The 97th Academy Award nominations are officially announced!
An exciting day for filmthusiasts and industry insiders
In addition to well-known films like Dune: Part Two, A Complete Unknown, and The Brutalist, this year’s nominations show a year filled with exciting and varied cinematic accomplishments, as well as some surprises.
Wicked landed 10 nominations in total
The Broadway version of Wicked received eleven nominations, with notable honors going to Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
Emilia Perez dominated with 13 nominations
Emilia Pérez was the center of attention due to her record-breaking 13 nominations, which included Best Picture and Actress in a Supporting Role.
Zoe Saldana is in a tough battle for Best Supporting Actress
Competing against Ariana Grande, Monica Barbaro of A Complete Unknown, Felicity Jones of The Brutalist, and Isabella Rossellini of Conclave in the final category.
I’m Still Here surprised with a nomination
I’m Still Here, a foreign-language picture, was unexpectedly nominated, while other well-known films like Sing Sing and A Real Pain were not.
Major actresses were snubbed this year
Lead actresses Nicole Kidman for Babygirl and Angelina Jolie for Maria were this year’s biggest and unexpected snubs. Even Marianne Jean-Baptiste, the Golden Globe winner in the same category, did not receive a nomination for her role in Hard Truths.
Academy delayed nominations due to wildfires
The Oscars nominations were initially delayed due to the LA wildfires.
To celebrate LA’s tenacity, Academy President Janet Yang and CEO Bill Kramer announced that the ceremony will be redesigned with an emphasis on ‘compassion and community’.
Here’s the full list!
Best picture
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- I’m Still Here
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best actor
- Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
- Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Best actress
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- Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
- Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Demi Moore – The Substance
- Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Best supporting actress
- Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande – Wicked
- Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
- Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Best supporting actor
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
- Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
- Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Best director
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
- Sean Baker – Anora
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
- James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
Best adapted screenplay
- A Complete Unknown – Jay Cocks and James Mangold
- Conclave – Peter Straughan
- Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
- Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
- Sing Sing – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Best original screenplay
- Anora – Sean Baker
- The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
- A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
- September 5 – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David
- The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Best original song
- 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 original score
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best international feature
- I’m Still Here – Brazil
- The Girl with the Needle – Denmark
- Emilia Pérez – France
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Germany
- Flow – Latvia
Best animated feature
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Best documentary feature
- Black Box Diaries
- No Other Land
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
- Sugarcane
Best costume design
- Wicked
- Nosferatu
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Gladiator II
Best make-up and hairstyling
- A Different Man
- Emilia Pérez
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best production design
- Wicked
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Conclave
Best sound
- A Complete Unknown
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best film editing
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
Best cinematography
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Maria
- Nosferatu
Best visual effects
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Dune: Part Two
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Wicked
Best live action short
- Anuja
- I’m Not a Robot
- The Last Ranger
- A Lien
- The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best animated short
- Beautiful Men
- In the Shadow of the Cypress
- Magic Candies
- Wander to Wonder
- Yuck!
Best documentary short
- Death by Numbers
- I Am Ready, Warden
- Incident
- Instruments of a Beating Heart
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra
