With the announcement delayed twice due to the LA fires we now have the Oscars 2025 nominations and Emilia Pérez has swept the board as the divisive musical crime drama from Netflix has received 13 nominations. It is followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with 10 nominations apiece – but there were, as ever, some unexpected nominations as as some equally surprising omissions. But here’s the Oscars 2025 nominations….(reviews in blue)
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 Leading Actor
- Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
- Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Best Leading Actress
- Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
- Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Demi Moore – The Substance
- Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
- Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
- Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande – Wicked
- Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
- Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Best Original Score
- Volker Bertelman- Conclave
- Daniel Blumberg- The Brutalist
- Clément Ducol – Emilia Pérez
- Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
- John Powell and Stephen Schwartz – Wicked
Best Animated Feature Film
- The Wild Robot
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- Memoir of a Snail
Best Visual Effects
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Dune: Part Two
- Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
- Wicked
Best Cinematography
Adapted Screenplay
- Peter Straughan – Conclave
- Jay Cocks and James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
- Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield – Sing Sing
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
- RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Original Screenplay
- Sean Baker – Anora
- Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
- Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
- Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
Best International Feature Film
- Emilia Pérez
- I’m Still Here
- Flow
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
- The Girl with the Needle
Best Original Song
- El Mal – Emilia Pérez
- Mi Camino -Emilia Pérez
- Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late
- The Journey -The Six Triple Eight
- Like a Bird – Sing Sing
Best Production Design
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Dune: Part 2
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Best Film Editing
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
Best Sound
- A Complete Unknown
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Costume Design
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Gladiator II
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Makeup and Hairstyling
- A Different Man
- Emilia Pérez
- The Substance
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Documentary Feature Film
- Black Box Diaries
- No Other Land
- Porcelain War
- Sugarcane
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Best Live Action Short
- A Lien
- Anuja
- I’m Not a Robot
- The Last Ranger
- The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best Animated Short
- Beautiful Men
- In the Shadow of the Cypress
- Magic Candies
- Wander to Wonder
- Yuck!
