Guneet Monga’s Anuja To Emilia Perez, Full List Of Nominees

New Delhi:

The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have been announced and the slate of nominees is not a surprise. Emilia Perez has taken the Oscars by storm and earned 13 nominations, making it one of the most-nominated films in history. The film now joins the ranks of cinematic giants like All About Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016), all of which received 14 nominations.

Not only did Emilia Perez secure the expected nominations, but it also managed to land key spots in its “on the bubble” categories, including Best Cinematography, Best Sound and two additional bids for Selena Gomez in Best Supporting Actress and Original Song. 

However, the race for Oscar glory is far from decided, with several other films also landing significant nods. Edward Berger’s Conclave, which has already received critical acclaim and a major showing at the BAFTA Awards, earned nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Ralph Fiennes, as well as Best Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini. 

Meanwhile, Universal’s box office hit Wicked secured multiple nominations, including Best Actress for Cynthia Erivo and Best Supporting Actress for Ariana Grande. The film also earned recognition in key technical categories like Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects. 

A24’s The Brutalist, a historical epic starring Adrien Brody, earned eight nominations, including Best Actor for Brody and Best Director for Brady Corbet. The film also garnered recognition in several technical categories but missed out on nominations for Supporting Actress (with Felicity Jones) and Best Film Editing, categories where it had previously been considered a frontrunner.

Searchlight Pictures’ A Complete Unknown, the biopic about Bob Dylan, picked up three acting nominations, including Best Actor for Timothee Chalamet (marking his second career nod), Best Supporting Actor for Edward Norton (his fourth nomination) and Best Supporting Actress for breakout star Monica Barbaro.

Take a full list of nominees here:

BEST PICTURE

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

BEST DIRECTOR

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

BEST ACTRESS

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

BEST ACTOR

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

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

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

A Complete Unknown 
Conclave 
Emilia Pérez 
Sing Sing 
Nickle Boys

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Emilia Pérez
The Girl With The Needle
I’m Still Here
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
Flow

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Death By Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments Of A Beaten Heart
The Only Girl In The Orchestra

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

Anuja
I’m Not A Robot
The Last Ranger
Alien
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late (Elton John & Brandi Carlile)
El Mal from Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard)
Like A Bird from Sing Sing (Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada)
The Journey from The Six Triple Eight (Diane Warren)
Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard)

BEST SOUND

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

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST FILM EDITING

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Alien: Romulus
Kingdom Of The Planet Of Apes
Dune: Part Two
Better Man
Wicked

The nominations were announced today during a live-streamed ceremony hosted by actor-writer-comedians Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang.

The live presentation took place at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Sennott and Yang will announce the nominees in all 24 Oscar categories.

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony will take place on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre. Conan O’Brien will host the star-studded event.