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]]>Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist, Wicked, and Conclave were some of the front-runners for the best picture prize, but they couldn’t stand their ground against Anora. Sean Baker collected an Oscar for producing this acclaimed indie comedy, in addition to being honored for his work as its director, screenwriter, and editor.
Mikey Madison, the leading lady of Anora, also had a reason to celebrate after beating tough competition to win an Oscar for her titular role in this film. The list of winners in the acting categories also included Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez).
The Brutalist was among the night’s biggest winners, and it walked away with three trophies after scoring ten nominations. Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked were right behind with two each, mostly in technical categories.
The 2025 Academy Awards took place on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with Conan O’Brien hosting the festivities for the first time.
BEST PICTURE
Anora
A Cre Films Production
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Mikey Madison – Anora
DIRECTING
Sean Baker – Anora
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Brutalist
Daniel Blumberg
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
A VideoFilmes Produções Artísticas Production
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Lol Crawley
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
I’m Not a Robot
Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer
SOUND
Dune: Part Two
Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
No Other Land
An Antipode Films Production
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez
Music by Clément Ducol and Camille
Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Wicked
Production Design: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
FILM EDITING
Anora
Sean Baker
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
The Substance
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Conclave
Screenplay by Peter Straughan
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Anora
Written by Sean Baker
COSTUME DESIGN
Wicked
Paul Tazewell
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens, and Gregory Zalcman
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
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]]>Anora received a lot of buzz with its Palme d’Or win at the Cannes Film Festival, and it turns out that was just the beginning. This film is now in the running for best feature at the Gotham Film Awards, alongside Halina Reijn’s Babygirl, Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, and RaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys.
Its leading lady Mikey Madison scored a nomination for outstanding lead performance, but taking this trophy home won’t be an easy task. This category is one star-studded affair and includes the likes of Pamela Anderson for The Last Showgirl, Adrien Brody for The Brutalist, Nicole Kidman for Babygirl, and Demi Moore for The Substance.
The 2024 Gotham Film Awards are coming back to the Cipriani Wall Street in New York on December 2. In addition to Anora with four nods, the list of main contenders also includes I Saw the TV Glow and Nickel Boys with three each.
Best Feature
Anora
Sean Baker, director; Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, producers (NEON)
Babygirl
Halina Reijn, director; David Hinojosa, Julia Oh, Halina Reijn, producers (A24)
Challengers
Luca Guadagnino, director; Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)
A Different Man
Aaron Schimberg, director; Gabriel Mayers, Vanessa McDonnell, Christine Vachon, producers (A24)
Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross, director; Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, producers (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Best International Feature
All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia, director; Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Green Border
Agnieszka Holland, director; Fred Bernstein, Agnieszka Holland, Marcin Wierzchoslawski, producers (Kino Lorber)
Hard Truths
Mike Leigh, director; Georgina Lowe, producer (Bleecker Street)
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Thien An Pham, director; Jeremy Chua, Tran Van Thi, producers (Kino Lorber)
Vermiglio
Maura Delpero, director; Francesca Andreoli, Maura Delpero, Santiago Fondevila Sance, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Best Documentary Feature
Dahomey
Mati Diop, director; Mati Diop, Judith Lou Lévy, Eve Robin, producers (MUBI)
Intercepted
Oksana Karpovych, director; Darya Bassel, Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Rocío B. Fuentes, Giacomo Nudi, Lucie Rego Pauline Tran Van Lieu, producers (Grasshopper Film)
No Other Land
Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, directors; Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, producers (Antipode Films)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Johan Grimonprez, director; Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius, producers (Kino Lorber)
Sugarcane
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, directors; Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn, producers (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Union
Stephen Maing, Brett Story, directors; Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, producers (Self-Distributed)
Best Director
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Sean Baker, Anora (NEON)
Guan Hu, Black Dog (The Forge)
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Best Screenplay
Between the Temples, Nathan Silver, C. Mason Wells (Sony Pictures Classics)
Evil Does Not Exist, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Femme, Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Utopia)
His Three Daughters, Azazel Jacobs (Netflix)
Janet Planet, Annie Baker (A24)
Breakthrough Director
Shuchi Talati, Girls Will Be Girls (Juno Films, Inc)
India Donaldson, Good One (Metrograph Pictures)
Alessandra Lacorazza, In the Summers (Music Box Films)
Vera Drew, The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence)
Mahdi Fleifel, To a Land Unknown (Watermelon Pictures)
Outstanding Lead Performance
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl (Roadside Attractions)
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (A24)
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24)
Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight (IFC Films)
Mikey Madison, Anora (NEON)
Demi Moore, The Substance (MUBI)
Saoirse Ronan, Outrun (Sony Pictures Classics)
Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Yura Borisov, Anora (NEON)
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters (Netflix)
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (A24)
Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (A24)
Adam Pearson, A Different Man (A24)
Brian Tyree Henry, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
Breakthrough Performer
Lily Collias, Good One (Metrograph Pictures)
Ryan Destiny, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
Maisy Stella, My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
Izaac Wang, Dìdi (Focus Features)
Brandon Wilson, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
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]]>Anora chronicles the whirlwind romance between an exotic New York dancer and the immature son of a Russian oligarch. Shortly after meeting, they decide to elope in Las Vegas, but this decision doesn’t sit well with his parents, who quickly fly to New York to ensure they’ll get an annulment.
