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Oscar Race Heats Up: 97th Academy Awards Shortlists Revealed by The Academy

Documentaries, International Films, Blockbusters In 10 Competitive Categories

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists for the 97th Academy Awards in 10 categories, including 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

Fifteen films have advanced in the Documentary Feature Film category, selected from 169 eligible titles. The shortlist includes:

  • “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 qualified entries, 15 films have made the shortlist, including:

  • “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

Fifteen films representing 15 countries advanced from 85 submissions. Highlights include:

  • Brazil, “I’m Still Here”
  • France, “Emilia Pérez”
  • Ireland, “Kneecap”
  • Senegal, “Dahomey”
  • United Kingdom, “Santosh”

Makeup and Hairstyling

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

“The Apprentice”

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

“A Different Man”

“Dune: Part Two”

“Emilia Pérez”

“Maria”

“Nosferatu”

“The Substance”

“Waltzing with Brando”

“Wicked”

Music (Original Score)

The scores, listed in alphabetical order by film title, are:

“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)

The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:

“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”

Animated Short Film

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

“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 films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

“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

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

“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 films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

“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”

Nominations voting runs from January 8 to January 12, 2025, with nominations announced on January 17. The 97th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 2, 2025, live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

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