Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ swept the 97th Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Actress.
Eight of the 10 movies nominated for best picture won at least one award at the ceremony.
Conan O’Brien was the host for the evening and he avoided the politics in his opening monologue.
The Academy honoured also firefighters who battle deadly wildfires in Los Angeles. O’Brien welcomed a team of firefighters on the stage and the audience gave them a standing ovation.
Here are key winners:
BEST ACTRESS Mikey Madison, ‘Anora’
BEST DIRECTOR Sean Baker, ‘Anora’
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Kieran Culkin, ‘A Real Pain’
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Zoe Saldaña, ‘Emilia Pérez’
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY ‘Anora’
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ‘Conclave’
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM ‘Flow’
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE ‘I’m Still Here’ [Brazil]
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE ‘No Other Land’
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT ‘The Only Girl in the Orchestra’
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE ‘The Brutalist’
BEST ORIGINAL SONG ‘El Mal’ from ‘Emilia Pérez’
BEST SOUND ‘Dune: Part Two’
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN ‘Wicked’
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM ‘I’m Not a Robot’
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY ‘The Brutalist’
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING ‘The Substance’
BEST COSTUME DESIGN ‘Wicked’
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS ‘Dune: Part Two’
BEST FILM EDITING ‘Anora’
For more: https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/oscar-awards-2025-updates-full-list-of-winners-nominations-97th-academy-awards/article69281396.ece
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