The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the shortlists for Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Live Action Short, and Animated Short for 2023. As expected acclaimed films “All That Breathes” and “All the Beauty and All the Bloodshed” made the cut for the top category. Also expected, the popular Amazon Studios doc “Good Night, Oppy” did not. And, no, Taylor Swift’s extended music video for “All Too Well” is not coming close to earning an Oscar nomination in the Live Action Short category.
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Additionally, the acclaimed documentary “Wildcat” was a surprising commission from the feature shortlist as well as “Sidney” and “Sr.” (the Robert Downey, Jr. doc)
Overall, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” led all shortlist mentions with five each. “Avatar: The Way of Water” earned four while “The Batman,” “Babylon,” “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” and “Top Gun: Maverick” had three each. “Nope,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and “Elvis” scored two each.
The shortlisted feature documentaries are as follows:
“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Bad Axe”
“Children of the Mist”
“Descendant”
“Fire of Love”
“Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song”
“Hidden Letters”
“A House Made of Splinters”
“The Janes”
“Last Flight Home”
“Moonage Daydream”
“Navalny”
“Retrograde”
“The Territory”
The shortlisted documentary short films are as follows:
“American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton”
“Anastasia”
“Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison”
“As Far as They Can Run”
“The Elephant Whisperers”
“The Flagmakers”
“Happiness Is £4 Million”
“Haulout”
“Holding Moses”
“How Do You Measure a Year?”
“The Martha Mitchell Effect”
“Nuisance Bear”
“Shut Up and Paint”
“Stranger at the Gate”
“38 at the Garden”
The live-action short films are as follows:
“All in Favor”
“Almost Home”
“An Irish Goodbye”
“Ivalu”
“Le Pupille”
“The Lone Wolf”
“Nakam”
“Night Ride”
“Plastic Killer”
“The Red Suitcase”
“The Right Words”
“Sideral”
“The Treatment”
“Tula”
“Warsha”
The animated short films are as follows:
“Black Slide”
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
“The Debutante”
“The Flying Sailor”
“The Garbage Man”
“Ice Merchants”
“It’s Nice in Here”
“More than I Want to Remember”
“My Year of Dicks”
“New Moon”
“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”
“Passenger”
“Save Ralph”
“Sierra”
“Steakhouse”
For more on this year’s shortlists:
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Elvis” and “The Whale” top Makeup and Hairstyling Shortlist
Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna look like an Oscar producers dream on the Original Song shortlist
“Close,” “Bardo,” and “Decision to Leave” land on International Film Oscar shortlist
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” “NOPE” make Visual Effects Shortlist, Plus Best Sound Shortlist
The 2023 Oscar nominations will be revealed on January 24, 2023