Who got the approval? Complete List of Oscar Nominations 2025 | News from art and culture

Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been postponed following the deadly wildfires that raged through the Los Angeles area.

The nominees for the 97th Academy Awards are finally known, after two postponements due to the devastating wildfires raging through southern California in the United States.

The wildfires have not subsided yet, and this week a new fire broke out north of Los Angeles, the Hughes Fire.

But nominations continued as scheduled on Thursday, with Emilia Perez’s divisive experimental musical winning the most votes.

One of the 13 nominations was historic: Karla Sofia Gascon became the first transgender woman ever to be awarded in the Best Actress category.

In the film, she plays a former cartel boss who secretly undergoes gender-affirmation surgery and is reborn as a humanitarian in modern Mexico.

But her category will be one of the most interesting to watch, with fierce competition from Demi Moore from The Substance and Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres from the historical drama I’m Still Here.

Broadway blockbuster Wicked received 10 more Oscar nominations, signaling a strong year for Hollywood musicals. The Brutalist, a drama about an architect who survived the Holocaust and moved to the US, also collected 10 nominations.

Other Academy favorites this year were the Vatican drama Conclave and the Bob Dylan biopic Totally Unknown, both of which received eight nods.

Another six nominations went to the wacky comedy drama Anora about a stripper who marries the son of a Russian oligarch.

Some of the biggest snubs came in the crowded Best Actress category, with Maria Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman’s Babygirl and Emilia Perez Selena Gomez all left out in the cold.

But the surprise came in the form of a nomination for Romanian-American actor Sebastian Stan, who won for his portrayal of United States President Donald Trump in The Apprentice, a stark portrait of ambition and ego.

the best picture

• Anora
• Brutalist
• Complete unknown
• Conclave
• Dina: The second part
• Emilia Perez
• I’m still here
• Nickel Boys
• Substance
• Wicked

Headliner

• Adrien Brody, Brutalist
• Timothee Chalamet, completely unknown
• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes, The Conclave
• Sebastian Stan, Trainee

Actor in a supporting role

• Jura Borisov, Anora
• Kieran Culkin, Real Pain
• Edward Norton, completely unknown
• Guy Pearce, Brutalist
• Jeremy Strong, Intern

Actress in the lead role

• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
• Karl Sofia of Gascony, Emilia Perez
• Mikey Madison, Anora
• Demi Moore, Substance
• Fernanda Torres, I’m still here

Actress in a supporting role

• Monica Barbaro, complete unknown
• Ariana Grande, Wicked
• Felicity Jones, Brutalist
• Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
• Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez

Feature-length animated film

• Flow
• Inside out 2
• Memoirs of a Snail
• Wallace and Gromit: Revenge Most Birds
• Wild robot

Short animated film

• Beautiful men
• In the shade of the cypress
• Magic candies
• From wandering to miracles
• phew!

Cinematography

• Brutalist
• Dina: The second part
• Emilia Perez
• Maria
• Nosferatu

Costume design

• Complete unknown
• Conclave
• Gladiator II
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Direction

• Sean Baker, Anora
• Brady Corbet, Brutalist
• James Mangold, completely unknown
• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
• Coralie Fargeat, Substance

Documentary feature film

• Black Box Diaries
• There is no other country
• The porcelain war
• Coup d’état soundtrack
• Sugar cane

Documentary short film

• Death by numbers
• I’m ready, Warden
• Incident
• Instruments of the beating heart
• The only girl in the orchestra

Film editing

• Sean Baker, Anora
• David Jancso, Brutalist
• Nick Emerson, The Conclave
• Juliette Welfling, Emilia Perez
• Myron Kerstein, Wicked

International feature film

• I’m still here, Brazil
• Girl with a needle, Denmark
• Emilia Perez, France
• Holy fig seed, Germany
• Flow, Latvia

Make-up and hairstyle

• Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado: A Different Man
• Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini: Emilia Perez
• David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Storkes-Munton: Nosferatu
• Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stephanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli: Substance
• Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth: Wicked

Music (original music)

• Daniel Blumberg, Brutalist
• Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
• Clement Ducol and Camille, Emilia Perez
• John Powell and Stephan Schwartz, Wicked
• Kris Bowers, Wild Robot

Music (Original Song)

• El Mal by Emilia Perez
  • Music by Clement Ducol and Camille
  • Lyrics by Clement Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
• Journey from The Six Triple Eight
  • Music and lyrics by Diana Warren
• Like the bird from Sing Sing
  • Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
• Mi Camino by Emilia Perez
  • Music and lyrics by Camille and Clement Ducol
• It’s Never Too Late by Elton John: It’s Never Too Late
  • Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlisle, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

Production design

• Brutalist
  • Production Design: Judy Becker
  • Set decoration: Patricia Cuccia
• Conclave
  • Production Design: Suzie Davies
  • Set decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
• Dina: The second part
  • Scenography: Patrice Vermette
  • Set decoration: Shane Vieau
• Nosferatu
  • Production Design: Craig Lathrop
  • Set decoration: Beatrice Brentnerova
• Wicked
  • Production Design: Nathan Crowley
  • Set decoration: Lee Sandales

Live action short film

• Lien
• Anuja
• I’m not a robot
• The Last Ranger
• The man who couldn’t keep quiet

Sound

• Complete unknown
  • Tod A Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
• Dina: The second part
  • Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
• Emilia Perez
  • Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldere, Maxence Dussere, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
• Wicked
  • Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
• Wild robot
  • Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

Visual effects

• Alien: Romulus
• A better man
• Dina: The second part
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Wicked

Writing (custom screenplay)

• James Mangold and Jay Cocks for A Complete Unknown
• Peter Straughan for the Conclave
• Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez
  • In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Leo Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
• RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes for Nickel Boys
• Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar for Sing Sing
  • Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield

Writing (original screenplay)

• Sean Baker for Anor
• Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist
• Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain
• Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum for September 5, in collaboration with Alex David
• Coralie Fargeat for The Substance