Oscars 2022 shortlist: India’s official entry Koozhangal bows out, Rintu Thomas’ Writing with Fire makes the lower

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday introduced the shortlists in 10 classes for the upcoming Oscars, together with Best International Film. India’s official entry this 12 months, the Tamil movie Koozhangal (Pebbles), is out of the race.
Fans additionally fumed on the exclusion of France’s Palme d’Or-winning Titane, which many surmised was too excessive for Academy voters. Titane, a physique horror movie about identification and located household, is directed by Julia Ducournau and was at all times thought-about an out of doors contender. But its massive win on the Cannes Film Festival led many to consider that it might make the ultimate lower.
Other favourites within the Best International Film class are director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car and Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person within the World. Here’s the total record:
Great Freedom (Austria) – dir. Sebastian MeisePlayground (Belgium) – dir. Laura WandelLunana: A Yak within the Classroom (Bhutan) – dir. Pawo Choyning DorjiFlee (Denmark) – dir. Jonas Poher RasmussenCompartment No. 6 (Finland) – dir. Juho KuosmanenI’m Your Man (Germany) – dir. Maria SchraderLamb (Iceland) – dir. Valdimar JóhannssonA Hero (Iran) – dir. Asghar FarhadiThe Hand of God (Italy) – dir. Paolo SorrentinoDrive My Car (Japan) – dir. Ryusuke HamaguchiHive (Kosovo) – dir. Blerta BasholliPrayers for the Stolen (Mexico) – dir. Tatiana HuezoThe Worst Person within the World (Norway) – dir. Joachim TrierPlaza Catedral (Panama) – dir. Abner BenaimThe Good Boss (Spain) – dir. Fernando León de Aranoa
Despite Pebbles’ omission, India has a motive to have fun. Directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s Writing with Fire, a movie a few newspaper run by Dalit ladies, has been shortlisted within the Best Documentary Feature class. Here’s the total record:
Ascension (MTV Documentary Films) – dir. Jessica KingdonAttica (Showtime) – dir. Stanley NelsonBillie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry (Apple Original Films) – dir. RJ CutlerFaya Dayi (Janus Films) – dir. Jessica BeshirThe First Wave (National Geographic) – dir. Matthew HeinemanFlee (Neon) – dir. Jonas Poher RasmussenIn the Same Breath (HBO Documentary Films) – dir. Nanfu WangJulia (Sony Pictures Classics) – dir. Julie Cohen, Betsy WestPresident (Greenwich Entertainment) – dir. Camilla NielssonProcession (Netflix) – dir. Robert GreeneThe Rescue (National Geographic) – dir. Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai VasarhelyiSimple as Water (HBO Documentary Films) – dir. Megan MylanSummer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” (Hulu/Searchlight Pictures) – dir. Quest LoveThe Velvet Underground (Apple Original Films) – dir. Todd HaynesWriting with Fire (Music Box Films) – dir. Rintu Thomas

Academy producers must be happy with the Best Original Song shortlist, which incorporates a number of the largest pop stars on the planet. At least three will finally carry out throughout the ceremony, which wants a determined leg up after scoring its lowest ever scores final 12 months. Here’s the record:
So May We Start? from Annette (Amazon Studios) Ron Mael, Russell Mael (Sparks)Down To Joy from Belfast (Focus Features) Van MorrisonRight Where I Belong from Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (Screen Media Films) Brian Wilson, Jim JamesAutomatic Woman from Bruised (Netflix) H.E.R. (different songwriters to be added)Dream Girl from Cinderella (Amazon Studios) Idina Menzel, Laura VeltzBeyond The Shore from CODA (Apple Original Films) Nicholai Baxter, Matt Dahan, Sian Heder, Marius de VriesThe Anonymous Ones from Dear Evan Hansen (Universal Pictures) Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Amandla StenbergJust Look Up from Don’t Look Up (Netflix) Nicholas Britell, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Taura StinsonDos Oruguitas from Encanto (Walt Disney Pictures) Lin-Manuel MirandaSomehow You Do from Four Good Days (Vertical Entertainment) Diane WarrenGuns Go Bang from The Harder They Fall (Netflix) Jeymes Samuel, Scott Mescudi, Shawn CarterBe Alive from King Richard (Warner Bros) Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, DixsonNo Time To Die from No Time to Die (MGM/United Artists Releasing) Billie Eilish, Finneas O’ConnellHere I Am (Singing My Way Home) from Respect (MGM/United Artists Releasing) Jamie Alexander Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, Carole KingYour Song Saved My Life from Sing 2 (Illumination/Universal Pictures) Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr.
Shortlists have been additionally unveiled for the make-up and hairstyling, sound, visible results, unique rating, and quick movies; animated, documentary and live-action. The 94th Academy Awards can be held on March 27; the ultimate nominees can be introduced on February 8.