Film’s biggest night has nearly arrived and Hollywood stars are gearing up to win the industry’s most prestigious trophy.
The 97th Academy Awards will honor artistic and technical excellence by handing out Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in the heart of Hollywood on Sunday.
This year’s Oscar nominees feature an array of films from religious thriller “Conclave” and historical drama “The Brutalist” to fantasy musical “Wicked” and body horror movie “The Substance.”
Netflix musical thriller “Emilia Pérez
” leads the pack with 13 nominations despite stirring controversy into the race due to resurfaced racist and xenophobic social media posts by its lead Karla Sofía Gascón
.
Here are the nominees for this year’s race from best actor and best supporting actress to the top best picture prize.
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Here are this year’s Academy Awards nominees:
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 actor
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”
Best supporting actress
Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”
Best director
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”
Best original screenplay
“Anora” (Sean Baker)
“The Brutalist” (Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold)
“A Real Pain” (Jesse Eisenberg)
“September 5” (Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and Alex David)
“The Substance” (Coralie Fargeat)
Best adapted screenplay
“A Complete Unknown” (James Mangold and Jay Cocks)
“Conclave” (Peter Straughan)
“Emilia Pérez” (Jacques Audiard)
“Nickel Boys” (RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes)
“Sing Sing” (Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar)
Best international film
“I’m Still Here” (Brazil)
“The Girl With the Needle” (Denmark)
“Emilia Pérez” (France)
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany)
“Flow” (Latvia)
Best cinematography
“The Brutalist”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”
Best costume design
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Gladiator II”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”
Best editing
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
Best makeup and hairstyling
“A Different Man”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nosferatu”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”
Best original score
“The Brutalist” (Daniel Blumberg)
“Conclave” (Volker Bertelmann)
“Emilia Pérez” (Clément Ducol and Camille)
“Wicked” (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz)
“The Wild Robot” (Kris Bowers)
Best original song
“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” (Clément Ducol and Camille)
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” (Diane Warren)
“Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing” (Abraham Alexander andAdrian Quesada)
“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” (Camille and Clément Ducol)
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” (Elton John, Brandi Carlile,Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin)
Best production design
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”
Best sound
“A Complete Unknown”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”
Best visual effects
“Alien: Romulus”
“Better Man”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Wicked”
Best animated film
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”
Best animated short
“Beautiful Men”
“In the Shadow of the Cypress”
“Magic Candies”
“Wander to Wonder”
“Yuck!”
Best documentary film
“Black Box Diaries”
“No Other Land”
“Porcelain War”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane”
Best documentary short
“Death by Numbers”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra”
Best live-action short
“A Lien”
“Anuja”
“I’m Not a Robot”
“The Last Ranger”
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”
