Academy Unveils Shortlists for 10 Key Categories!

Oscar buzz is back: It’s that time of year when Hollywood’s best and brightest hold their breath!

With the 97th Academy Awards fast approaching, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially revealed the shortlists for 10 key categories. These lists, released after the Dec. 9-13 voting period, offer a look at the favorites and dark horses vying for Hollywood’s most coveted golden statue.

From categories like Best Documentary Feature to Original Song, International Feature Film and Visual Effects, the competition is fierce this year. Blockbusters like Dune: part two And Wicked accumulate mentions, while those of Jacques Audiard Emilie Pérez promises to be an extraordinary competitor. Adding a twist to the awards race is The bottoman under-the-radar success that has quietly built a devoted following this season.

The road to the Oscars is set and it’s time to mark your calendars. Voting for nominations officially begins on January 8, 2025, giving Academy members four days to make their selections before the window closes on January 12, 2025. After this crucial phase, all eyes will be on the big reveal . On Friday, January 17, 2025, the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced, setting the stage for Hollywood’s most glamorous night.

With the list of potential nominees listed, it’s time to start speculating: which films will land a spot on January 17, and which might surprise us all? So grab your popcorn and start betting: Oscar season is heating up and the excitement is just beginning.

Here is an overview of the shortlisted candidates for the following ten categories:

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM

• “The Bibi files”
• “Black Box Logs”
• “Dahomey”
• “Girls”
• “Eno”
• “Frida”
• “The Hollywood Gate”
• “No other land”
• “Porcelain War”
• “Queen”
• “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”
• “Soundtrack to a Coup”
• “Sugar cane”
• “Union”
• “Will and Harper”

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

• “Chasing Roo”
• “Death in numbers”
• “Eternal Father”
• “I’m ready, Director”
• “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 walker”
• “The Quilters”
• “Siege 31: Zooey Zephyr”
• “A swimming lesson”
• “Until he comes back”

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

• Brazil, “I’m still here”
• Canada, “universal language”
• Czech Republic, “Waves”
• Denmark, “The Girl with the Needle”
• France, “Émilia Pérez”
• Germany, “The seed of the sacred fig”
• Iceland, “Touch”
• Ireland, “Kneecap”
• Italy, “Vermiglio”
• Latvia, “Flow”
• Norway, “Armand”
• Palestine, “since Ground Zero”
• Senegal, “Dahomey”
• Thailand, “How to make millions before grandma dies”
• United Kingdom, “Santosh”

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR

• “The Apprentice”
• “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
• “A different man”
• “Dune: Part Two”
• “Émilie Pérez”
• ” Married “
• “Nosferatu”
• “The bottom”
• “Waltzing with Brando”
• “Wicked”

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SHEET)

• “Alien: Romulus”
• “Little girl”
• “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
• “Blink twice.”
• “Blitz”
• “The Brutalist”
• “Challengers”
• “Conclave”
• “Émilie Pérez”
• “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”
• “Wicked”
• “The Wild Robot”
• “Young Woman and the Sea”

BEST 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” by “Emilia Pérez”
• “Mi Camino” by “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”

BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM

• “Goodbye My World”
• “A Bear Named Wojtek”
• “Beautiful men”
• “George Bottle”
• “A crab in the swimming pool”
• “In the shade of the cypress”
• “Magic Candy”
• “Maybe elephants”
• “Me”
• “Origami”
• “Percebes”
• “The 21st”
• “Walk towards wonder”
• “The wild tempered keyboard”
• “Yuck!”

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

• “Anuja”
• “Clodagh”
• “The Compatriot”
• “Crust”
• “Dovecote”
• “At the edge of space”
• “The Ice Cream Man”
• “I am not a robot”
• “The Last Ranger”
• ” A link “
• “The Man Who Couldn’t Stay Silent”
• “The masterpiece”
• “A Jaffa orange”
• “Paris 70”
• “Room taken”

BEST SOUND

• “Alien: Romulus”
• “Blitz”
• “A total unknown”
• “Deadpool and Wolverine”
• “Dune: Part Two”
• “Émilie Pérez”
• “Gladiator II”
• “Joker: Folie à Deux”
• “Wicked”
• “The Wild Robot”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• “Alien: Romulus”
• “A Better Man”
• “Civil war”
• “Deadpool and Wolverine”
• “Dune: Part Two”
• “Gladiator II”
• “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
• “Mufasa: The Lion King”
• “Twisters”
• “Wicked”

Mark your calendars because the big night of the 2025 Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025, live from the iconic Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood. The ceremony will be broadcast on ABC, streamed live on Hulu for the first time and broadcast in more than 200 territories around the world. Stay tuned for more updates!

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