Here we are once more, the Academy Awards nominees are here! It has been a trying time for many around the world for so many reasons, so it’s a light in the dark to have something to celebrate, in particular celebrating those films that bring joy to those who need it most. From musicals such as Wicked and Emilia Pérez, to intense dramas such as The Brutalist and Sing Sing, alongside some wonderful shorts and animations, there’s something for everyone at the 97th Academy Awards, the ceremony of which will be on March 2nd. And so, without further ado…

BEST PICTURE

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

DIRECTING

Sean Baker – Anora – WINNER
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Coralie Forgeat – The Substance

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

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

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

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

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

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

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

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

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Emilia Pérez (France)
Flow (Latvia)
The Girl With the Needle – (Denmark)
I’m Still Here (Brazil) – WINNER
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

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

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

A Complete Unknown
Conclave – WINNER
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

Anora – Sean Baker – WINNER
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
September 5 – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David
The Substance – Coralie Forgeat

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

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

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

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

FILM EDITING

Anora – WINNER
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Brutalist – WINNER
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

COSTUME DESIGN

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked – WINNER

MAKE UP & HAIRSTYLING

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance – WINNER
Wicked

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg – WINNER
Conclave — Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez — Clément Ducol, Camille
Wicked — John Powell, Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – WINNER
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez
“Like A Bird” from Sing Sing
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight

PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked – WICKED

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

Anuja
I’m Not a Robot – WINNER
The Last Ranger
A Lien
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

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

SOUND

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

VISUAL EFFECTS

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