96th Oscars shortlist announced 10 different categories, check here

The 96th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the shortlists for 10 different categories.

First among mentions is Greta Gerwig’s hilarious masterpiece “Barbie,” which is nominated in five categories: sound, original song (with contributions from Billie Eilish, “What I Was Made For?,” Dua Lipa, “Dance the Night,” and Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, “I’m Just Ken”), as well as original score (written by the latter pair).

Three categories see Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” receive nominations: Original score, Sound, and makeup and hairstyling.

The selections include Universal Pictures’ eerie summer film “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” and A24’s unique “Beau is Afraid,” but “Barbie,” “The Color Purple,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” failed to earn slots.

Notable submissions from the musical works up for grabs include “Oppenheimer” by Ludwig Göransson, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” by Daniel Pemberton, and “Killers of the Flower Moon” by the late Robbie Robertson. Distinguished veterans like John Williams (‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’) and Thomas Newman (‘Elemental’) are also included on the list.

This time, no Indian movie made to the shortlist.

One notable feature is the diversity of the composers honored like Jon Batiste (for “American Symphony”) and Kris Bowers (for “The Color Purple”), the esteemed female musician Laura Karpman (for “American Fiction”), and nonbinary artist Mica Levi (who was recognized for “The Zone of Interest” and was nominated for an Oscar for “Jackie”). Despite earlier rumors regarding its eligibility, Mark Orton’s selection for “The Holdovers” was a pleasant surprise that the branch praised.

The official nominations will be revealed on January 23 following the Oscar nomination process, which is scheduled to run from January 11–16.

Shortlisted nominees-

Documentary feature

• American Symphony
• Apolonia, Apolonia
• Beyond Utopia
• Bobi Wine: The People’s President
• Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
• The Eternal Memory
• Four Daughters
• Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
• In the Rearview

• Stamped from the Beginning
• Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
• A Still Small Voice
• 32 Sounds
• To Kill a Tiger
• 20 Days in Mariupol

Documentary short subject

• The ABCs of Book Banning
• The Barber of Little Rock
• Bear
• Between Earth & Sky
• Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
• Camp Courage
• Deciding Vote
• How We Get Free
• If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis
• Island in Between

• The Last Repair Shop
• Last Song from Kabul
• Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
• Oasis
• Wings of Dust

International feature

• Armenia, Amerikatsi
• Bhutan, The Monk and the Gun
• Denmark, The Promised Land
• Finland, Fallen Leaves
• France, The Taste of Things
• Germany, The Teachers’ Lounge
• Iceland, Godland
• Italy, Io Capitano

• Japan, Perfect Days
• Mexico, Totem
• Morocco, The Mother of All Lies
• Spain, Society of the Snow
• Tunisia, Four Daughters
• Ukraine, 20 Days in Mariupol
• United Kingdom, The Zone of Interest

Makeup and hairstyling

• Beau Is Afraid
• Ferrari
• Golda
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• The Last Voyage of the Demeter
• Maestro
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer

• Poor Things
• Society of the Snow
• Sound
• Barbie
• The Creator
• Ferrari
• The Killer
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• The Zone of Interest

Original Score

• American Fiction
• American Symphony
• Barbie

• The Boy and the Heron
• The Color Purple
• Elemental
• The Holdovers
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Saltburn

• Society of the Snow
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Zone of Interest

Original song

• It Never Went Away from American Symphony
• Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven) from Asteroid City

• Dance The Night from Barbie
• I’m Just Ken from Barbie
• What Was I Made For? from Barbie
• Keep It Movin’ from The Color Purple
• Superpower (I) from The Color Purple
• The Fire Inside from Flamin’ Hot
• High Life from Flora and Son
• Meet In The Middle from Flora and Son

• Can’t Catch Me Now from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
• Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon
• Quiet Eyes from Past Lives
• Road To Freedom from Rustin
• Am I Dreaming from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Animated short film

• Boom
• Eeva
• Humo (Smoke)
• I’m Hip
• A Kind of Testament
• Koerkorter (Dog Apartment)
• Letter to a Pig
• Ninety-Five Senses
• Once Upon a Studio
• Our Uniform

• Pachyderme
• Pete
• 27
• War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
• Wild Summon

Live action short film

• The After
• The Anne Frank Gift Shop
• An Avocado Pit
• Bienvenidos a Los Angeles
• Dead Cat
• Good Boy
• Invincible
• Invisible Border
• Knight of Fortune

• The One Note Man
• Red, White and Blue
• The Shepherd
• Strange Way of Life
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Visual effects

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Napoleon
• Poor Things

• Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
• Society of the Snow
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse