Oscars Watch: 97th Academy Awards Nominations

While more wildfires raged in Southern California on Thursday, January 26, Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott took the stage in Beverly Hill to announce the 97th Academy Award nominations. Postponed from their original date of Friday, January 17, because of the California wildfires, the presentation opened with a statement that this year’s Oscars will not only be honoring the best movies of the year but will also be honoring the brave firefighters and people affected by the devastation.

As Bowen and Rachel announced the nominees, it was clear which films the Academy adored, like “Wicked” and “Emilia Pérez,” and which films were sensationally ignored, like “Challengers.” Other films, like “Sing Sing” and “Nickel Boys,” had a decent showing, while “The Substance” and “Nosferatu” made history by ending the Academy’s streak of not elevating horror films. One overperformer was the foreign title “I’m Still Here,” which saw three nominations, including Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Picture. Another underperformer was “Dune: Part Two,” which, at one point, had been in contention for Best Director but slowly fell out of favor as it missed tech categories like Film Editing. I had hoped that Margaret Qualley and the film “Civil War” could garner some nominations, but I had to settle for “Alien: Romulus” popping up in the Visual Effects category.

On Sunday, March 2, the Oscars will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Conan O’Brien.

BEST PICTURE

“ANORA”
NEON

“The Brutalist”
A24

“A Complete Unknown”
Searchlight Pictures

“Conclave”
Focus Features

“Dune: Part Two”
Warner Bros Pictures

“Emilia Pérez”
Netflix

“I’m Still Here”
Sony Pictures Classics

“Nickel Boys”
Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

“The Substance”
MUBI

“Wicked”
Universal Pictures

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Adrien Brody
“The Brutalist”
A24

Timothée Chalamet
“A Complete Unknown”
Searchlight Pictures

Colman Domingo
“Sing Sing”
A24

Ralph Fiennes
“Conclave”
Focus Features

Sebastian stan
“The Apprentice”
Briarcliff Entertainment

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Cynthia Erivo
“Wicked”
Universal Pictures

Karla Sofía Gascón
“EMILIA PÉREZ”
Netflix

Mikey Madison
“Anora”
NEON

Demi Moore
“The Substance”
MUBI

FERNANDA TORRES
“I’m Still Here”
Sony Pictures Classics

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Yura Borisov
“Anora”
NEON

Kieran Culkin
“A Real Pain”
Searchlight Pictures

EDWARD NORTON
“A COMPLETE UNKNOWN”
Searchlight Pictures

Guy Pearce
“The Brutalist”
A24

JEREMY STRONG
“THE APPRENTICE”
Briarcliff Entertainment

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Monica Barbaro
“A Complete Unknown“
Searchlight Pictures

