Oscar 2025 Nominations Announced – ‘Emilia Pérez’ Sweeps In 13 Breaking Record For Nominations For Foreign Language Film

After multiple delays caused by the Los Angeles wildfires, the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards are set to be announced this morning. Movies expected to receive numerous nominations include Sean Baker’s Anora starring Mikey Maddison, the Post-WWII epic The Brutalist, and the Mexican Crime Musical Emilia Pérez. The nominations will be updated as they are announced.

First up is Best Supporting Actor. The nominees are:

  • Yuri Borisov – Anora
  • Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain 
  • Edward Norton – A Complete Unkown
  • Guy Pierce – The Brutalist
  • Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice 

Next up is Best Makeup and Hairstyling. The nominees are:

  • A Different Man
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Nosferatu 
  • The Substance
  • Wicked

Next up is Best Costume Design. The nominees are:

  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Gladiator 2
  • Nosferatu
  • Wicked 

Next, we have Best Original Score. The nominees are:

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

For Best Live-action Short Film, the nominees are:

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

For Best Animated Short Film, the nominees are:

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

Next up are the screenplays, the first of which is Best Adapted Screenplay. The nominees are:

  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Nickel Boys
  • Sing Sing

Then, we have Best Original Screenplay. The nominees are:

  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • A Real Pain 
  • September 5
  • The Substance

Now we have Best Suporting Actress. The nominees are:

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

Next up is Best Original Song. The nominees are:

  • “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez 
  • “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight
  • “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing
  • “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez 
  • “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late

Next, we have the nominees for Best Documentary Feature. The nominees are:

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

Furthering the Documentary categories, the nominees for Best Documentary Short Film are:

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

Next up is Best International Feature. The nominees are:

  • I’m Still Here
  • The Girl With the Needle
  • Emilia Pérez
  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig 
  • Flow

For Best Animated Feature, the nominees are:

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

For Best Production Design, the nominees are:

  • The Brutalist
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Nosferatu
  • Wicked

Next, we have Best Film Editing. The nominees are:

  • Anora
  • The Brutalist 
  • Conclave
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Wicked

For Best Sound, the nominees are:

  • A Complete Unknown 
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Wicked
  • The Wild Robot

For Best Visual Effects, the nominees are:

  • Alien: Romulus
  • Better Man
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  • Wicked

Next is Best Cinematography. The nominees are:

  • The Brutalist
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Maria
  • Nosferatu

For the first of the leading actor categories, the nominees for Best Actor are:

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

Now we have Best Actress. The nominees are:

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

For Best Director, the nominees are:

  • Sean Baker – Anora
  • Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
  • James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
  • Jauque Audiard – Emilia Pérez
  • Coralie Fargat – The Substance

Finally, here are this year’s nominees for Best Picture:

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

Emilia Pérez did incredibly well in nominations, earning a staggering 13, making it the most nominated film this year. Emilia Pérez also breaks the record of the most nominations for any non-English language film in Academy Awards history. Other films with the most nominations include The Brutalist and Wicked, which earned 10 nominations, and A Complete Unknown and Conclave, which both earned 8. More films with multiple nominations include Anora with 6 nominations, Dune: Part 2 and The Substance, which earned 5 nominations, and Nosferatu with 4 nominations.

The 97th Academy Awards will be held on March 2, broadcast live on ABC and streamed live on Hulu.

Jacob Birks: My name is Jacob Birks. I'm an aspiring film writer. I am a movie news writer at MXDWN. I am also a student at Salt Lake Community College. In my Spare time I write movie reviews on my Letterboxd account, which you can find at Letterboxd.com/liljake, and on my personal website Jacobbirksmoviereviews.com
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