Oscars 2022 Shortlists In 10 Award Categories Announced: Titane Snubbed!

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the Oscars 2022: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects. Nominations voting begins on Thursday, January 27, 2022, and concludes on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. One of the shocking omissions of the list is Titane in International Feature. The film has sustained its place as one of the best of the year and its quite a surprise not to see it on the shortlist.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

ASCENSION
ATTICA
BILLIE EILISH: THE WORLD’S A LITTLE BLURRY
FAYA DAYI
THE FIRST WAVE
FLEE
IN THE SAME BREATH
JULIA
PRESIDENT
PROCESSION
THE RESCUE
SIMPLE AS WATER
SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
WRITING WITH FIRE

 


 

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

ÁGUILAS
AUDIBLE
A BROKEN HOUSE
CAMP CONFIDENTIAL: AMERICA’S SECRET NAZIS
CODED: THE HIDDEN LOVE OF J. C. LEYENDECKER
DAY OF RAGE
THE FACILITY
LEAD ME HOME
LYNCHING POSTCARDS: “TOKEN OF A GREAT DAY”
THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL
SOPHIE & THE BARON
TAKEOVER
TERROR CONTAGION
THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR
WHEN WE WERE BULLIES

 


 

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

Austria, GREAT FREEDOM
Belgium, PLAYGROUND
Bhutan, LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM”
Denmark, FLEE
Finland, COMPARTMENT NO. 6
Germany, I’M YOUR MAN
Iceland, LAMB
Iran, A HERO
Italy, THE HAND OF GOD
Japan, DRIVE MY CAR
Kosovo, HIVE
Mexico, PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN
Norway, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Panama, PLAZA CATEDRAL
Spain, THE GOOD BOSS

 


 

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING 
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

COMING 2 AMERICA
CRUELLA
CYRANO
DUNE
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
HOUSE OF GUCCI
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
NO TIME TO DIE
THE SUICIDE SQUAD
WEST SIDE STORY

 


 

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The scores, listed in alphabetical order by film title, are:

BEING THE RICARDOS
CANDYMAN
DON’T LOOK UP
DUNE
ENCANTO
THE FRENCH DISPATCH OF THE LIBERTY, KANSAS EVENING SUN
THE GREEN KNIGHT
THE HARDER THEY FALL
KING RICHARD
THE LAST DUEL
NO TIME TO DIE
PARALLEL MOTHERS
THE POWER OF THE DOG
SPENCER
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

 


 

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:

“So May We Start?” from ANNETTE
“Down To Joy” from BELFAST
“Right Where I Belong” from BRIAN WILSON: LONG PROMISED ROAD
“Automatic Woman” from BRUISED
“Dream Girl” from CINDERELLA
“Beyond The Shore” from CODA
“The Anonymous Ones” from DEAR EVAN HANSEN
“Just Look Up” from DON’T LOOK UP
“Dos Oruguitas” from ENCANTO
“Somehow You Do” from FOUR GOOD DAYS
“Guns Go Bang” from THE HARDER THEY FALL
“Be Alive” from KING RICHARD
“No Time To Die” from NO TIME TO DIE
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from RESPECT
“Your Song Saved My Life” from SING 2

 


 

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

AFFAIRS OF THE ART
ANGAKUSAJAUJUQ: THE SHAMAN’S APPRENTICE
BAD SEEDS
BESTIA
BOXBALLET
FLOWING HOME
MUM IS POURING RAIN
THE MUSICIAN
NAMOO
ONLY A CHILD
ROBIN ROBIN
SOUVENIR SOUVENIR
STEP INTO THE RIVER
US AGAIN
THE WINDSHIELD WIPER

 


 

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

ALA KACHUU – TAKE AND RUN
CENSOR OF DREAMS
THE CRIMINALS
DISTANCES
THE DRESS
FRIMAS
LES GRANDES CLAQUES
THE LONG GOODBYE
ON MY MIND
PLEASE HOLD
STENOFONEN
TALA’VISION
UNDER THE HEAVENS
WHEN THE SUN SETS
YOU’RE DEAD HELEN

 


 

SOUND
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

BELFAST
DUNE
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
NO TIME TO DIE
THE POWER OF THE DOG
A QUIET PLACE PART II
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
TICK, TICK…BOOM!
WEST SIDE STORY

 


 

VISUAL EFFECTS
The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

BLACK WIDOW
DUNE
ETERNALS
FREE GUY
GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE
GODZILLA VS. KONG
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
NO TIME TO DIE
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

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