2021 has started on a good note for Tahira Kashyap who launched a cinema collective, ‘Indian Women Rising’, along with Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga and Ruchikaa Kapoor. Soon after announcing their first project, ‘Bittu’, the short film has managed to attract the attention of critics with its stellar screenplay and performances.
Directed by Karishma Dev Dube, ‘Bittu’ has bagged a place in the Oscars race under the ‘Live Action Short Film’ category alongside ‘Da Yie’, ‘Feeling Through’, ‘The Human Voice’, ‘The Kicksled Choir’, ‘The Letter Room’, ‘The Present’, ‘Two Distant Strangers’, ‘The Van’ and ‘White Eye’.
This ecstatic news was announced by Tahira on Instagram where she stated that she can’t keep calm and ‘Bittu’ is special as it was the first project of ‘Indian Women Rising’. Wishing congratulations to all the ‘rockstars’, the writer is happy that her heart along with the other three founders is in the right place.
Expressing her excitement over the same, here’s the boomerang Tahira posted on social media:
In the early hours of today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also announced shortlists in nine categories. The nominations will be announced on 15 March and the 93 Oscars will be held on 25 April. Till then, have a look at the shortlisted nominations:
1.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’
2.Documentary Short Subject:
‘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?’
3.International Feature Film:
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”
4.Makeup & Hairstyling:
“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”
5.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”
6.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: 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”
“Io 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”
7.Animated Short Film:
“Burrow”
“Genius Loci”
“If Anything Happens I Love You”
“Kapaemahu”
“Opera”
“Out”
“The Snail and the Whale”
“To Gerard”
“Traces”
“Yes-People”
8. 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”
Announcing the 93rd #Oscars shortlists! https://t.co/j8AtB09vsO
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 9, 2021
