'Emilia Pérez,‘ 'Anora,’ and 'The Brutalist’ Among The 2025 Oscar Nominees
‘Wicked’, though it missed out on some of the nominations for bigger awards is also in contention at the awards, due to be handed out on March 2nd.
The 97th Oscars will air live on March 2nd on ABC and Hulu.
Preview:
- ‘Anora,’ ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ are in contention for Oscars.
- ‘Wicked’ made the cut for Best Picture and other categories, though Jon M. Chu missed out on a directing nod.
- The ceremony happens on March 2nd.
The 97th Rachel Sennott announced the Oscar nominees for the various categories Thursday morning.
As a result of the wildfires that have plagued Los Angeles and its surrounding areas, the Academy has extended its voting period, though it’s notable that more decisions still have to be made about final producer credits than in other years.
And the show’s producers have also recently said that the ceremony will honor Los Angeles, which faces an ongoing fire danger situation, while doing away with having the original songs performed live, raising eyebrows since Barbie’ was one of the showstoppers last year.
On the whole, the nominations are much as expected –– a lot of love for ‘Wicked,’ even if the latter missed out on some key categories, including director and adapted screenplay.
‘Emilia Pérez’ is this year’s Academy darling, with 13 nominations (an all-time record for a movie not in the English language), followed by ‘The Brutalist’ (seemingly unaffected by the recent batch of headlines about AI use to tweak some of the movie’s dialogue) and ‘Wicked’ with 10 apiece.
The Best Director list as usual skewed male, with just ‘Coralie Fargeat making the cut in her category.
Animated charmer ‘Flow,’ meanwhile, scored in its own category and made the International Film list.
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List of Nominees:
BEST PICTURE
Adrien Brody in 'The Brutalist'. Photo: A24.
- ‘Anora,’ Alex Coco, Sean Baker
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ James Mangold and Alex Heineman
- ‘Conclave,’ Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman
- ‘Denis Villeneuve
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘I’m Still Here,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘Nickel Boys,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘The Substance,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘Wicked,’ Marc Platt
BEST DIRECTOR
(L to R) Director James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet on the set of 'A Complete Unkown'. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
- Sean Baker, ‘Anora’
- Brady Corbet, ‘The Brutalist’
- James Mangold, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Jacques Audiard, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Coralie Fargeat, ‘The Substance’
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in 'The Apprentice'. Photo: Briarcliff Entertainment.
- Adrien Brody, ‘The Brutalist’
- Timothée Chalamet, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Sing Sing’
- Ralph Fiennes, ‘Conclave’
- The Apprentice’
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Demi Moore in 'The Substance'. Photo: Mubi.
- Cynthia Erivo, ‘Wicked’
- Karla Sofía Gascón, ‘Emilia Pérez’
- Mikey Madison, ‘Anora’
- Demi Moore, ‘The Substance’
- Fernanda Torres, ‘I’m Still Here’
ACTOR IN A ING ROLE
(L to R) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in 'A Real Pain'. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
- Yura Borisov, ‘Anora’
- A Real Pain’
- Edward Norton, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Guy Pearce, ‘The Brutalist’
- Jeremy Strong, ‘The Apprentice’
ACTRESS IN A ING ROLE
Zoe Saldaña as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
- Monica Barbaro, ‘A Complete Unknown’
- Ariana Grande, ‘Wicked’
- Felicity Jones, ‘The Brutalist’
- Isabella Rossellini, ‘Conclave’
- Zoe Saldaña, ‘Emilia Pérez’
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
(L to R) Ethan Herisse stars as Elwood and Brandon Wilson as Turner in director RaMell Ross’s 'Nickel Boys', from Orion Pictures. Photo: Courtesy of Orion Pictures. © 2024 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
- ‘Conclave,’ Screenplay by Peter Straughan
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
- ‘Nickel Boys,’ Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
- ‘Sing Sing,’ Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, John "Divine G" Whitfield
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Paramount Pictures’ 'September 5', the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. the film that unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
- ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
- ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg
- ‘September 5,’ Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
- ‘The Substance,’ Coralie Fargeat
CINEMATOGRAPHY
(L to R) Producer Chris Columbus, director Robert Eggers and director of photography Jarin Blaschke on the set of their film 'Nosferatu', a Focus Features release.
