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The Oscar idyll with independent cinema is not a mirage, and ‘anora’ razing this year is the best test

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The whims and trends of Hollywood go through Rachas and now (and for a few years) it is the turn of independent cinema: ‘Anora’ has made a full of five Oscars and confirms a trend that had been seen for years: the blockbusters are no longer the beautiful girl of the industry, which prefers to reward the small, emotional and remote tapes of the Blackbides of the blockbusters. Five Oscar, five. Be Baker He has taken with ‘Anora’ five Oscarfour of them for Baker on a personal capacity: Best film, best address (Baker), Best Screenplay (Baker), Best Assembly (Baker) and best cast actress (Mikey Madison). It is especially striking that Baker has collected four of these five awards (including best movie, since he produces it), marking a total record in the history of the Oscars: never before one person had won so many awards in the same gala. It is an unusual recognition. Triumph for independent. With this success of ‘Anora’, this edition of the Oscar completely reveals a type of cinema that is made with six million dollars (and raises more than 40), which makes Sean Baker the movie one of the cheapest to win the Grand Prix of the Night. And there is a second winner: the indie neon -only distributor that two years ago It was A24 With ‘everything at once everywhere, which already has experience in these lides, since it was the one that took the Korean’ parasites’ to the United States, facilitating its victory in 2019. The indie sweeps. As We have commented previouslythe Oscars have been rewarding independent or, at least, at least, regardless of the great proposals of the Majors: ‘All at once everywhere‘In 2022,’Coda‘In 2021,’Nomadland‘(2020) or’Parasites‘(2019) have been the most recent. The only exception on this streak took place last year, with ‘Oppenheimer‘, But in this edition we return to the fold, in what is confirmed that it is more than a coincidence: next year we will have to be very attentive to the proposals in the margins, because in view it is that they start more likely to success. A convulsed year. The sweep of ‘Anora’ has left almost without prizes to the rest of the favorites, who have had to settle for secondary and very distributed awards. ‘Emilia Pérez’ has been punished for Karla Sofía Gascón’s tweetsand he has only taken cast actress for Zoe Saldaña; ‘The Brutalist’, maybe also affected by the use of AI In the movie, he stays with photography, music and actor for Adrien Brody; ‘The substance‘, another that could have put up the gala, does not wear an actress or director, and is made up of makeup and hairdressing. Of secondary actor, in short, the favorite Kieran Culkin wins. Below the blockbusters. That ‘Dune 2‘ and ‘WICKED‘They have gone home only with technical awards (sound and visual effects one; costume and production design another) makes the Oscar turn very clear. Above all, taking into account how good it went to ‘Oppenheimer’ last year; And no, it is not useful that in reality, that is an author film: the same can be said of ‘Dune 2’, which also belongs to a genre very dear to Nolan. Small movies is what he likes now, and Majors Like Disney, Warner or Universal will do well in taking note of it. All Oscar 2025 winners Best movie Anora (winner) The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part 2 Emilia Pérez I’m still here Nickel Boys The substance WICKED Best leading actor WELL PROTECTIVE ACTRESS Best address Sean Baker (Anora) (Winner) Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) James Mangold (A Complete Unknown) Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez) Coralie Fargeat (the substance) Best cast actor Yura Borisov (Anora) Kiera Culkin (To Real Pain) (Winner) Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) Jeremy Strong (The Amprentice) Best cast actress Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown) Ariana Grande (Wicked) Felicity Jones (The Brutalist) Isabella Rossellini (conclave) Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) (winner) Best animated film Best animated short film Beautiful Men In the Shadow of the Cypress (winner) Magic Candies Wander to Wonder Yuck! Best photography The Brutalist (winner) Dune: Part 2 Emilia Pérez Maria Callas Nosferatu Best costume design A Complete Unknown Conclave Gladiator II Nosferatu WICKED (Winner) Best documentary feature film Black Box Diaries NO OTHER LAND (Winner) Porcelain Ware Soundtrack Oh a Coup d’Etat Sugarcane Best documentary short film Death by Numbers I am ready queen Incident Instruments of a Beating Heart The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Winner) Better assembly Anora (winner) The Brutalist Conclave Emilia Pérez WICKED Best International Film Best makeup and hairdresser To Different Man Emilia Pérez Nosferatu The substance (winner) WICKED Best music The Brutalist (winner) Conclave Emilia Pérez WICKED Wild robot Best original song The evil (Emilia Pérez) (winner) The Journey (Six Triple Eight) Like a Bird (the lives of Sing Sing Sing) My path (Emilia Pérez) Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late) Best Production Design The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part 2 Nosferatu WICKED (Winner) Best Short Film in Real Action To Lien Anuja I’M not a robot (winner) The Last Ranger The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent Best sound A Complete Unknown Dune Part 2 (winner) Emilia Pérez WICKED Wild robot Better visual effects Best adapted script A Complete Unknown Conclave (winner) Emilia Pérez Nickel Boys The lives of sing sing Best original script Anora (winner) The Brutalist To Real Pain SEPTEMBER 5 The substance Header | Gtres In Xataka | There is a “ghost” category of the Oscar that is not spoken: it is so demanding that there have never been films that opt ​​for it

