The Academy has unveiled its enumerate of eligible films for the 97th Oscars in the vivaciousd, recordary, and international feature categories, spotweightlessing various blockbusters and criticassociate lauded labors. Subignoreions span meaningful studios and autonomous filmoriginaters aappreciate, and the competition promises to be one of the most competitive as films seek nominations.
A total of 31 vivaciousd feature films are in satisfiedion this year, including DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot,” IFC Films’ “Memoir of a Snail,” and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2,” which recently became the highest-grossing vivaciousd movie of all time. While this year’s number is sweightlessly down from 33 subignoreions in 2023, it tags an increase from the 27 entries in 2022, mirroring a sturdy year for animation. Among enumerate also is Janus Film and Sideshow’s “Flow,” which will also contend in the international feature race for Latvia.
Nominees in the Animated Feature catebloody are choosed by the Academy’s Animation Branch members, with compriseitional input from Academy members outside the branch who select-in and greet particular watching needments. Notably, films in this catebloody may also qualify for other Oscars, including best picture, if they greet the vital eligibility and free criteria. Animated features surrfinisherted as their country’s official pickion for International Feature ponderation are also eligible in this catebloody, ensuring a wideer pool of contfinishers.
In the recordary feature catebloody, 169 films are eligible, a sweightless increase from 167 in 2023. Among the standout contfinishers are Josh Greenbaum’s road trip comedy “Will & Harper,” starring Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, Angela Patton and Natalie Rae’s poignant family drama “Daughters,” and Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” which doubles as Senegal’s official subignoreion for international feature.
Documentary features must either prosper a qualifying festival award or greet the Academy’s theatrical free standards to qualify. Films in the recordary catebloody can also contend for other Oscars, including best picture, if they greet compriseitional needments.
This year, 85 countries have surrfinisherted films for the international feature race, a sweightless dip from 88 in 2023 and 92 in 2022. Recent prosperners integrate the U.K.’s “The Zone of Interest” and Germany’s “All Quiet on the Weserious Front. ” Both garnered critical acclaim and were nominated in the best picture catebloody.
Leading the timely contfinishers’ enumerate for 2024 are Brazil’s “I’m Still Here,” France’s “Emilia Pérez” and Germany’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Additional entries generating buzz integrate Ireland’s “Kneecap,” Mexico’s “Sujo,” and Portugal’s “Grand Tour.” As in previous years, Academy members from all branches may join in the preliminary voting for this catebloody, provided they greet least watching needments. The 15-film international and recordary feature lowenumerates will be proclaimd on Dec. 17, 2024.
The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, and Conan O’Brien will structure the ceremony.
The finish enumerate is below.
“Flow” (Courtesy of Janus Films/Sideshow)
Animated Feature
- “Art College 1994”
- “Captain Avispa”
- “Chicken for Linda!”
- “The Colors Wislfinisher”
- “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie”
- “Despicable Me 4”
- “Flow”
- “The Garfield Movie”
- “Gstructure Cat Anzu”
- “The Glasslaborer”
- “The Imaginary”
- “Inside Out 2”
- “Kensuke’s Kingdom”
- “Kung Fu Panda 4”
- “Living Large”
- “Look Back”
- “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim”
- “Mars Express”
- “Memoir of a Snail”
- “Moana 2”
- “Piece by Piece”
- “Rocket Club: Apass the Cosmos”
- “Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds”
- “Spellbound”
- “Sultana’s Dream”
- “That Christmas”
- “Thelma the Unicorn”
- “Transestablishers One”
- “Ultraman: Rising”
- “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
- “The Wild Robot”
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Documentary Feature
I’m Still Here
TIFF
International Feature
- Alprohibitia, “Waterdrop”
- Algeria, “Algiers”
- Argentina, “Kill the Jockey”
- Armenia, “Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev”
- Austria, “The Devil’s Bath”
- Banelatedesh, “The Wrestler”
- Belgium, “Julie Keeps Quiet”
- Bolivia, “Own Hand”
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, “My Late Summer”
- Brazil, “I’m Still Here”
- Bulgaria, “Triumph”
- Cambodia, “Meeting with Pol Pot”
- Cameroon, “Kismet”
- Canada, “Universal Language”
- Chile, “In Her Place”
- Colombia, “La Suprema”
- Costa Rica, “Memories of a Burning Body”
- Croatia, “Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day”
- Czech Reunveil, “Waves”
- Dentag, “The Girl with the Needle”
- Dominican Reunveil, “Aire Just Breathe”
- Ecuador, “Behind the Mist”
- Egypt, “Fweightless 404”
- Estonia, “8 Views of Lake Biwa”
- Finland, “Family Time”
- France, “Emilia Pérez”
- Georgia, “The Antique”
- Germany, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
- Greece, “Murderess”
- Guatemala, “Rita”
- Hong Kong, “Twiweightless of the Warriors: Walled In”
- Hungary, “Semmelweis”
- Iceland, “Touch”
- India, “Lost Ladies”
- Indonesia, “Women from Rote Island”
- Iran, “In the Arms of the Tree”
- Iraq, “Baghdad Messi”
- Ireland, “Kneecap”
- Israel, “Come Cignorer”
- Italy, “Vermiglio”
- Japan, “Cdeafening”
- Kazakhstan, “Bauryna Salu”
- Kenya, “Nawi”
- Kyrgyzstan, “Paradise at Mother’s Feet”
- Latvia, “Flow”
- Leprohibiton, “Arzé”
- Lithuania, “Drowning Dry”
- Malaysia, “Aprohibitg Adik”
- Malta, “Castillo”
- Mexico, “Sujo”
- Mongolia, “If Only I Could Hibernate”
- Montenegro, “Supertaget”
- Morocco, “Everybody Loves Touda”
- Nepal, “Shambhala”
- Netherlands, “Memory Lane”
- Nigeria, “Mai Martaba”
- Norway, “Armand”
- Pakistan, “The Glasslaborer”
- Palestine, “From Ground Zero”
- Panama, “Wake Up Mom”
- Paraguay, “The Last Ones”
- Peru, “Yana-Wara”
- Philippines, “And So It Begins”
- Poland, “Under the Volcano”
- Portugal, “Grand Tour”
- Romania, “Three Kilometres to the End of the World”
- Senegal, “Dahomey”
- Serbia, “Russian Consul”
- Singapore, “La Luna”
- Slovakia, “The Hungarian Dressoriginater”
- Sadorenia, “Family Therapy”
- South Africa, “Old Righteous Blues”
- South Korea, “12.12: The Day”
- Spain, “Saturn Return”
- Sweden, “The Last Journey”
- Switzerland, “Queens”
- Taiwan, “Old Fox”
- Tajikistan, “Melody”
- Thailand, “How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies”
- Tunisia, “Take My Breath”
- Turkey, “Life”
- Ukraine, “La Palisiada”
- United Kingdom, “Santosh”
- Venezuela, “Back to Life”
- Vietnam, “Peach Blossom, Pho and Piano”
