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2025 Oscar nominations revealed

2025 Oscar nominations revealed

The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced after being postponed twice due to the devastating wildfires in LA. 

Aussie actor Guy Pearce has picked up a best supporting actor nomination for his role in The Brutalist. 

A few other Aussies who were nominated include Adam Elliot,  an Oscar-winning animator, who is up for best animated feature for Memoir of a Snail, and Greig Fraser for his cinematography in Dune: Part Two

This year's early star is Spanish-language Netflix film Emilia Pérez, with 13 nominations, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked on 10 each.

Emilia Pérez dominated the nominations picking up best picture, as well as best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar.

The film also landed nominations for directing, original screenplay, two of its songs, and for supporting actress Zoe Saldaña.

The Broadway adaptation of Wicked picked up 10 nominations including best picture and acting nods for Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

The Brutalist also scored 10 nominations including best picture, best director, and nominations for actor Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, and Felicity Jones. 

The 97th Academy Awards will take place on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, which will be around 10am AEDT on March 3. 

Here is the full list of nominees

Best Picture

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

Director

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

Leading Actor

  • Adrien Brody in The Brutalist
  • Timothee Chalamet in A Complete Unknown
  • Colman Domingo in Sing Sing
  • Ralph Fiennes in Conclave
  • Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice

Leading Actress

  • Cynthia Erivo in Wicked
  • Karla Sofia Gascon in Emilia Perez
  • Mikey Madison in Anora
  • Demi Moore in The Substance
  • Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here

Supporting Actor

  • Yura Borisov in Anora
  • Keiran Culkin in A Real Pain
  • Edward Norton in A Complete Unknown
  • Guy Pearce in The Brutalist
  • Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice

Supporting Actress

  • Monica Barbaro in A Complete Unknown
  • Ariana Grande in Wicked
  • Felicity Jones in The Brutalist
  • Isabella Rossellini in Conclave
  • Zoe Saldana in Emilia Perez

Animated Feature Film

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

Cinematography

  • The Brutalist — Lol Crawley
  • Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser
  • Emilia Perez — 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

Documentary feature film

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

Documentary short film

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

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

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

Short film (animated)

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

Short film (live action)

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

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

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

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

Image: Al Seib/AMPAS/ Shutterstock Editorial

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