The 97th Academy Awards celebrated the best in cinema on March 2, 2025, with Sean Baker’s Anora emerging as the big winner. The coveted Best Picture award was bestowed upon the trite narrative about a Brooklyn sex worker who ensnares the progeny of a Russian oligarch. Sean Baker, the auteur behind this tale, garnered Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing, making him the first to clutch four Oscars for a single film.

Adrien Brody won Best Actor for The Brutalist, marking a major comeback for the veteran actor. Best Supporting Actor went to Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain, while Best Supporting Actress was awarded to Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez.

In technical categories, Wicked won Best Production Design and Best Costume Design, while Dune: Part Two secured Best Sound and Best Visual Effects. Best Animated Feature went to Flow, a Latvian film.

See the full list of winners below.

Best Picture

A Complete Unknown, Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers

Dune: Part Two, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers

I’m Still Here, Maria Carlota Bruno, Rodrigo Teixeira, Producers

Nickel Boys, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joslyn Barnes, Producers

Conclave, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers

Wicked, Marc Platt, Producer

Emilia Pérez, Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Producers

WINNER: Anora, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers

The Brutalist, Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim, Brady Corbet, Producers

The Substance, Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez

WINNER: Mikey Madison, Anora

Demi Moore, The Substance

Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov, Anora

WINNER: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

Ariana Grande, Wicked

Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

WINNER: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Directing

WINNER: Anora, Sean Baker

The Brutalist, Brady Corbet

A Complete Unknown, James Mangold

Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard

The Substance, Coralie Fargeat

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

A Complete Unknown, Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

WINNER: Conclave, Screenplay by Peter Straughan

Emilia Pérez, Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

Nickel Boys, Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

Sing Sing, Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

Writing (Original Screenplay)

WINNER: Anora, Written by Sean Baker

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

Music (Original Score)

WINNER: 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)

WINNER: “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

Animated Feature Film

WINNER: Flow, Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman

Inside Out 2, Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

Memoir of a Snail, Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek

The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

Animated Short Film

Beautiful Men, Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande

WINNER: In the Shadow of the Cypress, Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi

Magic Candies, Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio

Wander to Wonder, Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper

Yuck!, Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

Cinematography

WINNER: The Brutalist, Lol Crawley

Dune: Part Two, Greig Fraser

Emilia Pérez, Paul Guilhaume

Maria, Ed Lachman

Nosferatu, Jarin Blaschke

Costume Design

A Complete Unknown, Arianne Phillips

Conclave, Lisy Christl

Gladiator II, Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

Nosferatu, Linda Muir

WINNER: Wicked, Paul Tazewell

Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries, Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

WINNER: No Other Land, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

Porcelain War, Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety

Sugarcane, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn

Documentary Short Film

Death by Numbers, Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard

I Am Ready, Warden, Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp

Incident, Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven

Instruments of a Beating Heart, Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari

WINNER: The Only Girl in the Orchestra, Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington

Film Editing

WINNER: Anora, Sean Baker

The Brutalist, David Jancso

Conclave, Nick Emerson

Emilia Pérez, Juliette Welfling

Wicked, Myron Kerstein

International Feature Film

WINNER: Brazil, I’m Still Here

Denmark, The Girl With the Needle

France, Emilia Pérez

Germany, The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Latvia, Flow

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

WINNER: The Substance, Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli

Wicked, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

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

WINNER: Wicked, Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Live Action Short Film

A Lien, Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz

Anuja, Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai

WINNER: I’m Not a Robot, Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

The Last Ranger, Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

Sound

A Complete Unknown, Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco

WINNER: 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

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

WINNER: 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