Annunciate le shortlist delle 9 categorie in pre-selezione per la nomination agli Oscar 2021. Sono 15 i documentari in corsa (sui 238 presentati), 10 i corti pre-selezionati sui 144 totali, 15 i film scelti tra quelli arrivati da ben 93 paesi. 10 anche i candidati per trucco e parrucco e 15 quelli per la colonna sonora (sui 136 presentati), mentre 15 sono le canzoni in gara per la finale sulle 105 candidate. 10 cortometraggi animati in lizza sui 96 presentati e 10 anche i live action, oltre ai 10 film in corsa per gli effetti speciali, che verranno anch’essi ridotti ad una lista di 5. Le votazioni per la selezione definitiva delle nomination ufficiali agli Oscar inizieranno il 5 marzo per concludersi il 10. Tutti i candidati verranno annunciati il 15 marzo, in vista della 93esima edizione, la cui cerimonia si terrà il 25 aprile 2021.
DOCUMENTARIO
- “All In: The Fight for Democracy”
- “Boys State”
- “Collective”
- “Crip Camp”
- “Dick Johnson Is Dead”
- “Gunda”
- “MLK/FBI”
- “The Mole Agent”
- “My Octopus Teacher”
- “Notturno”
- “The Painter and the Thief”
- “76 Days”
- “Time”
- “The Truffle Hunters”
- “Welcome to Chechnya”
DOCUMENTARIO – CORTO
- “Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa”
- “Call Center Blues”
- “Colette”
- “A Concerto Is a Conversation”
- “Do Not Split”
- “Hunger Ward”
- “Hysterical Girl”
- “A Love Song for Latasha”
- “The Speed Cubers”
- “What Would Sophia Loren Do?”
FILM STRANIERO
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Quo Vadis, Aida?”
- Chile, “The Mole Agent”
- Czech Republic, “Charlatan”
- Denmark, “Another Round”
- France, “Two of Us”
- Guatemala, “La Llorona”
- Hong Kong, “Better Days”
- Iran, “Sun Children”
- Ivory Coast, “Night of the Kings”
- Mexico, “I’m No Longer Here”
- Norway, “Hope”
- Romania, “Collective”
- Russia, “Dear Comrades!”
- Taiwan, “A Sun”
- Tunisia, “The Man Who Sold His Skin”
TRUCCO E PARRUCCO
- “Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn”
- “Emma”
- “The Glorias”
- “Hillbilly Elegy”
- “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”
- “The Little Things”
- “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
- “Mank”
- “One Night in Miami…”
- “Pinocchio”
COLONNA SONORA
- “Ammonite”
- “Blizzard of Souls”
- “Da 5 Bloods”
- “The Invisible Man”
- “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”
- “The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)”
- “The Little Things”
- “Mank”
- “The Midnight Sky”
- “Minari”
- “Mulan”
- “News of the World”
- “Soul”
- “Tenet”
- “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
CANZONE
- “Turntables” from “All In: The Fight for Democracy”
- “See What You’ve Done” from “Belly of the Beast”
- “Wuhan Flu” from “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for
- Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
- “Husavik” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”
- “Never Break” from “Giving Voice”
- “Make It Work” from “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”
- “Fight For You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”
- “lo Sì (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)”
- “Rain Song” from “Minari”
- “Show Me Your Soul” from “Mr. Soul!”
- “Loyal Brave True” from “Mulan”
- “Free” from “The One and Only Ivan”
- “Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami…”
- “Green” from “Sound of Metal”
- “Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
CORTOMETRAGGIO ANIMATO
- “Burrow”
- “Genius Loci”
- “If Anything Happens I Love You”
- “Kapaemahu”
- “Opera”
- “Out”
- “The Snail and the Whale”
- “To Gerard”
- “Traces”
- “Yes-People”
CORTOMETRAGGIO LIVE ACTION
- “Bittu”
- “Da Yie”
- “Feeling Through”
- “The Human Voice”
- “The Kicksled Choir”
- “The Letter Room”
- “The Present”
- “Two Distant Strangers”
- “The Van”
- “White Eye”
EFFETTI VISIVI
- “Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn”
- “Bloodshot”
- “Love and Monsters”
- “Mank”
- “The Midnight Sky”
- “Mulan”
- “The One and Only Ivan”
- “Soul”
- “Tenet”
- “Welcome to Chechnya”