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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the official shortlist across 10 categories for the 2025 Oscars. This year’s selection presents an exciting array of international films, with strong contenders emerging from around the globe.

The announcement was going to be last week but was postponed twice due to fires in the Los Angeles area.

The 2025 Oscars ceremony will be hosted by Conan O’Brien and held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. It will be broadcast locally on Monday, March 3.

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O’Brien joins the list of other popular comedians who have taken on the gig, including Jimmy Kimmel, Chris Rock, and David Letterman.

This year marks O’Brien’s first time hosting the Oscars, though he has assumed hosting duties for other awards ceremonies and prominent events, including the 2002 and 2006 Emmys, and the 1995 and 2013 White House Correspondents’ dinners.

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Best picture

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

oscar 2025

Best picture

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

Best actor

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

Best actress

  • Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
  • Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
  • Mikey Madison - Anora
  • Demi Moore - The Substance
  • Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here

Best supporting actress

  • Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
  • Ariana Grande - Wicked
  • Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
  • Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
  • Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

Best supporting actor

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

Best director

  • Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
  • Sean Baker - Anora
  • Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
  • Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
  • James Mangold - A Complete Unknown

Best adapted screenplay

  • A Complete Unknown - Jay Cocks and James Mangold
  • Conclave - Peter Straughan
  • Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
  • Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
  • Sing Sing - Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Best original screenplay

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

Best original song

  • Never Too Late - Elton John: Never Too Late
  • El Mal - Emilia Pérez
  • Mi Camino - Emilia Pérez
  • Like A Bird - Sing Sing
  • The Journey - The Six Triple Eight


Best original score

  • The Brutalist
  • Conclave
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Wicked
  • The Wild Robot

Best international feature

  • I'm Still Here - Brazil
  • The Girl with the Needle - Denmark
  • Emilia Pérez - France
  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Germany
  • Flow - Latvia

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 costume design

  • Wicked
  • Nosferatu
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Gladiator II

Best make-up and hairstyling

  • A Different Man
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Nosferatu
  • The Substance
  • Wicked

Best production design

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

Best sound

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

Best film editing

  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • Conclave
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Wicked

Best cinematography

  • The Brutalist
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Maria
  • Nosferatu

Best visual effects

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

Best live action short

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

Best animated short

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

Best documentary short

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

By BBC.