2025 Oscar Awards shortlist announced

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists in 10 categories, including Best International Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature.

The film Hayat, directed by Zeki Demirkubuz and submitted on behalf of Turkey by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's General Directorate of Cinema, failed to make the shortlist.

Emilia Pérez, directed by Jacques Audiard, which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, managed to make the shortlist in 6 categories. It was followed by the musical Wicked, which was shortlisted in 4 categories.

The final nominees for the 2025 Oscar Awards will be announced on January 17, 2025. The 2025 Oscar Awards Ceremony, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will be held on March 2, 2025.

Best International Feature Film

Armand – Norway

Dahomey – Senegal

Emilia Pérez – France

Flow – Latvia

From Ground Zero – Palestine

The Girl With the Needle – Denmark

How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies – Thailand

I’m Still Here – Brazil

Kneecap – Ireland

Santosh – United Kingdom

The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Germany

Touch – Iceland

Universal Language – Canada

Waves – Czech Republic

Vermiglio – Italy

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

The Apprentice

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

A Different Man

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Maria

Nosferatu

The Substance

Waltzing with Brando

Wicked

Best Sound

Alien: Romulus

Blitz

A Complete Unknown

Deadpool & Wolverine

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Gladiator II

Joker: Folie à Deux

Wicked

The Wild Robot

Best 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

Best Original Score

Alien: Romulus — Benjamin Wallfisch

Babygirl — Cristobal Tapia de Vee

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — Danny Elfman

Blink Twice — Chanda Dancy

Blitz — Hans Zimmer

The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg

Challengers — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Conclave — Volker Bertelmann

Emilia Pérez — Clément Ducol, Camille

The Fire Inside — Tamar-kali

Gladiator II — Harry Gregson-Williams

Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1 — John Debney

Inside Out 2 — Andrea Datzman

Nosferatu — Robin Carolan

The Room Next Door — Alberto Iglesias

Sing Sing — Bryce Dessner

The Six Triple Eight — Aaron Zigman

Wicked — John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers

Young Woman and the Sea — Amelia Warner

Best Original Song

Forbidden Road — Better Man

Winter Coat — Blitz

Compress/Repress — Challengers

Never Too Late — Elton John: Never Too Late

El Mal — Emilia Pérez

Mi Camino — Emilia Pérez

Sick In The Head — Kneecap

Beyond — Moana 2

Tell Me It’s You — Mufasa: The Lion King

Piece By Piece — Piece by Piece

Like A Bird — Sing Sing

The Journey — The Six Triple Eight

Out Of Oklahoma — Twisters

Kiss The Sky — The Wild Robot

Harper And Will Go West — Will & Harper

Best 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!

Best 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

Best 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