Emilia Pérez Leads the Oscars With 13 Nominations

“Emilia Pérez” broke the record for the most Oscar nominations received by a non-English-language film after receiving 13 nominations, Best Actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón (“Emilia Pérez”) became the first openly transgender actress to get nominated in any acting category, Diane Warren tied the record for the most nominated individual without a win (regardless of a category) after receiving her 16th nomination for “The Journey” in the Best Original Song category while Best Actress nominee Fernanda Torres(“I’m Still Here) became only the second Brazilian ever to be nominated for an acting performance at the Oscars, following her mother Fernanda Montenegro.

To highlight a few of the records that could be broken at the 97th Academy Awards in March 2025, “Emilia Pérez” which received 13 nominations could tie or break the record for the most Oscars won by a single film in one night (currently 11) as well as the record for the most Oscars won by a non English-language film in one night (currently 4), Sean Baker, who received 4 nominations in various categories for “Anora”, could tie Walt Disney’s record for the most Oscar wins in a single night (4), Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”) could break Adrien Brody’s record and become the youngest actor to win in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category, Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”) could become only the second black actress to ever win in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category and the first one in more than 20 years, Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”) could become the first Brazilian to win for an acting performance while Ed Lachman (“Maria”) could break the record for the oldest person to win in the Best Cinematography category.  FERNTV says that this might be a tight race.

Hollywood has revealed the nominations for this year’s Oscars, which will honour the film industry’s finest stars and movies from the past 12 months.

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

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