It’s official: Emilia Pérez has emerged because the frontrunner of awards season this yr. Not solely did Jacques Audiard’s gangster-thriller-musical-character-drama rack up main love at this yr’s BAFTA nominations, nevertheless it’s the chief of the pack within the Oscar nominees in 2025 too. The movie has been nominated in 13 classes at this yr’s Academy Awards – together with Finest Image, Director for Audiard, Main Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña, and Tailored Screenplay. It nabbed two Unique Tune nominations too, going up towards itself with ‘El Mal’ and ‘Mi Camino’. As ever, although, probably the most nominations doesn’t essentially imply probably the most wins.
Sizzling on Emilia Pérez’s heels are Depraved and The Brutalist, every with 10 nominations. Clearly, musicals are pop-u-lar this yr (although, notably, Brady Corbet’s seismic American structure drama is missing in song-and-dance numbers). The Brutalist is up for Finest Image, with Director for Corbet, Main Actor for Adrien Brody, Supporting Actor for Man Pearce, Supporting Actress for Felicity Jones, Unique Screenplay and extra. Depraved, in the meantime, is flying excessive (defying gravity!) with a Finest Image nod, Main Actress for Cynthia Erivo, Supporting Actress for Ariana Grande (hair flip!), Unique Rating, and nominations throughout a number of technical classes.
Music appears to be an actual favorite of the Academy this yr – James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown is up for eight awards, together with Finest Image, Directing for Mangold himself, Timothée Chalamet in Main Actor for his portrayal of Dylan, and Tailored Screenplay. Will it nab any of these awards on the night time? The reply, my pal, is… one thing one thing one thing. Additionally with eight nominations is Conclave (the BAFTA frontrunner), up for Finest Image, Tailored Screenplay, and appearing nominations for Ralph Fiennes (Main Actor) and Isabella Rosselini (Supporting Actress). Keep tuned on whether or not the Academy chooses white smoke.
Whereas Anora got here away with six nominations, it’s within the combine for the largest awards of the night time – in Finest Image, Directing for Sean Baker, Unique Screenplay, Main Actress for Mikey Madison, and Supporting Actor for breakout star Yura Borisov. In the meantime, horror followers can rejoice with The Substance’s 5 nominations – in all the foremost classes, vying for Finest Image, Directing for Coralie Fargeat, Unique Screenplay, Demi Moore for Main Actress, and Make-up & Hairstyling for these stomach-churning results. Nosferatu additionally bagged 4 nominations within the technical classes – Manufacturing Design, Costume Design, Make-up & Hairstyling, and Cinematography. Alien: Romulus even nabbed an results nomination.
Rounding out the Finest Image nominees are Nickel Boys (additionally up for Tailored Screenplay), Dune: Half Two (up for 5 awards total), and I’m Nonetheless Right here (additionally Brazil’s entry in Worldwide Characteristic Movie, with a Main Actress nomination too for Fernanda Torres).
Begin your bets now, and mark the night time of Sunday 2 March in your calendars for the ceremony – for now, right here’s the complete checklist of nominees:
Contents
- 1 BEST PICTURE
- 2 DIRECTING
- 3 ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
- 4 ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
- 5 ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- 6 ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- 7 ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- 8 ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- 9 INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
- 10 ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- 11 COSTUME DESIGN
- 12 MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
- 13 ORIGINAL SCORE
- 14 CINEMATOGRAPHY
- 15 PRODUCTION DESIGN
- 16 FILM EDITING
- 17 SOUND
- 18 VISUAL EFFECTS
- 19 ORIGINAL SONG
- 20 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- 21 DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
- 22 LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
- 23 ANIMATED SHORT FILM
BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
A Full Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Half Two
Emilia Pérez
I’m Nonetheless Right here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Depraved
DIRECTING
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
James Mangold – A Full Unknown
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Full Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cynthia Erivo – Depraved
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I’m Nonetheless Right here
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Actual Ache
Edward Norton – A Full Unknown
Man Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Sturdy – The Apprentice
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Monica Barbaro – A Full Unknown
Ariana Grande – Depraved
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
A Actual Ache
September 5
The Substance
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Full Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
I’m Nonetheless Right here
The Woman With The Needle
Emilia Pérez
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
Movement
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Movement
Inside Out 2
Memoir Of A Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robotic
COSTUME DESIGN
A Full Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Depraved
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
A Completely different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Depraved
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Depraved
The Wild Robotic
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Dune: Half Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Half Two
Nosferatu
Depraved
FILM EDITING
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Depraved
SOUND
A Full Unknown
Dune: Half Two
Emilia Pérez
Depraved
The Wild Robotic
VISUAL EFFECTS
Alien: Romulus
Higher Man
Dune: Half Two
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Depraved
ORIGINAL SONG
‘El Mal’ – Emilia Pérez
‘The Journey’ – The Six Triple Eight
‘Like A Hen’ – Sing Sing
‘Mi Camino’ – Emilia Pérez
‘By no means Too Late’ – Elton John: By no means Too Late
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Black Field Diaries
No Different Land
Porcelain Struggle
Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat
Sugarcane
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Loss of life By Numbers
I Am Prepared, Warden
Incident
Devices Of A Beating Coronary heart
The Solely Woman In The Orchestra
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
A lien
Anuja
I’m Not A Robotic
The Final Ranger
The Man Who May Not Stay Silent
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Stunning Males
In The Shadow Of The Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander To Surprise
Yuck!