Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were unveiled Tuesday morning in global live stream by The Academy.
Actors and comedians Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott are announcing the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at The Academy's headquarters in Beverly Hills, Calif. starting at 5:30 a.m. PT / 8:30 a.m. ET.
Note: Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and Best Picture have film titles with nominees yet to be determined. Per the awards rules, to qualify as a producer nominee for a nominated picture, the
producer must have been determined eligible for a Producers Guild of America award for the picture or
have successfully appealed the Producers Guild of America's refusal of such eligibility. The remaining
designated Oscar nominees will be announced by early February.
Active members of The Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 23 categories beginning Tuesday, Feb. 11, through Tuesday, Feb. 18.
Final Tally
"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix): 13
"The Brutalist" (A24): 10
"Wicked" (Universal): 10
"A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight): 8
"Conclave" (Focus Features): 8
"Anora" (Neon): 6
"Dune: Part Two" (Warner Bros.): 5
"The Substance" (MUBI): 5
"Nosferatu" (Focus Features): 4
"I'm Still Here" (Sony Pictures Classics): 3
"Sing Sing" (A24): 3
"The Wild Robot" (Universal): 3
"The Apprentice" (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit): 2
"Flow" (Sideshow/Janus Films): 2
"Nickel Boys" (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios): 2
"A Real Pain" (Searchlight): 2
Nominations by Releasing Company
Netflix: 16
A24: 14
Universal: 13
Focus Features: 12
Searchlight: 10
Neon: 7
MUBI: 6
Warner Bros.: 5
Paramount: 3
Sony Pictures Classics: 3
Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit: 2
Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios: 2
Sideshow/Janus Films: 2
20th Century: 2
Disney+: 1
IFC Films: 1
Kino Lorber: 1
MTV Documentary Films: 1
National Geographic Documentary Films: 1
Picturehouse: 1
Walt Disney: 1
Best Picture Release Dates
"Dune: Part Two" - February 29
"The Substance" - September 18
"Anora" - October 17
"Conclave" - October 24
"Emilia Pérez" - November 1
"I’m Still Here" - November 20
"Wicked" - November 21
"Nickel Boys" - December 13
"The Brutalist" - December 20
"A Complete Unknown" - December 24
Statistics
"Emilia Pérez" sets the record for most nominations for a non-English language film at 13. Previous record holders, with 10 nominations each, were "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000) and "Roma" (2018).
"Emilia Pérez" and "I’m Still Here" are the 10th and 11th non-English language films to be nominated for both International Feature Film and Best Picture in the same year. Each of the previous films ("Z," 1969; "Life Is Beautiful," 1998; "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," 2000; "Amour," 2012; "Roma," 2018; "Parasite," 2019; "Drive My Car," 2021; "All Quiet on the Western Front," 2022; "The Zone of Interest," 2023) won for International Feature Film. To date, "Parasite" is the only film to also win Best Picture.
In the acting categories, 13 individuals are first-time nominees (Monica Barbaro, Yura Borisov, Kieran Culkin, Karla Sofía Gascón, Ariana Grande, Mikey Madison, Demi Moore, Guy Pearce, Isabella Rossellini, Zoe Saldaña, Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Fernanda Torres). Colman Domingo is the only acting nominee who was also nominated last year. Adrien Brody is a previous acting winner.
Three acting nominations are for non-English language performances: Karla Sofía Gascón and Zoe Saldaña in "Emilia Pérez," and Fernanda Torres in "I’m Still Here." In eight of the last 10 years, at least one non-English language performance has been nominated in the acting categories.
For the sixth consecutive year, at least one film nominated for Best Picture has been directed by a woman.
Coralie Fargeat’s nomination for "The Substance" is the 10th Directing nomination for a woman.
Best Picture nominations for "Emilia Pérez" and "Wicked" mark the first time two musicals have been nominated in the category since 1968 ("Oliver!" and "Funny Girl" were two of the five nominated films that year).
Jacques Audiard, nominated for Directing and Original Song for "Emilia Pérez," becomes only the third person to be nominated in both the Directing and Original Song categories, and the first to do so for the same film. Leo McCarey (Directing: 1937, 1944, 1945; Song: 1957) and Spike Jonze (Directing: 1999; Song: 2013) received their nominations in separate years.
