Guy Pearce is flying the flag for Australia at this year’s Oscars, with his Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in The Brutalist marking the first time he’s been recognised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in his decades-long career.
He’s got stiff competition in the form of A Real Pain‘s Kieran Culkin, who is also a first-time Oscar nominee – as is A Complete Unknown‘s Monica Barbaro, Wicked‘s Ariana Grande, and, of course, the controversial Emilia Pérez star Karla SofÃa Gascón.
Pearce, however, isn’t the only Aussie nominated at the 97th Academy Awards, with Oscar-winning animator Adam Elliot up for Best Animated Feature Film for Memoir of a Snail.
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Elliot’s stop-motion film won Best Film at the London Film Festival in October but failed to secure a BAFTA nomination.
Clearly the film’s proved more popular in the United States across awards season, where it snagged Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards nominations.
The nod also means a nomination for Melbourne-based producer Liz Kearney.
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Australian cinematographer Greig Fraser, who took out the Oscar in 2022 for Dune: Part One, is again nominated for his work on the sequel, Dune: Part Two.
In the Best Documentary Short Film category is I Am Ready, Warden credited to Australian film producer Maya Gnyp and American filmmaker Smriti Mundhra.
The documentary follows the last week of John Henry Ramirez’s life, after the former Marine spent years on death row for a killing he openly admitted to.
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Aussie Rodney Burke, who was special effects supervisor on Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, is among those up for the Best Visual Effects Oscar.
Burke will be up against the team behind visual effects for Better Man – the Robbie Williams biopic, where the singer’s played by a monkey – which was led by Aussies Luke Millar and David Clayton. The film, however, failed to deliver a nomination for Australian director Michael Gracey.
Read on to see the full list of Oscars 2025 nominees and winners.
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Full list of Oscars 2025 winners and 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 Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla SofÃa Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Director
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
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Best Cinematography
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
Best International Feature Film
I’m Still Here
The Girl with the Needle
Emilia Pérez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow
Best Adapted Screenplay
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
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Best Original Screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Best Live Action Short Film
Alien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
A Man Who Would Not Remain Silent
Best Animated Short Film
Beautiful Men
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Wander to Wonder
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Best Animated Feature Film
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best Documentary Short
Death By Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Best Documentary Feature Film
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
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Best Original Song
El Mal, from Emilia Pérez
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 Original Score
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
A Different Man
Emilia Pérez
Nosfroatue
The Substance
Wicked
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Best Costume Design
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Editing
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Best Sound
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
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Best Production Design
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Visual Effects
Alien Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
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