Oscars 2023: RRR Song, Chhello Show, All That Breathes shortlisted

Three films from India are part of multiple shortlists for the 2023 Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday. The high-energy dance song “Naatu Naatu” from SS Rajamouli’s action-packed affair RRR competes for Best Original Song. India’s international feature film entry this year is Pan Nalin-directed Chhello Show / The Last Film Show, which competes against the likes of Joyland, a first-ever nomination for Pakistan. AMPAS has unveiled shortlists for the 2023 Oscars in 10 categories, with entries being trimmed down to five or six, with all other nominees to be announced on January 24, 2023. The 95th Academy Awards is scheduled to take place on March 12, 2023.

The third Indian film to receive a mention is Anything that breathes, a New Delhi-based documentary directed by Shaunak Sen that investigates two brothers who devote their lives to treating injured birds. All That Breathes was also nominated in the Best Documentary category. It is one of the 15 best films to have made it into cinemas Academy list, after surviving a tough competition against 143 others. All That Breathes has not yet secured an Indian release.

Films from 92 countries and regions were eligible for the International Feature Shortlist after meeting a “minimum viewability requirement” to be eligible to vote. In the nomination round academy Members must view all 15 films before deciding on their nomination for the Grand oscars Event.

Set against the backdrop of a Gujarati village, Chhello show explores the childlike innocence of a nine-year-old boy who spends a summer captivated by the magic of cinema, inspiring him to create one of his own – unaware of the heartbreaking times that await him. The movie is currently available to see on Netflix in Gujarati language, alongside a Hindi dub.

India’s neighbor Pakistan is also shortlisted for international feature films — joy land. In it, a patriarchal family’s dreams of having a baby boy are shattered when their youngest son falls in love with a transgender starlet. Joyland is the first Pakistani film to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. It was released in Pakistan in mid-November but has no date in India yet.

Here are the complete International Feature Film, Original Song and Documentary Feature shortlists – in alphabetical order.

Oscars 2023 Shortlisted for International Feature Films

1. Argentina, Argentina, 1985
2. Austria, corsage
3. Belgium, Vicinity
4. Cambodia, Return to Seoul
5. Denmark, Holy Spider
6. France, Holy Omer
7. Germany, nothing new in the West
8. India, last screening
9. Ireland, the quiet girl
10. Mexico, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
11. Morocco, The blue caftan
12. Pakistan, Joyland
13. Poland, EO
14. South Korea, decision to go
15. Sweden, Cairo Conspiracy

2023 Oscars Music (Original Song) Shortlisted

1. “time” off Amsterdam
2. “Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)”. Avatar: The Way of Water
3. “Pick me up” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
4. “This is a life”. Everything everywhere at once
5. “Ciao Papa” off Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro
6. “Until you get home” off A man named Otto
7. “Naatu Naatu” off RRR
8. “My Spirit & I” off Selena Gomez: My mind and I
9. “Good day” off Spirited
10. “Applause” from “Tell It Like A Woman”.
11. “Get up” by Till
12. “Hold my hand”. Top Gun: Maverick
13. “Dust & Ash” from “The Voice of Dust and Ash”.
14. “Carolina” off Where the crayfish sing
15. “New Body Rhumba” out White noise

Oscars 2023 Shortlist for Documentaries

1. Anything that breathes
2. All the beauty and the bloodshed
3. Bad axe
4. Children of the Mist
5. descendant
6. fire of love
7. Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
8. Hidden Letters
9. A house of splinters
10. the janes
11. Last flight home
12. Moontime Daydream
13. Navalny
14. declining
15. the territory

The seven other shortlists for the 2023 Oscars, announced Wednesday, include Documentary Short, Make-up and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Animated Short, Live-Action Short, Sound and Visual Effects. Major competitors include All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, don’t worry darlingeverything everywhere at once The Fabelmans, Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryPinocchio by Guillermo del Toro, nope, The Banshees by Inisherinand Top Gun: Maverick. Also, Matt Reeves’ The Batman was shortlisted in three categories – Visual Effects, Sound, and Make-up & Hairstyling.

The nominees for all other categories of the 2023 Oscars will be announced directly on January 24, 2023.