Diane Warren, Original Song nominee for “The Journey” from "The Six Triple Eight," is nominated for the eighth year in a row, bringing her total nominations in the category to 16 (tying with Paul Francis Webster, and behind Johnny Mercer at 18 and Sammy Cahn at 26). She received an Honorary Award in 2022.
For the fifth year in a row, a non-English language song has been nominated in the Original Song category.
Sound mixer Andy Nelson ("Wicked") has a record 25 nominations in the combined Sound categories and is second only to John Williams (with 54) for the most nominations for a living person.
"Flow" becomes the third animated film to be nominated for International Feature Film ("Waltz with Bashir," 2008; "Flee," 2021) and the second animated film to be nominated for both Animated Feature Film and International Feature Film ("Flee," 2021).
Chris Sanders ties the record for most nominations for Animated Feature Film with his fourth nomination in the category (tying Pete Docter and Hayao Miyazaki).
France ("Emilia Pérez") continues to add to its record number of nominations for International Feature Film with its 39th nomination (Italy is second with 30 nominations).
Eric Nyari is only the fifth individual to be nominated for both Documentary Feature Film ("Black Box Diaries") and Documentary Short Film ("Instruments of a Beating Heart") in the same year. The last person to accomplish this was Charles Guggenheim in 1994.
The 97th Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre. Conan O'Brien returns as host.
Update (2/10): Added nominees that were "to be determined"
Best Picture
"Anora" (Neon)
A Cre Films Production
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers
"The Brutalist" (A24)
An A24/Brookstreet Pictures/Kaplan Morrison Production
Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet, Producers
"A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight)
A Veritas Entertainment Group/White
Water/Range/Picture Company/Turnpike Films Production
Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers
"Conclave" (Focus Features)
A FilmNation Entertainment/Indian Paintbrush/House Production
Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
"Dune: Part Two" (Warner Bros.)
A Legendary Pictures Production
Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)
A Netflix/Page 114/Why Not Productions/Pathé/ France 2 Cinéma/Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello in association with Library Pictures International Production
Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, Producers
"I'm Still Here" (Sony Pictures Classics)
A VideoFilmes/RT Features/Mact Production
Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira, Producers
"Nickel Boys" (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
A Plan B Entertainment/Anonymous Content/Louverture Films Production
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers
"The Substance" (MUBI)
A Match Factory/Working Title/Blacksmith/A Good Story Production
Coralie Fargeat and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Producers
"Wicked" (Universal)
A Universal Pictures/Marc Platt Production
Marc Platt, Producer
Best Actor
Adrien Brody in "The Brutalist" (A24)
Timothée Chalamet in "A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight)
Colman Domingo in "Sing Sing" (A24)
Ralph Fiennes in "Conclave" (Focus Features)
Sebastian Stan in "The Apprentice" (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)
Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov in "Anora" (Neon)
Kieran Culkin in "A Real Pain" (Searchlight)
Edward Norton in "A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight)
Guy Pearce in "The Brutalist" (A24)
Jeremy Strong in "The Apprentice" (Briarcliff Entertainment/Rich Spirit)
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo in "Wicked" (Universal)
Karla Sofía Gascón in "Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)
Mikey Madison in "Anora" (Neon)
Demi Moore in "The Substance" (MUBI)
Fernanda Torres in "I'm Still Here" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Supporting Actress
Monica Barbaro in "A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight)
Ariana Grande in "Wicked" (Universal)
Felicity Jones in "The Brutalist" (A24)
Isabella Rossellini in "Conclave" (Focus Features)
Zoe Saldaña in "Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)
Best Animated Feature
"Flow" (Sideshow/Janus Films)
"Inside Out 2" (Walt Disney)
"Memoir of a Snail" (IFC Films)
"Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl" (Netflix)
"The Wild Robot" (Universal)
Best Animated Short Film
"Beautiful Men" (Miyu Distribution)
"In the Shadow of the Cypress"
"Magic Candies" (Toei Animation)
"Wander to Wonder" (Miyu Distribution)
"Yuck!" (Miyu Distribution)
Best Cinematography
"The Brutalist" (A24) Lol Crawley
"Dune: Part Two" (Warner Bros.) Greig Fraser
"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix) Paul Guilhaume
"Maria" (Netflix) Ed Lachman
"Nosferatu" (Focus Features) Jarin Blaschke
Best Costume Design
"A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight) Arianne Phillips
"Conclave" (Focus Features) Lisy Christl
"Gladiator II" (Paramount) Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
"Nosferatu" (Focus Features) Linda Muir
"Wicked" (Universal) Paul Tazewell
Best Directing
"Anora" (Neon) Sean Baker