Sean Baker accepted the Palme d’Or for Anora, describing this victory as his “singular goal as a filmmaker for the past 30 years.” His acceptance speech was a love letter to movie theatres, and he used it to stress the importance of making feature films for theatrical release.
“I do know that I will continue to fight for cinema because right now as filmmakers, we have to fight to keep cinema alive… We share laughter, sorrow, anger, fear and hopefully have a catharsis with our friends and strangers – and that’s sacred,” said Baker in his speech.
Anora is the first American film to win the Palme d’Or in over a decade, and it marks Neon’s fifth consecutive victory, following the success of Parasite, Titane, Triangle of Sadness, and Anatomy of a Fall.
Palme d’Or
Anora, dir: Sean Baker
Grand Prize
All We Imagine as Light, dir: Payal Kapadia
Jury Prize
Emilia Perez, dir: Jacques Audiard
Best Director
Miguel Gomes, Grand Tour
Special Prize
Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Actor
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Best Actress
Emilia Perez ensemble: Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon, Selena Gomez
Best Screenplay
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
Camera d’Or
Armand, dir: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Special Mention
Mongrel, dir: Chiang Wei Liang
Short Film Palme d’Or
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, dir: Nebojsa Slijepcevic
Special Mention
Bad For a Moment, dir: Daniel Soares
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]]>Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist, Wicked, and Conclave were some of the front-runners for the best picture prize, but they couldn’t stand their ground against Anora. Sean Baker collected an Oscar for producing this acclaimed indie comedy, in addition to being honored for his work as its director, screenwriter, and editor.
Mikey Madison, the leading lady of Anora, also had a reason to celebrate after beating tough competition to win an Oscar for her titular role in this film. The list of winners in the acting categories also included Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez).
The Brutalist was among the night’s biggest winners, and it walked away with three trophies after scoring ten nominations. Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked were right behind with two each, mostly in technical categories.
The 2025 Academy Awards took place on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with Conan O’Brien hosting the festivities for the first time.
BEST PICTURE
Anora
A Cre Films Production
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Mikey Madison – Anora
DIRECTING
Sean Baker – Anora
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Brutalist
Daniel Blumberg
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
A VideoFilmes Produções Artísticas Production
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Lol Crawley
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
I’m Not a Robot
Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer
SOUND
Dune: Part Two
Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
No Other Land
An Antipode Films Production
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez
Music by Clément Ducol and Camille
Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Wicked
Production Design: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
FILM EDITING
Anora
Sean Baker
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
The Substance
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Conclave
Screenplay by Peter Straughan
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Anora
Written by Sean Baker
COSTUME DESIGN
Wicked
Paul Tazewell
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens, and Gregory Zalcman
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
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]]>Anora received a lot of buzz with its Palme d’Or win at the Cannes Film Festival, and it turns out that was just the beginning. This film is now in the running for best feature at the Gotham Film Awards, alongside Halina Reijn’s Babygirl, Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, and RaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys.
Its leading lady Mikey Madison scored a nomination for outstanding lead performance, but taking this trophy home won’t be an easy task. This category is one star-studded affair and includes the likes of Pamela Anderson for The Last Showgirl, Adrien Brody for The Brutalist, Nicole Kidman for Babygirl, and Demi Moore for The Substance.
The 2024 Gotham Film Awards are coming back to the Cipriani Wall Street in New York on December 2. In addition to Anora with four nods, the list of main contenders also includes I Saw the TV Glow and Nickel Boys with three each.
