Academy Announces Shortlists in 9 Categories for 93rd Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just released shortlists in nine categories for the 93rd Academy Awards: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects. 

Nominations voting begins on Friday, March 5, 2021, and concludes on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, March 15, 2021.

The 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, televised live on ABC and in more than 225 countries.

All nine shortlists are shown below:

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

15 films will advance in the Documentary Feature category for the 93rd Academy Awards.  238 films were eligible in the category.  Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.  

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

• All In: The Fight for Democracy
• Boys State
• Collective
• Crip Camp
• Dick Johnson Is Dead
• Gunda
• MLK/FBI
• The Mole Agent
• My Octopus Teacher
• Notturno
• The Painter and the Thief
• 76 Days
• Time
• The Truffle Hunters
• Welcome to Chechnya

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

10 films will advance in the Documentary Short Subject category for the 93rd Academy Awards.  114 films qualified in the category.  Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

• Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa
• Call Center Blues
• Colette
• A Concerto Is a Conversation
• Do Not Split
• Hunger Ward
• Hysterical Girl
• A Love Song for Latasha
• The Speed Cubers
• What Would Sophia Loren Do?

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

15 films will advance to the next round of voting in the International Feature Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards. Films from 93 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 category.  

In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote. 

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina, Quo Vadis, Aida?
• Chile, The Mole Agent
• Czech Republic, Charlatan
• Denmark, Another Round
• France, Two of Us
• Guatemala, La Llorona
• Hong Kong, Better Days
• Iran, Sun Children
• Ivory Coast, Night of the Kings
• Mexico, I’m No Longer Here
• Norway, Hope
• Romania, Collective
• Russia, Dear Comrades!
• Taiwan, A Sun
• Tunisia, The Man Who Sold His Skin

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING 

10 films will advance in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 93rd Academy Awards.  All members of the Academy’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch will be invited virtually to view seven-minute excerpts from each of the 10 shortlisted films on Saturday, March 6, 2021.  Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration. 

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

• Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
• Emma
• The Glorias
• Hillbilly Elegy
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
• The Little Things
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Mank
• One Night in Miami...
• Pinocchio

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

15 scores will advance in the Original Score category for the 93rd Academy Awards.  136 scores were eligible in the category.  Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The scores, listed in alphabetical order by film title, are:

• Ammonite
• Blizzard of Souls
• Da 5 Bloods
• The Invisible Man
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
• The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)
• The Little Things
• Mank
• The Midnight Sky
• Minari
• Mulan
• News of the World
• Soul
• Tenet
• The Trial of the Chicago 7

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

15 songs will advance in the Original Song category for the 93rd Academy Awards.  105 songs were eligible in the category.  Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title and song title:

• Turntables from All In: The Fight for Democracy
• See What You’ve Done from Belly of the Beast
• Wuhan Flu from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• Husavik from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
• Never Break from Giving Voice
• Make It Work from Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
• Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah
• lo Sì (Seen) from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)
• Rain Song from Minari
• Show Me Your Soul from Mr. Soul!
• Loyal Brave True from Mulan
• Free from The One and Only Ivan
• Speak Now from One Night in Miami...
• Green from Sound of Metal
• Hear My Voice from The Trial of the Chicago 7

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

10 films will advance in the Animated Short Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards.  96 films qualified in the category.  Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

• Burrow
• Genius Loci
• If Anything Happens I Love You
• Kapaemahu
• Opera
• Out
• The Snail and the Whale
• To Gerard
• Traces
• Yes-People

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

10 films will advance in the Live Action Short Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards.  174 films qualified in the category.  Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

• Bittu
• Da Yie
• Feeling Through
• The Human Voice
• The Kicksled Choir
• The Letter Room
• The Present
• Two Distant Strangers
• The Van
• White Eye 

VISUAL EFFECTS

10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 93rd Academy Awards.  The Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the shortlist.  All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited virtually to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, March 6, 2021.  Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

• Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
• Bloodshot
• Love and Monsters
• Mank
• The Midnight Sky
• Mulan
• The One and Only Ivan
• Soul
• Tenet
• Welcome to Chechnya

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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