Credit: Aidan Monaghan / © 2024 Focus Features LLC.
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Lol Crawley
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Greig Fraser
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Paul Guilhaume
- ‘Maria,’ Ed Lachman
- ‘Jarin Blaschke
ORIGINAL SONG
Selena Gomez as Emilia Pérez in 'Emilia Pérez'. Photo: Netflix.
- “Never Too Late” from ‘Bernie Taupin
- “El Mal” from ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
- “Mi Camino” from ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
- “Like A Bird” from ‘Sing Sing,’ Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
- “The Journey” from ‘Diane Warren
COSTUME DESIGN
Ariana Grande is Glinda in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Arianne Phillips
- ‘Conclave,’ Lisy Christl
- ‘Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
- ‘Nosferatu,’ Linda Muir
- ‘Wicked,’ Paul Tazewell
SOUND
Roz (Lupita N’yongo) in DreamWorks Animation’s 'The Wild Robot', directed by Chris Sanders. © 2024 DreamWorks Animation. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Gareth John, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
- ‘Wicked,’ John Marquis
- ‘Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts
ORIGINAL SCORE
Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's 'Conclave', a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Daniel Blumberg
- ‘Conclave,’ Volker Bertelmann
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Clément Ducol and Camille
- ‘Wicked,’ Stephen Schwartz
- ‘The Wild Robot,’ Kris Bowers
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
- ‘A Lien,’ Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
- ‘Anuja,’ Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
- ‘I’m Not a Robot,’ Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
- ‘Darwin Shaw
- 'Danijel Pek
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- ‘Beautiful Men,’ Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
- ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress, ’ Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
- ‘Magic Candies,’ Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio
- ‘Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
- ‘Juliette Marquet
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
- ‘Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
- ‘Yuval Abraham
- ‘Porcelain War,’ Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre' Pesmen
- ‘Soundtrack to a Coup D’état,’ Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
- ‘Sugarcane,’ Nominees TBC
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
- ‘Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard
- ‘I am Ready, Warden,’ Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
- ‘Incident,’ Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
- 'Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari
- ‘The Only Girl in the Orchestra,’ Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Fernanda Torres in 'I'm Still Here'. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing.
- ‘I’m Still Here,’ Brazil
- ‘The Girl with the Needle,’ Denmark
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’
- ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’
- ‘Flow,’ Latvia
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
'Flow' opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on November 22nd.
- ‘Flow,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
- ‘Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
- ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl,’ Nominees TBC
- ‘The Wild Robot,’ Jeff Hermann
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
(L to R) Adam Pearson and Sebastian Stan in 'A Different Man'. Photo: A24.
- ‘A Different Man,’ Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
- ‘Nosferatu,’ David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
- ‘The Substance,’ Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
- ‘Wicked,’ s Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Emerald City in 'Wicked', directed by Jon M. Chu. Photo: Universal Pictures.
- ‘The Brutalist,’ Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
- ‘Conclave,’ Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
- ‘Dune: Part Two’ Production Design: Shane Vieau
- ‘Nosferatu,’ Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
- ‘Wicked,’ Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
FILM EDITING
(L to R) Sean Baker and DP Drew Daniels on the set of 'Anora'. Photo: Courtesy of NEON.
- ‘Anora,’ Sean Baker
- ‘The Brutalist,’ David Jancso
- 'Conclave,' Nick Emerson
- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Juliette Welfling
- ‘Wicked,’ Myron Kerstein
VISUAL EFFECTS
Xenomorph in 20th Century Studios' 'Alien: Romulus.' Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
- ‘Shane Mahan
- ‘Better Man,’ Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
- ‘Dune: Part Two,’ Paul Lambert, Gerd Nefzer
- ‘Rodney Burke
- ‘Wicked,’ Paul Corbould
When and where can I watch the 2025 Oscars?
The 2025 Academy Awards ceremony, to be hosted by Conan O’Brien, will be broadcast on the ABC network on March 2nd, 2025.
The 97th Oscars will air live on March 2nd on ABC and Hulu.
