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Nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards

The nominations for the 97th annual Academy Awards were revealed on Thursday morning, with "Emilia Pérez," "A Complete Unknown," and "Conclave" leading in total nominations. This follows the nominations being delayed twice due to wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

"Emilia Pérez," a crime musical about a cartel leader who has transitioned, leads with 13 nominations. This is just one short of the record for most nominations for a single film; "Titanic," "All About Eve," and "La La Land" each received 14.

Actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who plays the title role, made history as the first transgender woman nominated in an acting category. She joins a competitive group that includes Cynthia Erivo from "Wicked" and Demi Moore, whose role in the body horror film "The Substance" has sparked discussions on the industry's treatment of older women. Both Moore and the film were anticipated to receive nominations in top Oscar categories.

Following "Emilia Pérez" in total nominations are "The Brutalist" and "Wicked," each with 10 nominations. These three films, along with "The Substance," are among the 10 nominated for best picture, joined by "A Complete Unknown," "Conclave," "Anora," "Dune: Part Two," "Nickel Boys," and "I'm Still Here."



"Emilia Pérez" recently won four Golden Globes, including best motion picture musical or comedy and best supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña. "The Brutalist," a 215-minute epic about a Holocaust survivor moving to America post-WWII, won Golden Globes for best motion picture drama, and lead actor Adrian Brody was also a Globe winner. Both Saldaña and Brody received Oscar nominations in their respective categories.


Full list of nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards

Best picture

  • "Anora" (Neon)

  • "The Brutalist" (A24)

  • "A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight)

  • "Conclave" (Focus)

  • "Dune: Part Two" (Warner Bros.)

  • "Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)

  • "I'm Still Here" (Sony Classics)

  • "Nickel Boys" (Amazon/MGM)

  • "The Substance" (Mubi)

  • "Wicked" (Universal)

Best director

  • Sean Baker, "Anora"

  • Brady Corbet, "The Brutalist"

  • James Mangold, "A Complete Unknown"

  • Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez"

  • Coralie Fargeat, "The Substance"

Best actress

  • Cynthia Erivo, "Wicked"

  • Karla Sofia Gascón, "Emilia Pérez"

  • Mikey Madison, "Anora"

  • Demi Moore, "The Substance"

  • Fernanda Torres, "I'm Still Here"

Best actor

  • Adrian Brody, "The Brutalist"

  • Timothée Chalamet, "A Complete Unknown"

  • Colman Domingo, "Sing Sing"

  • Ralph Fiennes, "Conclave"

  • Sebastian Stan, "The Apprentice"

Best supporting actress

  • Monica Barbaro, "A Complete Unknown"

  • Ariana Grande, "Wicked"

  • Felicity Jones, "The Brutalist"

  • Isabella Rossellini, "Conclave"

  • Zoe Saldaña, "Emilia Pérez"

Best supporting actor

  • Yura Borisov, "Anora"

  • Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain"

  • Edward Norton, "A Complete Unknown"

  • Guy Pearce, "The Brutalist"

  • Jeremy Strong, "The Apprentice"

Best original screenplay

  • "Anora," Sean Baker

  • "The Brutalist," Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold

  • "A Real Pain," Jesse Eisenberg

  • "September 5," Tim Fehlbaum & Moritz Binder

  • "The Substance," Coralie Fargeat

Best adapted screenplay

  • "A Complete Unknown," Jay Cocks & James Mangold

  • "Conclave," Peter Straughan

  • "Emilia Pérez," Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain & Nicolas Livecchi

  • "Nickel Boys," RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

  • "Sing Sing," Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin & John "Divine G" Whitfield

Best international feature

  • "I'm Still Here," Walter Salles (Brazil)

  • "The Girl with the Needle," Magnus von Horn (Denmark)

  • "Emilia Pérez," Jacques Audiard (France)

  • "The Seed of the Sacred Fig," Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany)

  • "Flow," Miguel Gomes (Latvia)

Best documentary feature

  • "Black Box Diaries," Shiori Itō (MTV)

  • "No Other Land," Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor (No distributor)

  • "Porcelain War," Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev (Picturehouse)

  • "Soundtrack for a Cout d'Etat," Johan Grimonprez (Kino Lorber)

  • "Sugarcane," Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie (Nat Geo)

Best animated feature

  • "Flow" (Janus Films/Sideshow)

  • "Inside Out 2" (Disney/Pixar)

  • "Memoir of a Snail" (IFC Films)

  • "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl" (Aardman/Netflix)

  • "The Wild Robot" (Dreamworks/Universal)

Best cinematography

  • "The Brutalist," Lol Crawley

  • "Dune: Part Two," Greig Fraser

  • "Emilia Pérez," Paul Guillaume

  • "Maria," Edward Lachman

  • "Nosferatu," Jarin Blaschke

Best costume design

  • "A Complete Unknown," Arianne Phillips

  • "Conclave," Lisy Christl

  • "Gladiator II," Janty Yates

  • "Nosferatu," Linda Muir

  • "Wicked," Paul Tazewell

Best film editing

  • "Anora," Sean Baker

  • "The Brutalist," Dávid Jancsó

  • "Conclave," Nick Emerson

  • "Emilia Pérez," Juliette Welfling

  • "Wicked," Myron Kerstein

Best production design

  • "The Brutalist," Judy Becker

  • "Conclave," Suzie Davies

  • "Dune: Part Two," Patrice Vermette

  • "Nosferatu," Craig Lathrop

  • "Wicked," Nathan Crowley

Best original score

  • "The Brutalist," Daniel Blumberg

  • "Conclave," Volker Bertelmann

  • "Emilia Pérez," Clément Ducol & Camille

  • "Wicked," John Powell & Stephen Schwartz

  • "The Wild Robot," Kris Bowers

Best original song

  • "Never Too Late," "Elton John: Never Too Late" (Elton John & Brandi Carlile)

  • "El Mal," "Emilia Pérez" (Clement Ducol, Camille & Jacques Audiard)

  • "Mi Camino," "Emilia Pérez" (Clement Ducol & Camille)

  • "Like a Bird," "Sing Sing" (Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander)

  • "The Journey," "The Six Triple Eight" (Diane Warren)

Best sound

  • "A Complete Unknown"

  • "Dune: Part Two"

  • "Emilia Pérez"

  • "Wicked"

  • "The Wild Robot"

Best visual effects

  • "Alien: Romulus"

  • "Better Man"

  • "Dune: Part Two"

  • "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes"

  • "Wicked"

Best makeup and hairstyling

  • "A Different Man"

  • "Emilia Pérez"

  • "Nosferatu"

  • "The Substance"

  • "Wicked"

Best documentary short

  • "Death by Numbers"

  • "I Am Ready, Warden"

  • "Incident"

  • "Instruments of a Beating Heart"

  • "The Only Girl in the Orchestra"

Best animated short

  • "Beautiful Men"

  • "In the Shadow of the Cypress"

  • "Magic Candies"

  • "Wander to Wonder"

  • "Yuck!"

Best live-action short

  • "A Lien"

  • "Anuja"

  • "I'm Not a Robot"

  • "The Last Ranger"

  • "The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent"

When is the Oscar awards ceremony?

The nominations were originally scheduled for Jan. 17 but, as with a number of other industry awards ceremonies that traditionally make up Hollywood's social calendar in January, the proliferation of wildfires in the Los Angeles area had organizers scrambling to reschedule. The Oscars nominees luncheon has been canceled, the academy says. It had been scheduled for Feb. 10.

As of now, the Oscars are still scheduled to be handed out on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

 

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