The US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlisted films in ten categories of the upcoming Oscars, including International Feature Film. From all of the films submitted (read the full list here), a total of ten coming from European countries have been selected, as well as three more coming from non-European countries, but with European co-production – only two in the shortlist have no European producing partner. The awards will be handed out on 2 March in Hollywood.

The International Feature Film category is thus led by European submissions, notably France’s Emilia Pérez [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], coming from Norway, and Sandhya Suri’s Santosh [+lire aussi :
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On top of being shortlisted in this category, Emilia Pérez earned six spots across the other lists, including two for Original Score, for Original Song (for “El Mal” and “Mi Camino”, also nominated for the Golden Globes), for Sound and for Makeup and Hairstyling.

One of the aforementioned films has also made it into the Documentary Feature category, namely Mati Diop’s Dahomey. Besides this Berlinale Golden Bear winner, other acclaimed European documentaries have made the cut, such as Benjamin Ree’s The Remarkable Life of Ibelin [+lire aussi :
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In the Short Film categories, the European contingent includes the Cannes Palme d'or winner, Croatian title The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, directed by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, and titles coming from France, Ireland, Spain, Italy and Germany, among others.

European co-productions are present in all of the other categories, with Steve McQueen’s Blitz [+lire aussi :
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Here are the Oscar shortlists:

International Feature Film

Brazil: I’m Still Here [+lire aussi :
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Canada: Universal Language, Matthew Rankin (Canada)
Czech Republic: Waves [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jiří Mádl
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Denmark: The Girl with the Needle [+lire aussi :
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interview : Besir Zeciri
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interview : Magnus von Horn
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France: Emilia Pérez [+lire aussi :
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Germany: The Seed of the Sacred Fig [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mohammad Rasoulof
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Iceland: Touch [+lire aussi :
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Ireland: Kneecap [+lire aussi :
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Italy: Vermiglio [+lire aussi :
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interview : Maura Delpero
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Latvia: Flow [+lire aussi :
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interview : Gints Zilbalodis
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Norway: Armand [+lire aussi :
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interview : Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
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fiche film], Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (Norway/Netherlands/Germany/Sweden)
Palestine: From Ground Zero [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Wissam Moussa, Nidal Damo, Ahmed Hassouna, Alaa Ayoub, Karim Satoum, Bashar Al Babisi, Khamis Masharawi, Nida’A Abu Hasna, Tamer Nijim, Ahmed Al Danaf, Rima Mahmoud, Muhammad Al Sharif, Basil El Maqousi, Mustafa Al Nabih, Rabab Khamis, Mustafa Kulab, Alaa Damo, Hana Eleiwa, Mahdi Kreirah, Aws Al Banna, Islam Al Zeriei, Etimad Washah (Palestine/France/Qatar/Jordan)
Senegal: Dahomey [+lire aussi :
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Thailand: How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies, Pat Boonnitipat (Thailand)
UK: Santosh [+lire aussi :
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Documentary Feature

The Bibi Files - Alexis Bloom (USA)
Black Box Diaries [+lire aussi :
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Dahomey – Mati Diop
Daughters - Angela Patton, Natalie Rae (USA/UK/Canada)
Eno - Gary Hustwit (UK/USA)
Frida – Carla Gutiérrez (USA)
Hollywoodgate [+lire aussi :
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No Other Land [+lire aussi :
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interview : Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham
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Porcelain War - Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev (USA/Ukraine/Australia)
Queendom [+lire aussi :
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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin [+lire aussi :
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Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat [+lire aussi :
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interview : Johan Grimonprez
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Sugarcane - Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat (Canada/USA)
Union - Stephen Maing, Brett Story (USA)
Will & Harper - Josh Greenbaum (USA)

Live-Action Short Film

Anuja - Adam J Graves (USA)
Clodagh - Portia A Buckley (Ireland)
The Compatriot - Viktor Horák, Pavel Sýkora (Czech Republic)
Crust - Sean Whalen (USA)
Dovecote - Marco Perego (Italy)
Edge of Space - Jean de Meuron (USA/Switzerland)
The Ice Cream Man - Robert Moniot (Netherlands)
I’m Not a Robot - Victoria Warmerdam (USA/Netherlands)
The Last Ranger - Cindy Lee (South Africa)
A Lien - David Cutler-Kreutz, Sam Cutler-Kreutz (USA)
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent - Nebojsa Slijepcevic (Croatia)
The Masterpiece - Kundan Sad (India)
An Orange from Jaffa - Mohammed Almughanni (France/Palestine/Poland)
Paris 70 - Dani Feixas Roka (Spain)
Room Taken - Tj O'Grady Peyton (Ireland)

