93rd Oscars shortlist

By Tharishi Hewavithanagamage

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced the shortlists in nine categories for the 93rd Academy Awards. The categories include, 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. Although 2020 was a bad year for the industry; audiences, fans, filmmakers, stars and critics are hopeful of this year’s Academy Awards.

Nominations voting begins on March 5, 2021 and will conclude on March 10. The final nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will be announced on March 15th, while the event is scheduled to be held on April 25, 2021.

Documentary Feature

Two hundred thirty-eight films were eligible in the category, but only the following 15 will advance in the category.

‘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

One hundred and fourteen films qualified in the category, but only the following 10 films will advance in the Documentary Short Subject category for the 93rd Academy Awards.

‘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

A year after director Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Parasite’ stole the show, foreign films were buzzing. 2020 was an exciting year for films made outside the United States and is reflected in this year’s shortlist. This year, films from 93 countries were eligible in the category but the following 15 films have been shortlisted to compete in the ‘International Feature Film’ category.

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

The following 10 films will be advancing in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the Awards.

‘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)

One hundred thirty-six scores were eligible in the category, but the following 15 scores will advance in the Original Score category for the Awards.

‘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)

One hundred five songs were eligible in the category, but only the following 15 songs will advance in the category. The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below.

‘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’

‘Io 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

Ninety-six films qualified in the category but only the following 10 films will advance in the category for the Academy Awards.

‘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

One hundred seventy-four films qualified in the category, but only the following 10 films will advance in the category.

‘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

The following 10 films remain to run in the Visual Effects category for the 93rd Academy Awards. Members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

‘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’