The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced their shortlists for the nominations in ten categories, including their two music categories (the score composers listed in parentheses are my own assumptions as to who will be the prospective nominees, as the short list announcement only included titles):
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“Alien: Romulus” (Benjamin Wallfisch)
“Babygirl” (Cristobal Tapia de Veer)
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Danny Elfman)
“Blink Twice” (Chandra Dancy)
“Blitz” (Hans Zimmer)
“The Brutalist” (Daniel Blumberg)
“Challengers” (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
“Conclave” (Volker Bertelmann)
“Emilia Pérez” (Clement Ducol, Camille)
“The Fire Inside” (Tamar-kali)
“Gladiator II” (Harry Gregson-Williams)
“Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1” (John Debney)
“Inside Out 2” (Andrea Datzman)
“Nosferatu” (Robin Carolan)
“The Room Next Door” (Alberto Iglesias)
“Sing Sing” (Bryce Dessner)
“The Six Triple Eight” (Aaron Zigman)
“Wicked” (John Powell, Stephen Schwartz)
“The Wild Robot” (Kris Bowers)
“Young Woman and the Sea” (Amelia Warner)
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Forbidden Road” from “Better Man”
“Winter Coat” from “Blitz”
“Compress/Repress” from “Challengers”
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late”
“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez”
“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez”
“Sick In The Head” from “Kneecap”
“Beyond” from “Moana 2”
“Tell Me It’s You” from “Mufasa: The Lion King”
“Piece By Piece” from “Piece by Piece”
“Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing”
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”
“Out Of Oklahoma” from “Twisters”
“Kiss The Sky” from “The Wild Robot”
“Harper And Will Go West” from “Will & Harper”
I have included the shortlists in the other categories at the bottom of this column.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Lo Squartatore di New York (The New York Ripper) - Francesco De Masi - Beat
Metello - Ennio Morricone - Beat
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror - Christopher Young - Warner Classics
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light - Debbie Wiseman - Silva
IN THEATERS TODAY
The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg
The Count of Monte Cristo - Jerome Rebotier - Score CD on Milan France
Los Frikis - Steven Price
Mufasa: The Lion King - Dave Metzger (score), Lin-Manuel Miranda (songs) - Song CD on Disney
Nickel Boys - Scott Alario, Alex Somers
The Room Next Door - Alberto Iglesias - Score CD on Quartet
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Tom Holkenborg
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Lorne Balfe, Julian Nott
COMING SOON
December 27
Asia - Jacob Shea, Laurentia Editha - Silva
January 10
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Isobel Waller-Bridge - Sony (import)
The Outrun - John Gurtler, Jan Miserre - Decca (import)
January 31
The World of Hans Zimmer Part II: A New Dimension - Hans Zimmer - Sony
March 7
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim - Stephen Gallagher - Mutant
Coming Soon
Darling Lili - Henry Mancini - Quartet
The Jinx - West Dylan Thordson, Mondo Boys - Caldera
The Molly Maguires - Henry Mancini, Charles Strouse - Quartet
The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini - Quartet
What Have I Done to Deserve This? - Bernardo Bonezzi - Quartet
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
December 20 - Aaron Copland begins recording his score to The Heiress (1948)
December 20 - Cyril Mockridge records his score for the Lost in Space episode "The Questing Beast" (1966)
December 20 - Alex North begins recording his score to The Devil's Brigade (1967)
December 20 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Red Pony (1972)
December 20 - Ned Washington died (1976)
December 20 - Jerry Goldsmith records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Boo!" (1985)
December 20 - Richard Hazard died (2000)
December 20 - David Bell records his score for the Enterprise episode “Dawn” (2002)
December 20 - Arlon Ober died (2004)
December 21 - Derek Scott born (1921)
December 21 - Franco Micalizzi born (1939)
December 21 - Frank Zappa born (1940)
December 21 - David Michael Frank born (1948)
December 21 - Matthieu Chabrol born (1956)
December 21 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Something of Value (1956)
December 21 - Eric Coates died (1957)
December 21 - Goldfinger opens in New York (1964)
December 21 - Thunderball opens in New York (1965)
December 21 - Frank Cordell begins recording his score to Mosquito Squadron (1968)
December 21 - Barry DeVorzon begins recording his score for The Warriors (1978)
December 21 - Waldemar Kazanecki died (1991)
December 21 - Dominic Frontiere died (2017)
December 22 - Alfi Kabiljo born (1935)
December 22 - Guido De Angelis born (1944)
December 22 - Michael Bacon born (1949)
December 22 - Dominic Frontiere records his score for The Invaders episode “The Experiment” (1966)
