Akademija filmskih umjetnosti i nauka objavila je uži izbor za Oskara u 12 kategorija, a među njima se najčešće pominju "Sinners" i "Wicked: For Good".
Članovi različitih ogranaka Akademije učestvovali su u preliminarnom glasanju u više kategorija, uključujući animirani kratki film, dugometražni dokumentarni film, kratki dokumentarni film, međunarodni dugometražni film, igrani kratki film, šminku i frizuru, originalnu muziku, originalnu pjesmu, zvuk i vizuelne efekte. Ova godina ujedno obilježava i debi nove kategorije: dostignuće u kastingu.
Film Ryana Cooglera "Sinners" nalazi se na listama najboljih u sedam kategorija: kasting, fotografija, šminka i frizura, zvuk, vizuelni efekti i dva mesta u kategoriji originalne pesme.
"Wicked: For Good" istknut je u kategorijama kastinga, filmske fotografije, šminke i frizure, originalne muzike, zvuka, vizuelnih efekata i dvije originalne pjesme koje potpisuje Stephen Schwartz.
Netflixov "Frankenstein" takođe je ostvario odličan rezultat, sa šest pominjanja u kategorijama kastinga, fotografije, šminke i frizure, originalne muzike, zvuka i vizuelnih efekata.
Među ostalim zapaženim naslovima su "Marty Supreme", "One Battle After Another", "Sentimental Value" i međunarodni kandidat "Sirât".
Kategorija međunarodnog dugometražnog filma donijela je malo iznenađenja, iako je distributer Neon obezbijedio rekordnih pet od ukupno 15 dostupnih mjesta.
Akademijina prva lista u kategoriji kastinga obuhvata devet filmova sa ženama na poziciji kasting direktorki, što predstavlja značajan korak napred u pogledu zastupljenosti.
Rediteljke su takođe ostavile snažan trag u ovogodišnjem izboru: sedam od 15 međunarodnih dugometražnih filmova režirale su žene, a čak 10 od 15 kandidata u kategoriji dugometražnog dokumentarnog filma takođe potpisuju autorke.
Konačne nominacije u kategorijama biće određene u narednim nedjeljama, a glasanje za Oskare počinje u ponedeljak, 12. januara i završava se u petak, 16. januara. Nominacije će biti objavljene u četvrtak, 22. januara.
Variety predstavlja kompletnu listu filmova iz užeg izbora za Oskare:
Kasting
- "Frankenstein" (Netflix) - Robin D. Cook
- "Hamnet" (Focus Features) - Nina Gold
- "Marty Supreme" (A24) - Jennifer Venditti
- "One Battle After Another" (Warner Bros.) - Cassandra Kulukundis
- "The Secret Agent" (Neon) - Gabriel Domingues
- "Sentimental Value" (Neon) - Yngvill Kolset Haga i Avy Kaufman
- "Sinners" (Warner Bros.) - Francine Maisler
- "Sirât" (Neon) - Nadia Acimi, Luis Bertolo i Erika Boulic
- "Weapons" (Warner Bros.) - Allison Jones
- "Wicked: For Good" (Universal Pictures) - Tiffany Little Canfield i Bernard Telsey
Filmska fotografija
- "Ballad of a Small Player" (Netflix) - James Friend
- "Bugonia" (Focus Features) - Robbie Ryan
- "Die My Love" (Mubi) - Seamus McGarvey
- "F1" (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.) - Claudio Miranda
- "Frankenstein" (Netflix) - Dan Laustsen
