Our Coverage of 2025 Oscar Nominees

Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their nominees for the 2025 Oscars. Over the course of 2024, we here at Film Festival Today have covered some of those potential winners. So, below you will find the complete list of all nominations, with the titles of films that we have reviewed linked to those reviews. The actual ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on March 2. Happy viewing!

BEST PICTURE

• • Anora
• • The Brutalist
• • A Complete Unknown
• • Conclave
• • Dune: Part Two
• • Emilia Pérez
• • I’m Still Here
• • Nickel Boys
• • The Substance
• • Wicked

DIRECTING

• • Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez
• • Sean Baker — Anora
• • Brady Corbet — The Brutalist
• • Coralie Fargeat — The Substance
• • James Mangold — A Complete Unknown

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

• • Emilia Pérez — France
• • The Girl with the Needle — Denmark 
• • Flow — Latvia
• • I’m Still Here: Brazil 
• • The Seed of the Sacred Fig — Germany

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• • Flow
• • Inside Out 2
• • Memoir of a Snail
• • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• • The Wild Robot

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

• • Black Box Diaries
• • No Other Land
• • Porcelain War
• • Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
• • Sugarcane

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• • Cynthia Erivo — Wicked
• • Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia Pérez
• • Mikey Madison — Anora
• • Demi Moore — The Substance
• • Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• • Adrien Brody — The Brutalist
• • Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown
• • Colman Domingo — Sing Sing
• • Ralph Fiennes — Conclave
• • Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• • Monica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown
• • Ariana Grande — Wicked
• • Felicity Jones — The Brutalist
• • Isabella Rossellini — Conclave
• • Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• • Yura Borisov — Anora
• • Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain
• • Edward Norton — A Complete Unknown
• • Guy Pearce — The Brutalist
• • Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCRENPLAY)

• • Anora — Sean Baker
• • The Brutalist — Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
• • A Real Pain — Jesse Eisenberg
• • September 5 — Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David
• • The Substance — Coralie Fargeat

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

• • A Complete Unknown — Jay Cocks and James Mangold
• • Conclave — Peter Straughan
• • Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard (in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi)
• • Nickel Boys — Joslyn Barnes and RaMell Ross
• • Sing Sing — Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• • The Brutalist — Lol Crawley
• • Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser
• • Emilia Pérez — Paul Guilhaume
• • Maria — Ed Lachman
• • Nosferatu — Jarin Blaschke

FILM  EDITING

• • Anora — Sean Baker
• • The Brutalist — David Jancso
• • Conclave — Nick Emerson
• • Emilia Pérez — Juliette Welfling
• • Wicked — Myron Kerstein

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

• • The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg
• • Conclave — Volker Bertelmann
• • Emilia Pérez — Clément Ducol and Camille
• • Wicked — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
• • The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

• • “El Mal” — from Emilia Pérez: Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
• • “The Journey” — from The Six Triple Eight: Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
• • “Like a Bird” — from Sing Sing: Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
• • “Mi Camino” — from Emilia Pérez  Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
• • “Never Too Late” — from Elton John: Never Too Late: Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

SOUND

• • A Complete Unknown — Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
• • Dune: Part Two — Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
• • Emilia Pérez — Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
• • Wicked — Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
• • The Wild Robot — Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• • The Brutalist — Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
• • Conclave — Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
• • Dune: Part Two — Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
• • Nosferatu — Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
• • Wicked — Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

VISUAL EFFECTS

• • Alien: Romulus — Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
• • Better Man — Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
• • Dune: Part Two — Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
• • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes — Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
• • Wicked — Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould

COSTUME DESIGN

• • Arianne Phillips — A Complete Unknown
• • Lisy Christl — Conclave
• • Janty Yates and Dave Crossman — Gladiator II
• • Linda Muir — Nosferatu
• • Paul Tazewell — Wicked

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• • A Different Man — Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
• • Emilia Pérez — Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
• • Nosferatu — David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
• • The Substance — Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
• • Wicked — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth 

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

• • Anuja
• • I’m Not a Robot
• • The Last Ranger
• • A Lien
• • The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• • Beautiful Men
• • In the Shadow of the Cypress
• • Magic Candies
• • Wander to Wonder
• • Yuck!

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

• • Death by Numbers
• • I Am Ready, Warden
• • Incident
• • Instruments of a Beating Heart
• • The Only Girl in the Orchestra