After an awards season with no clear front-runner, one film ― “Anora” ― made a notable splash on Oscars night.
A full year of off-screen drama and movie magic culminated with the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday.
“Anora,” a comedy-drama in which sex worker Anora “Ani” Mikheeva (played by Mikey Madison) falls into a doomed marriage with the son of a Russian oligarch, was crowned the big winner as it snagged five awards, including Best Picture.
For her leading performance, Madison won Best Actress, while director Sean Baker took statuettes for Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Director.
“Emila Pérez,” which had an early edge on the competition after snagging a nearly record-breaking 13 nominations in late January, ultimately took home two Oscars following multiple controversies.
Despite the backlash, Zoe Saldaña snagged the award for Best Supporting Actress, beating the likes of Ariana Grande and Felicity Jones. Saldaña, in her acceptance speech, remarked on being the first American of Dominican origin to win in the category.
The musical crime comedy also won the Oscar for Best Original Song with the number “El Mal.”
“The Brutalist” ― a sprawling postwar drama that received 10 total nominations and also had its share of controversies ― captured several wins, earning star Adrien Brody the second Best Actor statuette of his career.
While the Academy usually only lets one musical (if any) sparkle each season, this year is the first time in five decades that multiple examples of the genre found their way into the Best Picture bracket.
The blockbuster “Wizard of Oz” reimagining, “Wicked” ― which saw 10 nods at this year’s ceremony ― won for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design, with the film’s costume designer, Paul Tazewell, becoming the first Black man to claim victory in the category.
The Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” went home empty-handed after receiving eight nominations, while Vatican drama “Conclave,” which had the same number of nods, got the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Late-night legend Conan O’Brien hosted the ceremony for the first time, making jokes about the tweet controversy involving “Emila Pérez” lead Karla Sofía Gascón, President Donald Trump’s bromance with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the Drake-Kendrick Lamar rap feud.
You can check out the full list of Oscar winners below.
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”)
Makeup And Hairstyling
“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)
WINNER — “The Substance” (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli)
“Wicked” (Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth)
Music (Original Score)
WINNER — “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)
WINNER — “El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” (Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard)
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” (Music and lyrics by Diane Warren)
“Like A Bird” from “Sing Sing” (Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada)
“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” (Music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol)
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” (Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin)
Best Short Film (Live Action)
“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 Slijepčević and Danijel Pek)
Best Short Film (Animated)
“Beautiful Men” (Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande)
WINNER — “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)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“A Complete Unknown” (Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks)
WINNER — “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)
WINNER — “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)
Best Documentary Feature Film
“Black Box Diaries” (Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin)
WINNER — “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” (Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn)
Best Documentary Short Film
“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)
WINNER — “The Only Girl in the Orchestra” (Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington)
Best International Feature Film
WINNER — “I’m Still Here” (Brazil)
“The Girl with the Needle” (Denmark)
“Emilia Pérez” (France)
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany)
“Flow” (Latvia)
Best Animated Feature Film
WINNER — “Flow” (Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman)
“Inside Out 2” (Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen)
“Memoir of a Snail” (Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney)
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham and Richard Beek)
“The Wild Robot” (Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann)
Production Design
“The Brutalist” (Production design by Judy Becker; set decoration by Patricia Cuccia)
“Conclave” (Production design by Suzie Davies; set decoration by Cynthia Sleiter)
“Dune: Part Two” (Production design by Patrice Vermette; set decoration by Shane Vieau)
“Nosferatu” (Production design by Craig Lathrop; set decoration by Beatrice Brentnerová)
WINNER — “Wicked” (Production design by Nathan Crowley; set decoration by Lee Sandales)
Best Costume Design
“A Complete Unknown” (Arianne Phillips)
“Conclave” (Lisy Christl)
“Gladiator II” (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman)
“Nosferatu” (Linda Muir)
WINNER — “Wicked” (Paul Tazewell)
Film Editing
WINNER — “Anora” (Sean Baker)
“The Brutalist” (David Jancso)
“Conclave” (Nick Emerson)
“Emilia Pérez” (Juliette Welfling)
“Wicked” (Myron Kerstein)
Sound
“A Complete Unknown” (Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco)
WINNER — “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
“Alien: Romulus” (Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan)
“Better Man” (Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs)
WINNER — “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)
Cinematography
WINNER — “The Brutalist” (Lol Crawley)
“Dune: Part Two” (Greig Fraser)
“Emilia Pérez” (Paul Guilhaume)
“Maria” (Ed Lachman)
“Nosferatu” (Jarin Blaschke)
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”)
Directing
WINNER — Sean Baker (“Anora”)
Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”)
James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”)
Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”)
Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”)
Best Picture
WINNER — “Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“I’m Still Here”
“Nickel Boys”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”