The film by Swedish-Polish director Magnus von Horn “The Girl with the Needle” is on the “short list” of titles from which five Oscar nominees in the best international film category will be selected. “The Girl with the Needle” is Denmark's official candidate. However, the Polish candidate “Under the Volcano” by Damian Kocur was eliminated from the race in this category.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) on Tuesday published “shortlists” of titles in 10 categories, including: best foreign film, best feature-length documentary, best short film, best music and best song. Nominees will be selected from among those on the lists Oscar in these categories.
Oscars 2025. The Polish candidate is out of the race
In the best international film category, “Girl with a Needle” directed by the Swedish-Polish filmmaker Magnus von Horn, which was submitted by Dish. The film, whose world premiere took place as part of the Main Competition of the Cannes Film Festival, has for weeks been indicated as one of the strongest titles in the current film awards season.
“Girl with a Needle”Gutek Film
The Polish Oscar committee, chaired by Paweł Pawlikowski, nominated “Under the Volcano” directed by Damian Kocur as the official candidate. The film was among the fifteen candidates announced by AMPAS.
The academy said this year's 15 shortlisted films were selected from entries submitted by 85 countries and territories. This category includes full-length films (over 40 minutes), produced outside the United States, most of whose dialogues (at least 50%) are in a language other than English.
In addition to “Girl with a Needle”, the following also have a chance for nomination: “Emilia Pérez” (France), “Armand” (Norway), “Santosh” (Great Britain), “Dahomey” (Senegal), “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany), “Kneecap. Hip-hop revolution” (Ireland), “Vermiglio” (Italy), “I'm still here” (Brazil), “Ground Zero” (Palestine), “Straume” (Latvia), “Vlny” (Czech Republic), “Lahn Mah” (Thailand), “Snerting” (Iceland), “Common Speech” (Canada).
The 97th Academy Awards will take place on March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The coverage on tvn24.pl will start at 11:30 p.m.
“Armand” dir. Halfdan Ullman TøndelFestival du Cannes
Oscars 2025. Short lists of titles and creators with a chance for nominations
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
- “Armand” (Norway)
- “Girl with a Needle” (Denmark)
- “Dahomey” (Senegal)
- “Emilia Pérez” (France)
- “Straume” (Latvia)
- “I'm Still Here” (Brazil)
- “Kneecap. Hip-hop revolution” (Ireland)
- “Ground Zero” (Palestine)
- “Santosh” (UK)
- “The Seed of the Holy Fig” (Germany)
- “Vlny” (Czech Republic)
- “Vermiglio” (Italy)
- “Common Speech” (Canada)
- “Lahn Mah” (Thailand)
- “Snerting” (Iceland)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM
- “Black Box Diaries” dir. Shiori Itô
- “The Bibi Files” dir. Alexis Bloom
- “Dahomey” dir. Mati Diop
- “Eno” dir. Gary Hustwit
- “Hollywoodgate” dir. Ibrahim Nash'at
- “We don't want another land” dir. Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
- “Frida” dir. Carla Gutierrez
- “The Porcelain War” dir. Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev
- “Queendom” dir. Kayla Ahmed-Jardine, Sayitsheni Mdakhi
- “Ibelin” dir. Benjamin Ree
- “Dance of Fathers and Daughters” dir. Angela Patton, Natalie Rae
- “The Coup Soundtrack” dir. Johan Grimonpresident
- “Sugarcane: coming to terms with the past” dir. Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
- “Will and Harper” dir. Josh Greenbaum
- “Win with Amazon” dir. Stephen Maing, Brett Story
“Sugarcane” dir. Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCatNational Geographic Documentary Films
- “Alien: Romulus”
- “Babygirl”
- “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
- “Brutalist”
- “Blink twice”
- “Blitz”
- “Challengers”
- “Conclave”
- “Emilia Pérez”
- “The Fire Inside”
- “Gladiator II”
- “Horizon. Chapter 1”
- “Inside Out 2”
- “Nosferatu”
- “Sing Sing”
- “In the next room”
- “Battalion 6888”
- “Wicked”
- “Wild Robot”
- “The Girl and the Sea”
- “Forbidden Road” from the movie “Better Man”
- “Winter Coat” from the movie “Blitz”
- “Compress/Repress” from the movie “Challengers”
- “Never Too Late” from the movie “Elton John: Never Too Late”
- “El Mal” from the movie “Emilia Pérez”
- “Mi Camino” from the movie “Emilia Pérez”
- “Sick In The Head” from the movie “Kneecap. Hip-hop revolution”
- “Beyond” from the movie “Vaiana 2”
- “Tell Me It's You” from “Mufasa: The Lion King”
- “Piece By Piece” from the movie “Piece by Piece”
- “Like A Bird” from the movie “Sing Sing”
- “The Journey” from the movie “Battalion 6888”
- “Out Of Oklahoma” from the movie “Twisters”
- “Kiss The Sky” from the movie “Wild Robot”
- “Harper And Will Go West” from the movie “Will and Harper”
“Emilia Pérez” dir. Jacques AudiardGutek Film
BEST CHARACTERIZATION
- “Chosen”
- “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
- “Another Man”
- “Dune: Part Two”
- “Emilia Pérez”
- “Maria Callas”
- “Nosferatu”
- “Substance”
- “Wicked”
- “Waltzing with Brando”
BEST SHORT FILM
- “Anuja”
- “Clodagh”
- “The Compatriot”
- “Crust”
- “Dovecote”
- “Edge of Space”
- “The Ice Cream Man”
- “Ik ben geen robot”
- “The Last Ranger”
- “A Lien”
- “The Man Who Couldn't Keep Silent”
- “Masterpiece”
- “Orange from Jaffa”
- “Paris 70”
- “Room Taken”
“Substance” dir. Coralie FrageatMonolith Films
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- “Corporal Wojtek”
- “Au Revoir Mon Monde”
- “Beautiful Men”
- “BottleGeorge”
- “A Crab in the Pool”
- “In the Shadow of the Cypress”
- “Magic Candies”
- “Kanskje det var elefanter”
- “Me”
- “Origami”
- “Percebes”
- “The 21”
- “Without end”
- “The Wild-Tempered Clavier”
- “Beurk!”
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
- “Chasing Roo”
- “Death by Numbers”
- “Eternal Father”
- “I Am Ready, Warden”
- “The Incident”
- “Instruments of a Beating Heart”
- “Keeper”
- “Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World”
- “Once upon a Time in Ukraine”
- “The First Girl in the Orchestra”
- “Planetwalker”
- “The Quilters”
- “Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr”
- “A Swim Lesson”
- “Until He's Back”
“Dune: Part Two”. Review by Tomasz-Marcin WronaTVN24
- “Alien: Romulus”
- “Blitz”
- “Completely Unknown”
- “Deadpool & Wolverine”
- “Dune: Part Two”
- “Emilia Pérez”
- “Gladiator II”
- “Joker: Folie à Deux”
- “Wicked”
- “Wild Robot”
THE BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
- “Alien: Romulus”
- “Better Man”
- “Civil War”
- “Deadpool & Wolverine”
- “Dune: Part Two”
- “Gladiator II”
- “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
- “Mufasa: The Lion King”
- “Twisters”
- “Wicked”
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