"The Brutalist" (A24) Brady Corbet
"A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight) James Mangold
"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix) Jacques Audiard
"The Substance" (MUBI) Coralie Fargeat
Best Documentary Feature
"Black Box Diaries" (MTV Documentary Films)
"No Other Land"
"Porcelain War" (Picturehouse)
"Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" (Kino Lorber)
"Sugarcane" (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Best Documentary Short Film
"Death by Numbers"
"I Am Ready, Warden" (MTV Documentary Films)
"Incident" (The New Yorker)
"Instruments of a Beating Heart" (The New York Times Op-Docs/Cineric Creative)
"The Only Girl in the Orchestra" (Netflix)
Best Film Editing
"Anora" (Neon) Sean Baker
"The Brutalist" (A24) David Jancso
"Conclave" (Focus Features) Nick Emerson
"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix) Juliette Welfling
"Wicked" (Universal) Myron Kerstein
Best International Feature Film
"I'm Still Here" (Brazil)
A VideoFilmes Produções Artísticas Production
"The Girl with the Needle" (Denmark)
A Nordisk Film Creative Alliance Production
"Emilia Pérez" (France)
A Pathé Production
"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" (Germany)
A Run Way Pictures Production
"Flow" (Latvia)
A Dream Well Studio Production
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"A Different Man" (A24)
Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)
Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
"Nosferatu" (Focus Features)
David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
"The Substance" (MUBI)
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
"Wicked" (Universal)
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
Best Music (Original Score)
"The Brutalist" (A24) Daniel Blumberg
"Conclave" (Focus Features) Volker Bertelmann
"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix) Clément Ducol and Camille
"Wicked" (Universal) John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
"The Wild Robot" (Universal) Kris Bowers
Best Music (Original Song)
"El Mal" from "Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)
Music by Clément Ducol and Camille
Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
"The Journey" from "The Six Triple Eight" (Netflix)
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"Like A Bird" from "Sing Sing" (A24)
Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
"Mi Camino" from "Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)
Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
"Never Too Late" from "Elton John: Never Too Late" (Disney+)
Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin
Best Production Design
"The Brutalist" (A24)
Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
"Conclave" (Focus Features)
Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
"Dune: Part Two" (Warner Bros.)
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
"Nosferatu" (Focus Features)
Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
"Wicked" (Universal)
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Best 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" (The New Yorker) Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
"The Last Ranger" Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
"The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent" (Manifest) Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek
Best Sound
"A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight)
Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
"Dune: Part Two" (Warner Bros.)
Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)
Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
"Wicked" (Universal)
Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
"The Wild Robot" (Universal)
Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts
Best Visual Effects
"Alien: Romulus" (20th Century)
Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
"Better Man" (Paramount)
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
"Dune: Part Two" (Warner Bros.)
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" (20th Century)
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
"Wicked" (Universal)
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
"A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight)
Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
"Conclave" (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Peter Straughan
"Emilia Pérez" (Netflix)
Screenplay by Jacques Audiard;
In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
"Nickel Boys" (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
"Sing Sing" (A24)
Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield
Best Writing – Original Screenplay
"Anora" (Neon)
Written by Sean Baker
"The Brutalist" (A24)
Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
"A Real Pain" (Searchlight)
Written by Jesse Eisenberg
"September 5" (Paramount)
Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum
Co-Written by Alex David
"The Substance" (MUBI)
Written by Coralie Fargeat
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The 97th Academy Awards, for outstanding film achievements of 2024, will be presented 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. The ceremony will also be streamed live on Hulu.
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