As fresh fires raced across the Los Angeles region, an embattled movie industry lined up behind Emilia Pérez, the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity, in Oscar nominations on Thursday.
A Spanish-language, French-made film, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez led with 13 nominations, including best picture and best actress for Karla Sophia Gascon, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar.
Another musical — Wicked, the smash Broadway adaptation — came away with nearly as many nominations. Jon M. Chu’s lavish riff on Wizard of Oz scored 10 nominations, including best picture and acting nods for its stars, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
The Brutalist, a haunting postwar period drama about an architect, came away with 10 nominations as well, including a nomination for director Brady Corbet, a best picture nod and acting nominations for Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones.
The nominees for best picture are:
Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez I’m Still Here Nickel Boys The Substance Wicked
Best actor:
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown Colman Domingo, Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes, Conclave Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best actress:
Demi Moore, The Substance Cynthia Erivo, Wicked Mikey Madison, Anora Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Wicked is half of a story, somehow expanding just the first part into a runtime longer than the entire stage musical. That said, the performances, the lush world of Oz and, above all, the music make it a perfect place to escape, says the CBC’s Eli Glasner.
Original song:
El Mal from Emilia Perez 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 animated film:
Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl The Wild Robot
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 Felicity Jones, The Brutalist Ariana Grande, Wicked Isabella Rossellini, Conclave Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best original screenplay:
Anora The Brutalist A Real Pain September 5 The Substance
Best adapted screenplay:
A Complete Unknown Conclave Emilia Pérez Nickel Boys Sing Sing
Best directing:
Sean Baker, Anora Brady Corbet, The Brutalist James Mangold, A Complete Unknown Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Best documentary feature film:
Black Box Diaries No Other Land Porcelain War Soundtrack to a Coup D’etat Sugarcane
Best original score:
The Brutalist Conclave Emilia Pérez Wicked The Wild Robot
Best international feature film:
I’m Still Here – Brazil The Girl with the Needle – Denmark Emilia Pérez – France The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Germany Flow – Latvia
Best costume design:
A Complete Unknown Conclave Gladiator II Nosferatu Wicked
Makeup and hair styling:
A Different Man Emilia Pérez Nosferatu The Substance Wicked
Production design:
The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part Two Nosferatu Wicked
Best film editing:
Anora The Brutalist Conclave Emilia Pérez Wicked
Best sound:
A Complete Unknown Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez Wicked The Wild Robot
Visual effects:
Alien: Romulus Better Man Dune: Part Two Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wicked
Best cinematography:
The Brutalist Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez Maria Nosferatu
Live action short film:
A Lien Anuja I’m Not a Robot The Last Ranger The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Animated short film:
Beautiful Men In the Shadow of the Cypress Magic Candies Wander to Wonder Yuck!
Documentary short film:
Death by Numbers I Am Ready, Warden Incident Instruments of a Beating Heart The Only Girl in the Orchestra
