Official *2025* Oscar Nominations And Discussion Thread

[Tino]

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OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2025 BY CATEGORY - 97th AWARDS​

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

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Actor in a Leading Role​

Adrien Brody in THE BRUTALIST

Timothée Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Colman Domingo in SING SING

Ralph Fiennes in CONCLAVE

Sebastian Stan in THE APPRENTICE

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Actor in a Supporting Role​

Yura Borisov in ANORA

Kieran Culkin in A REAL PAIN

Edward Norton in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Guy Pearce in THE BRUTALIST

Jeremy Strong in THE APPRENTICE

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Actress in a Leading Role​

Cynthia Erivo in WICKED

Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ

Mikey Madison in ANORA

Demi Moore in THE SUBSTANCE

Fernanda Torres in I'M STILL HERE

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Actress in a Supporting Role​

Monica Barbaro in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Ariana Grande in WICKED

Felicity Jones in THE BRUTALIST

Isabella Rossellini in CONCLAVE

Zoe Saldaña in EMILIA PÉREZ

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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

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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

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Cinematography​

THE BRUTALIST
Lol Crawley

DUNE: PART TWO
Greig Fraser

EMILIA PÉREZ
Paul Guilhaume

MARIA
Ed Lachman

NOSFERATU
Jarin Blaschke

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Costume Design​

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Arianne Phillips

CONCLAVE
Lisy Christl

GLADIATOR II
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

NOSFERATU
Linda Muir

WICKED
Paul Tazewell

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Directing​

ANORA
Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST
Brady Corbet

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
James Mangold

EMILIA PÉREZ
Jacques Audiard

THE SUBSTANCE
Coralie Fargeat

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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

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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

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Film Editing​

ANORA
Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST
David Jancso

CONCLAVE
Nick Emerson

EMILIA PÉREZ
Juliette Welfling

WICKED
Myron Kerstein

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International Feature Film​

I'M STILL HERE
Brazil

THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Denmark

EMILIA PÉREZ
France

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Germany

FLOW
Latvia

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Writing (Adapted Screenplay)​

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

CONCLAVE
Screenplay by Peter Straughan

EMILIA PÉREZ
Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

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

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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

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The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.

 

[battlebeast]

Disagree. 5 nominees was more prestigious. They should definitely go back to 5.

It was ten* nominees from 1931 to 1944.

*One of those years had 8, two years had 12.


And I'm sure everyone thinks many films got nominations for Best Picture they didn't deserve.
Going back 4 decades or so there's only 1 year that I liked all 5 or 5+ Best Picture nominations and thought other films were more deserving. I have liked many more movies that did not get ANY nominations more than Best Picture nominated films.

I know about the 8-12 nominees. I own 98% of them. Lol

And yah, there are many films that didn’t deserve a nom for BP. That I agree. Many in the 50s.

 

[mskaye]

As I posted previously, it's long be a guideline. I think it's the fact that members like Tarantino openly saying he refused to see nominees like the Dune films (because they're remakes) or SELMA (just not his thing), plus all those 'Anonymous' ballot articles where members openly admit to not having seen two, three and even FOUR of the nominees yet still say they voted that spurred this into a "rule".

We'll see how tough they actually enforce it. Maybe for the top categories, but I question whether they are going to dig deep and make sure each member actually saw every nominee in the tech categories

I know about the 8-12 nominees. I own 98% of them. Lol

And yah, there are many films that didn’t deserve a nom for BP. That I agree. Many in the 50s.

The Academy is not going back to 5 nominees. It's been 15 years already. You'll sooner see much lower movie ticket prices before you will see a return to the prior format.

 

[Tino]

The Academy is not going back to 5 nominees. It's been 15 years already. You'll sooner see much lower movie ticket prices before you will see a return to the prior format.

Too bad. But you never know. They might smarten up.

 

[MartinP.]

To quote an Andrews Sisters song, "I Can Dream, Can't I?"

 

[TravisR]

I don't know how they could enforce this. I'm guessing they're just adding some sort of "terms and conditions"-like pop-up on the voting screen that says they have watched all the films. Then, like most people who don't bother reading the terms and conditions, or care if they're compliant, they'll simply check the "I agree" button and move on with their voting. I don't see that this changes anything in the process.

