HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 02: Sean Baker, winner of the Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Screenplay for “Anora”, poses in the press room during the 97th Annual Oscars at Ovation Hollywood on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
On Sunday night in Los Angeles, the comedy-drama Anora won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film’s director, Sean Baker and co-producers Samantha Quan and Alex Coco accepted the award during the 97th Academy Awards.
“To all of the dreamers and young filmmakers out there, tell the stories you want to tell,” Quan said onstage after she, Baker and Coco accepted the award. “Tell the stories that move you. I promise you, you will never regret it.”
“I want to thank the Academy for recognizing a truly independent film,” the director shared. “This film was made on the blood, sweat and tears of incredible indie artists.”
Anora, a film about an exotic dancer marrying the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch, won five out of the six categories for which it was nominated, including Best Picture.
Baker also won the Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing categories. He entered the night tying Walt Disney for the most nominations for a single person in one year.
The film’s lead actress, Mikey Madison, who portrayed the titular character, Anora, also received an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Actor Yuriy Borisov, who played the oligarch named Igor, did not win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
During the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival, which took place in May 2024, filmmaker and actress Greta Gerwig awarded the Palme d’Or to Baker for Anora.
This made him the first American filmmaker to win the festival’s top award ever since Terrence Malick won it for The Tree of Life in 2011.
ANORA **WINNER**
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 **WINNER**
Timothée Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Colman Domingo in SING SING
Ralph Fiennes in CONCLAVE
Sebastian Stan in THE APPRENTICE
Yura Borisov in ANORA
Kieran Culkin in A REAL PAIN **WINNER**
Edward Norton in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Guy Pearce in THE BRUTALIST
Jeremy Strong in THE APPRENTICE
Cynthia Erivo in WICKED
Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ
Mikey Madison in ANORA **WINNER**
Demi Moore in THE SUBSTANCE
Fernanda Torres in I’M STILL HERE
Monica Barbaro in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Ariana Grande in WICKED
Felicity Jones in THE BRUTALIST
Isabella Rossellini in CONCLAVE
Zoe Saldaña in EMILIA PÉREZ **WINNER**
FLOW **WINNER**
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
BEAUTIFUL MEN
Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS **WINNER**
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
THE BRUTALIST **WINNER**
Lol Crawley
DUNE: PART TWO
Greig Fraser
EMILIA PÉREZ
Paul Guilhaume
MARIA
Ed Lachman
NOSFERATU
Jarin Blaschke
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Arianne Phillips
CONCLAVE
Lisy Christl
GLADIATOR II
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
NOSFERATU
Linda Muir
WICKED **WINNER**
Paul Tazewell
ANORA **WINNER**
Sean Baker
THE BRUTALIST
Brady Corbet
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
James Mangold
EMILIA PÉREZ
Jacques Audiard
THE SUBSTANCE
Coralie Fargeat
BLACK BOX DIARIES
Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
NO OTHER LAND **WINNER**
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
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 **WINNER**
Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington
ANORA **WINNER**
Sean Baker
THE BRUTALIST
David Jancso
CONCLAVE
Nick Emerson
EMILIA PÉREZ
Juliette Welfling
WICKED
Myron Kerstein
I’M STILL HERE **WINNER**
Brazil
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Denmark
EMILIA PÉREZ
France
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Germany
FLOW
Latvia
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 **WINNER**
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
WICKED
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
THE BRUTALIST **WINNER**
Daniel Blumberg
CONCLAVE
Volker Bertelmann
EMILIA PÉREZ
Clément Ducol and Camille
WICKED
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
THE WILD ROBOT
Kris Bowers
“El Mal” from EMILIA PÉREZ **WINNER**
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
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 **WINNER**
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
A LIEN
Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
ANUJA
Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
I’M NOT A ROBOT **WINNER**
Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
THE LAST RANGER
Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
DUNE: PART TWO **WINNER**
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
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 **WINNER**
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
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
CONCLAVE **WINNER**
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
ANORA **WINNER**
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
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