97th Academy Awards

The **97th Academy Awards** ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC and streamed on Hulu for the first time.

### Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in **boldface**, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_Anora_ – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker, producers ‡** ** _The Brutalist_ – Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim, and Brady Corbet, producers ** _A Complete Unknown_ – Fred Berger, James Mangold, and Alex Heineman, producers ** _Conclave_ – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman, producers ** _Dune: Part Two_ – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, and Denis Villeneuve, producers ** _Emilia Pérez_ – Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, producers ** _I'm Still Here_ – Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira, producers ** _Nickel Boys_ – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Joslyn Barnes, producers ** _The Substance_ – Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner, producers ** _Wicked_ – Marc Platt, producer|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **Sean Baker – _Anora_ ‡** ** Brady Corbet – _The Brutalist_ ** James Mangold – _A Complete Unknown_ ** Jacques Audiard – _Emilia Pérez_ ** Coralie Fargeat – _The Substance_|
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|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **Adrien Brody – _The Brutalist_ as László Tóth ‡** ** Timothée Chalamet – _A Complete Unknown_ as Bob Dylan ** Colman Domingo – _Sing Sing_ as John "Divine G" Whitfield ** Ralph Fiennes – _Conclave_ as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence ** Sebastian Stan – _The Apprentice_ as Donald Trump|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **Mikey Madison – _Anora_ as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva ‡** ** Cynthia Erivo – _Wicked_ as Elphaba Thropp ** Karla Sofía Gascón – _Emilia Pérez_ as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte ** Demi Moore – _The Substance_ as Elisabeth Sparkle ** Fernanda Torres – _I'm Still Here_ as Eunice Paiva|
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **Kieran Culkin – _A Real Pain_ as Benji Kaplan ‡** ** Yura Borisov – _Anora_ as Igor ** Edward Norton – _A Complete Unknown_ as Pete Seeger ** Guy Pearce – _The Brutalist_ as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. ** Jeremy Strong – _The Apprentice_ as Roy Cohn|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **Zoe Saldaña – _Emilia Pérez_ as Rita Mora Castro ‡** ** Monica Barbaro – _A Complete Unknown_ as Joan Baez ** Ariana Grande – _Wicked_ as Galinda "Glinda" Upland ** Felicity Jones – _The Brutalist_ as Erzsébet Tóth ** Isabella Rossellini – _Conclave_ as Sister Agnes|
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_Anora_ – Sean Baker ‡** ** _The Brutalist_ – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold ** _A Real Pain_ – Jesse Eisenberg ** _September 5_ – Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum; co-written by Alex David ** _The Substance_ – Coralie Fargeat|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_Conclave_ – Peter Straughan; based on the novel by Robert Harris ‡** ** _A Complete Unknown_ – James Mangold and Jay Cocks; based on the book _Dylan Goes Electric!_ by Elijah Wald ** _Emilia Pérez_ – Jacques Audiard; in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi; based on the opera libretto _Emilia Pérez_ by Jacques Audiard and the novel _Écoute_ by Boris Razon ** _Nickel Boys_ – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes; based on the novel _The Nickel Boys_ by Colson Whitehead ** _Sing Sing_ – Screenplay by Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley; story by Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley, Clarence Maclin, and John "Divine G" Whitfield; based on the book _The Sing Sing Follies_ by John H. Richardson and the play _Breakin' the Mummy's Code_ by Brent Buell|
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_Flow_ – Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens, and Gregory Zalcman ‡** ** _Inside Out 2_ – Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen ** _Memoir of a Snail_ – Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney ** _Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl_ – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, and Richard Beek ** _The Wild Robot_ – Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_I'm Still Here_ (Brazil) in Portuguese – directed by Walter Salles ‡** ** _Emilia Pérez_ (France) in Spanish – directed by Jacques Audiard ** _Flow_ (Latvia) – directed by Gints Zilbalodis ** _The Girl with the Needle_ (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Magnus von Horn ** _The Seed of the Sacred Fig_ (Germany) in Persian – directed by Mohammad Rasoulof|
