The awards season is fully underway, and today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists in ten categories for the 97th Academy Awards, which include:

• Documentary Feature Film,
• Documentary Short Film,
• International Feature Film,
• Makeup and Hairstyling,
• Music (Original Score),
• Music (Original Song),
• Animated Short Film,
• Live Action Short Film,
• Sound
• Visual Effects.

Fifteen movies each are moving forward in the contests for International Feature Film, Documentary Feature, Original Song, Music Score and Documentary, Animated and Live Action Shorts. Ten films each also advanced in the categories of Sound, Visual Effects and Makeup & Hairstyling.  

A number of Disney films have been shortlisted for an Oscar nomination, including “Alien: Romulus”, “Deadpool & Wolverine”, “Mufasa: The Lion King”, “Moana 2”, “Elton John: Never Too Late”, “Sugarcane”, “Inside Out 2”, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”, “Young Woman And The Sea” and “A Complete Unknown”.

Nominations voting begins on Wednesday, 8th January 2025, and concludes on Sunday, 12th January 2025.

Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on Friday, 17th January 2025.

The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, 2nd March 2025, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide.

Here are the full 2025 Oscar shortlists:

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’Etat
• Sugarcane
• Union
• Will & Harper

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

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

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING 

• The Apprentice
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• A Different Man
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Maria
• Nosferatu
• The Substance
• Waltzing with Brando
• Wicked

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

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

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!

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

SOUND

• Alien: Romulus
• Blitz
• A Complete Unknown
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Gladiator II
• Joker: Folie à Deux
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

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

What do you think is going to get shortlisted for an Oscar? Let me know on social media!

Roger Palmer

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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