The 97th Annual Academy Awards were held on March 3th 2025 EST in Hollywood, California to honor the best achievements in cinema. Anora ruled the night winning 5 awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Sean Baker), Best Actress (Mikey Madison), Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing.
Sean Baker was one of the biggest winners taking away a few main awards. The top acting awards went to Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison. The night started with Robert Downey Jr. who presented the Best Supporting Actor Award with full opening energy followed by an evening of many memorable winners and historic moments.
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Category | Nominations | Winner |
Best Supporting Actor | Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice) | Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) |
Best Animated Feature | Flow, Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Wild Robot | Flow |
Best Animated Short | Beautiful Men, In the Shadow of the Cypress, Magic Candies, Wander to Wonder, Yuck! | In the Shadow of the Cypress |
Best Costume Design | A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Gladiator II, Nosferatu, Wicked | Wicked (Paul Tazewell) |
Best Original Screenplay | Anora, The Brutalist, A Real Pain, September 5, The Substance | Anora (Sean Baker) |
Best Adapted Screenplay | A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing | Conclave (Peter Straughan) |
Best Makeup and Hairstyling | A Different Man, Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu, The Substance, Wicked | The Substance |
Best Editing | Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked | Anora (Sean Baker) |
Best Supporting Actress | Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) | Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) |
Best Production Design | The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, Wicked | Wicked |
Best Original Song | El Mal (Emilia Pérez), The Journey (The Six Triple Eight), Like a Bird (Sing Sing), Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez), Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late) | El Mal (Emilia Pérez) |
Best Documentary Short | Death By Numbers, I Am Ready, Warden, Incident, Instruments of a Beating Heart, The Only Girl in the Orchestra | The Only Girl in the Orchestra |
Best Documentary Feature | Black Box Diaries, No Other Land, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, Sugarcane | No Other Land |
Best Sound | A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot | Dune: Part Two |
Best Visual Effects | Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Dune: Part Two, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wicked | Dune: Part Two |
Best Live Action Short | A Lien, Anuja, I’m Not a Robot, The Last Ranger, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent | I’m Not a Robot |
Best Cinematography | The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Maria, Nosferatu | The Brutalist |
Best International Feature | I’m Still Here (Brazil), The Girl With the Needle, Emilia Pérez, The Seed of a Sacred Fig, Flow | I’m Still Here (Brazil) |
Best Original Score | The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot | The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg) |
Best Actor | Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) | Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) |
Best Director | Sean Baker (Anora), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), James Mangold (A Complete Unknown), Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) | Sean Baker (Anora) |
Best Actress | Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here) | Mikey Madison (Anora) |
Best Picture | Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, Wicked | Anora |