Academy reveals shortlists in 10 categories – The Hollywood Reporter

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 96th Academy Awards.

The shortlists were revealed in the following categories: Feature Documentary, Short Documentary, International Feature Film, Make-up & Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, and Sound & Visual. Effects.

Barbie, Oppenheimer, Moonflower Killers, Purple And Area of ​​interest Among the films that made the cut on multiple lists.

Voting on nominations will take place from January 11 to 16, and the official announcement of the nominations is scheduled to take place on January 23.

The Oscars will be held on March 10 at Ovation Hollywood’s Dolby Theater and will be broadcast live on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel returns as host.

See the full shortlists below, along with the Academy’s comments on each category.

Long documentary film

Fifteen films will be presented in this category. One hundred and sixty-seven films were eligible for this category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.

The films are arranged in alphabetical order according to titles:

American Symphony
Apollonia, Apollonia
Beyond utopia
Bobby Wine: The People’s President
Desperate souls, the dark city, and the legend of the midnight cowboy
Eternal memory
Four girls
Going to Mars: Project Nikki Giovanni
In the rearview
Sealed from the beginning
Still: A Michael J. Fox film
The voice is still small
32 votes
To kill the tiger
20 days in Mariupol

Short documentary film

Fifteen films will be presented in this category. One hundred and fourteen films qualify in this category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.

The films are arranged in alphabetical order by title:

The ABCs of book bans
Little Rock barber
bear
Between earth and sky
Playing Black Girls: The Story of Hand Games
Courage camp
The vote is decided
How do we get freedom?
If Dreams Were Lightning: The Rural Health Care Crisis
The island between
The last repair shop
The last song from Kabul
Ni Nai and Wai Po
oasis
Dust wings

International feature film

Fifteen films will advance to the next round of voting in this category. Films from 88 countries and regions were eligible.

Academy members from all branches are invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must have met the minimum viewing requirements to be eligible to vote in this category.

In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to enter and must watch all 15 films shortlisted to vote.

These films are arranged in alphabetical order by country:

armenia, americatsi
bhutan, The monk and the gun
Denmark, Promised Land
finland, Fallen leaves
France, Taste of things
Germany, Teachers’ lounge
Iceland, Goodland
Italy, Ayo Capitano
Japan, Perfect days
mexico, Totem
Morocco, The mother of all lies
Spain, Snow Association
Tunisia, Four girls
ukraine, 20 days in Mariupol
United kingdom, Area of ​​interest

Make-up and hair styling

Ten films will advance in this category. All members of the Academy’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Chapter will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on Sunday, January 14, 2024. Chapter members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

The films are arranged in alphabetical order according to titles:

Boo is afraid
Ferrari
Golda
Moonflower Killers
Demeter’s last journey
Artist, band leader
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Bad things
Snow Association

Music (original score)

Fifteen scores will advance in the original score category for the 96th Academy Awards. One hundred and forty-eight scores were eligible in this category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.

The results, listed alphabetically by movie title, are:

American fantasy
American Symphony
Barbie
The boy and the heron
Violet
racist
Retainers
Indiana Jones and the Connection of Destiny
Moonflower Killers
Oppenheimer
Bad things
Saltburn
Snow Association
Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse
Area of ​​interest

Music (original song)

Fifteen songs will advance in the original song category for the 96th Academy Awards. Ninety-four songs were eligible in this category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.

The original songs, as well as the motion picture in which each song appears, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:

“Never Gone Away” from American Symphony
“Dear Alien (In Heaven)” from Asteroid city
“Night Dance” from Barbie
“I’m just Kane” from Barbie
“What were you created for?” from Barbie
“Keep It Moving” from Violet
“The Great Power (I)” of Violet
“The Fire Within” from Flamin Hot
“High Life” from Flora and his son
“Meeting in the Middle” from Flora and his son
“Can’t catch me now” from The Hunger Games: Song of Songbirds and Snakes
“Wahzhazhe (Song for My People)” from Moonflower Killers
“Quiet Eyes” from Past life
“The Road to Freedom” from Rustin
“Am I dreaming” from Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse

Short animated film

Fifteen films will qualify for the Animated Shorts category at the 96th Academy Awards. Ninety-three films qualified for this category. Members of the Short Film and Feature Animation Branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.

The films are arranged in alphabetical order according to titles:

bubble
Eva
Homo (smoke)
I’m hip
A kind of covenant
Corkorter (apartment for dogs)
Message to a pig
Ninety-five senses
Once upon a time in the studio
Our uniform
Sailboat
house
27
The war is over! Inspired by the music of John and Yoko
Calling the wild

Live short film

Fifteen films will be presented in this category. One hundred and eighty-seven films qualified for this category. For the first time, Academy members from all branches have been invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting, and must have met minimum viewing requirements to be eligible to vote in this category.

In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to enter and must watch all 15 films shortlisted to vote.

The films are arranged in alphabetical order according to titles:

The next one
Anne Frank gift shop
Avocado pit
Bienvenidos in Los Angeles
Dead cat
good boy
Invincible
Invisible boundaries
Knight of luck
One note man
Red, white and blue
shepherd
A strange way of life
The wonderful story of Henry Sugar
yellow

voice

Ten films will advance in this category. All eligible members of Sound Branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees. Academy members will be invited to watch excerpts from each of the shortlisted films beginning Thursday, January 11, 2024, in the San Francisco Bay Area, followed by London, Los Angeles and New York. Chapter members will vote to nominate five films for final consideration at the Academy Awards.

The films are arranged in alphabetical order by title:

Barbie
the creator
Ferrari
the killer
Moonflower Killers
Artist, band leader
Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Area of ​​interest

Visual effects

There are still ten films on the visual effects list for the 96th Academy Awards. The Visual Effects 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 Saturday, January 13, 2024. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final consideration for the Academy Awards.

The films are arranged in alphabetical order by title:

the creator
Godzilla minus one
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Indiana Jones and the Connection of Destiny
Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1
Napoleon
Bad things
Rebel Moon – Part One: Child of Fire
Snow Association
Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse