Everything about the Oscars 2025

And the Oscar goes to…

At this time, we may say to Mondo Internazionale editorial staff. Lately we’ve been talking a lot about the Oscars, leaning on some titles. On November 18^th, 2024, one of us said: “Anora will win the Oscar (I hope)”. And tonight, more than any other night, our dreams soared, for me writing in a filled Anteo room, to become reality.

Once again, thanks to Oscars 2025, the most shining Hollywood night lighted up, giving the audience a show full of glamour, surprises, and moments meant to be recorded in the history of cinema.

An extraordinary Ariana Grande opened the ceremony: she fascinated the audience with such a touching version of Over the Rainbow, and her outfit change marked the first surprise of the night. By her side, Cynthia Erivo, main character in Wicked, her set mate, joined the singer in a thrilling performance. They celebrated a film which received ten nominations, and which was defined as “the perfect film to see which school was attended by those of “The wizards of Oz”.

Before entering the Dolby Theater, on the red-carpet Isabella Rossellini honoured the unrivalled David Lynch in an elegant velvet-blue dress evoking memories of the homonymous film and earrings once belonging to her mother, Ingrid Bergman.

Meanwhile, in collision course with the platforms destroying cinema – at the end Sean Baker will remind us that nothing is comparable to watching a film together in a cinema – the sacrilegious essence of the Oscar started to consolidate with Jeff Bezos or an Amazon box’s arrival on the red-carpet. While people were laughing, it was theft: it is a clear reference to the constant thefts of boxes in the United States, just on the doorways.

Then, O’ Brien held a cheerful speech against the rising prices of the Netflix subscriptions, while on the stage took turns iconic people like Robert Downey Jr., Morgan Freeman, Emma Stone and Whoopi Goldberg.

The best actor in a supporting role for Million Dollar Baby, in 2025, honours the legendary Gene Hackman before the touching carousel In Memoriam, ending with the mentioned Lynch and a thunder of endless applauses to immortal leaders.

Other than well-thought couples of presenters and the updated Conan O’ Brien, I don’t think there were many plot twists, and no, I wasn’t surprised that Timothée Chalamet didn’t win any prize.

The only positive news is Anora’s winning, a hope, as written before, in a dream who got real and reminded everyone that independent cinema is a powerful way of conveying messages. It is also a possibility for everyone to express the way they want.

Selling one’s iPhone to pay one’s rent like every pauper would do, led you on the top of the cinema. Enjoy it Sean, you’re the hope of those who want to make the big step in the world of the cinema.

Below the list of the winner. What about you? Have you seen the Oscars?

Film

1. Anora - Sean Baker
2. The Brutalist - Brady Corbet
3. A Complete Unknown - James Mangold
4. Conclave - Edward Berger
5. Dune: Parte due - Denis Villeneuve
6. Emilia Pérez - Jacques Audiard
7. I’m still here - Walter Salles
8. Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross
9. The Substance - Coralie Fargeat
10. Wicked - Jon M. Chu

Directing

1. Sean Baker - Anora
2. Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
3. James Mangold - A Complete Unknown
4. Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
5. Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

Actor in a leading role

1. Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
2. Timothée Chalamet - A Complete unknown
3. Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
4. Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
5. Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Actress in a leading role

1. Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
2. Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez
3. Mikey Madison - Anora
4. Demi Moore - The Substance
5. Fernanda Torres – I’m still here

Actress in a supporting role

1. Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
2. Ariana Grande - Wicked
3. Felicity Jones - The Brutalist
4. Isabella Rossellini - Conclave
5. Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

Actor in a supporting role:

1. Yura Borisov - Anora
2. Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
3. Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
4. Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
5. Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

Adapted screenplay:

1. A Complete Unknown
2. Conclave
3. Emilia Pérez
4. Nickel Boys
5. Sing Sing

Original screenplay:

1. Anora
2. The Brutalist
3. A Real Pain
4. September 5
5. The Substance

International feature film:

1. The girl with the needle - Denmark
2. Emilia Pérez - France
3. The seed of the sacred fig - Germany
4. Io sono ancora qui - Brasile
5. Flow – Latvia

Animated feature film:

1. Flow
2. Inside Out 2
3. Memory of a Snail
4. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
5. The Wild Robot

Cinematography

1. Lol Crawley - The Brutalist
2. Greig Fraser - Dune: part two
3. Paul Guilhaume - Emilia Pérez
4. Ed Lachman - Maria
5. Jarin Clashke - Nosferatu

Production design

1. The Brutalist
2. Conclave
3. Dune: part two
4. Nosferatu
5. Wicked

Costume design

1. Arianne Phillips - A Complete Unknown
2. Lisy Christl - Conclave
3. Janty Yates e Dave Crossman - Gladiator II
4. Linda Muir - Nosferatu
5. Paul Tazewell - Wicked

Makeup and hairstyling

1. A Different Man
2. Emilia Pérez
3. Nosferatu
4. The Substance
5. Wicked

Visual effects

1. Alien Romulus
2. Better Man
3. Dune: part two
4. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
5. Wicked

Film editing

1. Sean Baker - Anora
2. David Jancso - the Brutalist
3. Nick Emerson - Conclave
4. Juliette Welfling - Emilia Pérez
5. Myron Kerstein - Wicked

Sound

1. A Complete Unknown
2. Dune: part two
3. Emilia Pérez
4. Wicked
5. The Wild Robot

Music (original score)

1. Daniel Blumberg - The Brutalist
2. Volker Bertelmann - Conclave
3. Clément Ducol and Camille - Emilia Pérez
4. John Powell e Stephen Schwartz - Wicked
5. Kris Bowers - The Wild Robot

Music (original song)

1. Emilia Pérez - El Mal
2. The Six Triple Eight - The Journey
3. Sing Sing - Like a Bird
4. Emilia Pérez - Mi Camino
5. Elton John - Never too late

Documentary feature film

1. Black Box Diaries - Shiori Itō
2. No Other Land - Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal
3. Porcelain War - Slava Leont'jev, Brendan Bellomo
4. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat - Johan Grimonprez
5. Sugarcane - Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat

Documentary short film

1. Death by Numbers
2. I am ready, Warden
3. Incident
4. Instruments of a Beating Heart
5. The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Live action short film

1. A Lien
2. Anuja
3. I’m not a Robot
4. The Last Ranger
5. The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Animated short film

1. Beautiful Men
2. In the Shadow of the Cypress
3. Magic Candies
4. Wander to Wonder
5. Yuck!

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