The list of nominees for the 97th Annual Academy Awards is here, and there are a few of particular interest to the geeking world.

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony will take place this year at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, on Sunday, March 2, 2025, honoring movies released in 2024

In particular, the movies Wicked, The Substance, Flow, Nosferatu, Memoirs of a Snail, the unimaginatively titled but beautifully made Inside Out 2 from Pixar, the surprisingly wonderful Dreamwords film The Wild Robot, and Aardman Studio’s Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl fly the geek flag this year.

Actors and actresses for whom we have special affection for their participation in major geeky franchises include Timothée Chalamet (for his roles in the two Dune movies and Wonka, Sebastian Stan (for his role as Bucky Barnes / The Winter Soldier in the Marvel Comics Avengers movies), Edward Norton (for his role as The Incredible Hulk), and Felicity Jones (for Star Wars: Rogue One).

Without further ado, here are the nominees:

Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees

• Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
• Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
• Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
• Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees

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

Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees

• Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
• Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
• Mikey Madison – Anora
• Demi Moore – The Substance
• Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees

• Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
• Ariana Grande – Wicked
• Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
• Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
• Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Animated Feature Film

Nominees

• Flow – Nominees to be determined
• Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
• Memoir of a Snail – Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Nominees to be determined
• The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

Animated Short Film

Nominees

• Beautiful Men – Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande
• In the Shadow of the Cypress – Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi
• Magic Candies – Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio
• Wander to Wonder – Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
• Yuck! – Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

Cinematography

Nominees

• The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
• Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
• Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume
• Maria – Ed Lachman
• Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

Costume Design

Nominees

• A Complete Unknown – Arianne Phillips
• Conclave – Lisy Christl
• Gladiator II – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
• Nosferatu – Linda Muir
• Wicked – Paul Tazewell

Directing

Nominees

• Anora – Sean Baker
• The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
• A Complete Unknown – James Mangold
• Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
• The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

Documentary Feature Film

Nominees

• Black Box Diaries – Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
• No Other Land – Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
• Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen
• Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat – Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
• Sugarcane – Nominees to be determined

Documentary Short Film

Nominees

• Death by Numbers – Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard
• I Am Ready, Warden – Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
• Incident – Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
• Instruments of a Beating Heart – Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari
• The Only Girl in the Orchestra – Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington

Film Editing

Nominees

• Anora – Sean Baker
• The Brutalist – David Jancso
• Conclave – Nick Emerson
• Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling
• Wicked – Myron Kerstein

International Feature Film

Nominees

• Brazil
• I’m Still Here
• Denmark
• The Girl with the Needle
• France
• Emilia Pérez
• Germany
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig
• Latvia
• Flow

Makeup and Hairstyling

Nominees

• A Different Man – Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
• Emilia Pérez – Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
• Nosferatu – David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
• The Substance – Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
• Wicked – Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Music (Original Score)

Nominees

• The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
• Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
• Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol and Camille
• Wicked – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
• The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

Music (Original Song)

Nominees

• El Mal – from Emilia Pérez; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
• The Journey – from The Six Triple Eight; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
• Like A Bird – from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
• Mi Camino – from Emilia Pérez; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol
• Never Too Late – from Elton John: Never Too Late; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

Best Picture

Nominees

• Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers
• The Brutalist – Nominees to be determined
• A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers
• Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
• Dune: Part Two – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
• Emilia Pérez – Nominees to be determined
• I’m Still Here – Nominees to be determined
• Nickel Boys – Nominees to be determined
• The Substance – Nominees to be determined
• Wicked – Marc Platt, Producer

Production Design

Nominees

• The Brutalist – Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
• Conclave – Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
• Dune: Part Two – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
• Nosferatu – Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová
• Wicked – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Live Action Short Film

Nominees

• A Lien – Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz
• Anuja – Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
• I’m Not a Robot – Victoria Warmerdam and Trent
• The Last Ranger – Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw
• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – Nebojša Slijep?evi? and Danijel Pek

Sound

Nominees

• A Complete Unknown – Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
• Dune: Part Two – Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
• Emilia Pérez – Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
• Wicked – Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
• The Wild Robot – Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

Visual Effects

Nominees

• Alien: Romulus – Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
• Better Man – Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
• Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
• Wicked – Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Nominees

• A Complete Unknown – Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks
• Conclave – Screenplay by Peter Straughan
• Emilia Pérez – Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
• Nickel Boys – Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
• Sing Sing – Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Nominees

• Anora – Written by Sean Baker
• The Brutalist – Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
• A Real Pain – Written by Jesse Eisenberg
• September 5 – Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
• The Substance – Written by Coralie Fargeat

SCIFI.radio wishes to offers our congratulations to all the nominees. When the winners are announced, we will be publishing the list of winners as well.