Oscar Nominations 2025: Kanguva, Girls Will Be Girls & more, full list of Indian films in contenders' list
With the 97th Academy Awards rapidly approaching, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided a while back which 323 feature films are eligible for this year's Oscars. The list of 207 films vying for the prestegious Best Picture prize now includes seven Indian productions.
Oscar Nominations 2025: A while ago, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 323 feature films that are eligible for this year's Oscars, with the 97th Academy Awards quickly approaching. Seven Indian films have made it onto the list of the 207 films competing for the prestigious Best Picture award. Scroll down to know about Indian films that are in contenders' list.
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Oscar nominations 2025: Full list of Indian films in contenders' list
- Kanguva (Tamil)
- Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life) (Malayalam)
- Santosh (Hindi)
- Swatantrya Veer Savarkar (Hindi)
- All We Imagine as Light (Malayalam-Hindi)
- Girls Will Be Girls (Hindi-English)
- Putul (Bengali)
When is Oscar 2025 nominations event happening?
The Academy has announced that the nominations for the 97th Oscars will be revealed on Thursday, January 23rd, at 8:30 AM ET / 5:30 AM PT. The event will be streamed on multiple platforms, including Oscar.com, Oscars.org, ABC, Hulu, Disney+, and the Academy¡¯s social media channels, such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.
Hosts this year are Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott.
For the Indian audience, the nominations event will start at 7PM on 23rd Janaury 2025.
More about the nominations
Animated Short Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, International Feature, Live Action Short, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Original Song, Sound, and Visual Effects are among the ten categories for which the Academy has also released the shortlists prior to the presentation.
Fifteen films advanced to the next round of voting in the International Feature Film category. Here's where they land on the map:
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Brazil, I'M STILL HERE
Canada, UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Czech Republic, WAVES
Denmark, THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
France, EMILIA P?REZ
Germany, THE SEED OF¡ pic.twitter.com/D0Q02lk61B
Anuja, an Indian-inspired short film executive produced by two-time Oscar winner Guneet Monga, is a noteworthy submission.
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