India’s Lapakta Ladies is out of the Oscar race as the shortlist for the 97th Oscars was announced in 10 categories, including the Best International Feature category. Santosh, another Indian film co-produced by the United Kingdom and its official entry this year, made the shortlist.
However, the live action short Anuja produced by Guneet Monga Kapoor has been shortlisted in the category. The film focuses on the use of child labor in the textile industry.
Laapataa Ladies was not shortlisted for Oscar
The Oscar shortlist whittles down submissions to a list of 15 films from 85 countries. This year, films like Emilia Perez and The Girl with the Needle and From Ground Zero made the list. Directed by Kiran Rao and produced by Aamir Khan, India’s official entry Missing Ladies follows two young brides in rural India searching for themselves after being separated from their husbands.
Here are the full 2025 Oscar shortlists:
International feature film
Brazil, I’m still here
Canada, the universal language
Czech Republic, Waves
Denmark, girl with needle
France, Emilia Perez
Germany, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Iceland, touch
Ireland, Kneecap
Italy, Vermiglio
Latvia, Flo
Norway, Armand
Palestine, from ground zero
Senegal, Dahomey
Thailand, How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
United Kingdom, Santosh
Makeup and hairstyling
Apprentice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
A different person
Dunes: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Maria
Nosferatu
substance
Waltzing with Brando
evil
Documentary feature film
BB files
The Black Box Diaries
Dahomey
daughters
Anno
Frieda
Hollywoodgate
No other land
The porcelain war
the queen
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
The soundtrack to a coup d’Etat
sugar cane
Union
Will and Harper
Documentary short film
Following Rs
Death by the numbers
eternal father
I’m ready, warden
event
Beating heart instruments
the protector
Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World
At one time in Ukraine
The only girl in the orchestra
Planetwalker
Quilters
Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr
Swimming lessons
Until he returns
Music (Original Score)
Alien: Romulus
the girl
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Blink twice
Blitz
brutalist
The challengers
Conference
Emilia Perez
The fire within
Gladiator II
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
Inside out 2
Nosferatu
Adjacent room
sing
Six triple eight
evil
wild robot
The Maiden and the Sea
Music (Original Song)
“Forbidden Road” by Good Man
“Winter Coat” from Blitz
“Compress/Repress” from Challengers
“Never Too Late” by Elton John: Never too late
“El Mal” by Emilia Pérez
“Mi Camino” by Emilia Pérez
“Sick in the Head” by Kneecap
“Bind” from Moana 2
“Tell Me It’s You” from Mufasa: The Lion King
Piece by piece from “piece by piece”.
“Like a Bird” from Sing Sing
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight
“Out of Oklahoma” from Twisters
“Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot
“Harper and Will Go West” from Will and Harper
Animated short film
Au Revoir Mon Monde
A bear named Wojtek
handsome men
Bottle George
A crab in a pond
In the shadow of Cyprus
Magic candies
Maybe elephants
to me
Origami
Persebase
21
Wander in wonder
The Wild-Tempered Clavier
Yuck!
Live action short film
Anuja
Clodagh
the patriot
the crust
Dovecot
The edge of space
The ice cream man
I’m not a robot
The last ranger
A. Lien
A man who cannot sit still
A masterpiece
Orange from Jaffa
Paris 70
took the room
the sound
Alien: Romulus
Blitz
A complete unknown
Deadpool and Wolverine
Dunes: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Gladiator II
Joker: Folie à Deux
evil
wild robot
visual effects
Alien: Romulus
good man
civil war
Deadpool and Wolverine
Dunes: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Mufasa: The Lion King
The twisters
evil
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