February 6, 2025

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The 97th Academy Awards: Nominations In Full

Ralph Fiennes in a scene from Conclave, which has been nominated for ten Academy Awards.

Image: © Focus Features

The nominations for the 97th have been announced. The main ceremony is due to take place on 2nd March 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. See below for the full list of nominees.

 

Best Picture:

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Uknown

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

I'm Still Here

Nickel Boys

The Substance

Wicked

 

Best Director:

Sean Baker — Anora

Brady Corbet — The Brutalist

James Mangold — A Complete Uknown

Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez

Coralie Fargeat — The Substance

 

Best Actor:

Adrien Brody — The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Uknown

Colman Domingo — Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes — Conclave

Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice

 

Best Actress:

Cynthia Erivo — Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison — Anora

Demi Moore — The Substance

Fernanda Torres — I'm Still Here

 

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 Supporting Actress:

Monica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown

Ariana Grande — Wicked

Felicity Jones — The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini — Conclave

Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez

 

Best International Feature Film:

Emilia Pérez

Flow

The Girl With the Needle

I'm Still Here

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

 

Best Animated Feature Film:

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

 

Best Adapted Screenplay:

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

 

Best Original Screenplay:

Anora

The Brutalist

A Real Pain

September 5

The Substance

 

Best Documentary Feature Film:

Black Box Diaries

No Other Land

Porcelain War

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Sugarcane

 

Best Film Editing:

Anora

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

 

Best Cinematography:

The Brutalist

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Maria

Nosferatu

 

Best Production Design:

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

Wicked

 

Best Costume Design:

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Gladiator II

Nosferatu

Wicked

 

Best Sound:

A Complete Unknown

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

 

Best Original Score:

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

 

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

 

Best Live Action Short Film:

A Lien

Anuja

I'm Not a Robot

The Last Ranger

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

 

Best Animated Short Film:

Beautiful Men

In the Shadow of the Cypress

Magic Candies

Wander to Wonder

Yuck!

 

Best Documentary Short Film:

Death By Numbers

I Am Ready, Warden

Incident

Instruments of a Beating Heart

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

 

Best Visual Effects:

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

Dune: Part Two

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked

 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

A Different Man

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

The Substance

Wicked