December 22 - Fred Steiner's scores for the Star Trek episodes "By Any Other Name" and "The Omega Glory" are recorded (1967)
December 22 - Gordon Zahler died (1975)
December 22 - Joe Strummer died (2002)
December 23 - Georg Haentzschel born (1907)
December 23 - Ross Edwards born (1943)
December 23 - Daniele Amfitheatrof begins recording his score for Devil's Doorway (1949)
December 23 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his replacement score to Saddle the Wind (1957)
December 23 - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad opens in New York (1958)
December 23 - Corey Allen Jackson born (1968)
December 23 - Walter Greene died (1983)
December 23 - Devonte Hynes born (1985)
December 23 - Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Sin of Innocence (1985)
December 23 - Jeff Alexander died (1989)
December 24 - Franz Waxman born (1906)
December 24 - Carlo Rustichelli born (1916)
December 24 - Mike Curb born (1944)
December 24 - Recording sessions begin for Hugo Friedhofer’s score for Bride of Vengeance (1948)
December 24 - Ray Colcord born (1949)
December 24 - Richard LaSalle records his score for the Land of the Giants episode “The Secret City of Limbo” (1969)
December 24 - Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score for It’s Alive (1973)
December 24 - Bernard Herrmann died (1975)
December 24 - Alec Wilder died (1980)
December 24 - Richard Rodney Bennett died (2012)
December 25 - Nathaniel Shilkret born (1889)
December 25 - Pete Rugolo born (1915)
December 25 - Christian Henson born (1971)
December 25 - Charles Chaplin died (1977)
December 25 - James Brown died (2006)
December 26 - Morgan Lewis born (1906)
December 26 - Albert Sendrey born (1911)
December 26 - Ira Newborn born (1949)
December 26 - Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score for 5 Fingers (1951)
December 26 - Stephen Graziano born (1954)
December 26 - Roger Neill born (1963)
December 26 - Tom Howe born (1977)
December 26 - Pablo Sorozabal died (1988)
December 26 - Curtis Mayfield died (1999)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
NIGHTBITCH - Nate Heller
"Her encounters with three other mothers she meets at the library’s Book Babies circle (led in song by the film’s inventive composer and the director’s brother, Nate Heller) are more satisfying. At first, she rolls her eyes and scoffs inwardly at the simplistic thought that the commonalities of being moms should make her enjoy the company of other moms. But as she gets to know Jen (Zoë Chao), Miriam (Mary Holland) and Liz (Archana Rajan), they drop subtle clues that there could be something more to them than their designated parenting roles."
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
WICKED - Stephen Schwartz (songs); John Powell & Stephen Schwartz (score)
"For most of those audiences who grew up on this version of Oz, delivered through Stephen Schwartz’s delicious, rhythmically inventive songs and Winnie Holzman’s astonishingly propulsive book, Jon M. Chu’s two-part film adaptation will likely make those heart handprints glow bright. Just like Chu’s exuberant screen version of 'In The Heights,' the first part captures the spirit of the original, a strange concoction of whimsical fairy tale and dystopian thriller, with lavishly staged musical numbers scampering over lushly rendered landscapes. And as the central enemies-to-besties, the green-skinned Elphaba and pink-draped Glinda, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are alchemically eruptive together."
Dan Rubins, Slant Magazine
"In fact, if there’s one deeper frustration with 'Wicked' it’s that the already boisterous score by Schwartz is amplified with additional instrumentation to the point of glossing over many of the most exceptional elements, the counterpunctual punches landing like a thud with the overproduced, glossy recording. Some of the percussive elements of the original stage recording are subsumed into the desire to hire more musicians, to create a bigger orchestra, all for maximalism rather than effectiveness. Frankly, stripping most of this stuff away to merely rehearsal piano (as per some of the behind the scenes footage) may be a more than welcome supplement should the producers of the home video release be looking for suggestions."
Jason Gorber, Paste Magazine
"If you're already a fan of the musical, you'll probably be happy with the painstaking job that director John M Chu ('Crazy Rich Asians,' 'In the Heights') has done in transferring it to the silver screen. There's a slick screenplay by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, the songs by Stephen Schwartz are big and rousing, and you can tell that armies of craftspeople have laboured for days over every wig, embroidered jacket, and decoration on the colourful, gleamingly artificial set. The two leads are well cast, too. Erivo is disarmingly sweet and vulnerable, while retaining a hint of latent menace, and Grande-Butera, who can hit notes so high that only dogs can hear them, is amusing as a blithely perky narcissist. She would have been an interesting Barbie if Margot Robbie hadn't played the role."
