Oscar nominations (not all) announced for 97th Annual Awards

January 23, 2025 Tabish Faraz

Most of the nominations for the 97th Annual Academy, or Oscar, Awards were unveiled today by actor-writer-comedians Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott. (Reason for not announcing all nominees at this time is provided in the fifth paragraph of this news report)

The announcements were made live from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater of the Academy and were broadcast globally via Oscars.org, Oscar.com and digital platforms of the Academy, “Disney+, Hulu, an international satellite feed and broadcast media,” says a press release the Academy distributed to members of the press and which US and Global News also received. The press release was not publicly available online at the time of this writing.

The duo revealed the 97th Oscar nominees in two segments, beginning at 5:30 a.m. PT, with the second set of categories announced at 5:41 a.m. PT. The comprehensive (not yet complete) list of the nominees is typed at the end of this news report.

Academy members, who are divided into 19 branches, voted to select nominees in their respective fields—screenwriters nominated screenwriters, directors nominated directors and so on. In the categories of Live Action Short Film, International Feature Film and Animated Feature Film, members from all branches who opted in participated in the voting process. All voting members are eligible to select the nominees for Best Picture. This year’s ballots were submitted by members from 93 countries.

The Best Picture, Documentary Feature Film and Animated Feature Film categories have movie titles with nominees that have yet to be finalized. According to the rules of the awards, for a producer to qualify as a nominee for a nominated movie, they must have been determined eligible for a Producers Guild of America award for the movie or have successfully appealed against the Guild’s decision on their eligibility. The Academy will announce the remaining nominees by early February.

Voting for the winners in all 23 categories will be open to active Academy members from Tuesday, February 11, through Tuesday, February 18.

The 97th Oscars ceremony is scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. It will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and broadcast to over 200 territories globally.

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Nominees by Category (so far)

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Animated Feature Film

Flow – Nominees to be determined
Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
Memoir of a Snail – Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Nominees to be determined
The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

Animated Short Film

Beautiful Men – Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
In the Shadow of the Cypress – Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
Magic Candies – Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio
Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
Yuck! – Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

Cinematography

The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume
Maria – Ed Lachman
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

Costume Design

A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips
Conclave – Lisy Christl
Gladiator II – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Wicked – Paul Tazewell

Directing

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

Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries – Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
No Other Land – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat – Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
Sugarcane – Nominees to be determined

Documentary Short Film

Death by Numbers – Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard
I Am Ready, Warden – Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
Incident – Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
Instruments of a Beating Heart – Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari
The Only Girl in the Orchestra – Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington

Film Editing

Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – David Jancso
Conclave – Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling
Wicked – Myron Kerstein

International Feature Film

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

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man – Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
Emilia Pérez – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
Nosferatu – David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
Wicked – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Music (Original Score)

The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol and Camille
Wicked – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

Music (Original Song)

El Mal from Emilia Pérez; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
The Journey from The Six Triple Eight; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
Like A Bird from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

Best Picture

Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers
The Brutalist – Nominees to be determined
A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers
Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
Dune: Part Two – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
Emilia Pérez – Nominees to be determined
I’m Still Here – Nominees to be determined
Nickel Boys – Nominees to be determined
The Substance – Nominees to be determined
Wicked – Marc Platt, Producer

Production Design

The Brutalist – Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
Conclave – Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
Dune: Part Two – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
Nosferatu – Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
Wicked – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Live Action Short Film

A Lien – Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
Anuja – Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
I’m Not a Robot – Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
The Last Ranger – Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

Sound

A Complete Unknown – Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
Dune: Part Two – Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
Emilia Pérez – Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
Wicked – Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
The Wild Robot – Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus – Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
Better Man – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
Wicked – Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Emilia Pérez – Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
A Complete Unknown – Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Conclave – Screenplay by Peter Straughan
Nickel Boys – Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Anora – Written by Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain – Written by Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 – Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
The Substance – Written by Coralie Fargeat

Featured image shows Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott hosting the announcement of the 97th Oscars® nominations, on Thursday, January 23, 2025. Photo Credit/ProviderAl Seib / The Academy. Copyright©A.M.P.A.S. Via the Press Portal of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

The article has been updated to include the complete listings for the Writing (both Adapted Screenplay & Original Screenplay) categories, which a previous version of this article missed.