Here’s Who Was Named (Live Updates)

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The academy announced shortlists of potential nominees in 10 key categories on Tuesday, a crucial step on the road to the Oscars and a potential indicator of who might be nominated ahead of the Oscar ceremony in March, like the French crime musical “Emilia Pérez” and the Broadway adaptation “Wicked” lead the pack.

Key facts

“Emilia Pérez” was named to six shortlists, the most of any film, including the International Feature Film category as the French submission, as well as original score, makeup and hairstyling, sound and two nominees in original song.

“Wicked” is close behind with four shortlist mentions, and several films received three mentions, including “Dune: Part Two,” “Alien: Romulus,” “Gladiator II,” “The Wild Robot” and “Blitz.”

Academy’s shortlists of potential nominees will be narrowed down to a list of five nominees per category in January.

Shortlists were announced for visual effects, makeup and hairstyling, both music categories (score and song), sound, live action short film, animated short film, both documentary categories (feature film and short film) and international feature film.

The major categories – including Best Picture, Actor, Screenplay and Director – do not have shortlists, and Academy members will vote from the large pool of entries with nominees announced in January.

Shortlist snubs and surprises can be early indicators of which films are building momentum and may be headed for big Oscar outings—and which films may be snubbed on Oscar nomination morning.

Documentary feature film

“The Bibi Files”

“Black Box Diaries”

“Dahomey”

“Daughters”

“Eno”

“Frida”

“Hollywood Gate”

“No other country”

“Porcelain War”

“Queenship”

“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”

“Soundtrack to a coup d’état”

“Cane”

“Union”

“Will & Harper”

Short documentary film

“Chasing Roo”

“Death by Numbers”

“Eternal Father”

“I’m 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”

“Planet Walker”

“The Quilters”

“Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr”

“A swimming lesson”

“Until He’s Back”

International feature film

Brazil, “I’m Still Here”

Canada, “universal language”

Czech Republic, “Waves”

Denmark, “The Girl with the Needle”

France, “Emilia Pérez”

Germany, “Seed of the Sacred Fig”

Iceland, “Touch”

Ireland, the “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

“The Apprentice”

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

“A Different Man”

“Dune: Part Two”

“Emilia Perez”

“Mary”

“Nosferatu”

“The Substance”

“Waltz with Brando”

“Evil”

Original score

“Alien: Romulus”

“Baby Girl”

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

“Blink twice”

“Flash”

“The Brutalist”

“Challenger”

“Conclave”

“Emilia Perez”

“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”

“Evil”

“The Wild Robot”

“Young Woman and the Sea”

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 “Knæskallen”

“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

“Au Revoir Mon Monde”

“A Bear Named Wojtek”

“Beautiful Men”

“Bottle George”

“A crab in the pool”

“In the shadow of the cypress”

“Magic Candy”

“Maybe elephants”

“Me”

“Origami”

“perceived”

“The 21”

“Walk to wonder”

“The wildly tempered Clavier”

“Yuck!”

Live action short film

“Anuja”

“Clodagh”

“The Countryman”

“Crust”

“Pigeon punch”

“Edge of Space”

“The Iceman”

“I’m not a robot”

“The Last Ranger”

“A Lien”

“The Man Who Couldn’t Stay Silent”

“The Masterpiece”

“An orange from Jaffa”

“Paris 70”

“Room taken”

Healthy

“Alien: Romulus”

“Flash”

“A Complete Unknown”

“Deadpool & Wolverine”

“Dune: Part Two”

“Emilia Perez”

“Gladiator II”

“Joker: Folie à Deux”

“Evil”

“The Wild Robot”

Visual effects

“Alien: Romulus”

“Better Man”

“Civil war”

“Deadpool & Wolverine”

“Dune: Part Two”

“Gladiator II”

“The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”

“Mufasa: The Lion King”

“Twisters”

“Evil”

Why isn’t “all We Imagine As Light” nominated for Best Foreign Language Film?

“All We Imagine as Light,” a critically beloved film from India and a two-time Golden Globe nominee for best director (Payal Kapadia) and best foreign language film, will not be among the shortlisted international feature nominees. Countries competing for the International Feature Film Oscar (formerly known as Best Foreign Language Film) must submit one film for consideration, and India’s Film Federation of India committee chose instead to submit “Laapataa Ladies”, which was considered a surprise after “All We Imagine as Light” won the prestigious Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival. FFI chairman Ravi Kottarakara compared “All We Imagine as Light”—about two Malaysian nurses coping with loneliness and alienation in Mumbai—to a “European film set in India” and stated that the jury favored the more traditional, Hindi-language “Laapataa Ladies” .

Can shortlists indicate who might win the Oscars?

Sometimes. The most shortlisted films can typically expect to garner key nominations and even wins on Oscar night, even in categories that don’t have shortlists, although they don’t always end up being the biggest winners. Last year most shortlisted films was “Barbie,” which earned five mentions between the song, score and sound categories. Although “Barbie” ended up winning the Best Song Oscar, it was its only win from eight nominations. “Oppenheimer” won a leading seven Oscars with 13 nominations despite receiving only three shortlist mentions and suffering what was considered a snob from the list of visual effects. Neither was previous Best Picture winner “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” most shortlisted movie, with its three mentions falling behind the five earned by “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “All Quiet on the Western Front.”

What’s Next in the Academy Awards Race?

Oscar nominations will be unveiled on January 17th, and the ceremony will air on ABC and Hulu on March 2nd. But several other major award-giving bodies will have their say sooner, starting with the Golden Globes on Jan. 5 and the Critics Choice Awards on Jan. 12. Like the Oscars British Academy Film Awards will unveil longlists on January 3, followed by nominations on January 15 and awards on February 16. Screen Actors Guild Awards will announce nominations on January 8 and winners on February 23.

Key background

The Golden Globes were the first major awards body to reveal nominations last week, with “Emilia Pérez” leading the nominations and setting the record for the most nods in the musical/comedy categories with 10 nominations. It is nominated for best picture, musical/comedy and its actresses Karla Sofia Gascon – the first obviously transgender woman nominated for a leading actress at the Globes — Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña all got nods. “The Brutalist” and “Conclave” led the drama nominations with seven and six nods, respectively. Other films that earned nominations include “Anora,” “The Substance,” “Wicked” and “A Real Pain.”

Further reading

Golden Globes 2025: ‘Emilia Pérez’ leads nominations, ‘Conclave’ and ‘The Brutalist’ close behind (Forbes)

Oscar shortlist predictions: ‘Emilia Perez’ and ‘Wicked’ look to lead the pack as awards season heats up (Black)