Nicholas Barber, BBC.com
"In the film, the payoff of 'Defying Gravity' -- albeit a little more overdramatic and slightly messier than it should have been -- is earned. There’s so much momentum in the music, in the speed of Elphaba racing through Oz on her broomstick, in the gravity of events that have just transpired, that by the time the big -To Be Continued…- message pops up, it’s pretty enthralling. Maybe a 15-minute intermission is better than an entire year, but hey, that’s showbiz for you."
Paolo Ragusa, Consequence
"I’ll admit, I would have enjoyed 'Wicked' a lot more if I were a bigger fan of the songs. But aside from a couple of high points, such as the immortal anthem of rebellion 'Defying Gravity,' that ubiquitous, tinny faux-pop Broadway beat turns me off instantly. Luckily, the songs don’t need my blessing. They’ve endured long enough that the studio has planned sing-along screenings across the country for later in December. And when Chu does sink his teeth into the numbers, something wonderful can emerge. The film’s performance of 'What Is This Feeling?', a showstopper in which our two heroes express their initial loathing of each other, seems to glide effortlessly from late-night split-screen bickering to a rollicking, school-wide extravaganza where everything becomes rhythm: click-clacking silverware, twiddling fingers, stomping feet, rolling chairs, and screeching tables. This is clearly the work of the magnificent madman who made two 'Step Up' movies."
Bilge Ebiri, New York
"The story, loosely adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel 'Wicked: The Life And Times Of The Wicked Witch Of The West', is essentially a prequel to 1939’s Technicolor classic 'The Wizard Of Oz.' It cleverly imagines how The Good Witch Of The North and The Wicked Witch Of The West ('I’ll get you my pretty!') gained their contrasting reputations by taking us back to their school days. Stephen Schwartz’s songs are pithy even when they have big theatre kid energy: one is called ‘Popular’ and another pivots on the phrase 'loathing, unadulterated loathing!' There’s also minimal schmaltz in the screenplay co-credited to Winnie Holtzman, creator of seminal teen series 'My So-Called Life,' who also wrote the stage musical."
Nick Levine, NME
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
Screenings of older films in Los Angeles-area theaters.
December 20
AUNTIE MAME (Bronislau Kaper) [Egyptian]
BLAST OF SILENCE (Meyer Kupferman) [Aero]
DETROIT (James Newton Howard) [BrainDead Studios]
ELF (John Debney) [Alamo Drafthouse]
EYES WIDE SHUT (Jocelyn Pook) [New Beverly]
FRITZ THE CAT (Ed Bobas, Ray Shanklin) [BrainDead Studios]
HOME ALONE (John Williams) [Vidiots]
THE INNERVIEW [Academy Museum]
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Dimitri Tiomkin) [Alamo Drafthouse]
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (Bernard Herrmann) [Vidiots]
LENNY (Ralph Burns) [Los Feliz 3]
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (John Phillips) [Vista]
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
RESERVOIR DOGS [New Beverly]
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Mark Mothersbaugh) [New Beverly]
STEP BROTHERS (Jon Brion) [Vidiots]
TANGERINE [Los Feliz 3]
December 21
BLAST OF SILENCE (Meyer Kupferman) [Los Feliz 3]
COMING TO AMERICA (Nile Rodgers) [Vidiots]
DEEP RED (Goblin, Giorgio Gaslini) [New Beverly]
DIE HARD (Michael Kamen) [Egyptian]
EASTERN PROMISES (Howard Shore) [BrainDead Studios]
ELF (John Debney) [Alamo Drafthouse]
EYES WIDE SHUT (Jocelyn Pook) [Alamo Drafthouse]
FANNY AND ALEXANDER (Daniel Bell) [Egyptian]
THE GREEN KNIGHT (Daniel Hart) [Los Feliz 3]
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Dimitri Tiomkin) [Alamo Drafthouse]
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Dimitri Tiomkin) [Vidiots]
LENNY (Ralph Burns) [Los Feliz 3]
LUCKY GHOST (Lorenza Flennoy) [Academy Museum]
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (Tom Holkenborg) [Vidiots]
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (John Phillips) [Vista]
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (Paul Williams, Miles Goodman) [Aero]
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (Paul Williams, Miles Goodman) [New Beverly]
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (Angelo Badalementi), ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS (Mark Snow) [New Beverly]
OVERBOARD (Alan Silvestri) [Vista]
