Oscars 2025 Winners: Anora Triumphs, India’s Anuja Falls Short

The 97th Academy Awards were held on March 2nd at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. Anora marked the winner of the night with the crowning of five major awards including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Director for Sean Baker and Best Actress for Mikey Madison.

The hope for India rested on ‘Anuja’ which was the only short film or film to be listed among Indian entries. But unfortunately it crushed Indian’s hope as the movie lost the award for Best Live Action Short Film to ‘I’m Not a Robot’ even with the backing of Priyanka Chopra and two time Oscar winner Guneet Monga.

I know you'll be just as moved by Anuja as I was… I am and beyond thrilled to share that it's coming to Netflix on Feb 5!

The film has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

Watching Sajda and Ananya bring this powerful tale to life is an… pic.twitter.com/Bo90JLb3oG
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 1, 2025

The ceremony was hosted by Conan O’Brien with performances featuring Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo additionally, a James Bond tribute by Doja Cat, Lisa of BLACKPINK and Raye was conducted too.

Oscars 2025: Full Winners List

Acting Awards:

Category	Winner	Other Nominees
Best Actor	Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)	Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Best Actress	Mikey Madison (Anora)	Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Demi Moore (The Substance), Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)
Best Supporting Actor	Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)	Yura Borisov (Anora), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Best Supporting Actress	Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)	Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

Major Awards:

Category	Winner	Other 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 Original Screenplay	Anora (Sean Baker)	The Brutalist, A Real Pain, September 5, The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay	Conclave (Peter Straughan)	A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing

Technical & Creative Awards:

Category	Winner	Other Nominees
Best Cinematography	The Brutalist	Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Maria, Nosferatu
Best Editing	Anora (Sean Baker)	The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked
Best Production Design	Wicked	The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu
Best Costume Design	Wicked (Paul Tazewell)	A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Gladiator II, Nosferatu
Best Makeup & Hairstyling	The Substance	A Different Man, Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu, Wicked

Music & Sound:

Category	Winner	Other Nominees
Best Original Score	The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)	Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot
Best Original Song	El Mal (Emilia Pérez)	The Journey (The Six Triple Eight), Like a Bird (Sing Sing), Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez), Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late)
Best Sound	Dune: Part Two	A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot

Animation & VFX:

Category	Winner	Other Nominees
Best Animated Feature	Flow	Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Wild Robot
Best Animated Short	In the Shadow of the Cypress	Beautiful Men, Magic Candies, Wander to Wonder, Yuck!
Best Visual Effects	Dune: Part Two	Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wicked

International & Documentary:

Category	Winner	Other Nominees
Best International Feature	I’m Still Here (Brazil)	The Girl With the Needle, Emilia Pérez, The Seed of a Sacred Fig, Flow
Best Documentary Feature	No Other Land	Black Box Diaries, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, Sugarcane
Best Documentary Short	The Only Girl in the Orchestra	Death By Numbers, I Am Ready, Warden, Incident, Instruments of a Beating Heart

Short Films:

Category	Winner	Other Nominees
Best Live Action Short	I’m Not a Robot	A Lien, Anuja, The Last Ranger, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

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