It it going to be Marvel’s year at the Oscars? Shortlist in 9 categories announced

Shortlists in nine Oscars categories, including Best Visual Effects and Best Foreign Language Film, were announced by the Academy on Monday.

The Academy on Monday announced shortlists in nine categories for the upcoming Oscars. Contenders in fields such as Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Score and Best Visual Effects were named.

This image released by Disney shows Michael B. Jordan, left, and Chadwick Boseman in a scene from Marvel Studios' Black Panther. (AP)

Village Rockstars, India’s official entry to the 91st Academy Awards, did not make it to the shortlist of nine films. Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma cemented its place as the favourite in the foreign language category - it is also seen as a Best Picture frontrunner. The eight other films include:

Colombia, Birds of PassageDenmark, The GuiltyGermany, Never Look AwayJapan, ShopliftersKazakhstan, AykaLebanon, CapernaumPoland, Cold WarSouth Korea, Burning

The films vying for the Best Visual Effects Oscar include three Marvel movies, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther and Ant-Man and the Wasp. Black Panther is also seen as a strong contender for a Best Picture nomination.

Here are the other Best Visual Effects nominees:

This image released by Disney shows Lupita Nyong'o, from left, Chadwick Boseman and Letitia Wright in a scene from Black Panther.

Infinity War and Black Panther were also shortlisted in the Best Original Score category, and Kendrick Lamar’s Blank Panther track, All the Stars was shortlisted in the Best Original Song category.

Here are the contenders in the Best Original Song category:

When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings from The Ballad of Buster ScruggsTreasure from Beautiful BoyAll The Stars from Black PantherRevelation from Boy ErasedGirl In The Movies from Dumplin’We Won’t Move from The Hate U GiveThe Place Where Lost Things Go from Mary Poppins ReturnsTrip A Little Light Fantastic from Mary Poppins ReturnsKeep Reachin’ from QuincyI’ll Fight” from RBGA Place Called Slaughter Race from Ralph Breaks the InternetOYAHYTT from Sorry to Bother YouShallow from A Star Is BornSuspirium from SuspiriaThe Big Unknown from Widows

This image released by Warner Bros. shows Bradley Cooper, left, and Lady Gaga in a scene from the latest reboot of the film, A Star is Born.

Best Original Score:

AnnihilationAvengers: Infinity WarThe Ballad of Buster ScruggsBlack PantherBlacKkKlansmanCrazy Rich AsiansThe Death of StalinFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldFirst ManIf Beale Street Could TalkIsle of DogsMary Poppins ReturnsA Quiet PlaceReady Player OneVice

Other shortlists to be announced include the Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Animated Short, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. You can check out the shortlisted films here:

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

CarolineChuchotageDetainmentFauveIcareMargueriteMay DayMotherSkinWale

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

Age of SailAnimal BehaviourBaoBilbyBird KarmaLate AfternoonLost & FoundOne Small StepPépé le MorseWeekends

This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Joe Mazzello, from left, Ben Hardy, Rami Malek and Gwilym Lee in a scene from Bohemian Rhapsody.

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Black PantherBohemian RhapsodyBorderMary Queen of ScotsStan & OllieSuspiriaVice

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

Black SheepEnd GameLifeboatLos ComandosMy Dead Dad’s Porno TapesA Night at the GardenPeriod. End of Sentence.’63 BoycottWomen of the GulagZion

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Charm CityCommunionCrime + PunishmentDark MoneyThe Distant Barking of DogsFree SoloHale County This Morning, This EveningMinding the GapOf Fathers and SonsOn Her ShouldersRBGShirkersThe Silence of OthersThree Identical StrangersWon’t You Be My Neighbor?

Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on January 22, and the ceremony will be held on February 25 in Hollywood.

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