Anora, a screwball comedy-drama about a sex worker who marries a Russian oligarch’s son, has walked away with the biggest prizes at the 97th annual Academy Awards. The film won the awards for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay.
The musical Emilia Perez, which had the highest total nominations with 13 nods, scooped up wins for Best Original Song and Best Supporting Actress on Sunday night.
Adrien Brody won Best Actor for The Brutalist – his second Oscar. In 2003, Brody became the youngest person to win the Best Actor award for The Pianist at the age of 29. Mikey Madison won Best Actress for Anora.
Kieran Culkin bagged the Best Supporting Actor award for A Real Pain, and Paul Tazewell became the first Black man to win the award for Best Costume Design for Wicked.
No Other Land nabbed Best Documentary Feature for its stark portrayal of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Best picture
- Anora – Winner
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Perez
- I’m Still Here
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
- Wicked
Best Actor
- Adrien Brody, for The Brutalist – Winner
- Timothee Chalamet, for A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo, for Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes, for Conclave
- Sebastian Stan, for The Apprentice
Best Actress
- Mikey Madison, for Anora – Winner
- Cynthia Erivo, for Wicked
- Karla Sofia Gascon, for Emilia Perez
- Demi Moore, for The Substance
- Fernanda Torres, for I’m Still Here
Best Supporting Actress
- Zoe Saldana for Emilia Perez – Winner
- Ariana Grande, for Wicked
- Monica Barbaro, for A Complete Unknown
- Felicity Jones, for The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini, for Conclave
Best Supporting Actor
- Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain – Winner
- Yura Borisov, for Anora
- Edward Norton, for A Complete Unknown
- Guy Pearce, for The Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong, for The Apprentice
International Feature Film
- I’m Still Here – Winner
- The Girl with the Needle
- Emilia Perez
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
- Flow
Documentary Feature
- No Other Land – Winner
- Black Box Diaries
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
- Sugarcane
Original Song
- El Mal from Emilia Perez – Winner
- Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late
- Mi Camino from Emilia Perez
- Like A Bird from Sing Sing
- The Journey from The Six Triple Eight
Original Screenplay
- Sean Baker for Anora – Winner
- Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist
- Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain
- Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David for September 5
- Coralie Fargeat for The Substance
Adapted Screenplay
- Peter Straughan for Conclave – Winner
- Jay Cocks and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown
- Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez
- RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes for Nickel Boys
- Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar for Sing Sing
Animated Feature Film
- Flow – Winner
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Visual Effects
- Dune: Part Two – Winner
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Wicked
Costume Design
- Paul Tazewell for Wicked – Winner
- Linda Muir for Nosferatu
- Arianne Phillips for A Complete Unknown
- Lisy Christl for Conclave
- Janty Yates and Dave Crossman for Gladiator II
Cinematography
- The Brutalist – Winner
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Perez
- Maria
- Nosferatu
Documentary Short Film
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra – Winner
- Death by Numbers
- I Am Ready, Warden
- Incident
- Instruments of a Beating Heart
Best Sound
- Dune: Part Two – Winner
- A Complete Unknown
- Emilia Perez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Production Design
- Wicked – Winner
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Nosferatu
- Conclave
Makeup and Hairstyling
- The Substance – Winner
- A Different Man
- Emilia Perez
- Nosferatu
- Wicked
Film Editing
- Sean Baker for Anora – Winner
- David Jancso for The Brutalist
- Nick Emerson for Conclave
- Juliette Welfling for Emilia Perez
- Myron Kerstein for Wicked
Live Action Short Film
- I’m Not a Robot – Winner
- Anuja
- The Last Ranger
- A Lien
- The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Animated Short Film
- In the Shadow of the Cypress – Winner
- Beautiful Men
- Magic Candies
- Wander to Wonder
- Yuck!
