Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists in 12 categories for the 98th Academy Awards: Animated Short Film, Casting, Cinematography, Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Live-Action Short Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Sound and Visual Effects.

European cinema once again features prominently across the shortlists, with continental titles and co-productions present in every major category. Out of the 15 films advancing in the International Feature Film category, five are European national submissions, joined by several titles involving European co-production partners. The five national submissions are France’s It Was Just an Accident [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jafar Panahi
ficha de la película] by Jafar Panahi, Germany’s Sound of Falling [+lee también:
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entrevista: Mascha Schilinski
ficha de la película] by Mascha Schilinski, Spain’s Sirât [+lee también:
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entrevista: Óliver Laxe
ficha de la película] by Óliver Laxe, Switzerland’s Late Shift [+lee también:
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entrevista: Petra Volpe
ficha de la película] by Petra Volpe and Norway’s Sentimental Value [+lee también:
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entrevista: Joachim Trier
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entrevista: Cherien Dabis
ficha de la película] by Cherien Dabis (Germany/Palestine/Jordan/Cyprus), The Secret Agent [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil/France/Netherlands/Germany), Left-Handed Girl [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Shih-Ching Tsou (Taiwan/USA/UK/France), The Voice of Hind Rajab [+lee también:
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entrevista: Kaouther Ben Hania
ficha de la película] by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia/France), Palestine 36 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Annemarie Jacir (Palestine/UK/France/Denmark/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Jordan) and No Other Choice [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Park Chan-wook (South Korea/France).

European productions and co-productions also stand out in the Documentary Feature Film shortlist, which includes a strong contingent of politically and socially engaged titles. Among them are Coexistence, My Ass! [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Amber Fares, Apocalypse in the Tropics by Petra Costa (Brazil/USA/UK), Folktales [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, Mr. Nobody Against Putin [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by David Borenstein, and 2000 Meters to Andriivka [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Mstyslav Chernov, reflecting the continued strength of European non-fiction filmmaking on the international stage. Several of these movies have already made the festival rounds at major European showcases, consolidating their awards momentum.

The short-film categories further underline Europe’s presence. In Animated Short Film, European productions such as Éiru by Giovanna Ferrari, Hurikán by Jan Saska, Playing God by Matteo Burani, I Died in Irpin by Anastasiia Falileieva, The Shyness of Trees by Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis d’Argentré, Lina Han, Simin He, Jiaxin Huang, Maud Le Bras and Bingqing Shu, and The Three Sisters by Timur Kognov advance to the shortlist, while the Live-Action Short Film line-up features a diverse array of European-backed titles, including Beyond Silence by Marnie Blok, The Boy with White Skin by Simon Panay and The Pearl Comb by Ali Cook.

Finally, the Nordic black fairy tale The Ugly Stepsister [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Emilie Blichfeldt (Norway/Poland/Sweden/Denmark) is shortlisted for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

The 98th Oscars ceremony will take place on 15 March 2026 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Here are the Oscar shortlists:

International Feature Film

Argentina: Belén – Dolores Fonzi (Argentina)
Brazil: The Secret Agent [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] – Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil/France/Netherlands/Germany)
France: It Was Just an Accident [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jafar Panahi
ficha de la película] – Jafar Panahi (France/Luxembourg/Iran)
Germany: Sound of Falling [+lee también:
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entrevista: Mascha Schilinski
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India: Homebound - Neeraj Ghaywan (India)
Iraq: The President’s Cake - Hasan Hadi (Iraq/USA/Qatar)
Japan: Kokuho – Lee Sang-il (Japan)
Jordan: All That’s Left of You [+lee también:
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entrevista: Cherien Dabis
ficha de la película] – Cherien Dabis (Germany/Palestine/Jordan/Cyprus)
Norway: Sentimental Value [+lee también:
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entrevista: Joachim Trier
ficha de la película] – Joachim Trier (Norway/France/German/Denmark/Sweden/UK)
Palestine: Palestine 36 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] – Annemarie Jacir (Palestine/UK/France/Denmark/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Jordan)
South Korea: No Other Choice [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] – Park Chan-wook (South Korea/France)
Spain: Sirât [+lee también:
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entrevista: Óliver Laxe
ficha de la película] - Óliver Laxe (Spain/France)
Switzerland: Late Shift [+lee también:
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entrevista: Petra Volpe
ficha de la película] – Petra Volpe (Switzerland/Germany)
Taiwan: Left-Handed Girl [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] – Shih-Ching Tsou (Taiwan/USA/UK/France)
Tunisia: The Voice of Hind Rajab [+lee también:
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entrevista: Kaouther Ben Hania
ficha de la película] - Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia/France)

Documentary Feature Film

2000 Meters to Andriivka [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] — Mstyslav Chernov (Ukraine/USA)
The Alabama Solution — Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman (USA)
Apocalypse in the Tropics — Petra Costa (Brazil/USA/UK)
Coexistence, My Ass! [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] — Amber Fares (USA/France)
Come See Me in the Good Light — Ryan White (USA)
Cover-Up — Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus (USA)
Cutting through Rocks [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] — Sara Khaki, Mohammad Reza Eyni (Iran/Qatar/Chile/Canada/Netherlands/Germany/USA)
Folktales [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] — Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady (Norway/USA)
Holding Liat — Brandon Kramer (USA)
Mr. Nobody Against Putin [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] — David Borenstein (Denmark/Czech Republic/Germany)
Mistress Dispeller — Elizabeth Lo (China/USA)
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow — Julia Loktev (USA)
The Perfect Neighbor — Geeta Gandbhir (USA)
Seeds — Brittany Shyne (USA)
Yanuni — Richard Ladkani (Austria/Brazil/USA/Canada/Germany)