I'd imagine that you're largely right but MAYBE a movie that voters have to watch will pull them in and they'll end up actually seeing more of the nominees than they would now. That being said, I don't know if someone being 'forced' to see a movie will alter their vote. In the sense that if you've seen Tom Hanks in a movie and plan on voting for him, I can't imagine too many people will have to watch a movie with Matt Damon and then decide that Damon was better.

 

[battlebeast]

Too bad. But you never know. They might smarten up.

They did in 2009!

 

[battlebeast]

I'd imagine that you're largely right but MAYBE a movie that voters have to watch will pull them in and they'll end up actually seeing more of the nominees than they would now. That being said, I don't know if someone being 'forced' to see a movie will alter their vote. In the sense that if you've seen Tom Hanks in a movie and plan on voting for him, I can't imagine too many people will have to watch a movie with Matt Damon and then decide that Damon was better.

I’ve watched all the Nominees (or most of them) every year, and I’ve seen one movie, thinking it’s the best, and then seen another and changed my mind. It could happen.

 

[Tino]

They did in 2009!

Au contraire Mon Ami.

 

[MartinP.]

It could happen.

So could going back to five nominees.

With the weighted ballot system of voting for what wins thinking one movie is better than another assumes less importance than in what position you place the vote.

 

[mskaye]

I’ve watched all the Nominees (or most of them) every year, and I’ve seen one movie, thinking it’s the best, and then seen another and changed my mind. It could happen

So could going back to five nominees.

With the weighted ballot system of voting for what wins thinking one movie is better than another assumes less importance than in what position you place the vote.

Going back to five nominees would be completely contrary to what AMPAS has tried to do over the past 20 years which is to give a broader range of films recognition. I truly don't see AMPAS or the network that is broadcasting the awards wanting to reverse that decision. Broader appeal is precisely what they want and need. PS - I have confirmed this with an active AMPAS member.

 

[mskaye]

I think this is a great epidode for many reasons. It directly answers questions not just about the new Stunt Design. It certainly indirectly answers and puts an end to the discussion about the best picture nominees returning to just five. The Academy wants broad appeal and different films to be recognized that were traditionally ignored by the Academy. We also hear that this would be one of the awards that would likely be televised because of the visual appeal the category provides. Like other guild awards, you will get the department head/Stunt Designer and not the army of stunt ensembles so it's not a messy award to give out. I found that the actions taken to add this category very well articulated by David Leitch. Just imagine if this category existed around the time of The Wild Bunch or some of the legendary Jackie Chan films or even Steamboat Bill, Jr. for that matter.

 

[MartinP.]

There's a contingent of AMPAS members who do NOT want to continue with the ten Best Film nominees. The Hollywood Reporter often has some articles along this front. The biggest problem with AMPAS is they're not doing what they should do, they're listening to the loudest voices and trying to do what the loudest want.

Broader appeal is precisely what they want and need.

And how has that worked the last 20 years?

If I were a person that the Oscars didn't appeal to, why would I care they added five more films in the best film category that weren't going to win? I noted in a previous post...

Going back 4 decades or so there's only 1 year that I liked all 5 or 5+ Best Picture nominations

...all that adding five more films did to the category is pretty much adding five more films I didn't think should've been nominated at best or that I didn't like/care for at worst.

How's this for discussion: I both agree and disagree with things said here:

 

[mskaye]

And how has that worked the last 20 years?

By what metric are you measuring broader appeal over the past 20 years? If you're talking simply television ratings, everything besides NFL football has decreased in ratings, and awards shows have been hit very hard.

 

[Tino]

1 of 5 meant something. 1of 10 not so much. And who are we kidding. It’s all about ratings and not merit.

 

[battlebeast]

Going back to five nominees would be completely contrary to what AMPAS has tried to do over the past 20 years which is to give a broader range of films recognition. I truly don't see AMPAS or the network that is broadcasting the awards wanting to reverse that decision. Broader appeal is precisely what they want and need. PS - I have confirmed this with an active AMPAS member.

