Editor’s Note: During the Oscar season, IndieWire will update this page with profound Oscar pre -prospects from Awards Editor Marcus Jones and Crafts & Animation Editor Bill Desowitz. A link to each category will lead to lists of the ever -changing challengers, plus reporting on which films have imprisoned voters, rules changes made by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, interviews with potential nominated and much more.
The race permit
The 97th annual Academy Awards approaching quickly, which means it’s already time to try to decide what film can fill the shoes from last year’s best picture winner and Box Office phenomenon ”Oppenheimer. ”
When I looked back on 2024, the year in film was initially characterized by an unpredictable cash office who has seen movies intended to be massive blockbuster come and go. Festivals like Sundance and Kanes Definitely gave the film community some hope, with titles like “A real pain“Aor“And”The subject“Appealing crowds and collect prices.
Sequel as ”Dune: Part two“And”Inside out 2“Could build on the success of their Oscar-winning predecessor and gave hope to similar ambitious best image bids as” Joker: Foil à deux “and” Gladiator II “, which never came to” Wicked “was the movie to end the year on a high tone.
Although there were arthouse successes like Luca Guadagninos ”Challengers“And Alex Garlands”Civil war“Scattered during the year, the autumn brought in most of the Autheur-driven Oscar challenges such as” Conclave “and” Nickel Boys “, the long-awaited script debut from the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ramell Ross, an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Price-Winning Roman.
In the end, 2024 was a year where a lot of films that were nominated were not even on voters’ radar until late in the year, especially with how it was difficult to keep up with what continued to shoot through SAG and WGA Strikes (with the exceptionOf course) and which films have found distribution in time to receive Oscar campaigns. Examples include “a completely unknown”, “The brutalist” and “I’m still here.”
To keep up with all this and more, follow the indieview as 2025 Oscar approach. We will share current insights on movies, filmmakers and stars that are expected to be on their way to win the most prestigious award in American film.
The 97th Oscars Telecast will be broadcast on Sunday March 2 and Air Live at ABC at. 19.00 et/ 16:00 pt. See the individual prediction pages listed below, which will be updated throughout the race, and follow IndieWire on X, Instagram and Facebook for all the latest Oscars news.
2025 Academy Awards -Pre -prospects
Best picture
Best director
Best actor
Best actress
Best supportive actors
Best actress
Best original script
Best custom script
Best animated feature
Best production design
Best cinematography
Best costume design
Best movie editing
Best makeup and hairstyle
Best sound
Best visual effects
Best original score
Best original song
Best documentary function
Best international feature
Best animated cards
Best documentary card
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