Oscars announce 2021 shortlist in nine categories: Which songs and films made the cut?

An expose about government corruption around a Bucharest nightclub fire, a look into the extent of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr and an exploration of the origins of the disability rights movement are among the documentary films that are advancing to the next round of Oscar voting. On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled its shortlists for several categories, including Documentary Feature, International Feature, Original Song, Original Score, Visual Effects and Make-up and Hairstyling. Titles as diverse as Tenet (for score and visual effects), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (for the original Wuhan Flu Song ), Eurovision Song Contest (for song) and Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Story (for score, song and make-up) are in the initial mix. Academy Award nominations will be announced on March 15. The documentary category includes Collective , MLK/FBI , Netflix's Crip Camp and Dick Johnson is Dead . The competitive list also has The Truffle Hunters , Time , Boys State, All In: The Fight for Democracy , about voter suppression, Welcome to Chechnya , about Russia's anti-LGBTQ efforts, and 76 Days , about the early pandemic in Wuhan. The 15 films were culled from 238 eligible titles. Somewhat surprisingly, Bryan Fogel's Jamal Khashoggi assassination documentary, The Dissident , was not included. Fogel's previous film Icarus won the Academy Award. Romania's Collective is also one of the 15 films shortlisted for International Feature, as are France's Two of Us , Denmark's Another Round , Mexico's I'm No Longer Here , Chile's The Mole Agent , Hong Kong's Better Days , Iran's Sun Children and Guatemala's La Llorona . A record 93 countries submitted films for consideration. The Korean-American film Minari , which was controversially nominated for a foreign language Golden Globe, was not eligible in the same category for the Oscars. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross could find themselves double nominees, as both Soul and Mank were shortlisted for Original Score. Others include Ludwig Goransson for Tenet , Emile Mosseri for Minari and James Newton Howard for News of the World . Original songs that made the shortlist in addition to Wuhan Flu include Janelle Monae's Turntables , from All In: The Fight for Democracy , Leslie Odom Jr's Speak Now , from One Night in Miami... , John Legend's Never Break , from Giving Voice and HER's Fight for You , from Judas and the Black Messiah . Justin Timberlake's Just Sing , from Trolls World Tour did not make the cut. Winners will be announced at the 93rd Oscars on Sunday, April 25. Documentary Feature All In: The Fight for Democracy Boys State Collective Crip Camp Dick Johnson is Dead Gunda MLK/FBI The Mole Agent My Octopus Teacher Notturno The Painter and the Thief 76 Days Time The Truffle Hunters Welcome to Chechnya Documentary Short Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa Call Centre Blues Colette A Concerto is a Conversation Do Not Split Hunger Ward Hysterical Girl A Love Song for Latasha The Speed Cubers What Would Sophia Loren Do? International Feature Bosnia and Herzegovina, Quo Vadis, Aida? Chile, The Mole Agent Czech Republic, Charlatan Denmark, Another Round France, Two of Us Guatemala, La Llorona Hong Kong, Better Days Iran, Sun Children Ivory Coast, Night of the Kings Mexico, I'm No Longer Here Norway, Hope Romania, Collective Russia, Dear Comrades! Taiwan, A Sun Tunisia, The Man Who Sold His Skin Make-up and Hair Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn Emma The Glorias Hillbilly Elegy Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey The Little Things Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank One Night in Miami... Pinocchio Music (Original Score) Ammonite Blizzard of Souls Da 5 Bloods The Invisible Man Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se) The Little Things Mank The Midnight Sky Minari Mulan News of the World Soul Tenet The Trial of the Chicago 7 Music (Original Song) Turntables from All In: The Fight for Democracy See What You've Done from Belly of the Beast Wuhan Flu from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Husavik from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Never Break from Giving Voice Make It Work from Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Fight For You from Judas and the Black Messiah Io Si (Seen) from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se) Rain Song from Minari Show Me Your Soul from Mr Soul! Loyal Brave True from Mulan Free from The One and Only Ivan Speak Now from One Night in Miami ... Green from Sound of Metal Hear My Voice from The Trial of the Chicago 7 Animated Short Burrow Genius Loci If Anything Happens I Love You Kapaemahu Opera Out The Snail and the Whale To Gerard Traces Yes-People Live Action Short Bittu Da Yie Feeling Through The Human Voice The Kicksled Choir The Letter Room The Present Two Distant Strangers The Van White Eye Visual Effects Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn Bloodshot Love and Monsters Mank The Midnight Sky Mulan The One and Only Ivan Soul Tenet Welcome to Chechnya

Oscars announce 2021 shortlist in nine categories: Which songs and films made the cut?

The nominees for International Feature, Documentary Feature and Original Score were among those announced on Tuesday