India's Laapataa Ladies, directed by Kiran Rao, is out of the Oscars 2025 race. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, December 17, announced 15 films that have been shortlisted under 🌳10 categories for the next round. The shortlisted films will now be viewed and voted on by Academy members who will decide the final list of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards.
Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies Out Of Oscars Race, Guneet Monga's Anuja Shortlisted
In September this year, Laapataa Ladies was announced as India’s official entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign L🥂anguage💮 Film category.
Guneet Monga's live-action short film, Anuja, has been shortlisted and Shahana Goswami starrer Santosh, has made it to the International Feature Film category. Santosh is helmed by British-Indian director Sa♛ndhya Suri.
Santosh was selected as the United Kingdom’s officia🦹l entry. It had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival this year.&ꦫnbsp;
In September this year, Laapataa Ladies was announced as India’s official entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The announcement was made by the Film Federation of India committee led by filmmaker Jahnu Barua. The Aamir Khan's production was selected from the list of 29 submitted films across various Indian languages, including Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light.
Have a look at the Academy's full shortlist here.
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
Makeup and Hairstyling
The Apprentice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
The Substance
Waltzing with Brando
Wicked
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
Advertisement
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Planetwalker
The Quilters
Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr
A Swim Lesson
Until He’s Back
Music (Original Score)
Alien: Romulus
Babygirl
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Blink Twice
Blitz
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
The Fire Inside
Gladiator II
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
Inside Out 2
Nosferatu
The Room Next Door
Sing Sing
The Six Triple Eight
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Young Woman and the Sea
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
Advertisement
Out of Oklahoma from Twisters
Kiss the Sky from The Wild Robot
Harper and Will Go West from Will & Harper
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!
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
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
Advertisement
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Mufasa: The Lion King
Twisters
Wicked
Show comments