The Oscars 2025: See the complete list of this year’s nominees

The highly anticipated list of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards has been revealed. The nominations had originally been planned for January 17. But after wildfires on January 7 began burning through parts of Los Angeles, leaving behind mass destruction, the academy extended its voting window and twice postponed the nominations announcement.

Leading the nominations is Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language, French-made film, Emilia Pérez, with 13 nods, including a historic nomination for Karla Sofía Gascón. The ceremony will be broadcast on 2 March from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Here’s everything you need to know about the nominees:

The Best Picture category features a broad range of genres and styles this year. The nominees are:

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• I’m Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked

Best actress: A historic momination

Karla Sofía Gascón’s nomination for Emilia Pérez makes her the first openly transgender actor to be recognised by the Academy. She joins a talented group of nominees:

• Demi Moore, The Substance
• Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
• Mikey Madison, Anora
• Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
• Best Actor: Intense Competition

The Best Actor category is packed with powerful performances. The nominees are:

• Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
• Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
• Best Supporting Actress: Strong Performances

In the Best Supporting Actress category, we see a mix of seasoned and rising stars:

• Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
• Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
• Ariana Grande, Wicked
• Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
• Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor: International talent

This year’s Best Supporting Actor nominees highlight global talent:

• Yura Borisov, Anora
• Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
• Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
• Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
• Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

The Best Director category celebrates some of the industry’s most innovative talents:

• Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
• Sean Baker, Anora
• Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
• James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
• Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best Original Song

This year’s nominees for Best Original Song include memorable tracks from acclaimed films:

• “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez
• “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight
• “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing
• “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez
• “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late

Animated Features

The nominees for Best Animated Feature are:

• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• The Wild Robot

International Feature Film

This year’s Best International Feature Film nominees are:

• I’m Still Here (Brazil)
• The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
• Emilia Pérez (France)
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
• Flow (Latvia)

Technical Categories

In technical categories, the nominees showcase extraordinary achievements:

• Best Visual Effects: Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Dune: Part Two, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wicked
• Best Cinematography: The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, Wicked
• Best Production Design: Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked

The nominees for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay are:

• Original Screenplay: Anora, The Brutalist, A Real Pain, September 5, The Substance
• Adapted Screenplay: A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing

Documentary Features:

The nominees for Best Documentary Feature are:

• Black Box Diaries
• No Other Land
• Porcelain War
• Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
• Sugarcane

Short Films:

Short films also take the spotlight with nominations across multiple categories:

• Animated Short: Beautiful Men, In the Shadow of the Cypress, Magic Candies, Wander to Wonder, Yuck!
• Live Action Short: A Lien, Anuja, I’m Not a Robot, The Last Ranger, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
• Documentary Short: Death by Numbers, I Am Ready, Warden, Incident, Instruments of a Beating Heart, The Only Girl in the Orchestra