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 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], coming from Norway, and Sandhya Suri’s Santosh [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], submitted by the UK. Brazil’s submission I’m Still Here [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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Here are the Oscar shortlists:

International Feature Film

Brazil: I’m Still Here [+leggi anche:
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Canada: Universal Language, Matthew Rankin (Canada)
Czech Republic: Waves [+leggi anche:
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Denmark: The Girl with the Needle [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Besir Zeciri
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France: Emilia Pérez [+leggi anche:
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Germany: The Seed of the Sacred Fig [+leggi anche:
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Iceland: Touch [+leggi anche:
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Ireland: Kneecap [+leggi anche:
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Italy: Vermiglio [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Maura Delpero
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Latvia: Flow [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Gints Zilbalodis
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Norway: Armand [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
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Palestine: From Ground Zero [+leggi anche:
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Senegal: Dahomey [+leggi anche:
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Thailand: How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies, Pat Boonnitipat (Thailand)
UK: Santosh [+leggi anche:
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Documentary Feature

The Bibi Files - Alexis Bloom (USA)
Black Box Diaries [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ibrahim Nash’at
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No Other Land [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham
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Porcelain War - Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev (USA/Ukraine/Australia)
Queendom [+leggi anche:
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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Benjamin Ree
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Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat [+leggi anche:
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intervista: 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 [+leggi anche:
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The Brutalist [+leggi anche:
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Challengers [+leggi anche:
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Conclave [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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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 [+leggi anche:
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (USA)
A Different Man (USA)
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria [+leggi anche:
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Nosferatu
The Substance [+leggi anche:
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Waltzing with Brando (USA)
Wicked