LOS ANGELES — The Netflix movie musical Emilia Pérez led the Academy Award nominations on Thursday, giving the streaming service another shot at its first best-picture trophy, followed by historical drama The Brutalist and box-office smash Wicked.
Emilia Pérez, the Spanish-language story of a Mexican drug lord who transitions to a woman and starts a new life, earned 13 nominations. The Brutalist, a 3-1/2-hour tale about a Holocaust survivor and architect chasing the American dream, and The Wizard of Oz prequel Wicked picked up 10 nods each.
All three films will compete for the coveted best-picture prize at the 97th Oscars ceremony in Hollywood. Winners will be announced at a live, televised ceremony on March 2.
A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet as a young Bob Dylan, dark romantic comedy Anora and papal selection drama Conclave also landed in the best-picture race.
The other nominated films were the science-fiction blockbuster Dune Part 2, Brazilian political docudrama I’m Still Here, racial drama Nickel Boys, and horror movie The Substance.
Nominations for the film industry’s highest honors were announced on Thursday in Beverly Hills as the Los Angeles area, the heart of the movie business, grappled with ongoing wildfires that devastated parts of the city. A new blaze erupted on Wednesday last week. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences postponed nominations twice due to the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. — Reuters
Full List Of Nominees:
Best Picture — Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, Wicked
Best Director — Sean Baker, Anora; Brady Corbet, The Brutalist; James Mangold, A Complete Unknown; Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez; Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Best Actor — Adrien Brody, The Brutalist; Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown; Colman Domingo, Sing Sing; Ralph Fiennes, Conclave; Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best Actress — Cynthia Erivo, Wicked; Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Pérez; Mikey Madison, Anora; Demi Moore, The Substance; Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Best Supporting Actor — Yura Borisov, Anora; Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain; Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown; Guy Pearce, The Brutalist; Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Best Supporting Actress — Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown; Ariana Grande, Wicked; Felicity Jones, The Brutalist; Isabella Rossellini, Conclave; Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Adapted Screenplay — A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing
Original Screenplay — Anora, The Brutalist, A Real Pain, September 5, The Substance
Best Animated Feature Film — Flow, Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Wild Robot
Best Animated Short — Beautiful Men, In the Shadow of the Cypress, Magic Candies, Wander to Wonder, Yuck!
Best International Feature — I’m Still Here, Brazil; The Girl with the Needle, Denmark; Emilia Pérez, France; The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany; Flow, Latvia
Best Documentary Feature — Black Box Diaries, No Other Land, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Sugarcane
Best Documentary Short — Death by Numbers, I Am Ready, Warden, Incident, Instruments of a Beating Heart, The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Best Live Action Short — A Lien, Anuja, I’m Not a Robot, The Last Ranger, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best Original Score — The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot
Best Original Song — “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez; “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight; “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing; “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez; “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late
Best Sound — A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Perez, Wicked, The Wild Robot
Best Production Design — The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, Wicked
Best Cinematography — The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Maria, Nosferatu
Best Makeup and Hairstyling — A Different Man, Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu, The Substance, Wicked
Best Costume Design — A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Gladiator II, Nosferatu, Wicked
Best Visual Effects — Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Dune: Part Two, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wicked
Best Film Editing – Anora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked