#oscar shortlist

[softpascalito]

note: i have been talking about this movie so much on here and i am so happy it is finally getting the recognition it deserves. manifesting a nomination <3

[haute-lifestyle-com]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy Awards® including 20 films nominated for original Scores, 15 films nominated for Original Songs, and the ten films shortlisted for Sound

[drivestraight]

can’t believe i’m going to go home from my film and tv adjacent job to go work on my film and tv formula one driver fanfiction 😐

[se7enpixels]

My 101 to 140 of 2023 ++ personal favourites! What a fantastic slate of films to end the year with. Here's to many more in 2024!

[thebrownees]

Mstyslav Chernov's masterful documentary chronicles the period he spent in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol when Vladimir Putin's Russian forces attacked it.

[awardswatcherik]

2024 Oscar Shortlists: 'Barbie,' 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' 'Society of the Snow' Lead Mentions

[angelmotifs]

[travllingbunny]

Award season: Hollywood producers vs the rest of the Academy

It's very, very interesting to compare the recently announced Producers Guid of America Award nominations for best documentary (announced on 10 December) with the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary Feature (voted for by the documentary branch of the Academy).

It's startling that they only overlap in one film - Porcelain War (which is about artists in Ukraine during the war). But he Producers Guild has 3 non-political documentaries, a film about a released former captive of ISIS, and, what's particularly interesting, We Will Dance Again, Israeli documentary described as a retelling of the 7 October attack - while snubbing No Other Land, which has won a major award at the Berlin film festival and almost every critics award so far and has been nominated everywhere else, but still has no US distribution.

The Oscar shortlist does include No Other Land, as expected, and it also includes, among others, another documentary that's still without US distribution, Union, about Amazon workers unionizing and fighting for their rights; Black Box Diaries, a Japanese Me-Too themed documentary about a woman fighting to get justice after getting raped by a powerful man; Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, about jazz, racial issues and colonialism and how CIA caused the civil war in Congo and assassinated Patrice Lumumba at President Eisenhower's order; and the new US-produced documentary about Netanyahu's corruption trial, The Bibi Files. (As usual, celebrity themed documentaries are mostly ignored, but the one exception, Will and Harper, deals with friendship and trans issues.)

And while No Other Land's inclusion in the Documentary Feature shortlist was expected, two other Palestinian films are also on two of the Oscar shortlists that all members of the Academy vote for: From Ground Zero, official Palestinian entry, a collection of short documentaries from Gaza, is on the International Feature shortlist, while An Orange from Jaffa made it to the Live Action Short shortlist.

I'd say these appear to show a pretty clear divide between the producers and the rest of the industry.

[newspatron]

Oscars Shortlist: India's Miss

Share your thoughts on the Oscars Shortlist choice!

The Oscars are one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry, and making the shortlist is a significant achievement for any film. Welcome to a discussion that’s buzzing like a beehive in the film world – the Oscars Shortlist and how “Laapataa Ladies” didn’t quite make the cut. We’re going to take a stroll through why this film was India’s choice, explore the impact of not making the…

[thejewofkansas]

Awards Season 2024-25: Oscar Shortlists

Today the Oscars announced their shortlists in a number of tech categories, making the prognosticator’s job a little easier. Unless they snubbed the presumed frontrunner, in which case it all went right to hell. I haven’t looked at them yet, so let’s discover them together. Makeup and Hairstyling: The Apprentice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice A Different Man Dune: Part Two Emilia…

[upyourgeek]

Oscar Buzz Builds as Academy Announces Shortlists in 10 Categories for 96th Awards

Discover the 2024 Oscar shortlists for the 96th Academy Awards! Our preview covers top contenders, surprising snubs, and insights across 10 categories. Stay updated with the latest in the Oscar race. #Oscars2024 #AcademyAwards #FilmIndustry #OscarBuzz

Top left: ‘Barbie;’ Bottom left, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon;’ Top right, ‘Rebel Moon; Bottom right ‘Oppenheimer’ In a striking convergence of cinematic celebration and seasonal change, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today unveiled the shortlists in 10 categories for the upcoming 96th Academy Awards. This announcement, marking a pivotal moment in the Oscar race, sees a diverse…

