FILM #31
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DAY#37
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97TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2025 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“THE SUBSTANCE“
February 28, 2025
4K ULTRA HD
…Review and Analysis Coming Soon
A fading celebrity takes a black-market drug: a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
MUBI
December 25, 2024
132 minutes
best MOTION PICTURE
Coralie Fargeat and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner
| First-time Nominee |
| 1998 | 71st Academy Awards | Best Picture | “Elizabeth” | Nominee |
| 2007 | 80th Academy Awards | Best Picture | “Atonement” | Nominee |
| 2012 | 85th Academy Awards | Best Picture | “Les Misérables” | Nominee |
| 2014 | 87th Academy Awards | Best Picture | “The Theory Of Everything” | Nominee |
| 2017 | 90th Academy Awards | Best Picture | “Darkest Hour” | Nominee |
| 1998 | 71st Academy Awards | Best Picture | “Elizabeth” | Nominee |
| 2007 | 80th Academy Awards | Best Picture | “Atonement” | Nominee |
| 2008 | 85th Academy Awards | Best Picture | “Frost/Nixon” | Nominee |
| 2012 | 85th Academy Awards | Best Picture | “Les Misérables” | Nominee |
| 2014 | 87th Academy Awards | Best Picture | “The Theory Of Everything” | Nominee |
| 2017 | 90th Academy Awards | Best Picture | “Darkest Hour” | Nominee |
EXPERTS
1. “Anora”
2. “Conclave”
3. “The Brutalist”
4. “A Complete Unknown”
5. “Wicked”
6. “Emilia Pérez”
7. “The Substance”
8. “I’m Still Here”
9. “Dune: Part Two”
10. “Nickel Boys”
PERSONAL
1. “Anora”
2. “Dune: Part Two”
3. “The Substance”
4. “The Brutalist”
5. “Wicked”
6. “Conclave”
7. “Nickel Boys”
8. “A Complete Unknown”
9. “Emilia Pérez”
10. “I’m Still Here”
best ActrESS in a Leading Role
Demi Moore
| First-time Nominee |
EXPERTS
1. Demi Moore – “The Substance”
2. Mikey Madison – “Anora”
3. Fernanda Torres – “I’m Still Here”
4. Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked”
5. Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez”
PERSONAL
1. Mikey Madison – “Anora”
2. Demi Moore – “The Substance”
3. Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked”
4. Fernanda Torres – “I’m Still Here”
5. Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez”
best Directing
Coralie Fargeat
| First-time Nominee |
EXPERTS
1. Sean Baker – “Anora”
2. Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”
3. James Mangold – “A Complete Unknown”
4. Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
5. Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez”
PERSONAL
1. Sean Baker – “Anora”
2. Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”
3. Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
4. James Mangold – “A Complete Unknown”
5. Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez”
best Makeup and Hairstyling
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
| First-time Nominees |
EXPERTS
1. “The Substance”
2. “Wicked”
3. “A Different Man”
4. “Nosferatu”
5. “Emilia Pérez”
PERSONAL
1. “Nosferatu”
2. “The Substance”
3. “Wicked”
4. “Emilia Pérez”
5. “A Different Man”
best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Written by Coralie Fargeat
| First-time Nominee |
EXPERTS
1. “Anora”
2. “The Brutalist”
3. “The Substance”
4. “A Real Pain”
5. “September 5”
PERSONAL
1. “Anora”
2. “The Substance”
3. “The Brutalist”
4. “September 5”
5. “A Real Pain”
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