The Unofficial Academy Awards Thread ( 2025 Nominations / 97th Oscars )

[MeatHookGekko]

Best Original Score

Volker Bertelman- Conclave
Daniel Blumberg- The Brutalist
Clément Ducol - Emilia Pérez
Kris Bowers - The Wild Robot
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz - Wicked

Best Animated Feature Film

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

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Wicked

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

Best Adapted Screenplay

Peter Straughan - Conclave
Jay Cocks and James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield - Sing Sing
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes - Nickel Boys

Best Original Screenplay

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

 

[Wor-Gar]

The Substance...!? Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress...and Best Screenplay???

 

[MeatHookGekko]

Best International Feature Film

Emilia Pérez
I'm Still Here
Flow
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Girl with the Needle

Best Original Song

El Mal - Emilia Pérez
Mi Camino -Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late - Elton John: Never Too Late
The Journey -The Six Triple Eight
Like a Bird - Sing Sing

Best Production Design

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part 2
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Film Editing

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

Best Sound

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

 

[MeatHookGekko]

Best Costume Design

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
The Substance
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Sugarcane
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Best Live Action Short

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

Best Animated Short

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

 

[MeatHookGekko]

Oscars: Conan O’Brien Will Host Hollywood’s Biggest Night

The beloved comedian will emcee the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, 2025, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its broadcasting partner ABC

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/conan-obrien-host-oscars-2025-1236062805/

 

[Khev]

That's got to be the worst line-up of nominees I've ever seen.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Hollywood is really transitioning.

 

[choombaz]

Yeah half of those best picture nominees are amazing. The other half are complete trash.

Plus voters have very short memories. Challengers completely shut out. My fav movie of the year.