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Nominees Cheat Sheet
20 Days in Mariupol
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
An on the ground look at the chaos of the immediate weeks following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the border city of Mariupol.
American Fiction
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE, ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE), BEST PICTURE, WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is a frustrated black author who pens a scathing tongue in cheek satire that ends up gaining massive attention and success, much to his dismay.
American Symphony
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
The rise to fame of popstar Jon Batiste that documents both his epic 2021 Grammy winning run as well as his relationship with cancer stricken wife Suleika Jaoud.
Anatomy of a Fall
DIRECTING, FILM EDITING, BEST PICTURE, WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY), ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
A woman is put on trial after the mysterious death of her husband.
Barbie
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, COSTUME DESIGN, MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG), BEST PICTURE, PRODUCTION DESIGN, WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
When plastic icon Barbie has an extensional crisis, she finds herself on a journey from her home in Barbieland to the real world to uncover the cause of her melancholy.
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Bobi Wine, a Ugandan pop star turned politician, faces a brutal uphill battle during his campaign to replace the current ruthless dictator of his country.
El Conde
CINEMATOGRAPHY
A fictional accounting of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinoche if he also happened to be Count Dracula.
Elemental
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic elements of nature, a Fire Element and Water Element work together despite their cultural differences.
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Flamin’ Hot
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
The story of Richard Montanez, a former Frito Lays factory worker who is credited with inventing the Flamin’ Hot Cheeto.
Four Daughters
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Using both actors and real life family members, filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania tells the story of a Tunisian family torn apart by the rise of Islamic fundamentalists in their homeland.
Godzilla Minus One
VISUAL EFFECTS
Godzilla reemerges in the wake of WW2 and a small band of fisherman and former soldiers must stop the terrifying beast.
Golda
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
During the Yom Kippur Wal, Israeli prime minister Golda Meir must keep her country together and her people safe, all while fighting against an unpredictable enemy.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Guardians are back! This time they’re out to reconcile the past traumas of their furriest member, Rocket Racoon.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Indy’s Back! And some ghosts from his past have returned to complicate his attempted ease into retirement.
Invincible
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Two days in the life of a young man in a Canadian youth detention center.
Io Capitano, Italy
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Two Senegalese boys make the treacherous journey by immigrating to Italy in order to start a new life.
Island In Between
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The story of Kinmen, a small Taiwanese island off the coast of mainland China, and the rocky relationship with both countries it’s inhabitants face.
Killers of the Flower Moon
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE, CINEMATOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, DIRECTING, FILM EDITING, MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE), MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG), BEST PICTURE, PRODUCTION DESIGN
In 1910, a series of murders in the Osage county of Oklahoma began, which subsequently led to the creation of the FBI.
Knight of Fortune
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
A man who can’t come to terms with seeing his wife’s body at a morgue makes an odd new friend.
Letter to a Pig
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
A man recounts his survival during the Holocaust in a short that uses rotoscope, 3D, and hand drawn animated techniques.
Maestro
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE, ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE, CINEMATOGRAPHY, MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING, BEST PICTURE, SOUND, WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
A look at the life of Leonard Bernstein, one of the 20th century’s most accomplished and prolific American composers.
May December
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
An actress travels to meet and study the life of a controversial woman she intends to portray on film.
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
SOUND, VISUAL EFFECTS
Dead Reckoning Part 1: Ethan Hunt, now exiled from both his country and his agency, faces his most dangerous opponent yet, motherfucking AI.
Napoleon
COSTUME DESIGN, VISUAL EFFECTS, PRODUCTION DESIGN
The triumphs and tribulation of French Emperor Napoleon Bonapart, including his torrid relationship with Josephine.
Nimona
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Set in a science fantasy world influenced by the middle ages, a disgraced knight teams up with a nefarious nymph to clear his name.
Ninety-Five Senses
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
An old man explains his relationship with the five senses using a different animation style for each.
Nyad
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE, ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
The accounting of Diane Nyad’s record setting open water swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys.
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Director Sean Young films his grandmothers, who are old in body but young at heart, and have lived together for the past five years.
Oppenheimer
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE, ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, CINEMATOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, DIRECTING, FILM EDITING, MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING, MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE), BEST PICTURE, PRODUCTION DESIGN, SOUND, WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The story of physicist Robert Oppenheimer and his work to create the nuclear bomb.
Our Uniform
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
A young girl reminisces about school in Iran, specifically the Hijab dress code requirements.
Pachyderme
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
A young woman remembers the limited time she spent at her grandparents home growing up.
Past Lives
BEST PICTURE, WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Playwright Nora Moon reconnects with her childhood flame Hae Sung after years of wondering what could have been.
Perfect Days, Japan
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
A week in the life of a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo.
Poor Things
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE, CINEMATOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, DIRECTING, FILM EDITING, MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING, MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE), BEST PICTURE, PRODUCTION DESIGN, WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The story of Bella Baxter, a strange young woman who is discovering a strange new world for the first time, strangely.
Red, White and Blue
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
A young mother in rural Kentucky faces a pregnancy crisis with little support.
Robot Dreams
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Dog, a lonely soul in New York City, orders Robot, a friend whom he builds and immediately develops a lasting friendship with.
Rustin
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
The biography of black rights activist Bayard Rustin and his organization of the 1963 March on Washington.
Society of the Snow, Spain
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM, MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Based on the true story of a Chilean rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes and how they came to terms with what was required to survive.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Across The Spider-Verse: Miles Morales returns as the interdimensional web-slinger and is joined by a slew of new and old Spider-Friends.
The ABCs of Book Banning
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
A look at the consequences of the current campaign to ban specific books from public schools in America.
The After
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
After a sudden tragedy, a British man becomes a recluse Uber driver until the memory of his former life suddenly sneaks up on him.
The Barber of Little Rock
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The story of Arlo Washington, an African American barber in Little Rock, Arkansas who founded a nonprofit community bank to try to lessen the racial wealth gap.
The Boy and the Heron
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Hiyao Miyazki’s semi-autobiographical story of a young boy who finds a magical friend in the wake of his fathers new marriage, set in the backdrop of postwar Japan.
The Color Purple
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Two young African American women find their way in the messy post-civil war landscape of the American south.
The Creator
SOUND, VISUAL EFFECTS
In 2055, there is a massive war between mankind and AI lifeforms as each hunts for Nirmata, the original AI Creator.
The Eternal Memory
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
A look at the relationship of Chilean actress Paulina and journalist Augusto in the latter years of their lives as Augusto slowly succumbs to Alzheimer’s.
The Holdovers
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE, ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE, FILM EDITING, BEST PICTURE, WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
A cranky alcoholic history teacher is forced to watch over the children who are left behind during winter break at an all boys prep school.
The Last Repair Shop
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
An in depth look at the program set up in Los Angeles county to supply any public school student with an instrument and the repair shop patrons who make this possible.
The Teachers’ Lounge, Germany
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
After a series of thefts are reported at a public school, a first year teacher takes it upon herself to solve the mystery.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Based on the Roald Dahl short story, this is the tale of Henry Sugar, a man who used guided meditation to create extraordinary wealth and opportunity for himself.
The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom
DIRECTING, INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM, BEST PICTURE, SOUND, WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
A look at Rudolph Heiss, the Nazi Commander in charge of the Final Solution, and how he kept his family comfortable living within the walls of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
To Kill a Tiger
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
In India, rape is rarely reported and even more rarely prosecuted. Despite this, one father is taking it upon himself to get justice for his only daughter.
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Inspired by the song “Happy Xmas (War Is Over), two armies are in a brutal back and forth battle despite having more in common than they may realize.
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