And the Oscar goes to…! Find out who won the coveted gold statuettes at the 97th Academy Awards.
On Sunday, 2 March, the 97th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), celebrated the absolute best movies at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The 2025 Oscars saw the presentation of 23 coveted awards honouring outstanding achievements in films released in 2024.
Going into the award ceremony, “Emilia Pérez” led with 13 nominations, followed by “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” with 10 each. However, the night ended with “Anora” scooping up the most honours, and making history several times.
With a diverse slate of nominees, the Oscars 2025 delivered a memorable night of triumphs, surprises, and celebration. Here are the nominees, and winners who took home the coveted Oscars.
And the winners are…
Best picture
- Anora — WINNER
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- I’m Still Here
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best actress
- Mikey Madison – Anora — WINNER
- Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
- Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
- Demi Moore – The Substance
- Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Best actor
- Adrien Brody – The Brutalist — WINNER
- Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
- Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Best supporting actress
- Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez — WINNER
- Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande – Wicked
- Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Best supporting actor
- Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain — WINNER
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
- Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Best director
- Sean Baker – Anora — WINNER
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
- James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
Best international feature
- I’m Still Here – Brazil — WINNER
- The Girl with the Needle – Denmark
- Emilia Pérez – France
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Germany
- Flow – Latvia
Best animated feature
- Flow — WINNER
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Best original screenplay
- Anora – Sean Baker — WINNER
- 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 adapted screenplay
- Conclave – Peter Straughan — WINNER
- A Complete Unknown – Jay Cocks and James Mangold
- Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
- Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
- Sing Sing – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
Best original score
- The Brutalist — WINNER
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best documentary feature
- No Other Land — WINNER
- Black Box Diaries
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
- Sugarcane
Best original song
- El Mal – Emilia Pérez — WINNER
- Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late
- Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez
- Like A Bird – Sing Sing
- The Journey – The Six Triple Eight

Best costume design
- Wicked — WINNER
- Nosferatu
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Gladiator II
Best make-up and hairstyling
- The Substance — WINNER
- A Different Man
- Emilia Pérez
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Best production design
- Wicked — WINNER
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Conclave

Best sound
- Dune: Part Two — WINNER
- A Complete Unknown
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best film editing
- Anora — WINNER
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
Best cinematography
- The Brutalist — WINNER
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Maria
- Nosferatu
Best visual effects
- Dune: Part Two — WINNER
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Wicked
Best live-action short
- I’m Not a Robot — WINNER
- Anuja
- The Last Ranger
- A Lien
- The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best animated short
- In the Shadow of the Cypress — WINNER
- Beautiful Men
- Magic Candies
- Wander to Wonder
- Yuck!
Best documentary short
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra — WINNER
- Death by Numbers
- I Am Ready, Warden
- Incident
- Instruments of a Beating Heart