The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for 10 Oscar categories for the 97th Academy Awards on Tuesday.
The announcement includes films for consideration in the following categories: Documentary Features, Documentary Shorts, International Features, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Cast), Music (Original Song), Animated Shorts, Live Action Shorts, Sound and Visual Effects.
Emilia Perez, “The Apprentice”, “Dune: Part 2”, “Beetlejuice”, “Nosferatu”, “Wicked”, “Contenders”, “Robot”, “Gladiator II” and Blitzkrieg is one of the films shortlisted in multiple categories.
Voting for the 97th Academy Awards begins at 9 a.m. Pacific Time on January 8 and will run until January 12 at 5 p.m. Starts at 9am and ends at 5pm.
Conan O’Brien will host the 2025 Oscars on March 2.
Raj Kapoor and Katie Mullan return as executive producers of the series, with Kapoor also serving as showrunner. Hamish Hamilton will return as director.
See the full shortlist below, along with the Academy’s comments for each category.
documentary
A total of 15 films will be shortlisted in the documentary feature category of the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred and sixty-nine films qualified for this category. Members of the Documentary Division vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.
The movies, arranged alphabetically by title, are:
“Bibi Files”
“Black Box Diary”
“Dahomey”
“Daughters”
“Enoch”
“Frida”
“Gate to Hollywood”
“There is no other land”
“Porcelain War”
“The Queen Rules”
“The Extraordinary Life of Ibelin”
“Coup Soundtrack”
“sucrose”
“alliance”
“Will and Harper”
documentary short
15 films will be shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards in the Documentary Short Film category. One hundred four films qualified for this category. Members of the Documentary Division vote to determine the shortlist and nominees.
The movies, arranged alphabetically by title, are:
“Chasing Luo”
“Digital Death”
“Forever Father”
“I’m ready, Warden”
“event”
“The beating heart of an instrument”
“Guardian”
“Makaela’s Voice: A Letter to the World”
“Once Upon a Time in Ukraine”
“The only girl in the orchestra”
“Planet Walker”
“quilts”
“Seat 31: Zoe Zephyr”
“swimming lessons”
“Until he comes back”
international drama
Fifteen films will advance to the next round of voting in the International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards. Films from 85 countries and regions are eligible for the award.
Academy members from all branches are invited to participate in the preliminary voting and must meet minimum viewing requirements to be eligible to vote in this category.
During the nomination round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in and must watch all 15 shortlisted films in order to vote.
The movies, arranged alphabetically by country, are:
Brazil, “I’m Still Here”
Canada, the “Universal Language”
Czech Republic, “Waves”
Denmark “The Girl with the Needle”
France “Emilia Perez”
Germany, “Holy Fig Seeds”
Iceland, “Touch”
Ireland, “Knee”
Italy, “Vimilio”
Latvia, “Flow”
Norway, “Armand”
Palestine, “from Ground Zero”
Senegal, “Dahomey”
Thailand, “How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies”
UK, “Santosh”
Makeup and hairstyling
Ten films will enter the makeup and hairstyling categories at the 97th Academy Awards. All members of the Academy’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Chapter are invited to view excerpts and artist interviews from each shortlisted film on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
The movies, arranged alphabetically by title, are:
“apprentice”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“a different person”
“Dune: Part 2”
“Emilia Perez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”
“substance”
“Waltzing with Brando”
“evil”
Music (original song)
Twenty scores will advance to the Original Score category at the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred and forty-five qualified for this category. Music Chapter members vote to determine finalists and nominees.
The scores, in alphabetical order by movie title, are as follows:
“Alien: Romulus”
“Baby Girl”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“Blink twice”
“Blitzkrieg”
“fauvism”
“Challenger”
“Secret Meeting”
“Emilia Perez”
“The Fire Within”
“Gladiator II”
“Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1”
“Brain Teasers 2”
“Nosferatu”
“The room next door”
“Sing sing”
“Six Thirty Eight”
“evil”
“Wild Robot”
“The Young Woman and the Sea”
Music (original songs)
Fifteen songs will be entered in the Original Song category at the 97th Academy Awards. Eighty-nine songs qualified for this category. Music Chapter members vote to determine finalists and nominees.
Listed below are the original songs and the film containing each song in alphabetical order by film title:
“Forbidden Road” from “A Better Man”
“Winter Coat” in “Blitzkrieg”
“Compression/Suppression” in “Challenger”
“It’s Never Too Late” from “Elton John: It’s Never Too Late”
“El Mal” in “Emilia Perez”
“My Way” by Emilia Perez
“Sick in the Brain” in “Kneecap”
“Transcendence” in “Moana 2”
“Tell Me It’s You” from Mufasa: The Lion King
“Little by Little” is selected from “Little by Little”
“Like a Bird” from “Sing”
“Journey” in “638”
“Out of Oklahoma” from “Twister”
“Kiss the Sky” from “Wild Bots”
“Harper and Will Go West” from “Will and Harper”
animated short film
15 films will be shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards in the animated short film category. Eighty-eight films qualified for this category. Academy members from the Animation Chapter and Short Films Chapter are invited to participate in the preliminary voting and must meet minimum viewing requirements to be eligible to vote in this category.
During the nomination round, Academy members in the Animation and Short Films Divisions are invited to opt in and must watch all 15 shortlisted films in order to vote.
The movies, arranged alphabetically by title, are:
“Goodbye My World”
“A Bear Named Wojtek”
“beautiful man”
“The George Bottle”
“Crabs in the pool”
“In the shadow of the cypress trees”
“Magic Candy”
“Maybe an elephant”
“I”
“Origami”
“Perception”
“No. 21”
“Wandering through wonders”
“Wild Keyboard”
“oops!”
Live action short film
A total of 15 films will be shortlisted in the Live Action Short Film category of the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred and eighty films qualified for this category. Academy members from all branches are invited to participate in the preliminary voting and must meet minimum viewing requirements to be eligible to vote in this category.
During the nomination round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in and must watch all 15 shortlisted films in order to vote.
The movies, arranged alphabetically by title, are:
“Anuja”
“Clodagh”
“Compatriots”
“crust”
“Dovecot”
“Edge of Space”
“Ice Cream Man”
“I’m not a robot”
“The Last Ranger”
“a link”
“The Man Who Can’t Keep Silent”
“masterpiece”
“Oranges from Jaffa”
“Paris 70”
“The room is occupied”
sound
Ten films will be shortlisted in the sound category for the 97th Academy Awards. All eligible members of the Voices Chapter vote to determine finalists and nominees. Academy members will be invited to view excerpts from each shortlisted film beginning in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, January 9, 2025, followed by viewings in London, Los Angeles and New York on Saturday, January 11, 2025. The film enters final Oscar consideration.
The movies, arranged alphabetically by title, are:
“Alien: Romulus”
“Blitzkrieg”
“Completely unknown”
“Deadpool and Wolverine”
“Dune: Part 2”
“Emilia Perez”
“Gladiator II”
“Joker: Pas de deux”
“evil”
“Wild Robot”
visual effects
There are still 10 films competing in the visual effects category of the 97th Academy Awards. The Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determines the shortlist. All members of the Visual Effects Branch are invited to view excerpts and artist interviews from each shortlisted film on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
The movies, arranged alphabetically by title, are:
“Alien: Romulus”
“better man”
“civil war”
“Deadpool and Wolverine”
“Dune: Part 2”
“Gladiator II”
“War for the Planet of the Apes”
“Mufasa: The Lion King”
“tornado”
“evil”
