Oscar amaro per l’Italia. Come prevedibilissimo Familia di Francesco Costabile rimane fuori dalla gara sin da subito. Niente shortlist per lui.
Risultato atteso per il valore dei film scelti e soprattutto per il fatto che il nostro candidato non ha avuto il sostegno necessario a partecipare ad una gara che ogni anno è più difficile e competitiva, comprendendo i migliori film dell’anno presentati ai festival europei.
Ritroviamo infatti tra i candidati palme e leoni, con un piccolo trionfo di Neon che ha ben 5 titoli su 15. Ma ci sono anche film assai meno conosciuti, da nazioni cinematograficamente deboli. Non riuscire a produrre un serio e credibile candidato e a sostenerlo adeguatamente nella sua corsa all’Oscar, in un intero anno di lavoro è per il nostro Paese un risultato piuttosto modesto.
Certe volte le esclusioni sono immeritate e ingiustificate. Ma in questo caso non ci abbiamo nemmeno provato.
L’unico Italiano nelle liste è Matteo Burani per il corto d’animazione intitolato Playing God. In bocca al lupo!
Il 22 gennaio sapremo i nominati. Conan O’Brian presenterà la Notte degli Osca il 15 marzo prossimo.
Di seguito tutte le dodici shortlist annunciate:
International Feature
- Argentina, “Belén” (Amazon MGM Studios)
- Brazil, “The Secret Agent” (Neon)
- France, “It Was Just an Accident” (Neon)
- Germany, “Sound of Falling” (Mubi)
- India, “Homebound” (U.S. Distribution TBD)
- Iraq, “The President’s Cake” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Japan, “Kokuho” (Toho)
- Jordan, “All That’s Left of You” (Watermelon Pictures)
- Norway, “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
- Palestine, “Palestine 36” (Watermelon Pictures)
- South Korea, “No Other Choice” (Neon)
- Spain, “Sirât” (Neon)
- Switzerland, “Late Shift” (Music Box Films)
- Taiwan, “Left-Handed Girl” (Netflix)
- Tunisia, “The Voice of Hind Rajab” (Willa)
Cinematography
- “Ballad of a Small Player” (Netflix) — James Friend
- “Bugonia” (Focus Features) — Robbie Ryan
- “Die My Love” (Mubi) — Seamus McGarvey
- “F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.) — Claudio Miranda
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) — Dan Laustsen
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) — Łukasz Żal
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) — Darius Khondji
- “Nouvelle Vague” (Netflix) — David Chambille
- “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) — Michael Bauman
- “Sentimental Value” (Neon) — Kasper Tuxen
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- “Sirât” (Neon) — Mauro Herce
- “Song Sung Blue” (Focus Features) — Amy Vincent
- “Sound of Falling” (Mubi) — Fabian Gamper
- “Train Dreams” (Netflix) — Adolpho Veloso
- “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — Alice Brooks
Original Score
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (20th Century Studios) — Simon Franglen
- “Bugonia” (Focus Features) — Jerskin Fendrix
- “Captain America: Brave New World” (Marvel Studios) — Laura Karpman
- “Diane Warren: Relentless” (Greenwich Entertainment) — Lesley Barber
- “F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.) — Hans Zimmer
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) — Alexandre Desplat
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) — Max Richter
- “Hedda” (Amazon MGM Studios) — Hildur Guðnadóttir
- “A House of Dynamite” (Netflix) — Volker Bertelmann
- “Jay Kelly” (Netflix) — Nicholas Britell
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) — Daniel Lopatin
- “Nuremberg” (Sony Pictures Classics) — Brian Tyler
- “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) — Jonny Greenwood
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Ludwig Göransson
- “Sirât” (Neon) — Kangding Ray
- “Train Dreams” (Netflix) — Bryce Dessner
- “Tron: Ares” (20th Century Studios) — Nine Inch Nails
- “Truth and Treason” (Angel) — Aaron Zigman
- “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix) — Nathan Johnson
- “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
Original Song
- “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from “Tron: Ares” (20th Century Studios) — Nine Inch Nails
- “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” (Greenwich Entertainment) — Diane Warren
- “Dream As One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” — Miley Cyrus, Simon Franglen, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
- “Drive” from “F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.) — John Mayer, Ed Sheeran and Blake Slatkin
- “Dying To Live” from “Billy Idol Should Be Dead” (Fremantle) — Tommy English, Billy Idol, Joe Janiak, J. Ralph and Steve Stevens
- “The Girl In The Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — Stephen Schwartz
- “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) — EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick
- “Highest 2 Lowest” from “Highest 2 Lowest” (A24/Apple Original Films) — Aiyana Lee Anderson and Nicole Daciana Anderson
- “I Lied To You” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq
- “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Miles Caton, Ludwig Göransson and Alice Smith
- “No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — Stephen Schwartz
- “Our Love” from “The Ballad of Wallis Island” (Focus Features) — Tom Basdan
- “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from “Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple Original Films) — Sara Bareilles, Brandi Carlile and Andrea Gibson
- “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” (U.S. Distribution TBD) — Nicholas Pike
- “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (Netflix) — Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner
Sound
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (20th Century Studios)
- “F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix)
- “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (Paramount Pictures)
- “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
- “Sirât” (Neon)
- “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” (20th Century Studios)
- “Superman” (Warner Bros.)
