The 97th Academy Awards took place on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Conan O’Brien. “Anora” emerged as the night’s biggest winner, securing five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Sean Baker, Best Actress for Mikey Madison, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing.
- 🏆 Winner: Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- I’m Still Here
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best Picture
Best Actress
- 🏆 Winner: Mikey Madison (Anora)
- Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
- Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
- Demi Moore (The Substance)
- Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
Best Actor
- 🏆 Winner: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
- Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
- Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
- Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
- Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Best Supporting Actress
- 🏆 Winner: Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
- Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
- Ariana Grande (Wicked)
- Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
- Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Best Supporting Actor
- 🏆 Winner: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
- Yura Borisov (Anora)
- Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
- Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
- Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Best Director
- 🏆 Winner: Sean Baker (Anora)
- Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
- Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
- Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
- James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
Best International Feature
- 🏆 Winner: I’m Still Here (Brazil)
- The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
- Emilia Pérez (France)
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
- Flow (Latvia)
Best Animated Feature
- 🏆 Winner: Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Best Original Screenplay
- 🏆 Winner: Anora – Sean Baker
- The Brutalist – Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
- A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
- September 5 – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum & Alex David
- The Substance – Coralie Fargeat
Best Adapted Screenplay
- 🏆 Winner: Conclave – Peter Straughan
- A Complete Unknown – Jay Cocks & James Mangold
- Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
- Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
- Sing Sing – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Original Song
🏆 Winner: El Mal (Emilia Pérez)
- Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late)
- Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez)
- Like A Bird (Sing Sing)
- The Journey (The Six Triple Eight)
Best Original Score
🏆 Winner: The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best Documentary Feature
- 🏆 Winner: No Other Land
- Black Box Diaries
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
- Sugarcane
Best Costume Design
- 🏆 Winner: Wicked
- Nosferatu
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Gladiator II
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- 🏆 Winner: The Substance
- A Different Man
- Emilia Pérez
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Best Production Design
- 🏆 Winner: Wicked
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Conclave
Best Sound
- 🏆 Winner: Dune: Part Two
- A Complete Unknown
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best Film Editing
- 🏆 Winner: Anora
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
Best Cinematography
- 🏆 Winner: The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Maria
- Nosferatu
Best Visual Effects
- 🏆 Winner: Dune: Part Two
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Wicked
Best Live Action Short Film
- 🏆 Winner: I’m Not a Robot
- Anuja
- The Last Ranger
- A Lien
- The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best Animated Short Film
- 🏆 Winner: In the Shadow of the Cypress
- Beautiful Men
- Magic Candies
- Wander to Wonder
- Yuck!
Best Documentary Short Subject
- 🏆 Winner: The Only Girl in the Orchestra
- Death by Numbers
- I Am Ready, Warden
- Incident
- Instruments of a Beating Heart