[awardseasonblog]

(via Oscar 2024: i 15 migliori film internazionali da tenere d'occhio (previsioni dicembre))

[haute-lifestyle-com]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in ten categories for the 97th Academy Awards® including 15 films nominated in the International Feature Film category. Nomination voting begins Wednesday, January 8, 2025

[kiurit]

[matan4il]

I wanna share with you a small cut from a 2010 documentary about events that began unfolding in 2008. The film (which was up for an Oscar nomination, but wasn't shortlisted), followed the story of a young kid called Muhammad. He was born with an immunity deficiency that killed two of his sisters. Three other siblings didn't have it, but also weren't a match to donate bone marrow to him. To even consider the donation procedure, Muhammad's family needed 55,000 dollars (over 80,000 dollars today), which they obviously didn't have. An Israeli journalist did a TV piece about Muhammad, asking for the money to be donated. An Israeli man, whose son was a soldier killed by Palestinian terrorists, decided to do exactly that.

While Muhammad was in the Israeli hospital, his mom Raida was by him, and here's an exchange she had with the Israeli journalist who helped the family get the money they needed to save their kid's life:

I'm not sharing this because I want to demonize Raida. I'm not sharing it because every Palestinian thinks this way. I'm sharing it because some Palestinians, certainly the ones related to Islamist terrorist organizations like Hamas, do believe that if their child dies as a shahid (a martyr), during an attempt to kill Jews, then the kid would be with Allah. And that will be as if their child never died, because what's better, an imperfect and short life on this earth, or an eternal life with every good thing imaginable by Allah's side? So yes, there are parents who want their kids to die in a confrontation with Israel. There are kids who were brought up with these beliefs. And kindness and humanitarian gestures might change it, but many times they just can't compare to the promise made by this way of thinking.

That's not every Palestinian, but it's enough people to have an impact on the forming and continuation of the Israeli-Arab conflict (much like how Amin al-Husseini was one Palestinian leader, but his antisemitism had a crucial influence on the conflict, and translated into the deaths of countless people, mainly Jews). There are currently at least 30 terrorist organizations in Gaza alone (at least 5 of them are big enough to be household names in Israel), and Hamas on its own includes at least 30,000 people who think this way.

No one can understand this conflict as long as they ignore that the widespread existence of this mentality plays a factor in it. No one can bring about peace here, without getting that this is a part of what threatens it. No one can solve a problem while turning a blind eye to some of its parts.

And if you still think Raida is an exception, here are some more vids reflecting the same mentality from over the years... (I'm not gonna get into how heartbreaking it is that entire generations of Palestinian kids never stood a chance, because I think that's obvious for anyone with a heart watching these clips)

Official Palestinian Authority TV interview with the mother of a shahid, Nov 28, 2003:

"Being with Allah is better." Hamas TV on Jul 21, 2014:

Mother of murderer of 3 Israeli teens: "He was honored with Martyrdom because Allah loved him." Oct 6, 2014:

Palestinian mothers explain why they make joyful noises when their kids get killed as shahids. Apr 7, 2015:

"Death is inevitable, so why not die as shahids?" Oct 28, 2019:

Palestinian father explains his choice to expose his son to danger by bringing him to the site of violent riots, by saying his 4.5 years old wants to go to paradise. Jun 20, 2021:

"My son had nothing called a funeral, rather it was a wedding..." Official Palestinian Authority TV, Sep 13, 2021:

Shahid's mother says her son is a role model for Palestinian kids. Dec 31, 2022:

Shahid's mother shares she instructed her son on how to be a proper shaid. Official Palestinian Authority TV, Feb 21, 2023:

(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)

[davematthews]

I went to see this film last night. It’s a collection of short films from inside Gaza in 2024. Some documentary and some fiction. It is a beautiful and heartbreaking film, but I would tell anyone that they should put it at the top of their “must see” list.