Oscars 2023: Kantara, Black Panther, RRR's song Naatu Naatu and more shortlisted for 95th Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Wednesday unveiled the shortlists for the 95th Academy Awards. Four Indian films, including RRR and The Last Show (Chhello Show), have been shortlisted across various categories.
The Elephant Whisperers, a documentary short by Kartiki Gonsalves, and All That Breathes also made it onto the shortlist for Documentary Short Film. Meanwhile, the song Naatu Naatu from SS Rajamouli’s RRR has been shortlisted in the Best Original Song Category.
The Academy announced the shortlists in 10 categories ahead of nominations. The categories include Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound, and Visual Effects.
Documentary Feature Film
- All That Breathes
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Bad Axe
- Children of the Mist
- Descendant
- Fire of Love
- Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
- Hidden Letters
- A House Made of Splinters
- The Janes
- Last Flight Home
- Moonage Daydream
- Navalny
- Retrograde
- The Territory
Documentary Short Film
- American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton
- Anastasia
- Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison
- As Far as They Can Run
- The Elephant Whisperers
- The Flagmakers
- Happiness Is £4 Million
- Haulout
- Holding Moses
- How Do You Measure a Year?
- The Martha Mitchell Effect
- Nuisance Bear
- Shut Up and Paint
- Stranger at the Gate
- 38 at the Garden
International Feature Film
- Argentina, Argentina, 1985
- Austria, Corsage
- Belgium, Close
- Cambodia, Return to Seoul
- Denmark, Holy Spider
- France, Saint Omer
- Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front
- India, Last Film Show
- Ireland, The Quiet Girl
- Mexico, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
- Morocco, The Blue Caftan
- Pakistan, Joyland
- Poland, EO
- South Korea, Decision to Leave
- Sweden, Cairo Conspiracy
Makeup and Hairstyling
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Amsterdam
- Babylon
- The Batman
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Blonde
- Crimes of the Future
- Elvis
- Emancipation
- The Whale
Music (Original Score)
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Babylon
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Devotion
- Don’t Worry Darling
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- The Fabelmans
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Nope
- She Said
- The Woman King
- Women Talking
Music (Original Song)
- ‘Time’ from Amsterdam
- ‘Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)’ from Avatar: The Way of Water
- ‘Lift Me Up’ from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- ‘This Is A Life’ from Everything Everywhere All at Once
- ‘Ciao Papa’ from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- ‘Til You’re Home’ from A Man Called Otto
- ‘Naatu Naatu’ from RRR
- ‘My Mind & Me’ from Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
- ‘Good Afternoon’ from Spirited
- ‘Applause’ from Tell It like a Woman
- ‘Stand Up’ from Till
- ‘Hold My Hand’ from Top Gun: Maverick
- ‘Dust & Ash’ from The Voice of Dust and Ash
- ‘Carolina’ from Where the Crawdads Sing
- ‘New Body Rhumba’ from White Noise
Animated Short Film
- Black Slide
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
- The Debutante
- The Flying Sailor
- The Garbage Man
- Ice Merchants
- It’s Nice in Here
- More than I Want to Remember
- My Year of Dicks
- New Moon
- An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
- Passenger
- Save Ralph
- Sierra
- Steakhouse
Live Action Short Film
- All in Favor
- Almost Home
- An Irish Goodbye
- Ivalu
- Le Pupille
- The Lone Wolf
- Nakam
- Night Ride
- Plastic Killer
- The Red Suitcase
- The Right Words
- Sideral
- The Treatment
- Tula
- Warsha
Sound
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Babylon
- The Batman
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Moonage Daydream
- Top Gun: Maverick
Visual Effects
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Batman
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
- Jurassic World Dominion
- Nope
- Thirteen Lives
- Top Gun: Maverick
Nominations voting will run from January 12-17, and nominations will be announced on January 24. The 95th Academy Awards are slated to be held on March 12 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
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