97th Oscar nomination: an awards race with EMILIA PEREZ leading the pack

The 97th Oscar nominations are here, and unlike last year’s predictable dominance, they are here OppenheimerThis year’s race is a free-for-all cinematic event.

Leading the charge is Emilia Perezthe bold, genre-defying musical about the gender transition of a Mexican cartel leader, which secured a historic 13 nominations, the most ever for a non-English-language film.

Joining it in the race for best film are Anora, The brutalist, Evil, Duna: second part, I’m still here, Nickel boys, The substance, A complete strangerAND Conclave.

Evil AND The brutalist they follow closely with 10 nominations each. Evil has seen nods for its protagonists Cinzia Erivo AND Arianna GrandeWhile Brady Corbet’S The brutalist got nominations for Adrian Brody, Guy Pearceand directed by Corbet.

Winner of the Palme d’Or Anora received six nominations, while The substance earned five, inclusive Demi MooreThe first Oscar nod and a directing nomination for Coralie Fargeat.

In particular, Edward Berger (Conclave) AND Jon Chu (Evil) were snubbed in the Best Director category, despite their films being considered top contenders.

Among the surprises, Jeremy Forte AND Sebastiano Stan nods acting for The Apprenticea film that has been overshadowed by controversy stemming from former President Donald Trump’s legal threats against its release.

I’m not as interested in the Oscars as I used to be. There are a good number of films nominated that I haven’t seen yet.

You can see the full list of nominations below. Check it out and let us know which films you’d like to see win.

2025 Oscar Nomination

Best film

Anora (Neon)
A Cre Films production
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, producers

The brutalist (A24)
An A24/Brookstreet Pictures/Kaplan Morrison production
Candidates to be defined

A complete stranger (Projector)
A Veritas Entertainment Group/White Water/Range/Picture Company/Turnpike Films production
Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, producers

Conclave (Focus functions)
A FilmNation Entertainment/Indian Paintbrush/House production
Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, producers

Duna: second part (Warner Bros.)
A legendary photographic production
Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, producers

Emilia Perez (Netflix)
At Netflix/Page 114/Why Not Productions/Pathé/France 2 Cinéma/Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
in association with Library Pictures International Production
Candidates to be defined

I’m still here (Sony Pictures Classics)
A VideoFilmes/RT Features/Mact Production
Candidates to be defined

Nickel boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
A Plan B Entertainment/Anonymous Content/Louvre Film Production
Candidates to be defined

The substance (Mubi)
A match factory/Provisional title/Blacksmith/A beautiful story
Candidates to be defined

Evil (Universal)
A Universal Pictures/Marc Platt production
Marc Platt, producer

Actor in a leading role

Adrien Brody in “The Brutalist” (A24)

Timothée Chalamet in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

Colman Domingo in “Sing Sing” (A24)

Ralph Fiennes in “Conclave” (Focus Features)

Sebastian Stan in “The Apprentice” (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)

Leading actress

Cynthia Erivo in “Wicked” (universal)

Karla Sofia Gascón in “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

Mikey Madison in “Anora” (Neon)

Demi Moore in “The Substance” (Mubi)

Fernanda Torres in “I’m Still Here” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov in “Anora” (Neon)

Kieran Culkin in “A Real Pain” (Searchlight)

Edward Norton in “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight)

Guy Pearce in “The Brutalist” (A24)

Jeremy Strong in “The Apprentice” (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)

Supporting actress

Monica Barbaro in “A Complete Stranger” (Searchlight)

Ariana Grande in “Wicked” (universal)

Felicity Jones in “The Brutalist” (A24)

Isabella Rossellini in “Conclave” (Focus Features)

Zoe Saldaña in “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

Direct

Anora (Neon) Sean Baker

The brutalist (A24) Brady Corbet

A Complete Stranger (Searchlight) James Mangold

Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Jacques Audiard

The Substance (Mubi) Coralie Fargeat

Writing (adapted screenplay)

An unknown complete screenplay (Searchlight) by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

Conclave (Focus Features) Screenplay by Peter Straughan

Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) Screenplay by Jacques Audiard, in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) Screenplay by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes

Sing Sing (A24) Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence
Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

Writing (original screenplay)

Anora (Neon) Written by Sean Baker

The Brutalist (A24) Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

A Real Pain (Searchlight) Written by Jesse Eisenberg

September 5 (Paramount) Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-written by Alex David

The Substance (Mubi) Written by Coralie Fargeat

International feature film

I’m still here (Brazil)
A VideoFilmes Produções Artísticas production

The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
A Nordisk Film Creative Alliance production

