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The 2025 Oscar nominations are here!
By InCinemas / 24 Jan 2025 (Friday)
The nominations for this year's Oscars are in!
After voting was extended to 17 January on account of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, we finally know who will be officially contending for the viable Academy Award in their respective categories.
The nominations were announced by Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott of Shiva Baby and Bottoms fame. See the full list below:
Best Picture
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
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 Gascon – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I'm Still Here
Best Actor
Adrien Brody –The Brutalist
Timothee 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 Saldana – 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 Animated Feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best International Feature Film
I'm Still Here
The Girl with the Needle
Emilia Pérez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow
Best Original Screenplay
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaumm – September 5
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay
James Mangold and Jay Cocks – A Complete Unknown
Peter Straughan – Conclave
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
Best Original Score
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Clément Ducol and Camille – Emilia Pérez
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz – Wicked
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Best Original Song
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – music by Clément Ducol and Camille; lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight – music and lyrics by Diane Warren
“Like a Bird” from Sing Sing – music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez – music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol
“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late – music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, and Bernie Taupin
Best Sound
Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey, and David Giammarco – A Complete Unknown
Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill – Dune: Part Two
Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz, and Niels Barletta – Emilia Pérez
Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson, and John Marquis – Wicked
Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo, and Leff Lefferts – The Wild Robot
Best Cinematography
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Paul Guilhaume – Emilia Pérez
Ed Lachman – Maria
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Best Visual Effects
Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan – Alien: Romulus
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, and Peter Stubbs – Better Man
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk, and Paul Corbould – Wicked
Best Editing
Sean Baker – Anora
Dávid Jancsó – The Brutalist
Nick Emerson – Conclave
Juliette Welfling – Emilia Pérez
Myron Kerstein – Wicked
Best Production Design
Judy Becker (production design) and Patricia Cuccia (set decoration), The Brutalist
Suzie Davies (production design) and Cynthia Sleiter (set decoration), Conclave
Patrice Vermette (production design) and Shane Vieau (set decoration), Dune: Part Two
Craig Lathrop (production design) and Beatrice Brentnerová (set decoration), Nosferatu
Nathan Crowley (production design) and Lee Sandales (set decoration), Wicked
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Mike Marino, David Presto, and Crystal Jurado – A Different Man
Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini – Emilia Pérez
David White, Traci Loader, and Suzanne Stokes-Munton – Nosferatu
Pierre-Oliver Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli – The Substance
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, and Sarah Nuth – Wicked
Best Costume Design
Arianne Phillips – A Complete Unknown
Lisy Christl – Conclave
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman – Gladiator II
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Paul Tazewell – Wicked
Best Documentary Feature
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Sugarcane
Best Documentary Short Subject
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instrument of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Best Live Action Short
A Lien
Anuja
I'm Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Would Not Remain Silent
Best Animated Short
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
The 97th Academy Awards will take place 2 March at Los Angeles’s Dolby Theatre, and is hosted by Conan O’Brien.