Best Feature
Anora
Sean Baker, director; Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, producers (NEON)
Babygirl
Halina Reijn, director; David Hinojosa, Julia Oh, Halina Reijn, producers (A24)
Challengers
Luca Guadagnino, director; Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)
A Different Man
Aaron Schimberg, director; Gabriel Mayers, Vanessa McDonnell, Christine Vachon, producers (A24)
Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross, director; Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, producers (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Best International Feature
All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia, director; Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Green Border
Agnieszka Holland, director; Fred Bernstein, Agnieszka Holland, Marcin Wierzchoslawski, producers (Kino Lorber)
Hard Truths
Mike Leigh, director; Georgina Lowe, producer (Bleecker Street)
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Thien An Pham, director; Jeremy Chua, Tran Van Thi, producers (Kino Lorber)
Vermiglio
Maura Delpero, director; Francesca Andreoli, Maura Delpero, Santiago Fondevila Sance, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Best Documentary Feature
Dahomey
Mati Diop, director; Mati Diop, Judith Lou Lévy, Eve Robin, producers (MUBI)
Intercepted
Oksana Karpovych, director; Darya Bassel, Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Rocío B. Fuentes, Giacomo Nudi, Lucie Rego Pauline Tran Van Lieu, producers (Grasshopper Film)
No Other Land
Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, directors; Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, producers (Antipode Films)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Johan Grimonprez, director; Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius, producers (Kino Lorber)
Sugarcane
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, directors; Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn, producers (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Union
Stephen Maing, Brett Story, directors; Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, producers (Self-Distributed)
Best Director
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Sean Baker, Anora (NEON)
Guan Hu, Black Dog (The Forge)
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Best Screenplay
Between the Temples, Nathan Silver, C. Mason Wells (Sony Pictures Classics)
Evil Does Not Exist, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Femme, Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Utopia)
His Three Daughters, Azazel Jacobs (Netflix)
Janet Planet, Annie Baker (A24)
Breakthrough Director
Shuchi Talati, Girls Will Be Girls (Juno Films, Inc)
India Donaldson, Good One (Metrograph Pictures)
Alessandra Lacorazza, In the Summers (Music Box Films)
Vera Drew, The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence)
Mahdi Fleifel, To a Land Unknown (Watermelon Pictures)
Outstanding Lead Performance
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl (Roadside Attractions)
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (A24)
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24)
Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight (IFC Films)
Mikey Madison, Anora (NEON)
Demi Moore, The Substance (MUBI)
Saoirse Ronan, Outrun (Sony Pictures Classics)
Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Yura Borisov, Anora (NEON)
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters (Netflix)
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (A24)
Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (A24)
Adam Pearson, A Different Man (A24)
Brian Tyree Henry, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
Breakthrough Performer
Lily Collias, Good One (Metrograph Pictures)
Ryan Destiny, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
Maisy Stella, My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
Izaac Wang, Dìdi (Focus Features)
Brandon Wilson, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
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]]>Anora chronicles the whirlwind romance between an exotic New York dancer and the immature son of a Russian oligarch. Shortly after meeting, they decide to elope in Las Vegas, but this decision doesn’t sit well with his parents, who quickly fly to New York to ensure they’ll get an annulment.
Sean Baker accepted the Palme d’Or for Anora, describing this victory as his “singular goal as a filmmaker for the past 30 years.” His acceptance speech was a love letter to movie theatres, and he used it to stress the importance of making feature films for theatrical release.
“I do know that I will continue to fight for cinema because right now as filmmakers, we have to fight to keep cinema alive… We share laughter, sorrow, anger, fear and hopefully have a catharsis with our friends and strangers – and that’s sacred,” said Baker in his speech.
Anora is the first American film to win the Palme d’Or in over a decade, and it marks Neon’s fifth consecutive victory, following the success of Parasite, Titane, Triangle of Sadness, and Anatomy of a Fall.
Palme d’Or
Anora, dir: Sean Baker
Grand Prize
All We Imagine as Light, dir: Payal Kapadia
Jury Prize
Emilia Perez, dir: Jacques Audiard
Best Director
Miguel Gomes, Grand Tour
Special Prize
Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Actor
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Best Actress
Emilia Perez ensemble: Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon, Selena Gomez
Best Screenplay
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
Camera d’Or
Armand, dir: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Special Mention
Mongrel, dir: Chiang Wei Liang
Short Film Palme d’Or
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, dir: Nebojsa Slijepcevic
Special Mention
Bad For a Moment, dir: Daniel Soares
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