97th Academy Awards (Oscars 2025)

Key Facts about the Oscar Award
 

1. Founded: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was created in 1927 to honor achievements in filmmaking.
2. Design: Cedric Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette, featuring a knight with a sword in front of a film reel. Sculptor George Stanley made the 3D version in 1928.
3. Material: Oscars are made of bronze, coated with 24-karat gold. They weigh 8½ pounds and stand 13½ inches tall.
4. Nickname: The official name is the Academy Award® of Merit. The nickname “Oscar” was popularized in 1934 and officially adopted by the Academy in 1939.
5. Changes in Material: Oscars were initially made from gold-plated solid bronze, later changed to britannia metal, and painted plaster during World War II due to metal shortages.
6. First Ceremony: The first Oscar ceremony was on May 16, 1929, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
7. Categories: The Oscars honor achievements in up to 24 categories each year.
8. Security: In 2000, a shipment of Oscars was stolen but recovered. Extra statuettes are now kept for backup.

Category

Winner

Nominees

Best Picture

Anora

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

Best Director

Sean Baker, Anora

Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Sean Baker (Anora), James Mangold (A Complete Unknown), Coralie Fargaet (The Substance), Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez)

Best Actress

Mikey Madison, Anora

Demi Moore (The Substance), Mikey Madison (Anora), Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)

Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

Best Supporting Actress

Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez

Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

Best Supporting Actor

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Yura Borisov (Anora), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)

Best Original Screenplay

Anora, by Sean Baker

The Substance (by Coralie Fargeat), The Brutalist (by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold), Anora (by Sean Baker), A Real Pain (by Jesse Eisenberg), September 5 (by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave, by Peter Straughan

Conclave (by Peter Straughan), Emilia Perez (by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi), Sing Sing (by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar), Nickel Boys (by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes), A Complete Unknown (by James Mangold, Jay Cocks)

Best International Feature Film

I’m Still Here

Emilia Perez, I’m Still Here, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, The Girl with the Needle, Flow

Best Animated Feature Film

Flow

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

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist

The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, Maria, Emilia Perez

Best Film Editing

Anora

Anora, Conclave, Emilia Perez, The Brutalist, Wicked

Best Original Score

The Brutalist

The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Perez, Wicked, The Wild Robot

Best Original Song

Emilia Perez (El Mal)

Emilia Perez (El Mal), Emilia Perez (Mi Camino), The Wild Robot, Six Triple Eight, Elton John: Never Too Late

Best Sound

Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two, Wicked, A Complete Unknown, Emilia Perez, The Wild Robot

Best Production Design

Wicked

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

Best Costume Design

Wicked, Paul Tazewell

Wicked (Paul Tazewell), A Complete Unknown (Arianne Phillips), Nosferatu (Linda Muir), Conclave (Lisy Christl), Gladiator II (Janty Yates & Dave Crossman)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

The Substance

The Substance, Wicked, Nosferatu, A Different Man, Emilia Perez

Best Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two

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

Best Documentary Feature

No Other Land

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

Best Documentary Short Subject

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

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

Best Live Action Short Film

I’m Not a Robot

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

Best Animated Short Film

In the Shadow of the Cypress

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