‘Anora’ is the big favorite to take the Oscar for the best film. The problem is that it has the voting system against

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‘Anora’ starts in the pools as a great favorite to take the main Oscar of the night, the best film. However, The Oscars They are much more than a mere vote that chooses the film of the year: they come into play not only the millionaire advertising campaigns that are talked about so much (which also), but models of mathematical probability and the same voting system, which do not always favor the favorite of the simple majority of academics. The pretty girl. ‘Anora‘It is Sean Baker’s film, an old acquaintance of fans of the independent cinema zone. Some of its previous proposals, such as ‘The Florida Project’ and ‘Red Rocket’they raised praise among the specialized press, but with this story of a young Brooklyn prostitute who lives his own history Cinderella when he knows and marries the son of a Russian oligarch who intends to end romance, has revolutionized the awards season. The film won the gold palm in Cannes and Dos Bafta, was nominated for five Gold balloons And now she is nominated for six Oscar, including best film, director, actress and original script. ‘Anora’, the independent tradition. ‘Anora ‘continues Oscar’s tradition to reward small and modest movies, looking for a quality patina indie that Hollywood industry is excited since the time of The infamous Miramaxand that has made films like ‘in recent yearsAll at once everywhere‘(2022),’Coda‘(2021),’Nomadland‘(2020) or’Parasites‘(2019). The winner of 2018, ‘Green Book’, was only indie in aesthetic terms, but still, is a streak of victories outside the industry that only broke ‘Oppenheimer‘ last year. The numbers speak. In addition to the recent trend of the Oscars, dyed of a certain condescension, to reward independent films, we have the purest mathematics: The Hollywood Reporter used the probability laws To make the calculation and ‘Anora’ was well above its competitors: 52% possibilities, overwhelming the second in the list, ‘Conclave‘, which was left with 15.2%. The reason? The ‘Anora’ awards streak in the Critics Choice, Producers Guild and director’s Guild. Less colorful than the Golden Globes, but according to statistics, infallible when opening via for the Oscar (let’s not forget that on many occasions the voters coincide). Percentages against competitors. These statistics in favor of ‘Anora’ are increased when those same numbers play against their competitors. For example, only seven films have won an Oscar for the best film without having the direction nomination, as happens to ‘Conclave’. ‘The Brutalist‘It is one of the favorites, but never a movie without the SAG prize or An Eddie (The US editors awards) has won the main Oscar. ‘Emilia Pérez’ had everything in favor with the Golden Globes, but Reality has passed over. Already ‘A Complete Unknown‘It has not gone wrong with other awards, but in any other gala the best film has been taken, something that greatly reduces its possibilities. But if everything is in his favor … Ya: Why are the real probabilities of ‘anara’ are smaller than, for example, those of ‘conclave’? The voting system for best film is called “Preferred System”, and with it the voters are asked to classify the nominated films from the greatest to less preference. If a film gets more than 50% of the votes (something very unlikely), automatically wins the prize. But if not, the following process is carried out: the film with less votes redistributes its ballots among the second most voted film of the members who had placed it in number one. It is done with all, until a film exceeds 50%. The terrible consensus. The idea with this system is to reward the favorite film by consensus, one that most of the members of the academy would consider their favorite. The result is that the films that go to the extremes are less likely: ‘Anara’ will be the favorite of many, but because of their theme and indies modes, it will also be among the least favorite of many others. This system rewards, in effect, the consensus, which is another way of saying that it rewards the middle ground. In that sense, it is ‘conclave’ that will benefit: a very little annoying movie, which many will have liked, but few have liked very little. The danger of controversy. Something similar to ‘Anora’ will happen to films such as ‘Emilia Pérez’, one of the favorites before the successive bombings of Karla Sofía Gascón. EITHER ‘WICKED‘, which belongs to a genre with as many defenders as detractors. Or, of course, ‘Dune 2‘ either ‘The substance‘, which only to belong to the categories of horror and science fiction will receive very low scores of the less daring faction of academics. In that sense, and except for exceptions (it is clear that ‘anora’ has possibilities, despite everything) the Oscars almost always reward the low risk. Nothing new under the sun. In Xataka | The great triumph of “high terror”: how fantastic cinema has invaded the main nominations of the 2025 Oscar

Oscar 2025: The entire list of nominees, with ‘Emilia Pérez’ leading with 13

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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 ActressCynthia 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 ActorAdrien Brody, “The Brutalist”Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice” Supporting ActorYura Borisov, “Anora”Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice” Supporting ActressMonica 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) DirectorSean 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 scoreDaniel 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”

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