Sirat! Sirat! Sirat! Sirat! Sirat! (One exclamation for each shortlist mention.)
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— Guy Lodge (@guylodge.bsky.social) December 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Academy has released shortlists for 12 tech categories
These can be a good indicator for how strong a movie is
some take aways:
– the love Sirat
– they really don’t love The Testament of Ann Lee
– we will never be free of Diane Warren
– Song Sung Blue is alive?
– they don’t really like Weapons
– Wicked did well
– Frankenstein did well
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) — Robin D. Cook
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) — Nina Gold
“Marty Supreme” (A24) — Jennifer Venditti
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) — Cassandra Kulukundis
“The Secret Agent” (Neon) — Gabriel Domingues
“Sentimental Value” (Neon) — Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Francine Maisler
“Sirât” (Neon) — Nadia Acimi, Luis Bertolo and Erika Boulic
“Weapons” (Warner Bros.) — Allison Jones
“Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey
Cinematography
“Ballad of a Small Player” (Netflix) — James Friend
“Bugonia” (Focus Features) — Robbie Ryan
“Die My Love” (Mubi) — Seamus McGarvey
“F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.) — Claudio Miranda
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) — Dan Laustsen
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) — Łukasz Żal
“Marty Supreme” (A24) — Darius Khondji
“Nouvelle Vague” (Netflix) — David Chambille
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) — Michael Bauman
“Sentimental Value” (Neon) — Kasper Tuxen
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“Sirât” (Neon) — Mauro Herce
“Song Sung Blue” (Focus Features) — Amy Vincent
“Sound of Falling” (Mubi) — Fabian Gamper
“Train Dreams” (Netflix) — Adolpho Veloso
“Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — Alice Brooks
Documentary Feature
“The Alabama Solution” (HBO Documentary Films)
“Apocalypse in the Tropics” (Netflix)
“Coexistence, My Ass!” (mTuckman Media)
“Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple Original Films)
“Cover-Up” (Netflix)
“Cutting through Rocks” (Madman Entertainment)
“Folktales” (Magnolia Pictures)
“Holding Liat” (Self-Distributed)
“Mr. Nobody against Putin” (Bantam Film)
“Mistress Dispeller” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
“My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow” (Argot Pictures)
“The Perfect Neighbor” (Netflix)
“Seeds” (Interior Films)
“2000 Meters to Andriivka” (PBS)
“Yanuni” (Self-Distributed)
International Feature
Argentina, “Belén” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Brazil, “The Secret Agent” (Neon)
France, “It Was Just an Accident” (Neon)
Germany, “Sound of Falling” (Mubi)
India, “Homebound” (U.S. Distribution TBD)
Iraq, “The President’s Cake” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Japan, “Kokuho” (Toho)
Jordan, “All That’s Left of You” (Watermelon Pictures)
Norway, “Sentimental Value” (Neon)
Palestine, “Palestine 36” (Watermelon Pictures)
South Korea, “No Other Choice” (Neon)
Spain, “Sirât” (Neon)
Switzerland, “Late Shift” (Music Box Films)
Taiwan, “Left-Handed Girl” (Netflix)
Tunisia, “The Voice of Hind Rajab” (Willa)
Makeup and Hairstyling
“The Alto Knights” (Warner Bros.)
“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
“Kokuho” (Toho)
“Marty Supreme” (A24)
“Nuremberg” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
“The Smashing Machine” (A24)
“The Ugly Stepsister” (IFC)
“Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures)
Original Score
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (20th Century Studios) — Simon Franglen
“Bugonia” (Focus Features) — Jerskin Fendrix
“Captain America: Brave New World” (Marvel Studios) — Laura Karpman
“Diane Warren: Relentless” (Greenwich Entertainment) — Lesley Barber
“F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.) — Hans Zimmer
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) — Alexandre Desplat
“Hamnet” (Focus Features) — Max Richter
“Hedda” (Amazon MGM Studios) — Hildur Guðnadóttir
“A House of Dynamite” (Netflix) — Volker Bertelmann
“Jay Kelly” (Netflix) — Nicholas Britell
“Marty Supreme” (A24) — Daniel Lopatin
“Nuremberg” (Sony Pictures Classics) — Brian Tyler
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.) — Jonny Greenwood
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Ludwig Göransson
“Sirât” (Neon) — Kangding Ray
“Train Dreams” (Netflix) — Bryce Dessner
“Tron: Ares” (20th Century Studios) — Nine Inch Nails
“Truth and Treason” (Angel) — Aaron Zigman
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix) — Nathan Johnson
“Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
Original Song
“As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from “Tron: Ares” (20th Century Studios) — Nine Inch Nails
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” (Greenwich Entertainment) — Diane Warren
“Dream As One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” — Miley Cyrus, Simon Franglen, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
“Drive” from “F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.) — John Mayer, Ed Sheeran and Blake Slatkin
“Dying To Live” from “Billy Idol Should Be Dead” (Fremantle) — Tommy English, Billy Idol, Joe Janiak, J. Ralph and Steve Stevens
“The Girl In The Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — Stephen Schwartz
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” (Netflix) — EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick
“Highest 2 Lowest” from “Highest 2 Lowest” (A24/Apple Original Films) — Aiyana Lee Anderson and Nicole Daciana Anderson
“I Lied To You” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq
“Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” from “Sinners” (Warner Bros.) — Miles Caton, Ludwig Göransson and Alice Smith
“No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) — Stephen Schwartz
“Our Love” from “The Ballad of Wallis Island” (Focus Features) — Tom Basdan
“Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from “Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple Original Films) — Sara Bareilles, Brandi Carlile and Andrea Gibson
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” (U.S. Distribution TBD) — Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” (Netflix) — Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner
Sound
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (20th Century Studios)
“F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (Paramount Pictures)
“One Battle after Another” (Warner Bros.)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
“Sirât” (Neon)
“Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” (20th Century Studios)
“Superman” (Warner Bros.)
“Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures)
Visual Effects
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (20th Century Studios)
“The Electric State” (Netflix)
“F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
“Jurassic World Rebirth” (Universal Pictures)
“The Lost Bus” (Apple Original Films)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
“Superman” (DC Studios)
“Tron: Ares” (20th Century Studios)
“Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures)