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The 2025 Oscar are finally here and are ready to crown some winners after a season of sinuous awards.

Unlike last year, when “Oppenheimer” dominated each important precursor, circuit 2025 has seen a rotating door of friends. “Emilia Pérez” by Netflix, a musical about a drug trafficker who undergoes surgery that affirms the genre, led the way with 13 Oscar nominations, followed by the architectural epic of A24 “The Brutalist” and the Broadway adaptation of Universal “Wicked” with 10 each. However, the Oscar’s opportunities of “Emilia Pérez” received a success after a controversy in social networks broke out on offensive tweets passed by the nominated main actress Karla Sofía Gascón.

Now, the best image race seems more uncertain. “Conclave”, the focus presents a drama on a papal choice, won the best awards at the SAG and BAFTA ceremonies last week, while “The Brutalist” won the Golden Globe for the best drama. Meanwhile, “Anora”, Neon Comedy-Drama about a sex worker trapped by the executors of a Russian oligarch, received the best prizes from the PGA, DGA and WGA. The other best image contenders are “a complete stranger”, “Dune: the second part”, “I’m still here”, “Nickel Boys” and “The substance”.

The category of best actor seems to be a career between Adrien Brody, who played an immigrant architect in “The Brutalist”, and Timothée Chalamet, who played Bob Dylan in “a complete stranger.” They also face Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Ralph Fiennes (“conclave”) and Sebastian Stan (“The apprentice”).

In the best actress, Demi Moore seems to be the favorite to play an aged actress who takes a suspicious youth serum in “The Sustance”, but the star of “Anora” Mikey Madison is also in the mixture. Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”) and Fernanda Torres (“I’m still here”) are also in the race.

See the complete list of winners below.

Best photo

“Anora”, (Neon) Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers

“The Brutalist” (A24)

“A complete stranger” (Searchlight) Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, producers

“Conclave” (focus features) Tesa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, producers

“Dune: Part two” (Warner Bros.) Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, producers

“Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

“I’m still here” (Sony Pictures Classic)

“Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

“The substance” (MUBI)

“Wicked” (Universal) Marc Platt, producer

Best Director

Sean Baker, “Anora”

Brady Corbet “The Brutalist”

James Mangold, “a complete stranger”

Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”

Coralie Fargeat, “the substance”

Actor in a main role

Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”

Timothée Chalamet, “A complete stranger”

Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”

Ralph Fiennes, “conclave”

Sebastian Stan, “The apprentice”

Actress in a main role

Cynthia Eivo, “Wicked”

Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”

Mikey Madison, “Anora”

Demi Moore, “the substance”

Fernanda Torres, “I’m still here”

Actor on a secondary paper

Yura Borisov, “Anora”

Kieran Culkin, “A True Pain” (Winner)

Edward Norton, “a complete stranger”

Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”

Jeremy Strong, “The apprentice”

Actress on a secondary role

Monica Barbaro, “a complete stranger”

Ariana Grande, “Wicked”

Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”

Isabella Rossellini, “conclave”

Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez” (winner)

Adapted script

“A complete stranger”, script by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

“Conclave”, script by Peter Straughan (winner)

“Emilia Pérez”, script by Jacques Audiard in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livechi

“Nickel Boys”, script by Ramell Ross and Joslyn Barnes

“Sing sing”, script by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, History of Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

Original script

“Anora”, written by Sean Baker (winner)

“The Brutalist”, written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

“A real pain”, written by Jesse Eisenberg

“September 5”, written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, co -written by Alex David

“The substance”, written by Coralie Fargeat

Animated short film

“Men Brothers” (Distribution of Miyu) Nicolas Keppens and Brecht van Elslande

“In the shadow of the cypress”, Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi (winner)

“Magic Candies”, (Toei Animation) Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio

“Wandering to the Wonder” “(Miyu distribution) Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper

“Yuck!” (MIYU DISTRIBUTION) LOïC ESPUCHE AND JULIETTE MARQUET

Costume design

“A complete stranger,” Arianne Phillips

“Conclave”, Lisy Christl

“Gladiator II”, Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

“Nosferatu,” Linda Muir

“Wicked”, Paul Tazewell (winner)

Live action short films

“A tax”, Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz

“Anuja”, Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai

“I’m not a robot” (The New Yorker) Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

“The Last Ranger”, Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw

“The man who could not remain silent” (Manifesto) Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

Makeup and hairstyle

“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 Stokesmunton

“The substance”, Pierre-Loivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli (winner)

“Wicked”, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Original score

“The Brutalist,” Daniel Blumberg

“Conclave”, Volker Bertelmann

“Emilia Pérez”, Clément Ducol and Camille

“Evil”, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

“The Wild Robot”, Kris Bowers

Feature film

“Flow” (Sideshow/Janus Films) (Winner)

“Inside out 2” (Walt Disney) Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

“Memory of a snail” (IFC Films) Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney

“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Netflix)

“The Wild Robot” (Universal) Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

Cinematography

“The Brutalist”, Lol Crawley

“Dune: Part two”, Greig Fraser

“Emilia Pérez”, Paul Guilhame

“María”, Ed Lachman

“Nosferatu”, Jarin Blaschke

Documentary feature film

“Black Box Diaries” (MTV Documentary Films) Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

“No other land,” Basilea Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

“Porcelain War” (Picturehouse) Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula Dupre ‘Pesmen

“Soundtrack to a coup d’etat” (Kino Lorber) Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety

“Sugar Canca” (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Documentary short film

“Death by numbers” Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard

“I’m ready, guardian” (MTV documentary films) Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp

“Incident” (The New Yorker) Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven

“Instruments of a Beating Heart” (The New York Times Opdocs/Cinéric Creative) Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari

“The only girl in the orchestra” (Netflix) Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington

Cinematographic edition

“Anora” Sean Baker (Winner)

“The Brutalist” David Joncso

“Coclave” Nick Emerson

“Emilia Pérez” Juliette Welfling

Myron Kerstein “Evil”

Feature film

“I’m still here,” Brazil

“The girl with the needle”, Denmark

“Emilia Pérez”, France

“The seed of the sacred fig tree”, Germany

“Flow”, Latvia

Original song

“The evil” by “Emilia Pérez”, music by Clément Ducol and Camille, Lyric de Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

“The Journey” by “The Six Triple Eight”, Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

“Like A Bird” by “Sing Sing Sing”, Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada

“My path” by “Emilia Pérez”, music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol

“Never too late” by “Elton John: Never Too Too Late”, Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

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 latrop, set decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová

“Wicked”, Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Sound

“A complete stranger”, Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco

“Dune: Part two”, Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hempill

“Emilia Pérez”, Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Retoldère, Maxnce Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta

“Wicked”, Simon Hayes, the title of Nancy Nugent, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis

“The Wild Robot”, Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

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 Salocombe and Gerd Nefzer

“The 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