- Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, and Chloé Zhao
- The Father – Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi, and David Parfitt
- Judas and the Black Messiah – Ryan Coogler, Charles D. King, and Shaka King
- Mank – Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, and Douglas Urbanski
- Minari – Christina Oh
- Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox, and Josey McNamara
- Sound of Metal – Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Stuart M. Besser and Marc Platt
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- Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja
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- Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
- Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, and Kenny Lucas
- Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
- Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Abraham Marder and Darius Marder; Story by Derek Cianfrance and Darius Marder
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin
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- The Father – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller; based on the play by Zeller
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja, and Dan Swimer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Nina Pedrad, and Dan Swimer; based on the character by Baron Cohen
- Nomadland – Chloé Zhao; based on the book by Jessica Bruder
- One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers; based on his play
- The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani; based on the novel by Aravind Adiga
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- Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray
- Onward – Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
- Over the Moon – Peilin Chou, Glen Keane, and Gennie Rin
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Will Becher, Paul Kewley, and Richard Phelan
- Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants, Ross Stewart, and Paul Young
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- Another Round (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Thomas Vinterberg
- Better Days (Hong Kong) in Mandarin – directed by Derek Tsang
- Collective (Romania) in Romanian – directed by Alexander Nanau
- The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) in Arabic – directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
- Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnian – directed by Jasmila Žbanić
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- My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, and Craig Foster
- Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
- Crip Camp – Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht, and Nicole Newnham
- The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
- Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino, and Kellen Quinn
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Best Documentary Short Subject
- Colette – Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
- A Concerto Is a Conversation – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
- Do Not Split – Anders Sømme Hammer and Charlotte Cook
- Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman
- A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan
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- Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
- Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
- The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
- The Present – Ossama Bawardi and Farah Nabulsi
- White Eye – Shira Hochman and Tomer Shushan
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- If Anything Happens I Love You – Michael Govier and Will McCormack
- Burrow – Michael Capbarat and Madeline Sharafian
- Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
- Opera – Erick Oh
- Yes-People – Arnar Gunnarsson and Gísli Darri Halldórsson
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- "Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by Dernst Emile II and H.E.R.; lyrics by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
- "Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; lyrics by Celeste Waite and Daniel Pemberton
- "Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Music and lyrics by Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus, and Savan Kotecha
- "Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; lyrics by Laura Pausini and Diane Warren
- "Speak Now" from One Night in Miami... – Music and lyrics by Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.
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- Sound of Metal – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, and Michelle Couttolenc
- Greyhound – Beau Borders, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw, and David Wyman
- Mank – Ren Klyce, Drew Kunin, Jeremy Molod, Nathan Nance, and David Parker
- News of the World – William Miller, John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith, and Oliver Tarney
- Soul – Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, and David Parker
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- Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
- The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton
- News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
- Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
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- Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
- Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
- News of the World – Dariusz Wolski
- Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael
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- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Sergio López-Rivera, Mia Neal, and Jamika Wilson
- Emma – Laura Allen, Marese Langan, and Claudia Stolze
- Hillbilly Elegy – Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, and Matthew W. Mungle
- Mank – Colleen LaBaff, Kimberley Spiteri, and Gigi Williams
- Pinocchio – Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier, and Francesco Pegoretti
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- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth
- Emma – Alexandra Byrne
- Mank – Trish Summerville
- Mulan – Bina Daigeler
- Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini
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- Sound of Metal – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
- The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
- Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
- Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten
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- Tenet – Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, David Lee, and Andrew Lockley
- Love and Monsters – Genevieve Camilleri, Brian Cox, Matt Everitt, and Matt Sloan
- The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, and David Watkins
- Mulan – Sean Andrew Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, and Seth Maury
- The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones, and Santiago Colomo Martínez
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