Priyanka Chopra, Guneet Monga’s Anuja gets nominated at Oscars 2025 in THIS category, Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light misses out

It seems that every filmmaker aspires to be nominated and win an award at the Oscars. In the year 2025, during the 97th Academy Awards (or Oscars), the film Anuja, which is produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mindy Kaling, and Guneet Monga, was nominated in the category of Live Action Short Film at the Oscar Awards. Regrettably, Payal Kapadia’s film All We Imagine As Light did not receive a nomination.

Today, on January 23, 2025, The Academy shared on their official platform (previously Twitter) that they had announced the nominees for the Live Action Short Film category of the 2025 Oscar Awards. The crew behind the American-Hindi film Anuja likely felt a surge of excitement upon seeing their name among the nominees. This film is led by director Adam J Graves and boasts producers Priyanka Chopra, Mindy Kaling, and Academy Award winner Guneet Monga.

Payal Kapadia’s acclaimed movie, “All We Imagine As Light,” was anticipated to secure nominations at the 97th Academy Awards. Regrettably, it didn’t manage to secure a nomination. Competing in the Live Action Short Film category are also films such as “A Lien,” “I’m Not A Robot,” “The Last Ranger,” and “The Man Who Couldn’t Keep Quiet.

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Hopping right into it, here are the incredible nominees for this year’s Live Action Short Film category at the Oscars! They may be short on time, but they’re big on talent! #Oscars

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2025-01-23 19:52