Oscar shortlists set international and documentary frontrunners

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled its shortlists for the international and documentary Oscars as well as eight other categories.

Widely tipped entries including Japan’s Drive My Car, Iran’s A Hero, Denmark’s Flee and Finland’s Compartment No 6 all made the international shortlist, but French Palme d’Or winner Titane is a surprise omission. Also absent from the list are Costa Rica’s Clara Sola, Chad’s Lingui, The Sacred Bonds and Russia’s Unclenching The Fists. Ten of the 15 titles on the international list are from Europe and three are from Asia.

The documentary feature shortlist includes expected contenders Julia, The Rescue, Flee, The First Wave and two of the year’s most acclaimed music-related films, Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) and The Velvet Underground.

Another music film, Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, also made the list, but documentaries including Becoming Cousteau, Val, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain and The Sparks Brothers did not.

Oscar nomination voting begins on January 27 and ends on February 1, with nominations to be announced on February 8. The Oscar awards ceremony is set for March 27.

The shortlists in full:

International feature film (15)

Films from 92 countries 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 nominations round, members from all branches are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.

Austria, Great Freedom
Belgium, Playground
Bhutan, Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom
Denmark, Flee
Finland, Compartment No. 6
Germany, I’m Your Man
Iceland, Lamb
Iran, A Hero
Italy, The Hand of God
Japan, Drive My Car
Kosovo, Hive
Mexico, Prayers For The Stolen
Norway, The Worst Person In The World
Panama, Plaza Catedral
Spain, The Good Boss

Documentary feature (15)

One hundred and thirty-eight films were eligible in the category. Documentary branch members vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

Ascension
Attica
Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry
Faya Dayi
The First Wave
Flee
In The Same Breath
Julia
President
Procession
The Rescue
Simple As Water
Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
The Velvet Underground
Writing with Fire

Original score (15)

One hundred and thirty-six scores were eligible. Members of the music branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

Being the Ricardos
Candyman
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Encanto
The French Dispatch Of The Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
King Richard
The Last Duel
No Time to Die
Parallel Mothers
The Power Of The Dog
Spencer
The Tragedy Of Macbeth

Original song (15)

Eighty-four songs were eligible. Members of the music branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

“So May We Start?” from Annette
“Down To Joy” from Belfast
“Right Where I Belong” from Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
“Automatic Woman” from Bruised
“Dream Girl” from Cinderella
“Beyond The Shore” from CODA
“The Anonymous Ones” from Dear Evan Hansen
“Just Look Up” from Don’t Look Up
“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto
“Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days
“Guns Go Bang” from The Harder They Fall
“Be Alive” from King Richard
“No Time To Die” from No Time To Die
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from Respect
“Your Song Saved My Life” from Sing 2

Visual effects (10)

The visual effects branch executive committee determined the shortlist. All members of the branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on January 29. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final consideration.

Black Widow
Dune
Eternals
Free Guy
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Godzilla Vs Kong
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Sound (10)

Members of the sound branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. All members of the branch will be invited to view eight-minute excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films beginning January 28. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final consideration.

Belfast
Dune
Last Night in Soho
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time To Die
The Power Of The Dog
A Quiet Place Part II
Spider-Man: No Way Home
tick, tick…Boom!
West Side Story

Make-up and hairstyling (10)

All members of the makeup artists and hairstylists branch will be invited to view seven-minute excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on January 30. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final consideration.

Coming 2 America
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
House Of Gucci
Nightmare Alley
No Time To Die
The Suicide Squad
West Side Story

Documentary short (15)

Eighty-two films qualified in the category. Members of the documentary branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

Águilas
Audible
A Broken House
Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis
Coded: The Hidden Love Of J C Leyendecker
Day of Rage
The Facility
Lead Me Home
Lynching Postcards: “Token Of A Great Day”
The Queen Of Basketball
Sophie & The Baron
Takeover
Terror Contagion
Three Songs For Benazir
When We Were Bullies

Animated short (15)

Eighty-two films qualified in the category. Members of the short films and feature animation branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

Affairs Of The Art
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice
Bad Seeds
Bestia
Boxballet
Flowing Home
Mum Is Pouring Rain
The Musician
Namoo
Only A Child
Robin Robin
Souvenir Souvenir
Step Into The River
Us Again
The Windshield Wiper

Live action short (15)

One hundred and forty-five films qualified in the category. Members of the short films and feature animation, directors, producers and writers branches vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.