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (Paul Williams, George Aliceson Tipton) [BrainDead Studios]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
A ROSY LIFE (Dong-Ik Cho) [Academy Museum]
SHORTBUS (Yo La Tengo) [Vidiots]
SMALLFOOT (Heitor Pereira) [Academy Museum]
December 22
ABOUT ENDLESSNESS [BrainDead Studios]
BLAST OF SILENCE (Meyer Kupferman) [Los Feliz 3]
BLOOD AND SAND (Alfred Newman) [Academy Museum]
CAROL (Carter Burwell) [Los Feliz 3]
DEEP RED (Goblin) [BrainDead Studios]
ELF (John Debney) [Alamo Drafthouse]
EYES WIDE SHUT (Jocelyn Pook) [Alamo Drafthouse]
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Jerry Bock, John Williams) [Vidiots]
HUGO (Howard Shore) [Aero]
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Dimitri Tiomkin) [Alamo Drafthouse]
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Dimitri Tiomkin) [Egyptian]
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (Leo Brouwer) [Vidiots]
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (Angelo Badalementi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (Angelo Badalementi), ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS (Mark Snow) [New Beverly]
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (Jack Nitzsche) [Academy Museum]
OVERBOARD (Alan Silvestri) [Vista]
THE POLAR EXPRESS (Alan Silvestri) [Aero]
SAINT JOAN (Mischa Spoliansky) [Academy Museum]
THE SCARLET EMPRESS [Los Feliz 3]
December 23
BAD SANTA (David Kitay) [Los Feliz 3]
DIE HARD (Michael Kamen) [New Beverly]
ELF (John Debney) [Alamo Drafthouse]
EYES WIDE SHUT (Jocelyn Pook) [Alamo Drafthouse]
EYES WIDE SHUT (Jocelyn Pook) [Egyptian]
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Dimitri Tiomkin) [Alamo Drafthouse]
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (Angelo Badalementi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
LADY TERMINATOR (Ricky Brothers) [Los Feliz 3]
LITTLE WOMEN (Thomas Newman) [Vidiots]
WEST SIDE STORY (Leonard Bernstein, Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal) [Vidiots]
December 24
DIE HARD (Michael Kamen) [New Beverly]
DIE HARD (Michael Kamen) [Vidiots]
ELF (John Debney) [AERO]
EYES WIDE SHUT (Jocelyn Pook) [Alamo Drafthouse]
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Dimitri Tiomkin) [Egyptian]
TOKYO GODFATHERS (Keiichi Suzuki) [Los Feliz 3]
December 25
BEFORE SUNSET [Egyptian]
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Jon Brion) [Egyptian]
THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
THE HOLDOVERS (Mark Orton) [Alamo Drafthouse]
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Shigeru Umebayashi) [Egyptian]
THE INCREDIBLES (Michael Giacchino) [Egyptian]
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (Paul Williams, Miles Goodman) [Vidiots]
THE POLAR EXPRESS (Alan Silvestri) [Egyptian]
December 26
CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (Ernst Reijseger) [Academy Museum]
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Trevor Jones, Randy Edelman) [Egyptian]
THE MALTESE FALCON (Adolph Deutsch) [Aero]
MOONSTRUCK (Dick Hyman) [Vidiots]
REVENGE OF THE CREATURE [Academy Museum]
RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (J. Peter Robinson) [Vidiots]
THE THIN MAN (William Axt) [Vidiots]
December 27
BLOW-UP (Herbie Hancock) [BrainDead Studios]
BODY DOUBLE (Pino Donaggio) [Vista]
DUCK SOUP [Vidiots]
EX MACHINA (Ben Salibury, Geoff Barrow) [BrainDead Studios]
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III (Harry Manfredini) [Academy Museum]
GHOST IN THE SHELL (Kenji Kawai) [Vidiots]
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (Kenji Kawai) [Nuart]
GHOSTBUSTERS (Elmer Bernstein) [Vidiots]
MOONSTRUCK (Dick Hyman) [Los Feliz 3]
RESERVOIR DOGS [New Beverly]
RYAN'S DAUGHTER (Maurice Jarre) [Egyptian]
TOY STORY 3 (Randy Newman) [Academy Museum]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Aero]
December 28
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (Elmer Bernstein) [Egyptian]
THE APARTMENT (Adolph Deutsch) [Alamo Drafthouse]
BODY DOUBLE (Pino Donaggio) [Vista]
BOUND (Don Davis) [Vidiots]
CRIES AND WHISPERS [Alamo Drafthouse]
FARGO (Carter Burwell) [Vidiots]
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN (Claudio Gizzi) [Academy Museum]
IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE [Academy Museum]
LABYRINTH (Trevor Jones) [Vidiots]
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (Maurice Jarre) [Aero]
