Category: Shortlists

I don’t know how I managed this, but I missed a press release back on November 6. Here are the shortlisted animated shorts for the Oscars this year as specified in the press release. 10 Animated Shorts Advance in 2013 Oscar® Race

The Academy narrows down the full slate of submitted foreign language films to nine from which the final five nominees will be selected. Below is the press release from the Academy indicating which nine made it. There are a few surprises. This list conveys a deep divide in the foreign language film selection committee. A…

Apart from the exclusion of the Inside Llewyn Davis song “Please, Mr. Kennedy”, all of the expected contenders showed up on the below list. Several titles pop out, but you can eliminate any film that most no one has heard of. 75 Original Songs Tune Up For 2013 Oscar®

The Academy has revealed the seven films that will compete for this year’s Academy Award in the Makeup and Hairstyling category. A surprisingly awful list of films are up for consideration this year, excluding some very big known quantities like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Thor: The Dark World. They’ll nominate three of…

The Academy has announced the 114 eligible Original Score contenders for this year’s Oscars. The big exclusion on this list that many had hoped would be ruled eligible is Inside Llewyn Davis. I suspected it wouldn’t be, but this pretty much confirms that. Frozen was also a no-show thanks to its predominant song score (which…

The Academy has narrowed down the potential Best Visual Effects nominees to a list of ten films. From this list, five will be nominated. This is about as unshocking a list as one could imagine. That The Lone Ranger made it on the list is the only real outrage. Toss it and World War Z…

The Academy has announced the 15 films on the shortlist for Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Oscars. The five nominees will come from this list. Of the five films nominated by the Producers Guild of America, only two (Life According to Sam and Which Way Is the Front Line from Here?). The two I…

The Academy has announced ten films on the shortlist for the Best Live Action Short Film award. There’s been a lot of talk in the last few days about the Gravity-inspired short film from Jonas Cuaron. As the list indicates, that film did not make the first cut. Below is the official press release. 10…

The Academy has released the 19 feature films submitted for consideration for this year’s Academy Awards. Along with all the expected suspects, several foreign features that haven’t been on anyone’s mind show up on the list (Fake, Khumba, Sarila, Apostolo, Rebellion and Rio. From this list, the only films I am fairly certain will make…

I’m not a very astute documentary watcher, so the names on this list don’t mean a lot to me. I will have to research each to see which has the best chances, but for now, I offer the below without further comment. 8 Doc Shorts On Oscar’s 2013 Shortlist BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy…

The Academy has announced that 76 countries have submitted films for consideration for this year’s Academy Awards. As always, the list features a number of prominent films and many that critics and audiences in the U.S. are entirely unfamiliar with. Some of the most prominent submissions this year are: “Neighbouring Sounds” from Brazil, “The Hunt”…

First, I’m rather surprised that we never got the full list of country submissions for this year’s Oscars. Kind of disappointing. Anyway, here is the shortlist for the Foreign Language Film award. 9 Foreign Language Films Vie For Oscar®

The Academy has narrowed the list to seven films and will further winnow the list down to twelve. Lincoln and The Hobbit are sure to be nominees, but what will the third film be? I’m leaning towards Men in Black 3, but if Les Misérables plays better with Oscar voters than it did with critics,…

The Academy has announced the list of eligible songs for this year’s Academy Awards. Below is the full press release: 75 Original Songs Tune Up For 2012 Oscar®

The Academy has revealed its list of 104 eligible Original Scores competing for this year’s Oscars. Below is the press release, which includes the full list. 104 Original Scores in 2012 Oscar® Race