Thursday, January 23, 2025

Film: Oscar Nominations 2024 - 2025

I'm Still Here (c) Sony Pictures Classics


The 97th Academy Awards | 2025 
Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood 
Sunday, March 2, 2025 


Surprises (to me) in Red 


Best Picture 

Anora 
The Brutalist 
A Complete Unknown 
Conclave 
Dune: Part Two 
Emilia Pérez 
I'm Still Here 
Nickel Boys 
The Substance 
Wicked 



Actress in a Leading Role 

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked 
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez 
Mikey Madison, Anora 
Demi Moore, The Substance 
Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here 


The Apprentice (c) Briarcliff Entertainment

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 



Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown 
Ariana Grande, Wicked 
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist 
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave 
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez 


A Real Pain (c) Searchlight Pictures

Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora 
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain 
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown 
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist 
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice 


Director 

Anora, Sean Baker 
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet 
A Complete Unknown, James Mangold 
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard 
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat 


September 5 (c) Paramount Pictures


Original Screenplay 

Anora 
The Brutalist 
A Real Pain 
September 5 
The Substance 


Adapted Screenplay 

A Complete Unknown 
Conclave 
Emilia Pérez 
Nickel Boys 
Sing Sing 

 

Emilia Pérez (c) Netflix

International Feature Film 

I'm Still Here, Brazil 
The Girl with the Needle, Denmark 
Emilia Pérez, France 
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany 
Flow, Latvia

 

Animated Feature Film 

Flow 
Inside Out 2 
Memoir of a Snail 
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 
The Wild Robot 


No Other Land (c) Antipode Films

Documentary Feature Film 

Black Box Diaries 
No Other Land 
Porcelain War 
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 
Sugarcane 


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 


Elton John: Never Too Late (c) Walt Disney Pictures


Original Song

"El Mal" from Emilia Pérez
"The Journey" from The Six Triple Eight
"Like A Bird" from Sing Sing
"Mi Camino" from Emilia Pérez
"Never Too Late" from Elton John: Never Too Late



Cinematography 

The Brutalist 
Dune: Part Two 
Emilia Pérez 
Maria 
Nosferatu 


Wicked (c) Universal Pictures


Costume Design 

A Complete Unknown 
Conclave 
Gladiator II 
Nosferatu 
Wicked 


Film Editing 

Anora 
The Brutalist 
Conclave 
Emilia Pérez 
Wicked 


The Brutalist (c) A24


Production Design 

The Brutalist 
Conclave 
Dune: Part Two 
Nosferatu 
Wicked 


Sound 

A Complete Unknown 
Dune: Part Two 
Emilia Pérez 
Wicked 
The Wild Robot 


Yuck! (c) Yuck!


Animated Short Film 

Beautiful Men 
In the Shadow of the Cypress 
Magic Candies 
Wander to Wonder 
Yuck! 


Documentary Short Film 

Death by Numbers 
I Am Ready, Warden 
Incident 
Instruments of a Beating Heart 
The Only Girl in the Orchestra 


Live Action Short Film 

A Lien 
Anuja 
I'm Not a Robot 
The Last Ranger 
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent 


Alien: Romulus (c) 20th Century Studios


Visual Effects 

Alien: Romulus 
Better Man 
Dune: Part Two 
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 
Wicked 


Makeup and Hairstyling 

A Different Man 
Emilia Pérez 
Nosferatu 
The Substance 
Wicked





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