Presenting The 97th Academy Awards Nominations

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The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards have just been announced and while we didn’t watch the live feed, we share the full rundown after collecting it from assorted resources. Comedian and podcaster Conan O’Brien will be the host for the very first time. Let’s have a look.

Best Picture
Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, producers
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, producers
Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael Jackman
Dune: Part Two – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, producers
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked – Marc Platt, producer

Best Director
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Best Actor
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John “Divine G” Whitfield
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice as Donald Trump

Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez / Juan “Manitas” Del Monte
Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora “Ani” Mikheeva
Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here as Eunice Paiva

Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benjamin “Benji” Kaplan
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown as Pete Seeger
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice as Roy Cohn

Best Supporting Actress
Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown as Joan Baez
Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda “Glinda” Upland
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist as Erzsébet Tóth
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave as Sister Agnes
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro

Best Original Screenplay
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

Best Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown – James Mangold and Jay Cocks; based on the novel Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald
Conclave – Peter Straughan; based on the novel Conclave by Robert Harris
Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard; based on the opera libretto Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes; based on the novel The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley; based on the “The Sing Sing Follies” by John H. Richardson

Best Animated Feature
Flow – Gints Zilbalodis and Mat?ss Kaža
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 and Richard Beek
The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

Best International Feature Film
Emilia Pérez (France) in Spanish – directed by Jacques Audiard
Flow (Latvia) with no dialogue – directed by Gints Zilbalodis
The Girl with the Needle (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Magnus von Horn
I’m Still Here (Brazil) in Portuguese – directed by Walter Salles
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany) in Persian – directed by Mohammad Rasoulof

Best Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries – Shiori It?, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
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 (film) – Nominees To Be Determined

Best 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
The Only Girl in the Orchestra– Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington

Best Live Action Short Film
A Lien – Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
Anuja – Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
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 Slijep?evi? and Danijel Pek

Best Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men – Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
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

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

Best Original Song
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – Music by Clément Ducol and Camille, lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
“Like A Bird” from Sing Sing – Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez – Music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol
“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late – Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

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

Best Production Design
The Brutalist – Production Design: [[]]; Set Decoration: [[]]
Conclave – Production Design: [[]]; Set Decoration: [[]]
Dune: Part 2 – Production Design: [[]]; Set Decoration: [[]]
Nosferatu – Production Design: [[]]; Set Decoration: [[]]
Wicked – Production Design: [[]]; Set Decoration: [[]]

Best Cinematography
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Dune: Part 2 – Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume
Maria – Ed Lachman
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

Best 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
The Substance – Pierre-Oliver Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
Wicked – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Best Costume Design
A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips
Conclave – Lisy Christl
Gladiator II – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Wicked – Paul Tazewell

Best Film Editing
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – David Jancso
Conclave – Nick Emerson
Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling
Wicked – Myron Kerstein

Best Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus – [[]]
Better Man – [[]]
Dune: Part Two – [[]]
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – [[]]
Wicked – [[]]

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