- "Hamnet" (Focus Features) - Łukasz Żal
- "Marty Supreme" (A24) - Darius Khondji
- "Nouvelle Vague" (Netflix) - David Chambille
- "One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.) - Michael Bauman
- "Sentimental Value" (Neon) - Kasper Tuxen
- "Sinners" (Warner Bros.) - Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- "Sirât" (Neon) - Mauro Herce
- "Song Sung Blue" (Focus Features) - Amy Vincent
- "Sound of Falling" (Mubi) - Fabian Gamper
- "Train Dreams" (Netflix) - Adolpho Veloso
- "Wicked: For Good" (Universal Pictures) - Alice Brooks
Dokumentarni film
- "The Alabama Solution" (HBO Documentary Films)
- "Apocalypse in the Tropics" (Netflix)
- "Coexistence, My Ass!" (mTuckman Media)
- "Come See Me in the Good Light" (Apple Original Films)
- "Cover-Up" (Netflix)
- "Cutting through Rocks" (Madman Entertainment)
- "Folktales" (Magnolia Pictures)
- "Holding Liat" (Self-Distributed)
- "Mr. Nobody against Putin" (Bantam Film)
- "Mistress Dispeller" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
- "My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow" (Argot Pictures)
- "The Perfect Neighbor" (Netflix)
- "Seeds" (Interior Films)
- "2000 Meters to Andriivka" (PBS)
- "Yanuni" (Self-Distributed)
Kratki dokumentarni filmovi
- "All the Empty Rooms" (Netflix) - Joshua Seftel
- "All the Walls Came Down" (Interloper Films) - Ondi Timoner
- "Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud" (HBO Documentary Films) - Brent Renaud i Craig Renaud
- "Bad Hostage" (The Film Fund) - Mimi Wilcox
- "Cashing Out" (The New Yorker Magazine) - Matt Nadel
- "Chasing Time" (Exposure Labs) - Sarah Keo i Jeff Orlowski-Yang
- "Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”" (U.S. Distributor TBD) - Hilla Medalia
- "Classroom 4" (Eden Wurmfeld Films) - Eden Wurmfeld
- "The Devil is Busy" (HBO Documentary Films) - Geeta Gand
- "Heartbeat" (Pine House Film)
- "Last Days on Lake Trinity"
- "On Healing Land, Birds Perch"
- "Perfectly a Strangeness"
- "Rovina’s Choice"
- "We Were the Scenery"
Najbolji strani film
- Argentina, "Belén" (Amazon MGM Studios)
- Brazil, "The Secret Agent" (Neon)
- Francuska, "It Was Just an Accident" (Neon)
- Njemačka, "Sound of Falling" (Mubi)
- Indija, "Homebound" (U.S. Distribution TBD)
- Irak, "The President’s Cake" (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Japan, "Kokuho" (Toho)
- Jordan, "All That’s Left of You" (Watermelon Pictures)
- Norveška, "Sentimental Value" (Neon)
- Palestina, "Palestine 36" (Watermelon Pictures)
- Južna Koreja, "No Other Choice" (Neon)
- Španija, "Sirât" (Neon)
- Švajcarska, "Late Shift" (Music Box Films)
- Tajvan, "Left-Handed Girl" (Netflix)
- Tunis, "The Voice of Hind Rajab" (Willa)
Šminka i kostimografija
- "The Alto Knights" (Warner Bros.)
- "Frankenstein" (Netflix)
- "Kokuho" (Toho)
- "Marty Supreme" (A24)
- "Nuremberg" (Sony Pictures Classics)
- "One Battle after Another" (Warner Bros.)
- "Sinners" (Warner Bros.)