Live-Action Short Film

Ado – Sam Henderson (USA)
Amarela – André Hayato Saito (Brazil)
Beyond Silence – Marnie Blok (Netherlands)
The Boy with White Skin – Simon Panay (France/Senegal)
Butcher’s Stain – Meyer Levinson-Blount (Israel)
Butterfly on a Wheel – Trevor Morris (Canada)
Dad’s Not Home – Jan Saczek (Poland)
Extremist – Alexander Molochnikov (Latvia)
A Friend of Dorothy – Lee Knight (UK)
Jane Austen’s Period Drama – Julia Aks, Steve Pinder (USA)
Pantyhose – Fabian Munsterhjelm (Finland)
The Pearl Comb – Ali Cook (UK)
Rock, Paper, Scissors – Franz Böhm (UK)
The Singers – Sam A Davis (USA)
Two People Exchanging Saliva – Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh (France/USA)

Animated Short Film

Autokar – Sylwia Szkiłądź (Belgium/France)
Butterfly – Sunčana Brkulj (Croatia/Denmark)
Cardboard – JP “Jean-Philippe” Vine (UK)
Éiru – Giovanna Ferrari (Ireland)
Forevergreen – Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears (USA)
The Girl Who Cried Pearls – Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski (Canada)
Hurikán – Jan Saska (Czech Republic/France/Slovakia/Bosnia and Herzegovina)
I Died in Irpin – Anastasiia Falileieva (Czech Republic/Slovakia/Ukraine)
The Night Boots – Pierre-Luc Granjon (France)
Playing God – Matteo Burani (Italy/France)
The Quinta’s Ghost – James A Castillo (Spain)
Retirement Plan – John Kelly (Ireland)
The Shyness of Trees – Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis d’Argentré, Lina Han, Simin He, Jiaxin Huang, Maud Le Bras, Bingqing Shu (France)
Snow Bear – Aaron Blaise (USA)
The Three Sisters – Timur Kognov (Cyprus)

Documentary Short Film

All the Empty Rooms – Joshua Seftel (USA)
All the Walls Came Down – Ondi Timoner (USA)
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud – Craig Renaud, Brent Renaud (USA)
Bad Hostage – Mimi Wilcox (USA)
Cashing Out – Matt Nadel (USA)
Chasing Time – Jeff Orlowski-Yang, Sarah Keo (USA)
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” – Hilla Medalia (Israel)
Classroom 4 – Eden Wurmfeld (USA)
The Devil Is Busy – Geeta Gandbhir, Christalyn Hampton (USA)
Heartbeat – Jay Rosenblatt, Stephanie Rapp (USA)
Last Days on Lake Trinity – Charlotte Cooley (USA)
On Healing Land, Birds Perch – Naja Pham Lockwood (USA)
Perfectly a Strangeness – Alison McAlpine (Canada)
Rovina’s Choice – Thomas Jennings, Annie Wong (USA)
We Were the Scenery – Christopher Radcliff (USA/Canada)

Music (Original Score)

Avatar: Fire and Ash (USA)
Bugonia [+lee también:
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Captain America: Brave New World (USA)
Diane Warren: Relentless (USA)
F1 (USA)
Frankenstein (Mexico/USA)
Hamnet [+lee también:
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Hedda (USA)
A House of Dynamite (USA)
Jay Kelly [+lee también:
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Marty Supreme (USA)
Nuremberg (USA)
One Battle after Another (USA)
Sinners (USA)
Sirât
Train Dreams (USA)
Tron: Ares (USA/Canada/New Zealand)
Truth and Treason (USA)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (USA)
Wicked: For Good (USA)

Music (Original Song)

“As Alive As You Need Me To Be” – Tron: Ares
“Dear Me” – Diane Warren: Relentless
“Dream As One” – Avatar: Fire and Ash
“Drive” – F1
“Dying to Live” – Billy Idol Should Be Dead (USA)
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters (USA)
“Highest 2 Lowest” – Highest 2 Lowest (USA)
“I Lied To You” – Sinners
“Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” – Sinners
“No Place Like Home” – Wicked: For Good
“Our Love” – The Ballad of Wallis Island [+lee también:
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“Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” – Come See Me in the Good Light
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” – Viva Verdi! (USA)
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams

Sound

Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (USA)
One Battle after Another
Sinners
Sirât
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (USA)
Superman (USA)
Wicked: For Good

Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash
The Electric State (USA)
F1
Frankenstein
Jurassic World Rebirth (USA)
The Lost Bus (USA)
Sinners
Superman
Tron: Ares
Wicked: For Good

Makeup and Hairstyling

The Alto Knights (USA)
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Marty Supreme
Nuremberg
One Battle after Another
Sinners
The Smashing Machine (USA)
The Ugly Stepsister [+lee también:
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Wicked: For Good