Oscar shortlist reveals two loves Flee, Billie Eilish, Hans Zimmer, Jonny Greenwood

The Oscar race in 10 categories is becoming clearer as the Academy has revealed shortlists for several key groups, including original songs, visual effects and all short film categories. List led by James Bond movies There’s no time to die, earned five mentions and Sand dunes, have earned four.

One of the biggest surprises? Titane, this year’s Palme d’Or winner, was dropped from the list of International Featured Films. The film has always been a risky choice to French submission because of its ghostly, gory and unconventional plot, but it’s still a surprise that it won’t at least make the shortlist of 15. compact. The rest of the international feature film category includes the expected frontrunners, firstly Japan my driver, Of Iran A hero, Finland’s Croom number 6, Iceland’s sheep and of Denmark Escape. A critically acclaimed refugee story premiered at Sundance earlier this year, Escape also earned a spot on the documentary list. There’s a chance it could reach three nominations as it also qualifies in the animated feature category, which doesn’t make a shortlist.

With Escape, the documentary list includes some of this year’s best musical documentaries, from Summer of the soul arrive The Velvet Underground and Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry. Rescue, the Oscar winning team documentary behind Free Solos, also made the list of 15, along with two coronavirus documents: Let’s roll and First wave.

In the score category, two composers earned double: Johnny Greenwood, because the The power of the dog and Spencer; and Hans Zimmer because the Sand dunes and There is no time to die. But it’s a curated list of original songs featuring a ton of A-list stars, from Billie Eilish (cho There’s no time to die) arrive Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi (Don’t look up), U2 (Sing 2), Van Morrison (Belfast) and HER (Bruises). More Beyoncé, for the original song “Be Alive” from King Richard, competing with her husband Jay-Z, whose “Guns Go Bang” The harder it is for them to fall was also shortlisted. When the final nominations are announced, the category may include stars, who are likely to perform throughout the show and hopefully attract a wider audience. Crossed fingers!

Shortlists for all three categories: short, hair and makeup, sound effects and visuals, which have also been revealed ahead of the nomination vote, which will begin January 27. See full list. under.

DOCUMENTATION CHARACTERISTICS
“Ascension”
“Attica”
“Billie Eilish: The World Is A Little Dark”
“Faya Dayi”
“First Wave”
“Escape”
“Let’s roll”
“Julia”
“Chairperson”
“Progress”
“Rescue”
“Simple as water”
“Summer of the Soul (…Or, when the revolution can’t be televised)”
“The Velvet Underground”
“Written with Fire”

SHORT TOPIC DOCUMENTS
“Aguilas”
“Listen”
“A Broken House”
“Secret Camp: America’s Secret Nazis”
“Encoding: JC Leyendecker’s Hidden Love”
“Angry Day”
“Basis”
“Take me home”
“Lingying Postcard:“The Token of a Great Day””
“Basketball Queen”
“Sophie and the Baron”
“Receive”
“Terror Contagion”
“Three Songs for Benazir”
“When we were bullies”

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FILM
Austria, “Great Freedom”
Belgium, “Playground”
Bhutan, “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”
Danish, “Flee”
Finland, “Room No. 6”
German, “I’m Your Man”
Iceland, “Lamb”
Iran, “A Hero”
Italian, “Hand of God”
Japan, “Drive My Car”
Kosovo, “Hive”
Mexico, “Prayer for the Stolen”
Norway, “World’s Ugliest Man”
Panama, “Plaza Catedral”
Spain, “Good Boss”

MAKEUP AND HAIR
“To 2 Americas”
“Cruella”
“Cyrano”
“Sand Dunes”
“Tammy Faye’s Eyes”
“Gucci House”
“Nightmare Alley”
“There is no time to die”
“Suicide Squad”
“Western Tales”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL POINT)
“Being Ricardians”
“Candy Man”
“Don’t look up”
“Sand Dunes”
“Encanto”
“The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun”
“Green Knight”
“The harder it is, the more they fall”
“King Richard”
“Last match”
“There is no time to die”
“Parallel Mothers”
“The Power of the Dog”
“Spencer”
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”