Oscars 2025: Biggest winners and losers of the night

Ash Walker • 03 Mar 2025 Features

Another night filled with shock snubs, surprise wins and lengthy speeches.

It’s the biggest night on the movie calendar: the Academy Awards, where the Hollywood elite don their glitziest outfits and hit the red carpet, all in the hopes of bringing home a statue of a little golden man.

While this year’s ceremony was fairly controversy-free (there were no slaps or incorrect announcements, at least), there were still plenty of surprises.

The biggest talking point has to be Anora - a small indie drama about a love affair between a stripper and the son of a Russian oligarch - which swept the ceremony and bagged most of the top awards, including Best Picture.

The film’s star, relative newcomer Mikey Madison, beat out heavy favourite Demi Moore for Best Actress, while the film’s director, Sean Baker, became the first person ever to win four awards for the same film in the same ceremony. Quite a feat.

Anora also managed to beat out some stiff competition for the top prize, including critically acclaimed awards-magnets like The Brutalist and Bafta Best Film winner Conclave. And, of course, Emilia Pérez, which was the front-runner for a while with a whopping 13 nominations.

In the end, though, it seems like all of the controversies and criticisms surrounding the film - a lavish musical about a drug lord who changes gender - caught up with it, and Emilia Pérez only walked away with two gongs: Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña and Best Song for ‘El Mal’.

Elsewhere, to the surprise of no one, Kieran Culkin continued his awards sweep with a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his beloved turn in A Real Pain, while The Brutalist, Wicked and Dune: Part Two did well in the technical categories.

Read on for the full list of winners.

Oscars 2025: Full results

Best Picture

Winner - Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

I’m Still Here

Nickel Boys

The Substance

Wicked

Directing

Winner - Sean Baker – Anora

Brady Corbet – The Brutalist

James Mangold – A Complete Unknown

Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez

Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
 

Actor in a Leading Role

Winner - Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
 

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez

Winner - Mikey Madison – Anora

Demi Moore – The Substance

Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov – Anora

Winner - Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown

Ariana Grande – Wicked

Felicity Jones – The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Winner - Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
 

Original Screenplay

Winner - Anora

The Brutalist

A Real Pain

September 5

The Substance
 

Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown

Winner - Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing
 

International Feature Film

Winner - I’m Still Here

The Girl With The Needle

Emilia Pérez

The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Flow
 

Animated Feature Film

Winner - Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir Of A Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot
 

Costume Design

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Gladiator II

Nosferatu

Winner - Wicked
 

Makeup & Hairstyling

A Different Man

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

Winner - The Substance

Wicked
 

Original Score

Winner - The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot
 

Cinematography

Winner - The Brutalist

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Maria

Nosferatu
 

Production Design

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

Winner - Wicked
 

Film Editing

Winner - Anora

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked
 

Sound

A Complete Unknown

Winner - Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot
 

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

Winner - Dune: Part Two

Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes

Wicked
 

Original Song

Winner - ‘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
 

Documentary Feature

Black Box Diaries

Winner - No Other Land

Porcelain War

Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat

Sugarcane
 

Documentary Short Film

Death By Numbers

I Am Ready, Warden

Incident

Instruments Of A Beating Heart

Winner - The Only Girl In The Orchestra
 

Live Action Short Film

A Lien

Anuja

Winner - I’m Not A Robot

The Last Ranger

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
 

Animated Short Film

Beautiful Men

Winner - In The Shadow Of The Cypress

Magic Candies

Wander To Wonder

Yuck!