Oscar 2025: nominees, favorites and when is the gala

Chijioke Obinna

Oscar 2025: nominees, favorites and when is the gala

A new edition of the Oscar Awards It has arrived. Los Angeles prepares its glamorous red carpet to receive the stars of Hollywood in the well -known event that is held as every year in the Dolby Theater of the American city.

Many eyes look at Los Angeles, which this year will have the presence of Karla Sofía Gascón after the controversy for its ancient tweets. The Spanish actress, who has disappeared from the series of acts and events related to cinema, returns to make an appearance in the Oscars when she is nominated by ‘Emilia Pérez’.

Favorites for Oscar Awards

Precisely, the French drug Jacques Audiard It is one of the favorites to take the statuette for best film, next to the postwar drama ‘The Brutalist‘,’The Substance‘(The substance) or’Conclave‘.

The Directors They start with advantage can also be Audiard, Corbet and Coralie Fargeat for ‘the substance’. As to Best ActressDemi Moore (‘The substance’) and Mikey Madison (‘Anora’) have distributed prizes so far, with Karla Sofía Gascón also among the favorites.

Likewise, the names of Adrien Brody (‘The Brutalist’), Timothée Chalamet (‘A complete stranger’) or Sebastián Stan (‘The apprentice. The story of Trump’) appears as favorites in their corresponding category of Best Actorwhile ‘Emilia Pérez’, in Best International Film, Zoe Saldaña (Delivery Actress) or Kieran Culkin (Distributed Actor for ‘A Real Pain’) are among other applicants in best actors and distribution actresses In the pools to the Oscars.

Nominees list in all categories to the Oscar 2025

Best movie

  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • A complete stranger
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • I´m Still Here
  • Nickel Boys
  • The Substance
  • WICKED

Best address

  • Jacques Audiard (‘Emilia Pérez’)
  • Brady Corbet (‘The Brutalist’)
  • James Mangold (‘A Complete Unknown’)
  • Sean Baker (‘Anora’)
  • Coralie Fargeat (‘The substance’)

Best Actress

  • Demi Moore (The Substance)
  • Mikey Madison (Anora)
  • Karla Sofia Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
  • Fernanda Torres (I´m Still Here)
  • Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)

Best Actor

  • Adrien Brody (‘The Brutalist’)
  • Ralph Fiennes (‘Conclave’)
  • Timothée Chalamet (‘A complete stranger’)
  • Sebastian Stan (‘The apprentice. Trum’s story’)
  • Colman Domingo (‘The lives of sing sing’)

Best photography

  • The Brutalist
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Maria
  • Nosferatu

Special effects

  • Alien: Romulus
  • Better Man
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Kingdom of the Planet of As
  • WICKED

Best sound

  • A complete stranger
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • WICKED
  • The Wild Robot

Better assembly

  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • Conclave
  • Emilia Pérez
  • WICKED

Best Production Design

  • The Brutalis
  • Conclave
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Nosferatu
  • WICKED

Best animated film

  • Flow
  • Inside out 2
  • Memoir of a Snail
  • WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
  • The Wild Robot

Best International Film

  • I`m Still Heare
  • The girl with the needle
  • Emilia Pérez
  • The Seed of The Sacred Fig
  • Flow

Best short documentary

  • Death by Numbers
  • I am Reade, Warden
  • Incident
  • Instruments of a Beating Heart
  • The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Best documentary

  • Black Box Diaries
  • Not Other Land
  • Porcelain War
  • Soundtrack to a Coup Dèat
  • Sugarcane

Best original song

  • Evil (Emilia Pérez)
  • The Journey (The Six Triple Eigth)
  • Like a Bird (Sing Sing
  • My path (Emilia Pérez)
  • Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late)

Best cast actress

  • Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
  • Ariana Grande (Wicked)
  • Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
  • Isabella Rosellini (Conclave)
  • Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)

Best original script

  • Anora
  • The Brutalist
  • To Real Pain
  • Septiember 5
  • The Substance

Best adapted script

  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Emilia Perez
  • Nickel Boys
  • SING SING

Best animated short

  • Beautiful Men
  • In the shadow of the cypress
  • Magic Candies
  • Wander to Wonder
  • Yuck!

Best short

  • To Lien
  • Anuja
  • I`m not a robot
  • The Last Ranger
  • The Man Who Coul Not Remail Silent

Best original music

  • The Brutalist
  • Conclave
  • Emilia Pérez
  • WICKED
  • The Wild Robot

Best makeup and hairdresser

  • To Different Man
  • Emilia Pérez
  • Nosferatu
  • The Substance
  • WICKED

Best costume design

  • A Complete Unknown
  • Conclave
  • Gladiator II
  • Nosferatu
  • WICKED

Best secondary actor

  • Yura Borisov (Anora)
  • Kieran Kulkin (A Real Pain)
  • Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
  • Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
  • Jeremy Strong (The Amprentice)

When and where to see the Oscar Awards gala

The Red carpet of the Oscar will begin at 11:00 p.m. (peninsular schedule), the gala It will do it at 0:00 hours (early Sunday to Monday in Spain) and its duration can lengthen about four hours, as usual in other editions.

You can follow the last hour and everything that happens in the gala in Onda Cero, with a Special ‘Kinotic’ driven by David Martos starting at 0:00 hours from Sunday to Monday.

Conan O’Brien He will present this edition, taking Jimmy Kimmel’s witness, who served as a master of ceremonies in the last three galas. There is a tribute to the victims of fires in Los Angeles and there will be no live actions of the nominated themes.

Chijioke Obinna

I've been passionate about storytelling and journalism since my early days growing up in Lagos. With a background in political science and years of experience in investigative reporting, I aim to bring nuanced perspectives to pressing global issues. Outside of writing, I enjoy exploring Nigeria’s vibrant cultural scene and mentoring young aspiring journalists.