Who got the approval? Complete list of 2025 Oscar nominations Arts and Culture News

Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were delayed after deadly wildfires raged in the Los Angeles area.

After two delays due to the devastating wildfires in Southern California in the United States, the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards have finally been announced.

The wildfires haven’t subsided yet, as a new blaze, the Hughes Fire, broke out north of Los Angeles this week.

But nominations continued as scheduled on Thursday, with the divisive, experimental musical Emilia Pérez taking home the most awards.

Among its 13 nominations, one was a history-maker: Carla Sofia Gascón became the first transgender woman to be honored in the Best Actress category.

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

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

Earning the other 10 Oscar nods was the Broadway blockbuster Wicked, signaling a strong year for Hollywood musicals. The Brutalist, a period drama about an architect who survives the genocide and moves to America, also received 10 nominations.

The academy’s other favorites this year were the Vatican drama Conclave and the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, both of which received eight awards.

The other six nominations went to the zany comedy-drama Enora, about a stripper who marries the son of a Russian oligarch.

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

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

best picture

• Anora
• brutalist
• a complete unknown
• conclave
• Dune: Part 2
• Emilia Perez
• i’m still here
• nickel boy
• Substance
• Wicked

actor in lead role

• Adrien Brody, Brutalist
• Timothée Chalamet, a complete unknown
• colman domingo, sing sing
• Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

actor in supporting role

• Yura Borisov, Anora
• Kieran Culkin, a real pain
• Edward Norton, a complete unknown
• Guy Pearce, Brutalist
• Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Actress in lead role

• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
• Carla Sofia Gascón, Emilia Perez
• Mickey Madison, Anora
• demi moore, substance
• Fernanda Torres, I’m still here

actress in supporting role

• Monica Barbero, a complete unknown
• ariana grande, wicked
• Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
• Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
• Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez

animated feature film

• Flow
• inside out 2
• memoir of a snail
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul
• wild robot

animated short film

• beautiful men
• in the shade of the cypress
• magical candies
• turn to wonder
• Yes!

cinematography

• brutalist
• Dune: Part 2
• Emilia Perez
• Maria
• Nosferatu

costume design

• a complete unknown
• conclave
• gladiator ii
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

pioneer

• Shawn Baker, Anora
• Brady Corbett, Brutalist
• James Mangold, a complete unknown
• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
• Coralie Fargate, substance

documentary feature film

• black box diaries
• no other land
• ceramic war
• Coup soundtrack
• Sugarcane

documentary short film

• death by numbers
• I’m ready, Warden
• Event
• heart beat devices
• lonely girl in the orchestra

film Editing

• Shawn Baker, Anora
• david janson, brutalist
• Nick Emerson, Conclave
• Juliet Welfling, Emilia Perez
• Myron Kerstein, Wicked

international feature film

• I’m still here, Brazil
• Girl with Needle, Denmark
• Emilia Perez, France
• Sacred Fig Seed, Germany
• flow, latvia

Make-up and hairstyle

• Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado: A Different Man
• Julia Floch Carbonell, Emmanuelle Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadasini: Emilia Pérez
• David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Storks-Manton: Nosferatu
• Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyn Scarcelli: The Substance
• Frances Hannan, Laura Blount and Sarah Knuth: Wicked

Music (Original Score)

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

Music (Original Song)

• Emilia Perez to El Mal
  • Music by Clément Ducol and Camille
  • Lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
• journey from six triple eight
  • Music and Lyrics by Dianne Warren
• Like a bird chirping
  • Music and Lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
• Emilia Perez to Mi Camino
  • Music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol
• Never Too Late by Elton John: Never Too Late
  • Music and Lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlisle, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

production design

• brutalist
  • Production Design: Judy Baker
  • Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
• conclave
  • Production Design: Suzy Davis
  • Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleeter
• Dune: Part 2
  • Production Design: Patrice Vermette
  • Set Decoration: Shen View
• Nosferatu
  • Production Design: Craig Lathrop
  • Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerova
• Wicked
  • Production Design: Nathan Crowley
  • Set Decoration: Lee Sandles

live action short film

• a lien
• Anuja
• i’m not a robot
• The Last Ranger
• the man who couldn’t keep quiet

sound

• a complete unknown
  • Todd A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
• Dune: Part 2
  • Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
• Emilia Perez
  • Erwan Kerzenet, Aymeric Devoldere, Maxence Ducerre, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
• Wicked
  • Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
• wild robot
  • Randy Thome, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

visual effects

• Alien: Romulus
• better man
• Dune: Part 2
• kingdom of the planet of the apes
• Wicked

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• James Mangold and Jay Cox for A Complete Unknown
• Peter Straughan for Conclave
• Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez
  • In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Lee Massius and Nicholas Liveschi
• Remmel Ross and Jocelyn Barnes for Nickel Boys
• Clint Bentley and Greg Quader for Sing Sing
  • Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Quader, Clarence Macklin and John “Divine G” Whitfield

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Shaun Baker for Anora
• Brady Corbett and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist
• Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain
• Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum, co-written with Alex David for September 5
• Coralie Farguet for substance