- "The Smashing Machine" (A24)
- "The Ugly Stepsister" (IFC)
- "Wicked: For Good" (Universal Pictures)
Originalna muzika
- "Avatar: Fire and Ash" (20th Century Studios) - Simon Franglen
- "Bugonia" (Focus Features) - Jerskin Fendrix
- "Captain America: Brave New World" (Marvel Studios) - Laura Karpman
- "Diane Warren: Relentless" (Greenwich Entertainment) - Lesley Barber
- "F1" (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.) - Hans Zimmer
- "Frankenstein" (Netflix) - Alexandre Desplat
- Hamnet” (Focus Features) — Max Richter
- “Hedda” (Amazon MGM Studios) — Hildur Guðnadóttir
- “A House of Dynamite” (Netflix) — Volker Bertelmann
- “Jay Kelly” (Netflix) — Nicholas Britell
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) — Daniel Lopatin
- “Nuremberg” (Sony Pictures Classics) — Brian Tyler
- “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) — Jonny Greenwood
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Ludwig Göransson
- “Sirât” (Neon) — Kangding Ray
- “Train Dreams” (Netflix) — Bryce Dessner
- “Tron: Ares” (20th Century Studios) — Nine Inch Nails
- “Truth and Treason” (Angel) — Aaron Zigman
- “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix) — Nathan Johnson
- “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
Originalna pjesma
- “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from “Tron: Ares” (20th Century Studios) — Nine Inch Nails
- “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” (Greenwich Entertainment) — Diane Warren
- “Dream As One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” — Miley Cyrus, Simon Franglen, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
- “Drive” from “F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.) — John Mayer, Ed Sheeran and Blake Slatkin
- “Dying To Live” from “Billy Idol Should Be Dead” (Fremantle) — Tommy English, Billy Idol, Joe Janiak, J. Ralph and Steve Stevens
- “The Girl In The Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — Stephen Schwartz
- “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) — EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick
- “Highest 2 Lowest” from “Highest 2 Lowest” (A24/Apple Original Films) — Aiyana Lee Anderson and Nicole Daciana Anderson
- “I Lied To You” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq
- “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Miles Caton, Ludwig Göransson and Alice Smith
- “No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — Stephen Schwartz
- “Our Love” from “The Ballad of Wallis Island” (Focus Features) — Tom Basdan
- “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from “Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple Original Films) — Sara Bareilles, Brandi Carlile and Andrea Gibson
- “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” (U.S. Distribution TBD) — Nicholas Pike
- “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (Netflix) — Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner
Kratkometražni animirani film
- “Autokar” (Miyu Distribution) — dir. Sylwia Szkiladz
- “Butterfly” (Sacrebleu Productions) — dir. Florence Miailhe
- “Cardboard” (Locksmith Animation) — dir. J.P. Vine
- “Éiru” (GKids) — dir. Giovanna Ferrari
- “Forevergreen” (U.S. Distributor TBD) — Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
- “The Girl Who Cried Pearls” (National Film Board of Canada) — dir. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
- “Hurikán” (AEON Production) — dir. Jan Saska
- “I Died in Irpin” (MAUR Film) — dir. Anastasia Falileieva
- “The Night Boots” (Am Stram Gram) — dir. Pierre-Luc Granjon
- “Playing God” (Autour de Minuit Productions) — dir. Matteo Burani
- “The Quinta’s Ghost” (Illusorium Films) — dir. James A. Castillo
- “Retirement Plan” (Antidote Films) — dir. John Kelly
- “The Shyness of Trees” (Gobelins, l’Ecole de l’Image) — dir. Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck Du Plessis D’Argentré, Lina Han, Simin He, Jiaxin Huang, Maud Bras, Bingqing Shu
- “Snow Bear” (Aaron Blaise Studios) — dir. Aaron Blaise
- “The Three Sisters” (U.S. Distributor TBD) — dir. Timur Kognov
Kratki igrani film
- "Ado"
- "Amarela"
- "Beyond Silence"
- "The Boy with White Skin"
- "Butcher’s Stain"
- "Butterfly on a Wheel"
- "Dad’s Not Home"
- "Extremist"
- "A Friend of Dorothy"
- "Jane Austen’s Period Drama"
- "Pantyhose"
- "The Pearl Comb"
- "Rock, Paper, Scissors"
- "The Singers"
- "Two People Exchanging Saliva"
Miks zvuka
- "Avatar: Fire and Ash"
- "F1"
- "Frankenstein"
- "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning"
- "One Battle after Another"
- "Sinners"
- "Sirât"
- "Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere"
- "Superman"
- "Wicked: For Good"
Vizuelni efekti
- "Avatar: Fire and Ash"
- "The Electric State"
- "F1"
- "Frankenstein"
- "Jurassic World Rebirth"
- "The Lost Bus"
- "Sinners"
- "Superman"
- "Tron: Ares"
- "Wicked: For Good"