The Academy has announced its shortlists for 10 Oscar categories in the 95th Academy Awards. Just under half of the 15 international feature film category contenders hail from outside Europe in a sign, sources said, of growing global membership and awareness.
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Overall the international feature film shortlist comprises eight titles from Europe, four from Asia, two from Latin America, and one from Africa. There is a first appearance for Pakistan with Joyland, the film that was initially banned due to its trans content before the government reversed the measure and agreed to a release with unspecified cuts.
The shortlist contains all the heavyweights that were expected to make it to this stage, including France’s Saint Omer, Austria’s Corsage, Denmark’s Holy Spider, Argentina’s Argentina, 1985, Belgium’s Close, South Korea’s Decision To Leave, and Mexico’s Bardo.
Several films mark the first appearances from their country to make it this far in a while: India with Last Film Show (Lagaan was the last shortlisted film in 2001), Morocco with The Blue Caftan (Omar Killed Me, 2011), Cambodia with Return To Seoul (The Missing Picture, 2013), Ireland with The Quiet Girl (Viva in 2015), and Argentina with Argentina,1985 (Wild Tales in 2014).
Three shortlisted films in the category are directed by women – Alice Diop with France’s Saint Omer, Marie Kreutzer with Austria’s Corsage, and Maryam Touzani with Morocco’s The Blue Caftan.
Mexico’s Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu makes the list for the third time with Bardo, after Biutiful in 2010 and Amores Perros in 2000. Germany’s All Quiet On The Western Front is named in five of today’s shortlists.
Voting Academy members based outside of the United States account for approximately 22% of the body’s membership of around 10,000.
In the documentary feature film category eight of the 15 selections are directed by women including this year’s Venice Golden Lion winner All The Beauty And The Bloodshed, while four are directed by people of colour.
Nominations voting runs January 12-17 in the new year. Nominations will be announced on January 24 and the show takes place in Hollywood on March 12. All dates are 2023.
All shortlisted films are presented in alphabetical order.
Documentary feature film
Fifteen films will advance in the category. One hundred and forty-four films were eligible. Members of the documentary branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.
All That Breathes
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Bad Axe
Children Of The Mist
Descendant
Fire Of Love
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
Hidden Letters
A House Made Of Splinters
The Janes
Last Flight Home
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Retrograde
The Territory
Documentary short film
Fifteen films will advance in the category. Ninety-eight films qualified. Members of the documentary branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.
American Justice On Trial: People V. Newton
Anastasia
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From A Plantation Prison
As Far As They Can Run
The Elephant Whisperers
The Flagmakers
Happiness Is £4 Million
Haulout
Holding Moses
How Do You Measure A Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Nuisance Bear
Shut Up And Paint
Stranger At The Gate
38 At The Garden
International feature film
Fifteen films will advance to the next round of voting. Films from 92 countries and regions 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 nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.
Argentina, Argentina, 1985
Austria, Corsage
Belgium, Close
Cambodia, Return To Seoul
Denmark, Holy Spider
France, Saint Omer
Germany, All Quiet On The Western Front
India, Last Film Show
Ireland, The Quiet Girl
Mexico, Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths
Morocco, The Blue Caftan
Pakistan, Joyland
Poland, EO
South Korea, Decision To Leave
Sweden, Cairo Conspiracy
Makeup and hairstyling
Ten films will advance. All members of the Academy’s makeup artists and hairstylists branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on January 15, 2023. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
All Quiet On The Western Front
Amsterdam
Babylon
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Blonde
Crimes Of The Future
Elvis
Emancipation
The Whale
Music (original score)
Fifteen scores will advance. One hundred and forty-seven scores were eligible in the category. Members of the music branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.
All Quiet On The Western Front
Avatar: The Way Of Water
Babylon
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Devotion
Don’t Worry Darling
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Nope
She Said
The Woman King
Women Talking
Music (original song)
Fifteen songs will advance. Eighty-one songs were eligible in the category. Members of the music branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.
‘Time’ from Amsterdam
‘Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)’ from Avatar: The Way Of Water
‘Lift Me Up’ from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
’This Is A Life’ from Everything Everywhere All At Once
‘Ciao Papa’ from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
‘Til You’re Home’ from A Man Called Otto
‘Naatu Naatu’ from RRR
‘My Mind & Me’ from Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
‘Good Afternoon’ from Spirited
‘Applause’ from Tell It Like A Woman
‘Stand Up’ from Till
‘Hold My Hand’ from Top Gun: Maverick
‘Dust & Ash’ from The Voice Of Dust And Ash
‘Carolina’ from Where The Crawdads Sing
‘New Body Rhumba’ from White Noise
Animated short film
Fifteen films will advance. Eighty-one films qualified in the category. Members of the short films and feature animation branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.
Black Slide
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
The Debutante
The Flying Sailor
The Garbage Man
Ice Merchants
It’s Nice In Here
More Than I Want To Remember
My Year Of Dicks
New Moon
An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It
Passenger
Save Ralph
Sierra
Steakhouse
Live action short film
Fifteen films will advance. Two hundred films qualified in the category. Members of the short films and feature animation, directors, producers and writers branches vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.
All In Favor
Almost Home
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
The Lone Wolf
Nakam
Night Ride
Plastic Killer
The Red Suitcase
The Right Words
Sideral
The Treatment
Tula
Warsha
Sound
Ten films will advance. All eligible members of the sound branch vote to determine the shortlist and nominees. Academy members will be invited to view excerpts from each of the shortlisted films beginning January 12, 2023, in the San Francisco Bay area, followed by New York, London and Los Angeles. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
All Quiet On The Western Front
Avatar: The Way Of Water
Babylon
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Moonage Daydream
Top Gun: Maverick
Visual effects
Ten films advance. The visual effects branch executive committee determined the shortlist. All members of the branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on January 14, 2023. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
All Quiet On The Western Front
Avatar: The Way Of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore
Jurassic World Dominion
Nope
Thirteen Lives
Top Gun: Maverick.
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