La Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas anunció a los precalificados de nueve categorías, entre las que destaca Mejores Efectos Visuales, Mejor Película Internacional y Mejor Canción.

Los miembros de la Academia podrán votar entre el 5 y 10 de marzo, la lista completa de nominados se anunciará el 15 de marzo del 2021. La ceremonia de entrega de premios se realizará el 25 de abril del 2021.

La lista completa de categorías y sus precalificados son:

Documental

• “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”

Documental Corto

• “Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa”
• “Call Center 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?”

Película Internacional

• 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”

Maquillaje y Peinado

• “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”

Banda Sonora

• “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”

Canción Original:

• “Turntables” from “All In: The Fight for Democracy”
• “See What You’ve Done” from “Belly of the Beast”
• “Wuhan Flu” from “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
• “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”
• “lo Sì (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”

Corto Animado:

• “Burrow”
• “Genius Loci”
• “If Anything Happens I Love You”
• “Kapaemahu”
• “Opera”
• “Out”
• “The Snail and the Whale”
• “To Gerard”
• “Traces”
• “Yes-People”

Cortometraje de Acción en Vivo

• “Bittu”
• “Da Yie”
• “Feeling Through”
• “The Human Voice”
• “The Kicksled Choir”
• “The Letter Room”
• “The Present”
• “Two Distant Strangers”
• “The Van”
• “White Eye” 

Efectos Visuales

• “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”