Academy unveils 10 shortlists for 2025 Oscars | News

Besides the French, German and Brazilian contenders, the list includes Mati Diop’s Dahomey for Senegal, Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap for Ireland, Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio for Italy, Sandhya Suri’s Santosh for the UK, and Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language for Canada.

Europe accounts for 10 or two-thirds of the shortlist, Africa and Middle East two, and Americas two, while Thailand is the sole Asian representative.

Documentary contenders include No Other Land co-directed by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, Shiori Itō’s Black Box Diaries, and Emily Kassie’s Sugarcane.

Emilia Perez, which Netflix has for the US and UK, makes the shortlists six times in total including categories like make-up and hairstyling, score and song. Universal’s Wicked appears four times, while Warner Bros/Legendary’s Dune: Part Two, 20th Century Studios’ Alien Romulus, and Paramount’s Gladiator II appear three times each, including on the visual effects shortlist.

Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot also secured three slots.

The nominations will be announced on January 17, 2025, and the 97th Oscars ceremony takes place on March 2, 2025.

The shortlists appear below:

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

Fifteen films will advance in the documentary feature film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred sixty-nine films were eligible in the category.  Members of the focumentary branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, 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

Fifteen films will advance in the documentary brief film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred four films qualified in the category.  Members of the documentary branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

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

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 will advance to the next round of voting in the international feature film category for the 97th Academy Awards. Films from 85 countries and regions were eligible in the category. Academy members from all branches were invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must have met a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category. In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.

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

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 will advance in the makeup and hairstyling category for the 97th Academy Awards.  All members of the Academy’s makeup artists and hairstylists branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

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 wWth Brando
Wicked

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

Twenty scores will advance in the original score category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred forty-five scores were eligible in the category. Members of the music branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

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)

Fifteen songs will advance in the original song category for the 97th Academy Awards. Eighty-nine songs were eligible in the category. Members of the music branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

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

Fifteen films will advance in the animated brief film category for the 97th Academy Awards. Eighty-eight films qualified in the category. Academy members from the animation branch and brief films branch were invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must have met a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category. In the nominations round, Academy members from the animation branch and brief films branch are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.

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

Fifteen films will advance in the live action brief film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred eighty films qualified in the category. Academy members from all branches were invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must have met a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category. In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.

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

Ten films will advance in the sound category for the 97th Academy Awards.  All eligible members of the sound branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.  Academy members will be invited to view excerpts from each of the shortlisted films beginning January 9, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay area, followed by London, Los Angeles and New York on January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

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

Ten films remain in the running in the visual effects category for the 97th Academy Awards. The visual efects branch executive committee determined the shortlist. All members of the visual effects branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

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.