The Netflix musical film “Emilia Pérez” today became the top nominee for the 97th edition of the Academy Awards by achieving 13 nominations, including best film, best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, who becomes the first openly trans actress to be nominated for an Oscar.
Other nominations for “Emilia Pérez” were, first of all, for actress of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent Zoe Saldaña, who obtained a nomination in the supporting actress section, in addition to the nominations for direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing, makeup and hairstyle, sound, original score, two nominations in original song and international film, marking a record as the non-English language film to obtain this number of nominations for the Academy Awards
“Emilia Pérez” was followed by the equally musical “Wicked” which obtained 10 nominations, including the best film and acting categories for Cynthia Erivo for lead actress and Ariana Grande for supporting actress.
Edgar Ramírez, Karla Sofía Gason, Selena Gómez, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña are part of the cast of “Emilia Perez”.
(Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
After having been changed to the date of January 17 as a result of the voracious fires that have been experienced in Los Angeles County, the nominations for the 2025 Oscars are finally were announced digitally this morning in a private event in which the media was not present.
Those in charge of revealing the nominees from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills were “Wicked” actor Bowen Yang and actress Rachel Sennott, known for her participation in “Bottoms.”
Ariana Grande, left, and Cynthia Erivo, from the cast of the movie “Wicked.”
(Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Below is the list of nominees for the 97th edition of the Academy Oscars that, despite the changes in the announcement date and the voting period, never changed the date of the celebration, which will take place live on the next 2 March from the stage of the Dolby Theater in Hollywood and which will be broadcast on the ABC network and the Hulu streaming platform.
Best Film
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“I’m Still Here”
“Nickel Boys”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”
Lead Actress
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”
This image released by Netflix, Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in a scene from “Emilia Pérez”.
(Shanna Besson/Associated Press)
Main Actor
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
Supporting Actress
Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”
Dominican actress Zoe Saldaña is nominated for best supporting actress.
(Ashley Landis/Invision/AP)
Director
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Adapted Screenplay
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nickel Boys”
“Sing Sing”
Original Screenplay
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“A Real Pain”
“September 5”
“The Substance”
Best Documentary
“Black Box Diaries”
“No Other Land”
“Porcelain War”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane”
International Film
“I’m Still Here”
“The Girl with the Needle”
“Emilia Pérez”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
“Flow”
Animated movie
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”
A scene from ‘Inside Out 2’.
(Disney/Pixar)
animated short film
“Beautiful Men”
“In the Shadow of the Cypress”
“Magic Candies”
“Wander to Wonder”
“Yuck!”
Live action short film
“A Lien”
“Anuja”
“I’m Not a Robot”
“The Last Ranger”
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”
Cinematography
“The Brutalist”
“Dune” Part Two
“Emilia Pérez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”
costume design
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Gladiator II”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”
Director Edward Berger and actor Ralph Fiennes on the set of ‘Conclave’.
(Philippe Antonello/Focus Feature)
Edition
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
Makeup and hairstyle
“A Different Man”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nosferatu”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”
Timothee Chalamet in a scene from “Dune: Part Two,” at Warner Bros.
(Warner Bros. Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures)
Original score
Daniel Blumberg, “The Brutalist”
Volker Bertelmann, “Conclave”
Clément Ducol and Camille, “Emilia Pérez”
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz, “Wicked”
Kris Bowers, “The Wild Robot”
Original Song
“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez”
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”
“Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing”
“My Way” from “Emilia Pérez”
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late”
Production Design
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”
Better Sound
“A Complete Unknown”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”
This image released by 20th Century Studios shows Isabela Merced in a scene from “Alien: Romulus.”
(20th Century Studios via AP)
Special effects
“Alien: Romulus”
“Better Man”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Wicked”