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2025 Academy Awards: “Anora” Leads the Way With Five Oscars

Bailey S. — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:37:00 +0000

After months of anticipation, the Academy Awards finally returned to Hollywood this Sunday night—and they were worth the wait! Sean Baker’s indie screwball comedy Anora emerged as the biggest winner of the night and walked away with five trophies, including the coveted best picture Oscar.

Anora came into the night with six nods and managed to dominate in almost all the categories it was nominated in, starting with best picture. It defeated tough competition in the likes of Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist, Wicked, A Complete Unknown, and Conclave to win the night’s most coveted prize.

Its leading lady, Mikey Madison, walked away with the Oscar for the best actress in the leading role, beating Golden Globe winners Demi Moore (The Substance) and Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here). Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) collected the remaining three Oscars in the acting categories for their respective performances.

In addition to winning an Oscar for producing Anora, Sean Baker was also honored for his work as director, screenwriter, and editor of this film. The list of major winners also included The Brutalist with three Academy Awards, plus Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked with two each.

The 2025 Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2, with Conan O’Brien hosting the show for the first time.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2025 ACADEMY AWARDS:

BEST PICTURE
Anora
A Cre Films Production
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Mikey Madison – Anora

DIRECTING
Sean Baker – Anora

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Brutalist
Daniel Blumberg

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
A VideoFilmes Produções Artísticas Production

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Lol Crawley

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
I’m Not a Robot
Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, and Gerd Nefzer

SOUND
Dune: Part Two
Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, and Doug Hemphill

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
No Other Land
An Antipode Films Production
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez
Music by Clément Ducol and Camille
Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Wicked
Production Design: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

FILM EDITING
Anora
Sean Baker

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
The Substance
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Conclave
Screenplay by Peter Straughan

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Anora
Written by Sean Baker

COSTUME DESIGN
Wicked
Paul Tazewell

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens, and Gregory Zalcman

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Sean Baker’s “Anora” Wins Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival

Nikoleta P — Mon, 27 May 2024 06:43:00 +0000

This year’s Cannes Film Festival had given us some pretty amazing new movies, and the winners were finally crowned this Saturday night. Sean Baker’s Anora emerged as one of the festival’s biggest hits and walked away with the prestigious Palme d’Or prize.

Led by Mikey Madison, Anora centers on an exotic dancer from New York, whose quick elopement with the naïve son of a Russian oligarch takes a wild turn when his parents decide to fly to New York and do everything in their power to force an annulment of their marriage.

Writer/director Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Red Rocket) accepted the Palme d’Or for Anora and used his acceptance speech to stress the importance of movie theaters.

“Watching a film with others in a movie theater is one of the great communal experiences. We share laughter, sorrow, anger, and fear and hopefully have a catharsis with our friends and strangers. So I say the future of cinema is where it started: in a movie theater,” said Baker.

Jesse Plemons picked up the trophy for the best actor for his role in Kinds of Kindness, while Adriana Paz, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldaña shared the best actress award for their work in Emilia Pérez. This film also won the Jury Prize, while Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light walked away with the Grand Prix prize.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2024 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL:

Palme d’Or
Anora, dir: Sean Baker

Grand Prize
All We Imagine as Light, dir: Payal Kapadia

Jury Prize
Emilia Perez, dir: Jacques Audiard

Best Director
Miguel Gomes, Grand Tour

Special Prize
Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Actor
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness

Best Actress
Emilia Perez ensemble: Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon, Selena Gomez

Best Screenplay
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat

Camera d’Or
Armand, dir: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Special Mention
Mongrel, dir: Chiang Wei Liang

Short Film Palme d’Or
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, dir: Nebojsa Slijepcevic

Special Mention
Bad For a Moment, dir: Daniel Soares