“Short Letters” of Oscar nominations. “¯ebyo nieło ¶ladów” without a chance for an award, but there are other Polish accents

A few weeks before the announcement of the official Oscar nominations, the American Film Academy publishes the so-called short lists, on which he places a dozen or so titles and names with the greatest chances for gold statuettes.

Oscars 2022. Awards for Poles within reach

The Polish Film Institute boasted on Facebook that the film “Dress”, directed by Tadeusz Łysiak, which it co-financed, was among the 15 titles on the shortlist of candidates for the Oscar in the category of the best short fiction film. It is worth noting that in the category of the best international full-length film, the Icelandic-Polish co-production of Valdimar Jóhannsson’s “Lamb” has a chance to be nominated for an Oscar. There was no room for the Polish candidacy, that is, “Let there be no traces” by Jan P. Matuszyński.

Academy members will vote for nominations from Thursday 27 January to Tuesday 1 February. We will find out who will compete for the prizes a week later, on February 8. The 94th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theater and Highland, Hollywood.

Oscars 2022. Who made the shortlists?

Best Feature-Length Documentary:

• “Ascension”
• “Attica”
• “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry”
• “Faya Dayi”
• “The First Wave”
• “Flee”
• “In the Same Breath”
• “Julia”
• “President”
• “Procession”
• “The Rescue”
• “Simple as Water”
• “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
• “The Velvet Underground”
• “Writing with Fire”

Best Short Documentary:

• “Eagles”
• “Audible”
• “A Broken House”
• “Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis”
• “Coded: The Hidden Love of J. C. Leyendecker”
• “Day of Rage”
• “The Facility”
• “Lead Me Home”
• “Lynching Postcards: “Token of a Great Day””
• “The Queen of Basketball”
• “Sophie & the Baron”
• “Takeover”
• “Terror Contagion”
• “Three Songs for Benazir”
• “When We Were Bullies”

Best International Full-Length Film:

• Austria, “Great Freedom”
• Belgia, “Playground”
• Bhutan, “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”
• Dania, “Flee”
• Finland, “Compartment No. 6”
• Hiszpania, “The Good Boss”
• Iran, “A Hero”
• Islandia, “Lamb”
• Japan, “Drive My Car”
• Kosovo, “Hive”
• Mexico, “Prayers for the Stolen”
• Germany, “I’m Your Man”
• Norwegia, “The Worst Person in the World”
• Panama, “Plaza Catedral”
• Włochy, “The Hand of God”

Best make-up:

• “The Prince of New York 2”
• “Cruella”
• “Cyrano”
• “Diuna”
• “Eyes of Tammy Faye”
• “Dom Gucci”
• “Nightmare Alley”
• “It’s not time to die”
• “The Suicide Squad”
• “West Side Story”

Best Soundtrack

• “Being the Ricardos”
• “candy man”
• “Don’t look up”
• “Diuna”
• “Charm”
• “French Courier from Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun”
• “Green Knight”
• “The Harder They Fall”
• “King Richard”
• “Last Duel”
• “No Time to Die”
• “Parallel Mothers”
• “The Power of the Dog”
• “Spencer”
• “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

Best Movie Song

• “So May We Start?” z filmu “Annette”
• “Down To Joy” z filmu “Belfast”
• “Right Where I Belong” z filmu “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road”
• “Automatic Woman” z filmu “Bruised”
• “Dream Girl” z filmu “Cinderella”
• “Beyond The Shore” z filmu “CODA”
• “The Anonymous Ones” z filmu “Dear Evan Hansen”
• “Just Look Up” from the movie “Don’t Look Up”
• “Dos Oruguitas” from the movie “Encanto”
• “Somehow You Do” z filmu “Four Good Days”
• “Guns Go Bang” z filmu “The Harder They Fall”
• “Be Alive” z filmu “King Richard”
• “No Time To Die” z filmu “No Time to Die”
• “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” z filmu “Respect”
• “Your Song Saved My Life” z filmu “Sing 2”

Best Animated Short Film:

• “Affairs of the Art”
• “Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice”
• “Bad Seeds”
• “Beast”
• “Boxballet”
• “Flowing Home”
• “Mum Is Pouring Rain”
• “The Musician”
• “Namoo”
• “Only a Child”
• “Robin Robin”
• “Remember Remember”
• “Step into the River”
• “Us Again”
• “The Windshield Wiper”

Best Live Action Short Film:

• “Ala Kachuu – Take and Run”
• “Censor of Dreams”
• “The Criminals”
• “Distances”
• “The Dress”
• “Frimas”
• “Les Grandes Claques”
• “The Long Goodbye”
• “On My Mind”
• “Please Hold”
• “Stenophones”
• “Tala’vision”
• “Under the Heavens”
• “When the Sun Sets”
• “You’re Dead Helen”

Best Audio Design:

• “Belfast”
• “Diuna”
• “Last Night in Soho”
• “The Matrix of Resurrection”
• “It’s not time to die”
• “The Power of the Dog”
• “Quiet Place 2”
• “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
• “tick, tick…BOOM!”
• “West Side Story”

Best Visual Effects:

• “Black Widow”
• “Diuna”
• “Eternals”
• “Free Guy”
• “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”
• “Godzilla vs. Kong”
• “The Matrix of Resurrection”
• “It’s not time to die”
• “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
• “Spider-Man: No Way Home”