The prestigious 97th Academy Awards was held at the Dolby Theatre in California, United States, today. The starry event saw Sean Baker’s fan-favourite Anora clinch Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Actress (for lead Mikey Madison). The prestigious Best Picture category had several high-profile contenders this year, including Emilia Pérez, Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, A Complete Unknown and The Substance.
Both Anora and Conclave were deemed frontrunners for this year’s Best Picture win. Conclave, an intense, nail-biting political thriller, centres on the election of a new pope of the Catholic Church. The film is based on the eponymous 2016 novel by British author Robert Harris. Both Anora and Conclave wonan award for screenplay; while Anora won best original screenplay, Conclave, written by Peter Straughan, took home the best adapted screenplay prize.
Meanwhile, Hollywood star Adrien Brody won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in The Brutalist. Zoe Saldaña earned her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Emilia Pérez, while Keiran Culkin won the Best Supporting Actor for A Real Pain.
Director Sean Baker holds the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Original Screenplay for “Anora” , in the Oscars photo room at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025.
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Here’s a full list of this year’s Academy Award winners:
Best Picture
The Brutalist
Anora – WINNER
Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov and Best Actress winner Mikey Madison stand with director Sean Baker onstage after “Anora” won Best Picture Award during the Oscars show at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025.
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Conclave
Emilia Perez
Wicked
A Complete Unknown
The Substance
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
I’m Still Here
Best Director
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Sean Baker, Anora – WINNER
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Coralie Fargaet, The Substance
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
Best Actress
Demi Moore, The Substance
Mikey Madison, Anora – WINNER
Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Perez
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Best Actor
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist – WINNER
Adrien Brody poses with the Oscar for Best Actor for “The Brutalist” in the Oscars photo room at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025.
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Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez– WINNER
Zoe Saldana poses with the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress for ‘Emilia Perez’ in the Oscars photo room at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025.
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Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain – WINNER
Kieran Culkin, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for “A Real Pain,” poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Yura Borisov, Anora
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Best Original Screenplay
The Substance, by Coralie Fargeat
The Brutalist, by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Anora, by Sean Baker – WINNER
A Real Pain, by Jesse Eisenberg
September 5, by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Co-Written by Alex David
Best Adapted Screenplay
Conclave, by Peter Straughan – WINNER
Emilia Perez, by Jacques Audiard in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
Sing Sing, by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield
Nickel Boys, by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
A Complete Unknown, by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
Best International Feature Film
Emilia Perez
I’m Still Here – WINNER
Walter Salles, winner of the award for “I’m Still Here” from Brazil, for best international feature film, poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Girl with the Needle
Flow
Best Animated Feature Film
Flow – WINNER
The Wild Robot
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Best Cinematography
The Brutalist – WINNER
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Maria
Emilia Perez
Best Film Editing
Anora – WINNER
Conclave
Emilia Perez
The Brutalist
Wicked
Best Original Score
The Brutalist – WINNER
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best Original Song
Emilia Perez (El Mal)– WINNER
Emilia Perez (Mi Camino)
The Wild Robot
Six Triple Eight
Elton John: Never Too Late
Best Sound
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Gareth John, from left, Richard King, and Ron Bartlett, winners of the award for best sound for “Dune: Part Two,” pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Wicked
A Complete Unknown
Emilia Perez
The Wild Robot
Best Production Design
Wicked – WINNER
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Conclave
Nosferatu
Best Costume Design
Wicked, Paul Tazewell– WINNER
Paul Tazewell, winner of the award for best costume design for “Wicked,” poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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A Complete Unknown, Arianne Phillips
Nosferatu, Linda Muir
Conclave, Lisy Christl
Gladiator II, Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Substance– WINNER
Wicked
Nosferatu
A Different Man
Emilia Perez
Best Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Better Man
Alien: Romulus
Best Documentary Feature
No Other Land– WINNER
Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for “No Other Land” at the Governors Ball following the Oscars show at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025.
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Sugarcane
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Black Box Diaries
Best Documentary Short Subject
Death By Numbers
I Am Ready Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra– WINNER
Best Live Action Short Film
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
A Lien
The Last Ranger
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot – WINNER
Best Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress – WINNER
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck!
Published – March 03, 2025 09:41 am IST
