* Italicized are nominees
* Bold are winners

King Elvis was The Whale.
Often packed in a bottle
is the Aftersun,
Perhaps The Banshees of Inisherin
are indeed real and Living.

Pinocchio was Turning Red,
The Sea Beast smiled,
Puss in Boots had The Last Wish,
Off went
Marcel The Shell with Shoes On.

Oh glitz and fashion galore
Babylon ain’t a store,
So Mrs Harris Goes to Paris,
Black Panther Wakanda Forever
taking home the costumes Oscar.

Navalny tried to fix
A House Made of Splinters,
Fire of Love is
All That Breathes,
Documentaries are still darn good,
With
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed.

The Elephant Whisperers aren’t
the Stranger At The Gate,
How Do You Measure A Year?
Maybe Haulout the sorrow and fear,
Short films are picture perfect.
And there was,
The Martha Mitchell Effect.

When films come from overseas,
we open our hearts,
and Close our eyes.
The Quiet Girl and EO
went to Argentina 1985.
Four decades before they arrive,
it was All Quiet On The Western Front.

King Elvis was also a
Top Gun Maverick.
Avatar is The Way of Water.
Doesn’t it echo with
the tunes of TAR?
The Fabelmans aren’t a
Triangle of Sadness.
When Women Talking
‘Tis like
Everything Everywhere All At Once.

They were the unsung before,
yet trendy, jazzy and catchy.
Hey, Lift Me Up.
Hold My Hand.
Swing to the tune,
Shake to the beat.
Naatu Naatu was the slogan,
Just as Applause began.
Ain’t not strife,
This Is A Life!