- “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures)
Makeup and Hairstyling
- “The Alto Knights” (Warner Bros.)
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix)
- “Kokuho” (Toho)
- “Marty Supreme” (A24)
- “Nuremberg” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
- “The Smashing Machine” (A24)
- “The Ugly Stepsister” (IFC)
- “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures)
Visual Effects
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash” (20th Century Studios)
- “The Electric State” (Netflix)
- “F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix)
- “Jurassic World Rebirth” (Universal Pictures)
- “The Lost Bus” (Apple Original Films)
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
- “Superman” (DC Studios)
- “Tron: Ares” (20th Century Studios)
- “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures)
Casting
- “Frankenstein” (Netflix) — Robin D. Cook
- “Hamnet” (Focus Features) — Nina Gold
- “Marty Supreme” (A24) — Jennifer Venditti
- “One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) — Cassandra Kulukundis
- “The Secret Agent” (Neon) — Gabriel Domingues
- “Sentimental Value” (Neon) — Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman
- “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Francine Maisler
- “Sirât” (Neon) — Nadia Acimi, Luis Bertolo and Erika Boulic
- “Weapons” (Warner Bros.) — Allison Jones
- “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey
Documentary Feature
- “The Alabama Solution” (HBO Documentary Films)
- “Apocalypse in the Tropics” (Netflix)
- “Coexistence, My Ass!” (mTuckman Media)
- “Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple Original Films)
- “Cover-Up” (Netflix)
- “Cutting through Rocks” (Madman Entertainment)
- “Folktales” (Magnolia Pictures)
- “Holding Liat” (Self-Distributed)
- “Mr. Nobody against Putin” (Bantam Film)
- “Mistress Dispeller” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
- “My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow” (Argot Pictures)
- “The Perfect Neighbor” (Netflix)
- “Seeds” (Interior Films)
- “2000 Meters to Andriivka” (PBS)
- “Yanuni” (Self-Distributed)
Documentary Short Film
- “All the Empty Rooms” (Netflix) — dir. Joshua Seftel
- “All the Walls Came Down” (Interloper Films) — dir. Ondi Timoner
- “Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud” (HBO Documentary Films) — dir. Brent Renaud and Craig Renaud
- “Bad Hostage” (The Film Fund) — dir. Mimi Wilcox
- “Cashing Out” (The New Yorker Magazine) — dir. Matt Nadel
- “Chasing Time” (Exposure Labs) — dir. Sarah Keo and Jeff Orlowski-Yang
- “Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (U.S. Distributor TBD) — dir. Hilla Medalia
- “Classroom 4” (Eden Wurmfeld Films) — dir. Eden Wurmfeld
- “The Devil is Busy” (HBO Documentary Films) — dir. Geeta Gand
- “Heartbeat” (Pine House Film)
- “Last Days on Lake Trinity”
- “On Healing Land, Birds Perch”
- “Perfectly a Strangeness”
- “Rovina’s Choice”
- “We Were the Scenery”
Animated Short Film
- “Autokar” (Miyu Distribution) — dir. Sylwia Szkiladz
- “Butterfly” (Sacrebleu Productions) — dir. Florence Miailhe
- “Cardboard” (Locksmith Animation) — dir. J.P. Vine
- “Éiru” (GKids) — dir. Giovanna Ferrari
- “Forevergreen” (U.S. Distributor TBD) — Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
- “The Girl Who Cried Pearls” (National Film Board of Canada) — dir. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
- “Hurikán” (AEON Production) — dir. Jan Saska
- “I Died in Irpin” (MAUR Film) — dir. Anastasia Falileieva
- “The Night Boots” (Am Stram Gram) — dir. Pierre-Luc Granjon
- “Playing God” (Autour de Minuit Productions) — dir. Matteo Burani
- “The Quinta’s Ghost” (Illusorium Films) — dir. James A. Castillo
- “Retirement Plan” (Antidote Films) — dir. John Kelly
“The Shyness of Trees” (Gobelins, l’Ecole de l’Image) — dir. Sofiia Chuikovska, Loïck Du Plessis D’Argentré, Lina Han, Simin He, Jiaxin Huang, Maud Le Bras, Bingqing Shu - “Snow Bear” (Aaron Blaise Studios) — dir. Aaron Blaise
- “The Three Sisters” (U.S. Distributor TBD) — dir. Timur Kognov
Live Action Short Film
- “Ado” (U.S. Distribution TBD)
- “Amarela” (MyMama Entertainment)
- “Beyond Silence” (PRPL)
- “The Boy with White Skin” (Manifest)
- “Butcher’s Stain” (U.S. Distribution TBD)
- “Butterfly on a Wheel” (Snow Dance Entertainment)
- “Dad’s Not Home” (Szkola Filmowa)
- “Extremist” (The New Yorker)
- “A Friend of Dorothy” (Filthy Gorgeous Productions)
- “Jane Austen’s Period Drama” (U.S. Distribution TBD)
- “Pantyhose” (Harmony Concepts)
- “The Pearl Comb” (Dunninger Films)
- “Rock, Paper, Scissors” (National Film and Television School)
- “The Singers” (Highway West Entertainment)
- “Two People Exchanging Saliva” (The New Yorker)
Stanze di Cinema 