12, 2025
– **Final Nominations Announcement**: January 17, 2025
– **97th Oscars Ceremony**: March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood

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