Ariana Grande-Butera
“Wicked”
Universal Pictures

FELICITY JONES
“The Brutalist”
A24

Isabella Rossellini
“Conclave”
Focus Features

Zoe Saldaña
“EMILIA PÉREZ“
Netflix

ANIMATED FEATURE

“Flow”
Sideshow/Janus Films

“Inside Out 2”
Pixar Animation

“Memoir Of A Snail”
IFC Films

“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
Netflix

“The Wild Robot”
DreamWorks Animation

CINEMATOGRAPHY

“The Brutalist”
Lol Crawley
A24

“Dune: Part Two”
Greig Fraser
Warner Bros Pictures

“EMILIA PÉREZ”
Paul Guilhaume
Netflix

“Maria”
Edward Lachman
Netflix

“NOSFERATU”
Jarin Blaschke
Focus Features

COSTUME DESIGN

“A Complete Unknown”
Arianne Phillips
Searchlight Pictures

“Conclave”
Lisy Christl
Focus Features

“Gladiator II”
David Crossman & Janty Yates
Paramount Pictures

“Nosferatu”
Linda Muir
Focus Features

“Wicked”
Paul Tazewell
Universal Pictures

DIRECTING

Jacques Audiard
“Emilia Pérez”
Netflix

Sean Baker
“Anora”
NEON

Brady Corbet
“The Brutalist”
A24

Coralie Fargeat
“The Substance”
MUBI

James Mangold
“A Complete Unknown”
Searchlight Pictures

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

“Black Box Diaries“
MTV Documentary Films

“No Other Land”
mTuckman Media

“Porcelain War”
Picturehouse

“Soundtrack to a coup d’etat”
Kino Lorber

“Sugarcane”
National Geographic

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

“Death By Numbers”
Cuomo Cole Productions

“I Am Ready, Warden”
MTV Documentary Films

“Incident”
Hypnotic Pictures

“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
The New York Times

“The Only Girl in the Orchestra”
Netflix

FILM EDITING

“ANORA”
Sean Baker
NEON

“The Brutalist”
Dávid Jancsó
A24

“Conclave”
Nick Emerson
Focus Features

“Emilia Pérez”
Juliette Welfling
Netflix

“Wicked”
Myron Kerstein
Universal Pictures

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

“Emilia Pérez”
(France)
Netflix

“Flow”
(Latvia)
Sideshow/Janus Films

“The Girl With The Needle”
(Denmark)
MUBI

“I’m Still Here”
(Brazil)
Sony Pictures Classics

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
(Germany)
NEON

MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

“A Different Man”
A24

“Emilia Pérez”
Netflix

“Nosferatu”
Focus Features

“The Substance”
MUBI

“Wicked”
Universal Pictures

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

“The Brutalist”
Daniel Blumberg
A24

“Conclave”
Volker Bertelmann
Focus Features

“Emilia Pérez”
Clément Ducol & Camille
Netflix

“Wicked”
Stephen Schwartz
Universal Pictures

“The Wild Robot”
Kris Bowers
DreamWorks Animation

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

“Never Too Late”
from “Elton john: never too late”
Disney+

“el mal”
from “Emilia Pérez”
Netflix

“mi camino”
from “Emilia Pérez”
Netflix

“the journey”
from “the six triple eight”
Netflix

“Like A Bird”
from “Sing Sing”
A24

PRODUCTION DESIGN

“The Brutalist”
A24

“Conclave”
Focus Features

“Dune: Part Two”
Warner Bros Pictures

“Nosferatu”
Focus Features

“Wicked”
Universal Pictures

SHORT FILM (ANIMATION)

“BEAUTIFUL MEN”
Animal Tank

“IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS“
Barfak Animation Studio

“MAGIC CANDIES“
Dandelion Animation Studio

“WANDER TO WONDER”
Beast Animation

“yuck!”
Iliade and Films

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

“A LIEN”
Sam Cutler-Kreutz

“ANUJA”
Shine Global

“I’M NOT A ROBOT”
OAK Motion Pictures

“The Last Ranger”
Six Feet Films

“THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT”
Contrast Films

SOUND

“A Complete Unknown”
Searchlight Pictures

“Dune: Part Two”
Warner Bros Pictures

“Emilia Pérez”
Netflix

“Wicked”
Universal Pictures

“The Wild Robot”
DreamWorks Animation

VISUAL EFFECTS

“Alien: Romulus“
20th Century Studios

“Better Man”
Paramount Pictures

“Dune: Part Two”
Warner Bros Pictures

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
20th Century Studios

“Wicked”
Universal Pictures

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

“A Complete Unknown”
Jay Cocks & James Mangold
Searchlight Pictures

“Conclave”
Peter Straughan
Focus Features

“Emilia Pérez”
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, & Nicolas Livecchi
Netflix

“Nickel Boys”
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

“Sing Sing”
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
A24

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

“ANORA”
Sean Baker
NEON

“The Brutalist”
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
A24

“A Real pain”
Jesse Eisenberg
Searchlight Pictures

“September 5”
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, & Alex David
Paramount Pictures

“The Substance”
Coralie Fargeat
MUBI