The 97th Academy Awards Nominations are officially in and were announced on Jan. 23 by comedians Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennot at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Film Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
“Emilia Pérez” is currently in the lead of the Oscars race, earning a total of 13 nominations. It has cemented its record for the most nominations as a Non-English speaking film, following behind “Titanic” and “La La Land” for the most nominations for a single film. Karla Sofía Gascón, the Spanish Leading Actress in “Emilia Perez,” made history this year by becoming the first openly transgender performer to receive this nomination, resulting in the Netflix film contending for Best Actress, Best Directing, and Best Picture.
After “Emilia Pérez,” “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” tied for receiving a total 10 nominations. These three movies as well as “Anora,”“A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “I’m Still Here,” “Nickel Boys,” and “The Substance” have all earned nominations for Best Picture.
Out of all the Best Director nominees, Coralie Fargeat, who directed “The Substance,” is the only female director to be nominated this year. For the same film, Demi Moore earned her first-ever Academy Award nomination.
The official list of 2025 Oscar nominations is below.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist”
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan – “The Apprentice”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Yura Burisov – “Anora”
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Perez”
Mikey Madison – “Anora”
Demi Moore – “The Substance”
Fernanda Torres – “I’m Still Here”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown”
Ariana Grande – “Wicked”
Felicity Jones – “The Brutalist”
Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez”
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Flow” – Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman
“Inside Out 2” – Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
“Memoir of a Snail” – Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham and Richard Beek
“The Wild Robot” – Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Beautiful Men” – Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
“In the Shadow of the Cypress” – Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
“Magic Candies” – Daisukee Nishio and Takashi Washio
“Wander to Wonder” – Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
“Yuck!” – Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley
“Dune: Part Two” – Greig Fraser
“Emilia Pérez” – Paul Guilhaume
“Maria” – Ed Lachman
“Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke
COSTUME DESIGN
“A Complete Unknown” – Arianne Phillips
“Conclave” – Lisy Christl
“Gladiator II” – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
“Nosferatu” – Linda Muir
“Wicked” – Paul Tazewell
DIRECTING
“Anora” – Sean Baker
“The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet
“A Complete Unknown” – James Mangold
“Emilia Pérez” – Jacques Audiard
“The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
“Black Box Diaries” – Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
“No Other Land” – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
“Porcelain War” – Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’Presmen
“Soundtrack to a Coup D’etat” – Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
“Sugarcane” – Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
“Death by Numbers” – Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard
“I Am Ready, Warden” – Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
“Incident” – Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
“Instruments of a Beating Heart” – Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” – Molly O’Brien and Lia Remington
FILM EDITING
“Anora” – Sean Baker
“The Brutalist” – David Jancso
“Conclave” – Nick Emerson
“Emilia Pérez” – Juliette Welfling
“Wicked” – Myron Kerstein
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Brazil – “I’m Still Here”
Denmark – “The Girl with the Needle”
France – “Emilia Pérez”
Germany – “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
Latvia – “Flow”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“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” – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“The Brutalist” – Daniel Blumberg
“Conclave” – Volker Bertelmann
“Emilia Pérez” – Clément Ducol and Camille
“Wicked” – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
“The Wild Robot” – Kris Bowers
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez”; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing”; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez”; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late”; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin
BEST PICTURE
“Anora” – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers
“The Brutalist” – Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet, Producers
“A Complete Unknown” – Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers
“Conclave” – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
“Dune: Part Two” – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
“Emilia Pérez” – Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, Producers
“I’m Still Here” – Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira, Producers
“Nickel Boys” – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers
“The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Producers
“Wicked” – Marc Platt, Producer
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“The Brutalist” – Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
“Conclave” – Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
“Dune: Part Two” – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
“Nosferatu” – Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
“Wicked” – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
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
“The Last Ranger” – Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” – Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek
SOUND
“A Complete Unknown” – Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
“Dune: Part Two” – Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
“Emilia Pérez” – Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
“Wicked” – Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
“The Wild Robot” – Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alien: Romulus” – Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
“Better Man” – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
“Dune: Part Two” – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
“Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes” – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
“Wicked” – Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
“A Complete Unknown” – Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
“Conclave” – Screenplay by Peter Straughan
“Emilia Pérez” – Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, 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, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“Anora” – Written by Sean Baker
“The Brutalist” – Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
“A Real Pain” – Written by Jesse Eisenberg
“September 5” – Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
“The Substance” – Written by Coralie Fargeat
On Feb. 20, an anonymous Google Forms survey was sent out on Instagram to Bi-Co students (n=22). According to the results, Adrien Body, leading actor in “The Brutalist,” was in favor of winning the Best Actor award, while Cynthia Erivo, leading actress in “Wicked,” was in the lead for Best Actress. Additionally, Kiernan Culkin in “A Real Pain” was in favor for winning Best Supporting Actor, while Ariana Grande in “Wicked” was in favor for winning Best Supporting Actress.
The official results for the survey are below.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist”: 47.6%
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”: 38.1%
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”: 4.8%
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave”: 9.5%
Sebastian Stan – “The Apprentice”: 0.0%
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Yura Borisov – “Anora”: 20.0%
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”: 50.0%
Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown”: 10.0%
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”: 15.0%
Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice”: 5.0%
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked”: 31.8%
Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez”: 4.5%
Mikey Madison – “Anora”: 22.7%
Demi Moore – “The Substance”: 27.3%
Fernanda Torres – “I’m Still Here”: 13.6%
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown”: 9.5%
Ariana Grande – “Wicked”: 38.1%
Felicity Jones – “The Brutalist”: 9.5%
Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave”: 14.3%
Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez”: 28.6%
The Oscars are expected to air on ABC, be streamed on Hulu, and will commence on Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood with Conan O’Brien as host.
