Published By: Soham Halder

Oscars 2025: From Where to Watch To Full List of Nominees - All You Need To Know

The Academy Awards, or the Oscars, the pinnacle of cinematic excellence, celebrate the best in film each year.

As we approach the Oscars 2025, film enthusiasts worldwide are gearing up for an exciting night of glamour and groundbreaking achievements in cinema. Here’s everything you need to know before the Oscars 2025, including where to watch, the complete list of nominees, as well as key highlights.

The Oscars 2025 Ceremony Event:

The 97th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025. The grand event will be held at the iconic Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The ceremony will commence at 5:00 PM PST / 8:00 PM EST/ 6:30 AM IST with a star-studded red carpet event leading up to the main show.

Where to Watch?

The cinephiles who are eager to watch the event live, the Oscars 2025 will be broadcast on ABC in the United States. The ceremony will also be available for streaming on platforms like: Hulu + Live TV and the official Oscars website. Indian audiences can catch the event on networks Star Movies.

Who's hosting the Oscars?

For the first time, Conan O'Brien will be hosting the Academy Awards. O'Brien, the late-night host turned podcaster and occasional movie star, said upon the announcement: "America demanded it and now it's happening: Taco Bell's new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I'm hosting the Oscars.”

Who's presenting at the Oscars?

The academy announced that Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, Amy Poehler, June Squibb and Bowen Yang have been added to the presenting lineup for this year. They will join last year's acting winners like Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Da'Vine Joy Randolph - on the Oscar stage.

Who is nominated at the 2025 Oscars?

Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez" is the top-nominated film of the year, with 13 nominations. Other nominees for the best picture are Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part 2, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, and Wicked.

(Still from Anora)

Best Picture

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 and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Producers

WICKED

Marc Platt, Producer

(Adrien Brody in The Brutalist)

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody in THE BRUTALIST

Timothée Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Colman Domingo in SING SING

Ralph Fiennes in CONCLAVE

Sebastian Stan in THE APPRENTICE

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov in ANORA

Kieran Culkin in A REAL PAIN

Edward Norton in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Guy Pearce in THE BRUTALIST

Jeremy Strong in THE APPRENTICE

(Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez)

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo in WICKED

Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ

Mikey Madison in ANORA

Demi Moore in THE SUBSTANCE

Fernanda Torres in I'M STILL HERE

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Ariana Grande in WICKED

Felicity Jones in THE BRUTALIST

Isabella Rossellini in CONCLAVE

Zoe Saldaña in EMILIA PÉREZ

Animated Feature Film

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

(Still from The Wild Robot)

Animated Short Film

BEAUTIFUL MEN

Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS

Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi

MAGIC CANDIES

Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio

WANDER TO WONDER

Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper

YUCK!

Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

Cinematography

THE BRUTALIST

Lol Crawley

DUNE: PART TWO

Greig Fraser

EMILIA PÉREZ

Paul Guilhaume

MARIA

Ed Lachman

NOSFERATU

Jarin Blaschke

Costume Design

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Arianne Phillips

CONCLAVE

Lisy Christl

GLADIATOR II

Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

NOSFERATU

Linda Muir

WICKED

Paul Tazewell

Directing

ANORA

Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST

Brady Corbet

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

James Mangold

EMILIA PÉREZ

Jacques Audiard

THE SUBSTANCE

Coralie Fargeat

Documentary Feature Film

BLACK BOX DIARIES

Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

NO OTHER LAND

Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

PORCELAIN WAR

Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre' Pesmen

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT

Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety

SUGARCANE

Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn

Documentary Short Film

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

THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA

Molly O'Brien and Lisa Remington

Film Editing

ANORA

Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST

David Jancso

CONCLAVE

Nick Emerson

EMILIA PÉREZ

Juliette Welfling

WICKED

Myron Kerstein

International Feature Film

I'M STILL HERE

Brazil

THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE

Denmark

EMILIA PÉREZ

France

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

Germany

FLOW

Latvia

Makeup and Hairstyling

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

THE SUBSTANCE

Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli

WICKED

Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Music (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

Music (Original Song)

"El Mal" from EMILIA PÉREZ

Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

"The Journey" from THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT

Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

"Like A Bird" from SING SING

Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada

"Mi Camino" from EMILIA PÉREZ

Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol

"Never Too Late" from ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE

Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

Production Design

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

WICKED

Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Live Action Short Film

A LIEN

Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz

ANUJA

Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai

I'M NOT A ROBOT

Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

THE LAST RANGER

Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw

THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT

Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

Sound

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco

DUNE: PART TWO

Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill

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

Visual Effects

ALIEN: ROMULUS

Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan

BETTER MAN

Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs

DUNE: PART TWO

Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer

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

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

CONCLAVE

Screenplay by Peter Straughan

EMILIA PÉREZ

Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

NICKEL BOYS

Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

SING SING

Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield

Writing (Original Screenplay)

ANORA

Written by Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST

Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

A REAL PAIN

Written by Jesse Eisenberg

SEPTEMBER 5

Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David

THE SUBSTANCE

Written by Coralie Fargeat