Emilia Pérez (France)
A Pathé production

The seed of the sacred fig (Germany)
A Run Way Pictures production

Flow (Latvia)
A dream studio production

Animated feature film

Flow (Sideshow/Janus Films) Candidates TBA

Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney) Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

Memoirs of a Snail (IFC Films) Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix) Nominees TBA

The Wild Robot (Universal) Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

Feature documentary

Black Box Diaries (MTV documentary films)
A Hanashi Films/Cineric Creative/Star Sands production
Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

No other land
An antipodal film production
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

Porcelain War (Picturehouse)
A Songbird Studios/Imaginary Lane production
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen

Soundtrack of a Coup (Kino Lorber)
An Onomatopee Films/Warboys Films production
Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety

Sugarcane (National Geographic documentary films)
A Hedgehog Films/Kassie Films/Impact Partners/Fit Via Vi Production
Candidates to be defined

Film editing

Anora (Neon) Sean Baker

The brutalist (A24) David Jancso

Conclave (Focus Features) Nick Emerson

Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Juliette Welfling

The evil (universal) Myron Kerstein

Cinematography

The Brutalist (A24) Lol Crawley

Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) Greig Fraser

Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Paul Guilhaume

Maria (Netflix) Ed Lachman

Nosferatu (Focus Features) Jarin Blaschke

Production planning

The brutalist (A24)
Production design: Judy Becker
Set decoration: Patricia Cuccia

Conclave (main features)
Production design: Suzie Davies
Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter

Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
Production design: Patrice Vermette
Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

Nosferatu (Main Features)
Production design: Craig Lathrop
Scenic decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová

Evil (universal)
Production design: Nathan Crowley
Set decoration: Lee Sandales

Costume design

A Complete Stranger (Searchlight) Arianne Phillips

Conclave (Focus Features) Lisy Christl

Gladiator II (Paramount) Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

Nosferatu (Focus Features) Linda Muir

The evil (universal) Paul Tazewell

Music (original soundtrack)

The brutalist (A24) Daniel Blumberg

Conclave (Focus Features) Volker Bertelmann

Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Clément Ducol and Camille

The evil (universal) John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

The Wild Robot (Universal) Kris Bowers

Music (original song)

“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
Music by Clément Ducol and Camille
Texts by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Music and lyrics by Diane Warren

“Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing” (A24)
Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada

“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)
Music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol

“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” (Disney+)
Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

Live short film

A bond Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz

Anuja Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai

I’m Not a Robot (The New Yorker) Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

The Last Ranger Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw

The Man Who Could Not Silence (Manifest) Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

Animated short film

Beautiful men (Miyu distribution) Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande

In the shade of the cypress Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi

Magic Candy (Toei Animation) Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio

Wander to Wonder (Miyu Distribution) Nina Gantz and Steinette Bosklopper

How disgusting! (Miyu Distribution) Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

Documentary short film

Death by the Numbers – Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard

I’m ready, director (MTV documentary films) Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp

Accident (The New Yorker) Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven

The Tools of a Beating Heart (The New York Times OpDocs/Cineric Creative)
Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari

The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Netflix) Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington

Makeup and hairstyle

A Different Man (A24) Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado

Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini

Nosferatu (Focus Features) David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes Munton

The substance (Mubi) Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli

The evil (universal) Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Sound

A Complete Stranger (Searchlight) Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco

Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill

Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta

Wicked (Universal) Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis

The Wild Robot (Universal) Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

Visual effects

Alien: Romulus (20th century) Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan

Better Man (Paramount) Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs

Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.) Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (20th century) Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke

The evil (universal) Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould

Nominations for films

(2 or more names)

Emilia Pérez – 13
The brutalist – 10
Evil – 10
A complete stranger – 8
Conclave – 8
Anora – 6
Dune: part two – 5
The substance – 5
Nosferatu – 4
I’m still here – 3
Sing Sing – 3
The wild robot – 3
A real pain – 2
Flow – 2
Nickel Boys – 2
The Apprentice – 2

Nominations for distributor

Netflix – 16
A24-14
Universal – 13
Focusing characteristics – 12
Projector – 10
Neon – 7
Mubi – 6
Warner Bros – 5
Fundamental – 3
Sony Pictures Classics – 3
Briarcliff Entertainment/Ricco Spirito -2
Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios – 2
Sideshow/Janus Film – 2
20th century – 2
Disney+ – 1
IFC Films – 1
Kino Lorber – 1
MTV documentary films – 1
National Geographic Documentary Films – 1
House of images – 1
Walt Disney – 1