It's no secret that awards season is a marathon, not a sprint, and for many, the finish line is the Academy Awards. Admittedly, we're still a while off from the winners being announced, but the race for Oscars recognition is already heating up.

This morning, the Academy unveiled its official Oscars shortlist in 11 of 24 categories, giving us our first real indication of which films are gaining momentum ahead of nomination day. While nothing is guaranteed at this stage, the shortlist is the first step in forecasting which titles — and talents — are most likely to hear their names called when the final nominations are announced. So, which projects are likely to walk home successful? Below, read the full Oscars nominations shortlist.

What is the Oscars shortlist?

Ahead of the official nominations, the Academy conducts a preliminary voting round to determine its annual shortlist. This process narrows the field in select categories, spotlighting the films that have impressed voters early on in the awards cycle.

The shortlist applies to a specific set of categories: animated short film, documentary feature, documentary short, international feature, live action short, makeup and hairstyling, original score, original song, sound, and visual effects. To be eligible for a final nomination in these areas, a film must first pass through this stage.

When are the official nominations announced?

Expect these on January 22 (or 23, for those of us in Australia), followed by the actual Academy Awards ceremony on March 15.

Best casting shortlist

• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• One Battle after Another
• The Secret Agent
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Sirât
• Weapons
• Wicked: For Good

Best cinematography shortlist

• Ballad of a Small Player
• Bugonia
• Die My Love
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Nouvelle Vague
• One Battle after Another
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
• Sirât
• Song Sung Blue
• Sound of Falling
• Train Dreams
• Wicked: For Good

Best makeup and hairstyling shortlist

• The Alto Knights
• Frankenstein
• Kokuho
• Marty Supreme
• Nuremberg
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners
• The Smashing Machine
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Wicked: For Good

Best score shortlist

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Bugonia
• Captain America: Brave New World
• Diane Warren: Relentless
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet
• Hedda
• A House of Dynamite
• Jay Kelly
• Marty Supreme
• Nuremberg
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners
• Sirât
• Train Dreams
• Tron: Ares
• Truth and Treason
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• Wicked: For Good

Best original song shortlist

• “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from Tron: Ares
• “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
• “Dream As One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash
• “Drive” from F1
• “Dying To Live” from Billy Idol Should Be Dead
• “The Girl In The Bubble” from Wicked: For Good
• “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
• “Highest 2 Lowest” from Highest 2 Lowest
• “I Lied To You” from Sinners
• “Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from Sinners
• “No Place Like Home” from Wicked: For Good
• “Our Love” from The Ballad of Wallis Island
• “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from Come See Me in the Good Light
• “Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Viva Verdi!
• “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams

Best sound shortlist

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• One Battle after Another
• Sinners
• Sirât
• Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
• Superman
• Wicked: For Good

Best visual effects shortlist

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• The Electric State
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Jurassic World Rebirth
• The Lost Bus
• Sinners
• Superman
• Tron: Ares
• Wicked: For Good

Best documentary feature shortlist

• The Alabama Solution
• Apocalypse in the Tropics
• Coexistence, My Ass!
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Cover-Up
• Cutting through Rocks
• Folktales
• Holding Liat
• Mr. Nobody against Putin
• Mistress Dispeller
• My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Seeds
• 2000 Meters to Andriivka
• Yanuni

Best international feature shortlist

• Argentina, “Belén”
• Brazil, “The Secret Agent”
• France, “It Was Just an Accident”
• Germany, “Sound of Falling”
• India, “Homebound”
• Iraq, “The President’s Cake”
• Japan, “Kokuho”
• Jordan, “All That’s Left of You”
• Norway, “Sentimental Value”
• Palestine, “Palestine 36”
• South Korea, “No Other Choice”
• Spain, “Sirât”
• Switzerland, “Late Shift”
• Taiwan, “Left-Handed Girl”
• Tunisia, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”

Best animated short shortlist

• Autokar”
• “Butterfly”
• “Cardboard”
• “Éiru”
• “Forevergreen”
• “The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
• “Hurikán”
• “I Died in Irpin”
• “The Night Boots”
• “Playing God”
• “The Quinta's Ghost”
• “Retirement Plan”
• “The Shyness of Trees”
• “Snow Bear”
• “The Three Sisters”

Best documentary short shortlist

• All the Empty Rooms”
• “All the Walls Came Down”
• “Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
• “Bad Hostage”
• “Cashing Out”
• “Chasing Time”
• “Children No More: “Were and Are Gone””
• “Classroom 4”
• “The Devil Is Busy”
• “Heartbeat”
• “Last Days on Lake Trinity”
• “On Healing Land, Birds Perch”
• “Perfectly a Strangeness”
• “Rovina’s Choice”
• “We Were the Scenery”

Best live-action short shortlist

• “Ado”
• “Amarela”
• “Beyond Silence”
• “The Boy with White Skin”
• “Butcher’s Stain”
• “Butterfly on a Wheel”
• “Dad’s Not Home”
• “Extremist”
• “A Friend of Dorothy”
• “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
• “Pantyhose”
• “The Pearl Comb”
• “Rock, Paper, Scissors”
• “The Singers”
• “Two People Exchanging Saliva”