2025 Academy Award Final Predictions

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With the Oscars coming this Sunday, here are W Spotlight’s final predictions for the upcoming ceremony!

Feature Film

Winner : Anora
Runner up : Conclave

  • The Brutalist
  • The Substance
  • A Complete Unknown
  • I'm Still Here
  • Wicked
  • Nickel Boys
  • Dune: Part 2
  • Emilia Pérez

Best Director

Winner : Brady Corbett (The Brutalist)
Runner up : Sean Baker (Anora) and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)

  • The Substance (Coralie Fargeat)
  • Jacques Audiard (Emilie Pérez)

Best Actress

Winner : Demi Moore (The Substance)
Runner up : Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here)

  • Mikey Madison (Anora)
  • Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
  • Karla Sofia Gascòn (Emilia Pérez)

Best Actor

Winner : Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
Runner up : Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)

  • Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
  • Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
  • Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

Supporting Actress

Winner : Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Runners up : 

  • Ariana Grande (Wicked)
  • Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
  • Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
  • Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)

Supporting Actor

Winner : Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Runner up : Yura Borisov (Anora)

  • Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
  • Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
  • Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
  • Yura Borisov (Anora)

Animated Feature Film

Winner : Flow
Runner up : The Wild Robot

  • Inside Out 2
  • Memoir of a Snail
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Original Screenplay

Winner : Anora (Written by Sean Baker)
Runners up : The Substance (Written by Coralie Fargeat)

  • A Real Pain (Written by Jesse Eisenberg)
  • The Brutalist (Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
  • September 5 (Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David)

Adapted Screenplay

Winner : Conclave (Screenplay by Peter Straughan)
Runner up : Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi)

  • Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes)
  • Sing Sing (Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield)
  • A Complete Unknown (Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks)

Cinematography

Winner : Maria (Ed Lachman)
Runner up : The Brutalist (Lol Crawley) and Dune: Part Two (Greig Fraser)

  • Nosferatu (Jarin Blaschke)
  • Emilia Pérez (Paul Guilhaume)

Visual Effects

Winner : Dune: Part Two (Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer)
Runner up : Wicked (Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould)

  • Alien: Romulus (Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan)
  • Better Man (Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs)
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke)

International Feature

Winner :  I'm Still Here
Runner up : Emilia Pérez

  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig
  • The Girl with the Needle 
  • Flow

Sound

Winner : Dune: Part Two (Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill)
Runner up : Wicked (Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis)

  • Dune: Part Two (Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill)
  • A Complete Unknown (Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco)
  • Emilia Pérez (Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta)
  • The Wild Robot (Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts)

Film Editing

Winner : Anora (Sean Baker)
Runner up : Conclave (Nick Emerson)

  • The Brutalist (David Jancso)
  • Wicked (Myron Kerstein)
  • Emilia Pérez (Juliette Welfling)

Production Design

Winner : Conclave (Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter)
Runner up : Wicked (Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales)

  • Dune: Part Two (Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau)
  • The Brutalist (Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia)
  • Nosferatu (Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová)

Costume Design

Winner : Nosferatu (Linda Muir)
Runners up :Wicked (Paul Tazewell) and Conclave (Lisy Christl)

  • A Complete Unknown (Arianne Phillips)
  • Gladiator II (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman)

Make-up and Hairstyling

Winner : The Substance (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli)
Runner up : Wicked (Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth)

  • 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)

Original Song

Winner : “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard)
Runner up : “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez (Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol)

  • “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)
  • “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late (Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin)

Original Score

Winner : The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)
Runner up : Conclave (Volker Bertelmann)

  • Wicked (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz)
  • The Wild Robot (Kris Bowers)
  • Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol and Camille)Emilia Pérez

Documentary Feature

Winner : No Other Land 
Runner up : Sugarcane 

  • Porcelain War 
  • Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat 
  • Black Box Diaries

Please note that apart from the winner and the runners up, the lists aren't necessarily in order.

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