The much-awaited nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were unveiled earlier today, January 23. In a live ceremony from the prestigious Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles, hosts Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott revealed the contenders in all 24 categories. The announcement, which began at 7 pm IST, marked the official kick-off of the Oscar season.

Spanish musical crime film Emilia Perez got nominated in most categories including Best Cinematography, Best Sound. Selena Gomez also earned two nominations for the film in Best Supporting Actress and Original Song category. In total, the film bagged 13 nominations, which is by far, one of the highest for any film.

Universal’s box office blockbuster Wicked also secured nominations in several categories including Best Actress for Cynthia Erivo and Best Supporting Actress for Ariana Grande. The film also earned recognition in technical categories such as Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects.

The 97th edition of the prestigious will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2. Conan O’Brien will be hosting the event this time.

India At Oscars

Guneet Monga’s film Anuja has secured a nominations in the Best Live Action Short Film Category. It managed to earn the recognition by competing with 180 films, out of which only five made it to final nominations. Anuja is nominated alongside Alien, I’m Not a Robot, The Last Ranger and A Man Who Would Not Remain Silent.

This is the third time that Guneet has been nominated for the Oscars. Her earlier projects, The Elephant Whisperers and Period: End of Sentence, also won the trophy earlier.

Complete List Of Nominations

BEST PICTURE

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

BEST DIRECTOR

Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
Sean Baker, Anora
Edward Berger, Conclave
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light

BEST ACTRESS

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

BEST ACTOR

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Perez

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Jeremy Strong, Apprentice
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Substance
Anora (Sean Baker)
The Brutalist (Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
A Real Pain (Jesse Eisenberg)
September 5

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

A Complete Unknown 
Conclave 
Emilia Pérez 
Sing Sing 
Wicked 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
Vermiglio

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Daughters
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Death By Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Once Upon a Time in Ukraine
A Swim Lesson

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

Anuja
Dovecote
The Last Ranger
A Lien
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

A Beautiful Man
In the Shadow of Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
Yuck

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late (Elton John & Brandi Carlile)
El Mal from Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard)
Sick in the Head from Kneecap (Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí, Adrian Louis Richard Mcleod, and Toddla T)
The Journey from The Six Triple Eight (Diane Warren)
Kiss the Sky from The Wild Robot (Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack & Ali Tamposi)

BEST SOUND

A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Joker: Folie à Deux
Wicked

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST FILM EDITING

Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Better Man
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Wicked