Contenders in nine categories for the 91st Academy Awards have been unveiled on December 17, revealing 'Roma' and 'Cold War' to be in shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film.
- Dec 18, 2018
AceShowbiz - Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "All the Stars" hit from "Black Panther" and Lady GaGa and Bradley Cooper's "A Star Is Born" duet "Shallow" have made the Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song.
The contenders in nine categories for the 2019 Academy Awards were released all together on Monday evening, December 17, for the first time in the ceremony's history, as Academy members prepare to vote again to narrow down the lists ahead of the main nominations announcement on 22 January (19).
Also among the 15 hopefuls for Best Original Song are Dolly Parton's "Girl in the Movies" from "Dumplin'", Thom Yorke's "Suspirium" from "Suspiria", and superproducer Mark Ronson's "Keep Reachin'" for the Quincy Jones documentary, "Quincy". The Brit also co-wrote "Shallow" with Gaga.
The rest of the music featured in "Black Panther" has earned the project a mention for Best Original Score, currently facing off with work featured in "Avengers: Infinity War", "Crazy Rich Asians", "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs", "BlacKkKlansman", and "Mary Poppins Returns", alongside many others.
Meanwhile, another closely-watched race is that of Best Foreign Language Film, with Alfonso Cuaron's critically-acclaimed "Roma" gaining a spot in the top nine for Mexico. Germany's entry "Never Look Away" by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Shoplifters" for Japan, Pawel Pawlikowski's "Cold War" for Poland, and "Burning" by Lee Chang-dong for South Korea have scored a place in the nine-strong shortlist, too. The final winner will be chosen from the six finalists unveiled next month.
Semifinalists were also announced in categories of Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Visual Effects, Makeup/Hairstyling, Live Action Short, and Animated Short.
The 91st Oscars will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on 24 February (19).
Shortlist for Best Original Song:
- Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson and Willie Watson – "When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings"("The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
- Sampha – "Treasure" ("Beautiful Boy")
- Kendrick Lamar and SZA – "All the Stars" ("Black Panther")
- Jonsi and Troye Sivan – "Revelation" ("Boy Erased")
- Dolly Parton – "Girl in the Movies" ("Dumplin'")
- Arlissa – "We Won't Move" ("The Hate U Give")
- Emily Blunt – "The Place Where Lost Things Go" ("Mary Poppins Returns")
- Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda – "Trip a Little Light Fantastic" ("Mary Poppins Returns")
- Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan and Mark Ronson – "Keep Reachin'" ("Quincy")
- Jennifer Hudson and Diane Warren – "I'll Fight" ("RBG")
- Gal Gadot and Sarah Silverman – "A Place Called Slaughter Race" ("Ralph Breaks the Internet")
- The Coup and Lakeith Stanfield (Keith Stanfield) – "OYAHYTT" ("Sorry to Bother You")
- Lady GaGa and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow" ("A Star Is Born")
- Thom Yorke – "Suspirium" ("Suspiria")
- Sade – "The Big Unknown" ("Widows")
Shortlist for Best Score:
- "Annihilation"
- "Avengers: Infinity War"
- "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
- "Black Panther"
- "BlacKkKlansman"
- "Crazy Rich Asians"
- "The Death of Stalin"
- "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald"
- "First Man"
- "If Beale Street Could Talk"
- "Isle of Dogs"
- "Mary Poppins Returns"
- "A Quiet Place"
- "Ready Player One"
- "Vice (2018)"
Shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film:
- Colombia, "Birds of Passage"
- Denmark, "The Guilty"
- Germany, "Never Look Away"
- Japan, "Shoplifters"
- Kazakhstan, "Ayka"
- Lebanon, "Capernaum"
- Mexico, "Roma"
- Poland, "Cold War"
- South Korea, "Burning"
Shortlist for Documentary Short Subject:
- "Black Sheep"
- "End Game"
- "Lifeboat"
- "Los Comandos"
- "My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes"
- "A Night at the Garden"
- "Period. End of Sentence."
- "'63 Boycott"
- "Women of the Gulag"
- "Zion"
Shortlist for Documentary Feature:
- "Charm City"
- "Communion"
- "Crime + Punishment"
- "Dark Money"
- "The Distant Barking of Dogs"
- "Free Solo"
- "Hale County This Morning, This Evening"
- "Minding the Gap"
- "Of Fathers and Sons"
- "On Her Shoulders"
- "RBG"
- "Shirkers"
- "The Silence of Others"
- "Three Identical Strangers"
- "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
Shortlist for Makeup and Hairstyling:
- "Black Panther"
- "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- "Border"
- "Mary Queen of Scots"
- "Stan & Ollie"
- "Suspiria"
- "Vice (2018)"
Shortlist for Animated Short Film:
- "Age of Sail"
- "Animal Behaviour"
- "Bao"
- "Bilby"
- "Bird Karma"
- "Late Afternoon"
- "Lost & Found"
- "One Small Step"
- "Pepe le Morse"
- "Weekends"
Shortlist for Live Action Short Film:
- "Caroline"
- "Chuchotage"
- "Detainment"
- "Fauve"
- "Icare"
- "Marguerite"
- "May Day"
- "Mother"
- "Skin"
- "Wale"
Shortlist for Visual Effects