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_No Other Land_ – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham ‡** ** _Black Box Diaries_ – Shiori Itō, Eric Nyari, and Hanna Aqvilin ** _Porcelain War_ – Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska, and Paula DuPré Pesmen ** _Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat_ – Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius, and Rémi Grellety ** _Sugarcane_ – Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, and Kellen Quinn|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_The Only Girl in the Orchestra_ – Molly O'Brien and Lisa Remington ‡** ** _Death by Numbers_ – Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard ** _I Am Ready, Warden_ – Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp ** _Incident_ – Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven ** _Instruments of a Beating Heart_ – Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari|
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_I'm Not a Robot_ – Victoria Warmerdam and Trent ‡** ** _A Lien_ – Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz ** _Anuja_ – Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai ** _The Last Ranger_ – Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw ** _The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent_ – Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_In the Shadow of the Cypress_ – Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi ‡** ** _Beautiful Men_ – Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande ** _Magic Candies_ – Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio ** _Wander to Wonder_ – Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper ** _Yuck!_ – Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet|
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_The Brutalist_ – Daniel Blumberg ‡** ** _Conclave_ – Volker Bertelmann ** _Emilia Pérez_ – Clément Ducol and Camille ** _Wicked_ – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz ** _The Wild Robot_ – Kris Bowers|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **"El Mal" from _Emilia Pérez_ – Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard ‡** ** "The Journey" from _The Six Triple Eight_ – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren ** "Like a Bird" from _Sing Sing_ – Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada ** "Mi Camino" from _Emilia Pérez_ – Music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol ** "Never Too Late" from _Elton John: Never Too Late_ – Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, and Bernie Taupin|
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_Dune: Part Two_ – Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill ‡** ** _A Complete Unknown_ – Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey, and David Giammarco ** _Emilia Pérez_ – Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz, and Niels Barletta ** _Wicked_ – Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson, and John Marquis ** _The Wild Robot_ – Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo, and Leff Lefferts|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_Wicked_ – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales ‡** ** _The Brutalist_ – Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia ** _Conclave_ – Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter ** _Dune: Part Two_ – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau ** _Nosferatu_ – Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová|
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_The Brutalist_ – Lol Crawley ‡** ** _Dune: Part Two_ – Greig Fraser ** _Emilia Pérez_ – Paul Guilhaume ** _Maria_ – Edward Lachman ** _Nosferatu_ – Jarin Blaschke|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_The Substance_ – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli ‡** ** _A Different Man_ – Mike Marino, David Presto, and Crystal Jurado ** _Emilia Pérez_ – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini ** _Nosferatu_ – David White, Traci Loader, and Suzanne Stokes-Munton ** _Wicked_ – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, and Sarah Nuth|
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_Wicked_ – Paul Tazewell ‡** ** _A Complete Unknown_ – Arianne Phillips ** _Conclave_ – Lisy Christl ** _Gladiator II_ – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman ** _Nosferatu_ – Linda Muir|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_Anora_ – Sean Baker ‡** ** _The Brutalist_ – Dávid Jancsó ** _Conclave_ – Nick Emerson ** _Emilia Pérez_ – Juliette Welfling ** _Wicked_ – Myron Kerstein|
|colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|* **_Dune: Part Two_ – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer ‡** ** _Alien: Romulus_ – Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin, and Shane Mahan ** _Better Man_ – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, and Peter Stubbs ** _Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes_ – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke ** _Wicked_ – Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk, and Paul Corbould|||

## Infobox (film awards)

- **number**: 97
- **award**: Academy Awards
- **date**: March 2, 2025
- **site**: Dolby Theatre
Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **host**: Conan O'Brien
- **preshow**: Julianne Hough
Jesse Palmer
- **director**: Hamish Hamilton (director), Hamish Hamilton
- **best picture**: _Anora_
- **most wins**: _Anora_ (5)
- **most nominations**: _Emilia Pérez_ (13)
- **network**: **Broadcast:**
American Broadcasting Company, ABC
**Streaming:**
Hulu
- **duration**: 3 hours,  50 minutes
- **last**: 96th
- **next**: 98th