Exactly

 

[MartinP.]

First, any discussion of the host's opinions in the youtube video I linked? (There are counter arguments that it's actually giving a broader range of films recognition.)

By what metric are you measuring broader appeal over the past 20 years?

You wrote: "Going back to five nominees would be completely contrary to what AMPAS has tried to do over the past 20 years which is to give a broader range of films recognition."

Isn't giving a "broader range of films recognition" the reason there are Independent Spirit Awards, and Women in Film Awards and GLAAD Awards and ALMA Awards and NAACP Awards and even AMPAS's separate awards for Animation and Films Not in the English Language? The additional five films added to the Best Film category can almost unanimously be picked out of the ten nominees every year.

AMPAS still largely avoids the superhero movies, documentaries (in 2020 my favorite film was My Octopus Teacher) animated films and if a movie makes you laugh, well, forget it. A groundbreaking movie like Airplane in 1980 should have been nominated.

 

[mskaye]

First, any discussion of the host's opinions in the youtube video I linked? (There are counter arguments that it's actually giving a broader range of films recognition.)

You wrote: "Going back to five nominees would be completely contrary to what AMPAS has tried to do over the past 20 years which is to give a broader range of films recognition."

Isn't giving a "broader range of films recognition" the reason there are Independent Spirit Awards, and Women in Film Awards and GLAAD Awards and ALMA Awards and NAACP Awards and even AMPAS's separate awards for Animation and Films Not in the English Language? The additional five films added to the Best Film category can almost unanimously be picked out of the ten nominees every year.

AMPAS still largely avoids the superhero movies, documentaries (in 2020 my favorite film was My Octopus Teacher) animated films and if a movie makes you laugh, well, forget it. A groundbreaking movie like Airplane in 1980 should have been nominated.

A serious

First, any discussion of the host's opinions in the youtube video I linked? (There are counter arguments that it's actually giving a broader range of films recognition.)

You wrote: "Going back to five nominees would be completely contrary to what AMPAS has tried to do over the past 20 years which is to give a broader range of films recognition."

Isn't giving a "broader range of films recognition" the reason there are Independent Spirit Awards, and Women in Film Awards and GLAAD Awards and ALMA Awards and NAACP Awards and even AMPAS's separate awards for Animation and Films Not in the English Language? The additional five films added to the Best Film category can almost unanimously be picked out of the ten nominees every year.

AMPAS still largely avoids the superhero movies, documentaries (in 2020 my favorite film was My Octopus Teacher) animated films and if a movie makes you laugh, well, forget it. A groundbreaking movie like Airplane in 1980 should have been nominated.

I disagreed with 99.9% of what that guy said. I'm not sure what his credentials are but most of his takes are negative rants about what is wrong with everything. I don't share his approach to film appreciation.

 

[Alex...]

Oscars’ New Rule Requiring Voters to Watch All Nominees Could Reshape Awards Campaigning, but Academy Members Already Found Loopholes

The Oscars' new rule that voters must watch all nominees could change campaigns, but only if Academy members don't exploit loopholes.

variety.com

 

[JoeStemmex]

Oscars’ New Rule Requiring Voters to Watch All Nominees Could Reshape Awards Campaigning, but Academy Members Already Found Loopholes

The Oscars' new rule that voters must watch all nominees could change campaigns, but only if Academy members don't exploit loopholes.

variety.com

As been discussed here, the key is enforcement. Maybe, MAYBE I can see it for Best Picture, but does anyone truly believe the Academy is going to track down every since Documentary filmmaker member to find out if they truly saw each and every Best Makeup & Hair nominee? Color me exceedingly doubtful.

 

[mskaye]

As been discussed here, the key is enforcement. Maybe, MAYBE I can see it for Best Picture, but does anyone truly believe the Academy is going to track down every since Documentary filmmaker member to find out if they truly saw each and every Best Makeup & Hair nominee? Color me exceedingly doubtful.

They can’t. What they will get are more people doing what they are supposed to do. Thats all they can do.