Academy Awards Shortlist for Nominations Revealed

A shortlist of Oscar nominees across ten categories has been revealed. *Emilia Pérez* leads the pack with potential nominations in six categories, followed closely by *Wicked* with four.

The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on January 17, with the ceremony scheduled for March 2. Here’s a breakdown of the films under consideration across key categories:

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### **Documentary Feature Film**

- *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’État*

- *Sugarcane*

- *Union*

- *Will & Harper*

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### **Documentary Short Film**

- *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*

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### **International Feature Film**

- 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*

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### **Makeup and Hairstyling**

- *The Apprentice*

- *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice*

- *A Different Man*

- *Dune: Part Two*

- *Emilia Pérez*

- *Maria*

- *Nosferatu*

- *The Substance*

- *Waltzing with Brando*

- *Wicked*

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### **Music (Original Score)**

- *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*

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### **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” 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*

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### **Animated Short Film**

- *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!*

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### **Live Action Short Film**

- *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*

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### **Sound**

- *Alien: Romulus*

- *Blitz*

- *A Complete Unknown*

- *Deadpool & Wolverine*

- *Dune: Part Two*

- *Emilia Pérez*

- *Gladiator II*

- *Joker: Folie à Deux*

- *Wicked*

- *The Wild Robot*

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### **Visual Effects**

- *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*

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This shortlist provides a glimpse into the highly competitive race for the 97th Academy Awards.