THE LOST BOYS (Thomas Newman) [BrainDead Studios]
MANDY (Johann Johannsson) [BrainDead Studios]
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (John Williams) [Egyptian]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (David Shire) [Los Feliz 3]
SHAMPOO (Paul Simon) [Vista]
SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT (Miles Goodman) [Vidiots]
200 CIGARETTES (Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh) [New Beverly]
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Michel Legrand) [Egyptian]
December 29
BORN IN FLAMES [BrainDead Studios]
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (John Williams) [Vidiots]
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (Maurice Jarre) [Aero]
L'AVVENTURA (Giovanni Fusco) [Los Feliz 3]
MAGIC MIKE [Los Feliz 3]
PACIFIC RIM (Ramin Djawadi) [Academy Museum]
PARANORMAN (Jon Brion) [Academy Museum]
PARIS, TEXAS (Ry Cooder) [Alamo Drafthouse]
RETURN OF THE JEDI (John Williams) [Vidiots]
SAY ANYTHING (Anne Dudley, Richard Gibbs) [Egyptian]
SHAMPOO (Paul Simon) [Vista]
STAR WARS (John Williams) [Vidiots]
TITANIC (James Horner) [Egyptian]
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (Benoit Charest) [BrainDead Studios]
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: From the Terrace (Bernstein); Dreamscape (Jarre); Exodus (Gold); Paris Blues (Ellington); The Hustler (Hopkins); Hud (Bernstein); Runaway (Goldsmith); A New Kind of Love (Stevens); The Prize (Goldsmith); Edge of Darkness (Corigliano)
Read: Journal of the Gun Years, by Richard Matheson
Seen: Mr. Soft Touch; Cash on Demand; The Lego Movie; Kraven the Hunter; The Return [2024]; My Octopus Teacher; The Last Showgirl; Queer; Three Godfathers [1936]; Trail of Robin Hood; Moana 2; The Order [2024]; Interstellar; Flow
Watched: Perfect Friday; Dollhouse ("The Hollow Men"); Fawlty Towers ("Basil the Rat"); Columbo ("The Most Crucial Game")
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Au Revoir Mon Monde”
“A Bear Named Wojtek”
“Beautiful Men”
“Bottle George”
“A Crab in the Pool”
“In the Shadow of the Cypress”
“Magic Candies”
“Maybe Elephants”
“Me”
“Origami”
“Percebes”
“The 21”
“Wander to Wonder”
“The Wild-Tempered Clavier”
“Yuck!”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
“The Bibi Files”
“Black Box Diaries”
“Dahomey”
“Daughters”
“Eno”
“Frida”
“Hollywoodgate”
“No Other Land”
“Porcelain War”
“Queendom”
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane”
“Union”
“Will & Harper”
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
“Chasing Roo”
“Death by Numbers”
“Eternal Father”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Incident”
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
“Keeper”
“Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World”
“Once upon a Time in Ukraine”
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra”
“Planetwalker”
“The Quilters”
“Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr”
“A Swim Lesson”
“Until He’s Back”
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Brazil, “I’m Still Here”
Canada, “Universal Language”
Czech Republic, “Waves”
Denmark, “The Girl with the Needle”
France, “Emilia Pérez”
Germany, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
Iceland, “Touch”
Ireland, “Kneecap”
Italy, “Vermiglio”
Latvia, “Flow”
Norway, “Armand”
Palestine, “From Ground Zero”
Senegal, “Dahomey”
Thailand, “How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies”
United Kingdom, “Santosh”
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Anuja”
“Clodagh”
“The Compatriot”
“Crust”
“Dovecote”
“Edge of Space”
“The Ice Cream Man”
“I’m Not a Robot”
“The Last Ranger”
“A Lien”
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”
“The Masterpiece”
“An Orange from Jaffa”
“Paris 70”
“Room Taken”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“The Apprentice”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“A Different Man”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”
“The Substance”
“Waltzing with Brando”
“Wicked”
SOUND
“Alien: Romulus”
“Blitz”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Gladiator II”
“Joker: Folie à Deux”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alien: Romulus”
“Better Man”
“Civil War”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Gladiator II”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Mufasa: The Lion King”
“Twisters”
“Wicked”
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