The most-awaited and star-studded 97th Academy Awards that took place at The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, saw Anora, a comedy drama about a sex worker who marries a Russian oligarch’s son, has walked away with five Oscars - Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay. Mickey Madison triumphed against some big names like Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Karla Sofía Gascón and Fernanda Torres to win The Best Actress award.
Adrien Brody took Best Actor for The Brutalist, 22 years after his win for The Pianist. The film which saw Brody play a brilliant, but troubled architect, took home three awards including Best Actor, Best Cinematography and Best Original Score.
Emilia Pérez, which entered the night with a staggering 13 nominations — the most ever for a non-English language film, took two awards for Best Original Song ‘El Mal’ and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldana. This marks the Avatar actor's first Academy Award.
No Other Land, a documentary feature about the Israeli demolitions of Palestinian property in southern West Bank won an Oscar while I’m Still Here, a family drama set during Brazil’s military dictatorship, was named Best International Feature.
Conan O'Brien hosted the awards ceremony, which celebrated Los Angeles' perseverance in the wake of the devastating wildfires in Southern California that destroyed thousands of homes and claimed 29 lives.
Take a look at the full list here:
Best Picture
Winner - Anora
Other Nominees - The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, Wicked
Best Director
Winner - Sean Baker (Anora)
Other nominees - Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance), James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
Best Actor
Winner - Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
Other nominees - Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Best Actress
Winner - Mikey Madison (Anora)
Other nominees - Cyn thia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Demi Moore (The Substance), Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here)
Best Supporting Actor
Winner - Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Other nominees - Yura Borisov (Anora), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Best Supporting Actress
Winner - Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Other nominees - Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Best Original Screenplay
Winner - Anora
Other nominees - The Brutalist, A Real Pain, September 5, The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner - Conclave
Other nominees - A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing
Best Animated Feature
Winner - Flow
Other nominees - Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Wild Robot
Best Production Design
Winner - Wicked
Other nominees - The Brutalist, Conclave, Dune: Part Two
Best Costume Design
Winner - Wicked
Other nominees - A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Gladiator II, Nosferatu
Best Cinematography
Winner: The Brutalist
Other nominees: Dune: Part Two, Emilia Perez, Maria, Nosferatu
Best Film Editing
Winner - Anora
Other nominees - The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Winner - The Substance
Other nominees - A Different Man, Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu, Wicked
Best Sound
Winner - Dune: Part Two
Other nominees - A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot
Best Visual Effects
Winner - Dune: Part Two
Other nominees - Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wicked
Best Original Score
Winner - The Brutalist
Other nominees - Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Wild Robot
Best Original Song
Winner - El Mal (Emilia Pérez)
Other nominees - The Journey (The Six Triple Eight), Like A Bird (Sing Sing), Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez), Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late)
Best International Feature
Winner - I’m Still Here (Brazil)
Other nominees - The Girl With the Needle (Denmark), Emilia Pérez (France), The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany), Flow (Latvia)
Best Animated Short
Winner: In the Shadow of the Cypress
Other Nominees: Beautiful Men, Magic Candies, Wander to Wonder
Best Documentary Short
Winner - The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Other nominees - Death by Numbers, I Am Ready, Warden, Incident, Instruments of a Beating Heart
Best Documentary Feature
Winner: No Other Land
Other Nominees: Black Box Diaries, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Sugarcane
Best Live-Action Short
Winner - I’m Not a Robot
Other nominees - A Lien, Anuja, The Last Ranger, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent