The 97th Academy Awards took place earlier this evening. The awards celebrated artistry and innovation in filmmaking. This year’s award ceremony was hosted by Conan O’Brien and was held at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles.
Anora emerged as the top winner, clinching a total of five awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.
There were a lot of firsts at this year’s awards. It was the first time the country of Latvia won an Oscar for the movie Flow, which was nominated under the Best Animated Film Category. Paul Tazewell became the first black man to win an Oscar for Best Costume Design for the movie Wicked. Zoe Saldana also won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Emilia Pérez, making her the first American of Dominican origin to receive an award.
Morgan Freeman delivered a heartfelt tribute to Gene Hackman, who was found dead in his home earlier this week. The awards also honored other legends we lost from publicists to composers, song writers, and actors including Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Donald Sutherland, John Amos and James Earl Jones.
Adrian Brody gave a beautiful acceptance speech after winning the Best Actor category for his role in the movie The Brutalist.
Here’s the complete list of all nominees, with the winners proudly highlighted in each category.
Oscar Nominees and Winners for 2025 Academy Awards:
| Category/Winner | Nominees |
| Best Picture: Winner – Anora | “Anora” (Neon), “The Brutalist” (A24), “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight), “Conclave” (Focus), “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.), “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix), “I’m Still Here” (Sony Classics), “Nickel Boys” (Amazon/MGM), “The Substance” (Mubi), “Wicked” (Universal) |
| Best Director: Winner – Sean Baker (“Anora”) | Sean Baker (“Anora”), Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”), James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”), Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”), Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”) |
| Best Actress: Winner – Mikey Madison (“Anora”) | Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Karla Sofia Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”), Demi Moore (“The Substance”), Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”) |
| Best Actor: Winner – Adrian Brody (“The Brutalist”) | Adrian Brody (“The Brutalist”), Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”), Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”) |
| Best Supporting Actress: Winner – Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”) | Monica Barbaro (“A Complete Unknown”), Ariana Grande (“Wicked”), Felicity Jones (“The Brutalist”), Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”), Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”) |
| Best Supporting Actor: Winner – Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”) | Yura Borisov (“Anora”), Kieran Culkin (“A Real Pain”), Edward Norton (“A Complete Unknown”), Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist”), Jeremy Strong (“The Apprentice”) |
| Best Original Screenplay: Winner – “Anora” (Sean Baker) | “Anora” (Sean Baker), “The Brutalist” (Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold), “A Real Pain” (Jesse Eisenberg), “September 5” (Tim Fehlbaum & Moritz Binder), “The Substance” (Coralie Fargeat) |
| Best Adapted Screenplay: Winner – Conclave” (Peter Straughan), which is based on the 2016 novel Conclave by Robert Harris. | “A Complete Unknown” (Jay Cocks & James Mangold), “Conclave” (Peter Straughan), “Emilia Pérez” (Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain & Nicolas Livecchi), “Nickel Boys” (RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes), “Sing Sing” (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin & John “Divine G” Whitfield) |
| Best International Feature: Winner – I’m Still Here” (Brazil) | “I’m Still Here” (Brazil), “The Girl with the Needle” (Denmark), “Emilia Pérez” (France), “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany), “Flow” (Latvia) |
| Best Documentary Feature: Winner – No Other Land” | “Black Box Diaries” (MTV), “No Other Land,” “Porcelain War” (Picturehouse), “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” (Kino Lorber), “Sugarcane” (Nat Geo) |
| Best Animated Feature: Winner – Flow” (Janus Films/Sideshow) | “Flow” (Janus Films/Sideshow), “Inside Out 2” (Disney/Pixar), “Memoir of a Snail” (IFC Films), “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Aardman/Netflix), “The Wild Robot” (Dreamworks/Universal) |
| Best Cinematography: Winner – The Brutalist” (Lol Crawley) | “The Brutalist” (Lol Crawley), “Dune: Part Two” (Greig Fraser), “Emilia Pérez” (Paul Guillaume), “Maria” (Edward Lachman), “Nosferatu” (Jarin Blaschke) |
| Best Costume Design: Winner – Wicked (Paul Tazewell) | “A Complete Unknown” (Arianne Phillips), “Conclave” (Lisy Christl), “Gladiator II” (Janty Yates), “Nosferatu” (Linda Muir), “Wicked” (Paul Tazewell) |
| Best Film Editing: Winner – Anora” (Sean Baker) | “Anora” (Sean Baker), “The Brutalist” (Dávid Jancsó), “Conclave” (Nick Emerson), “Emilia Pérez” (Juliette Welfling), “Wicked” (Myron Kerstein) |
| Best Production Design: Winner – Wicked (Nathan Crowley) | “The Brutalist” (Judy Becker), “Conclave” (Suzie Davies), “Dune: Part Two” (Patrice Vermette), “Nosferatu” (Craig Lathrop), “Wicked” (Nathan Crowley) |
| Best Original Score: Winner – “The Brutalist” (Daniel Blumberg), | “The Brutalist” (Daniel Blumberg), “Conclave” (Volker Bertelmann), “Emilia Pérez” (Clément Ducol & Camille), “Wicked” (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz), “The Wild Robot” (Kris Bowers) |
| Best Original Song: Winner – “El Mal” (“Emilia Pérez”) | “Never Too Late” (“Elton John: Never Too Late”), “El Mal” (“Emilia Pérez”), “Mi Camino” (“Emilia Pérez”), “Like a Bird” (“Sing Sing”), “The Journey” (“The Six Triple Eight”) |
| Best Sound: Winner – Dune: Part Two | “A Complete Unknown,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Wicked,” “The Wild Robot” |
| Best Visual Effects: Winner – Dune: Part Two | “Alien: Romulus,” “Better Man,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “Wicked” |
| Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Winner – The Substance | “A Different Man,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Nosferatu,” “The Substance,” “Wicked” |
| Best Documentary Short: Winner – The Only Girl in the Orchestra | “Death by Numbers,” “I Am Ready, Warden,” “Incident,” “Instruments of a Beating Heart,” “The Only Girl in the Orchestra” |
| Best Animated Short: Winner – In the Shadow of the Cypress | “Beautiful Men,” “In the Shadow of the Cypress,” “Magic Candies,” “Wander to Wonder,” “Yuck!” |
| Best Live-Action Short: Winner – I’m Not a Robot | “A Lien,” “Anuja,” “I’m Not a Robot,” “The Last Ranger,” “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent” |
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