Three hundred forty-one feature films are eligible for the 2017 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.To be eligible for 90th Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days.Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format. Feature films that receive their...
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Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2017 - 11:15
Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2017 - 11:00
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 90th Academy Awards®.The films are listed below in alphabetical order:“Bright”“Darkest Hour”“Ghost in the Shell”“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”“I, Tonya”“Victoria & Abdul”“Wonder”On Saturday, January 6, 2018, all members of the Academy’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for final...
Posted Monday, December 18, 2017 - 14:15
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 141 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2017 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 90th Academy Awards®.The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:“Alien: Covenant,” Jed Kurzel, composer“All I See Is You,” Marc Streitenfeld, composer“All the Money in the World,” Daniel Pemberton, composer“Annabelle: Creation,” Benjamin Wallfisch, composer“Band Aid,” Lucius, composer“Battle of the Sexes,” Nicholas Britell,...
Posted Monday, December 18, 2017 - 14:00
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 70 songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2017 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 90th Academy Awards®.The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title and song title:“U.N.I (You And I)” from “And the Winner Isn’t”“Love And Lies” from “Band Aid”“If I Dare” from “Battle of the Sexes”“Evermore” from “Beauty and the Beast”“How Does A Moment Last Forever” from “Beauty and the Beast”“...
Posted Monday, December 18, 2017 - 10:00
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 90th Academy Awards®.The films are listed below in alphabetical order:“Alien: Covenant”“Blade Runner 2049”“Dunkirk”“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”“Kong: Skull Island”“Okja”“The Shape of Water”“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”“War for the Planet of the Apes”The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the shortlist. All members of the Visual Effects Branch will now be invited to view 10-...
Posted Thursday, December 14, 2017 - 17:00
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 90th Academy Awards ®. Ninety-two films had originally been considered in the category.The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:Chile, “A Fantastic Woman,” Sebastián Lelio, director;Germany, “In the Fade,” Fatih Akin, director;Hungary, “On Body and Soul,” Ildikó Enyedi, director;Israel, “Foxtrot,” Samuel Maoz, director;Lebanon, “The Insult,” Ziad Doueiri, director;Russia, “Loveless,” Andrey Zvyagintsev,...
Posted Monday, December 11, 2017 - 14:00
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards. A record 165 pictures had originally qualified in the category.The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:“DeKalb Elementary,” Reed Van Dyk, director (UCLA)“The Eleven O’Clock,” Derin Seale, director (FINCH)“Facing Mecca,” Jan-Eric Mack, director, and Joël Jent, producer (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion)“Icebox,” Daniel Sawka, director, and Camille Cornuel, producer (...
Posted Thursday, December 7, 2017 - 16:15
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards®. One hundred seventy films were originally submitted in the category.The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, Kartemquin Educational Films and WGBH/FRONTLINE“Chasing Coral,” Exposure Labs in partnership with The Ocean Agency & View Into the Blue in association with Argent Pictures & The Kendeda...
Posted Tuesday, December 5, 2017 - 15:30
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 90th Academy Awards® has been narrowed to 10 films, of which 5 will earn Oscar® nominations.Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 77 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation.The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:“Alone,” The New York Times“Edith+Eddie,” Heart is Red and Kartemquin Films“Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” Stiefel & Co.“...
Posted Tuesday, December 5, 2017 - 12:30
A Dozen Leaders from Film and Philanthropy Assume Governance of the New Museum, Scheduled to Open in 2019Kerry Brougher, Director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, announced that the institution has completed the formation of its Board of Trustees, under the leadership of Ron Meyer as Chair. Plans for the new museum were originally spearheaded by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. With the inaugural meeting of the Trustees on December 4, the new Board—which will continue to grow—assumed responsibility as the governing body of the Academy Museum...
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