Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy Awards.

Axar.az reports that fifteen films will advance in the Documentary Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred sixty-nine films were eligible in the category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are: “The Bibi Files”, “Black Box Diaries”, “Dahomey”, “Daughters”, “Eno”, “Frida”, “Hollywoodgate”,“No Other Land”, “Porcelain War”, “Queendom”, “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”, "Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”, “Sugarcane”, “Union”, “Will & Harper”.

Fifteen films will advance in the Documentary Short Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred four films qualified in the category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are: “Chasing Roo”, “Death by Numbers”, “Eternal Father”, “I Am Ready, Warden”, “Incident”, “Instruments of a Beating Heart”, “Keeper”, “Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World”, “Once upon a Time in Ukraine”, “The Only Girl in the Orchestra”, “Planetwalker”, “The Quilters”, “Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr”, “A Swim Lesson”, “Until He’s Back”.

Fifteen films will advance to the next round of voting in the International Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. Films from 85 countries and regions were eligible in the category.

Academy members from all branches were invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must have met a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category.

In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Brazil, “I’m Still Here”, Canada, “Universal Language”, Czech Republic, “Waves”, Denmark, “The Girl with the Needle”, France, “Emilia Pérez”, Germany, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”, Iceland, “Touch”, Ireland, “Kneecap”, Italy, “Vermiglio”, Latvia, “Flow”, Norway, “Armand”, Palestine, “From Ground Zero”, Senegal, “Dahomey”, Thailand, “How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies”, United Kingdom, “Santosh”.

Fifteen films will advance in the Animated Short Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. Eighty-eight films qualified in the category. Academy members from the Animation Branch and Short Films Branch were invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must have met a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category.

In the nominations round, Academy members from the Animation Branch and Short Films Branch are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are: “Au Revoir Mon Monde”, “A Bear Named Wojtek”, “Beautiful Men”, “Bottle George”, “A Crab in the Pool”, “In the Shadow of the Cypress”, “Magic Candies”, “Maybe Elephants”, “Me”, “Origami”, “Percebes”, “The 21”, “Wander to Wonder”, “The Wild-Tempered Clavier”, “Yuck!”.

Nominations voting begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, and concludes on Sunday, January 12, 2025.

Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on Friday, January 17, 2025.

Recall that due to the fire in Los Angeles, the Oscar ceremony has been postponed to March 2.