Animated Short Film

Au Revoir Mon Monde - Estelle Bonnardel (France)
A Bear Named Wojtek - Iain Gardner (UK/Poland)
Beautiful Men - Nicolas Keppens (France/Belgium/Netherlands)
Bottle George - Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi (Japan)
A Crab in the Pool - Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte (Canada)
In the Shadow of the Cypress - Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani (Iran)
Magic Candies - Daisuke Nishio (Japan)
Maybe Elephants - Torill Kove (Norway/Canada)
Me - Don Hertzfeldt (USA)
Origami - Fillipe Lezo (UK)
Percebes - Laura Gonçalves, Alexandra Ramires (France/Portugal)
The 21 - Tod Polson (USA/Egypt)
Wander to Wonder - Nina Gantz (Netherlands/France/Belgium/UK)
The Wild-Tempered Clavier - Anna Samo (Germany)
Yuck! - Loïc Espuche (France)

Documentary Short Subject

Chasing Roo - Skye Fitzgerald (USA)
Death by Numbers - Kim A Snyder (USA)
Eternal Father - Ömer Sami (Denmark)
I Am Ready, Warden - Smriti Mundhra (USA)
Incident - Jonathan Hopson (USA)
Instruments of a Beating Heart - Ema Ryan Yamazaki (Japan)
Keeper - Angus Benfield, Kendall Bryant Jr (USA)
Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World - Julio Palacio (USA)
Once Upon a Time in Ukraine - Betsy West, Khodakivska Tetiana (USA/Ukraine)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra - Molly O'Brien (USA)
Planetwalker - Dominic Gill, Nadia Gill (USA)
The Quilters - Jenifer McShane (USA)
Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr - Kimberly Reed (USA)
A Swim Lesson - Rashida Jones, Will McCormack (USA)
Until He’s Back - Jacqueline Baylon (Spain/Morocco)

Original Score

Alien: Romulus (USA)
Babygirl (USA)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (USA)
Blink Twice (USA)
Blitz [+lire aussi :
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The Brutalist [+lire aussi :
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Challengers [+lire aussi :
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Conclave [+lire aussi :
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Emilia Pérez
The Fire Inside (USA)
Gladiator II (USA)
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (USA)
Inside Out 2 (USA)
Nosferatu (USA)
The Room Next Door [+lire aussi :
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Sing Sing (USA)
The Six Triple Eight (USA)
Wicked (USA)
The Wild Robot (USA)
Young Woman and the Sea (USA)

Original Song

“Forbidden Road”, Better Man (USA)
“Winter Coat”, Blitz
“Compress/Repress”, Challengers
“Never Too Late”, Elton John: Never Too Late (USA)
“El Mal”, Emilia Pérez
“Mi Camino”, Emilia Pérez
Sick In The Head”, Kneecap
“Beyond”, Moana 2 (USA)
“Tell Me It’s You”, Mufasa: The Lion King (USA)
“Piece By Piece”, Piece by Piece (USA)
“Like A Bird”, Sing Sing
“The Journey”, The Six Triple Eight
“Out Of Oklahoma”, Twisters (USA)
“Kiss The Sky”, The Wild Robot
“Harper And Will Go West”, Will & Harper

Sound

Alien: Romulus
Blitz
A Complete Unknown (USA)
Deadpool & Wolverine (USA)
Dune: Part Two (USA)
Emilia Pérez
Gladiator II
Joker: Folie à Deux (USA)
Wicked
The Wild Robot

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Civil War (USA)
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (USA)
Mufasa: The Lion King
Twisters
Wicked

Makeup and Hairstyling

The Apprentice [+lire aussi :
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (USA)
A Different Man (USA)
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria [+lire aussi :
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Nosferatu
The Substance [+lire aussi :
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Waltzing with Brando (USA)
Wicked