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The academy announced shortlists of potential nominees in 10 key categories on Tuesday. It’s a crucial step on the road to the Oscars and a potential indicator of who could be nominated ahead of the Oscars in March, including the French crime musical “Emilia Pérez” and Broadway adaptation “Wicked.” Great.

Important facts

Documentary feature film

“The Bibi Files”

“Black Box Diaries”

“Dahomey”

“Daughters”

“Eno”

“Frida”

“Hollywoodgate”

“No other country”

“Porcelain War”

“Queen Kingdom”

“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”

“Soundtrack to a coup”

“sugar cane”

“Union”

“Will & Harper”

Documentary short film

“Chasing Roo”

“Death in Numbers”

“Eternal Father”

“I’m ready, Overseer.”

“Incident”

“Instruments of a Beating Heart”

“Guardian”

“Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World”

“Once upon a time in Ukraine”

“The only girl in the orchestra”

“Planet Wanderer”

“The Quilters”

“31st place: Zooey Zephyr”

“A swimming lesson”

“Until he’s back.”

International feature film

Brazil, “I’m still here”

Canada, “Universal Language”

Czech Republic, “Waves”

Denmark, “The Girl with the Needle”

France, “Emilia Perez”

Germany, “The Seed of the Holy 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”

Make-up and hair styling

“The Apprentice”

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

“Another man”

“Dune: Part Two”

“Emilia Perez”

“Mary”

“Nosferatu”

“The Substance”

“Waltz with Brando”

“Evil”

Original score

“Alien: Romulus”

“Baby Girl”

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

“Blink twice”

“Flash”

“The Brutalist”

“Challenger”

“Conclave”

“Emilia Perez”

“The fire within”

“Gladiator II”

Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter 1

“Inside Out 2”

“Nosferatu”

“The room next door”

“Sing Sing”

“The six triple eight”

“Evil”

“The Wild Robot”

“Young Woman and the Sea”

Original song

“Forbidden Road” from “Better Man”

“Winter Coat” by “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”

“Little by little” from “Little by little”

“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

“Au Revoir Mon Monde”

“A bear named Wojtek”

“Beautiful Men”

“Bottle of George”

“A crab in the pool”

“In the shade of the cypress”

“Magic Candy”

“Maybe elephants”

“Me”

“Origami”

“Percebes”

“The 21”

“Hiking to amaze”

“The wildly tempered piano”

“Yuck!”

Live-action short film

“Anuja”

“Clodagh”

“The Countryman”

“Crust”

“Dovecote”

“Edge of Space”

“The Ice Cream Man”

“I am not a robot”

“The Last Ranger”

“A lien”

“The Man Who Couldn’t Stay Silent”

“The Masterpiece”

“An orange from Jaffa”

“Paris 70”

“Room occupied”

sound

“Alien: Romulus”

“Flash”

“A complete unknown”

“Deadpool and Wolverine”

“Dune: Part Two”

“Emilia Perez”

“Gladiator II”

“Joker: Folie à Deux”

“Evil”

“The Wild Robot”

Visual effects

“Alien: Romulus”

“The better man”

“Civil War”

“Deadpool and Wolverine”

“Dune: Part Two”

“Gladiator II”

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”

“Mufasa: The Lion King”

“Twister”

“Evil”

Why isn’t All We Imagine As Light nominated for Best Foreign Language Film?

“All We Imagine as Light,” a critically acclaimed film from India and a two-time Golden Globe nominee for Best Director (Payal Kapadia) and Best Foreign Language Film, will not be among the shortlisted international feature film nominees. Countries vying for the International Feature Film Oscar (formerly known as Best Foreign Language Film) must submit a film for consideration, and the Indian Film Federation of India committee chose to submit “Laapataa Ladies” instead, which is according to ” All We” was considered a surprise, while “Imagine as Light” won the prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. FFI President Ravi Kottarakara compared “All We Imagine as Light” – about two Malaysian nurses coping with loneliness and alienation in Mumbai – to a “European film set in India” and said the jury preferred the more traditional, Hindu-language ” Laapataa Ladies”. .”

Can shortlists reveal who might win Oscars?

Sometimes. The films that get shortlisted the most can usually expect to nab major nominations and even wins on Oscar night, even in categories where there aren’t shortlists, even if they aren’t always become the biggest winners. The most shortlisted film last year was “Barbie,” which received five mentions in the song, score and sound categories. Although “Barbie” ultimately won the Oscar for Best Song, it was its only win out of eight nominations. “Oppenheimer” won the first seven Oscars from 13 nominations, despite receiving just three shortlist mentions and suffering a rejection on the visual effects shortlist. “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” the previous Best Picture winner, was also not the most shortlisted film, with its three mentions trailing the five mentions of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “All Quiet on the Western Front”.

What’s next in the Oscar race?

The Oscar nominations will be announced on January 17th and the ceremony will air on ABC and Hulu on March 2nd. But several other major awards bodies will also have their say beforehand, starting with the Golden Globes on January 5th and the Critics Choice Awards on January 5th. As with the Oscars, the longlists for the British Academy Film Awards will be announced on January 3rd announced, followed by nominations on January 15th and awards on February 16th. The Screen Actors Guild Awards will announce nominations on January 8th and winners on February 23rd.

Important background

The Golden Globes became the first major awards organization to announce nominations last week, with “Emilia Pérez” leading the nominations and setting the record for most nominations in the musical/comedy categories with 10 nominations. It’s nominated for best picture, best musical/comedy, and its actresses Karla Sofia Gascon – the first openly trans woman to be nominated for lead actress at the Globes – Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña all received nods. “The Brutalist” and “Conclave” led the drama nominations with seven and six nods, respectively. Other films that received nominations include “Anora,” “The Substance,” “Wicked” and “A Real Pain.”

Further reading

Golden Globes 2025: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Leads Nominations, ‘Conclave’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Close Behind (Forbes)

Oscar shortlist predictions: ‘Emilia Perez’ and ‘Wicked’ aim to stay ahead ahead of awards season (Variety)