96th Oscars shortlist announced: Margot Robbie’s ‘Barbie’ leads

Washington DC [US], December 22 (ANI): The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday announced the shortlists in 10 categories for the upcoming 96th Oscars.

Actor Margot Robbie’s meta-comedy film ‘Barbie’ had the most mentions with five including sound, original song for its three submissions from Billie Eilish (“What I Was Made For?”), Dua Lipa (“Dance the Night”) and Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (“I’m Just Ken”), and original score, from the latter duo. The big miss for “Barbie” was in makeup and hairstyling, which was the category that yielded the most surprises, as per Variety, a US-based media outlet.

The nominations voting period will run from January 11-16, 2024, with the official nominations announcement on January 23.

Here are the 96th Oscars shortlists:

1. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM American Symphony Apolonia, Apolonia Beyond Utopia Bobi Wine: The People’s President Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy The Eternal Memory Four Daughters Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project In the Rearview Stamped from the Beginning Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie A Still Small Voice 32 Sounds To Kill a Tiger 20 Days in Mariupol
2. DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM The ABCs of Book Banning The Barber of Little Rock Bear Between Earth & Sky Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games Camp Courage Deciding Vote How We Get Free If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis Island in Between The Last Repair Shop Last Song from Kabul Nai Nai & Wai Po Oasis Wings of Dust
3. INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM Armenia, Amerikatsi Bhutan, The Monk and the Gun Denmark, The Promised Land Finland, Fallen Leaves France, The Taste of Things Germany, The Teachers’ Lounge Iceland, Godland Italy, Io Capitano Japan, Perfect Days Mexico, Totem Morocco, The Mother of All Lies Spain, Society of the Snow Tunisia, Four Daughters Ukraine, 20 Days in Mariupol United Kingdom, The Zone of Interest
4. MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING Beau Is Afraid Ferrari Golda Killers of the Flower Moon The Last Voyage of the Demeter Maestro Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things Society of the Snow
5. MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) American Fiction American Symphony Barbie The Boy and the Heron The Color Purple Elemental The Holdovers Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things Saltburn Society of the Snow Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The Zone of Interest
6. MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) It Never Went Away from American Symphony Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven) from Asteroid City Dance The Night from Barbie I’m Just Ken from Barbie What Was I Made For? from Barbie Keep It Movin’ from The Color Purple Superpower (I) from The Color Purple The Fire Inside from Flamin’ Hot High Life from Flora and Son Meet In The Middle from Flora and Son Can’t Catch Me Now from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon Quiet Eyes from Past Lives Road To Freedom from Rustin Am I Dreaming from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
7. ANIMATED SHORT FILM Boom Eeva Humo (Smoke) I’m Hip A Kind of Testament Koerkorter (Dog Apartment) Letter to a Pig Ninety-Five Senses Once upon a Studio Our Uniform Pachyderme Pete 27 War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko Wild Summon
8. LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM The After The Anne Frank Gift Shop An Avocado Pit Bienvenidos a Los Angeles Dead Cat Good Boy Invincible Invisible Border Knight of Fortune The One Note Man Red, White and Blue The Shepherd Strange Way of Life The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Yellow
9. SOUND Barbie The Creator Ferrari The Killer Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Napoleon Oppenheimer The Zone of Interest
10. VISUAL EFFECTS The Creator Godzilla Minus One Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Napoleon Poor Things Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire Society of the Snow Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The 96th Oscars is scheduled to take place on March 10, 2024, in Los Angeles.