Oscar 2025: where to look at the ceremony, the conductor, the favorites and all the candidates

THE Oscar prizes 2025 they will probably not have the same commercial call as last year (embodied by the battle between Oppenheimer And Barbie), but there will still be films that have made them discuss a lot by passing through the major festivals (such as Anore, Emilia Pérez, Conclave And The brutalist) neither films that have obtained excellent results of criticism and public (such as Dune – part two And Wicked).

Here is everything you need to know about the 97th Oscar edition:

Where and when will the Oscar Gala 2025 take place?

Sunday 2 March 2025 (On Monday 3 March in Italy) at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

Where and when can you see in Italy the red carpet and the 2025 Oscar gala?

On the night between Sunday 2 and Monday 3 March (Italian time), at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The red carpet starts at 23:30 Italian. For those who are in Los Angeles it is simply early afternoon. The ceremony starts this year at one in the morning. Where can you see the ceremony? On Raiuno and Raiplay.

Who will lead the Oscars 2025?

Conan O’Brien

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To collect the witness from Jimmy Kimmel To conduct the ceremony it will be Conan O’Brien. Like Kimmel, O’Brien is a veteran of the Late-Night (he was also the author of the Simpson and of the Saturday Night Live) which now leads its own podcast. Despite a thirty -year career of success and despite being one of the most loved comedians in the United States (his choice was unanimously applauded on social networks), this will be his first time as a presenter.

“Conan has all the credentials to be a great Oscar conductor: it is incredibly witty, charismatic and fun, and has proven to be very good at conducting live television shows,” said the executive manufacturers of the ceremony Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan.

“America had been asking for some time and finally is about to happen: Cheesy Chardu Supreme is about to come from Taco Bell. And then, I will lead the Oscars, “O’Brien, with his characteristic humor, said for his part.

What are the films with the greatest number of nominations for the 2025 Oscars?

The epic The brutalist and the musical Emilia Pérez They triumphed at Golden Globe and also obtained good results in the Oscars nominations. Emilia Pérez It is the film with the largest number of nominations (13), while The brutalist he got ten, as well as one of the greatest successes of the season, Wicked. The pontifical drama Conclave and the biopic on Bob Dylan A Complete Unknown They follow up with eight nominations each.

What are the films favored to the 2025 Oscars?

Sean Baker and Mikey Madison in Cannes

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Since the premium season has been very long, lively and sometimes controversial, in recent months the predictions have changed a lot: consequently, now that the decisive week has arrived, the competition is still quite open. According to the main bookmakers and platforms such as Gold Derby (the main site dedicated to the provision of prizes on the basis of the aggregation of the opinions of magazines, experts and users), AnoreSean Baker’s film that has already won the golden palm at the last Cannes Film Festivalit would seem the most likely winner of the most coveted Oscar. The reasons for betting on this film are not lacking, since most of the prizes assigned by the unions (among whose members there are many voters of the Academy) were awarded: that of the producers (PGA), that of the directors (DGA) and that of the screenwriters (WGA). You have to go back almost 20 years to find the only precedent of a film that won all three of these prizes without then winning the Oscar at the best film, namely Brokeback Mountainwhich in 2006 lost against Crash With an unexpected twist (even more so after the victory of his director, Ang Lee, to Oscar to the best direction).

This is also a year full of surprises, and one of these could be ConclaveEdward Berger’s film on the Ethment of the Pope from the inside and played by Ralph Fiennes. Compared to more controversial proposals, it is a film that puts everyone in agreement, with an exceptional cast and that in addition to having just won the Sag Award (the actors’ union prize) has already won the BAFTA (which in turn shares many voters with the Academy).

However, it should be remembered that less than a month ago, after winning prizes like the Golden Globe, The brutalist (directed by Brady Corbet and played by Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce) was the favorite for the Oscar victory to the best film, while now it seems that it is the third inconvenient (even if the last word is not called until the end). Emilia Pérezdespite being the film with the most nominations, it has been significantly deflatedin part due to the controversies related to its protagonist, Karla Sofía Gascón, and its director, Jacques Audiard.

Who are the actresses favored to the Oscars 2025?

Demi Moore during his speech at the Critics’ Choice Award after receiving the prize to the best actress

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Demi Moore (The Substance) is currently the great favorite for the Oscar’s victory to the best actress, especially after the success (and the great speech) to the Golden Globe, and more recently at the Sag Awards, which places it a step above the other candidates (it would also be the culmination of the great Comeback of the year). The only one who seems to be able to represent an insidia is an interpreter of almost 40 years younger, Mikey Madisonfor his courageous interpretation in Anore (The Independent Spirit Award and the Bafta won, and it would be the favorite if he had also triumphed at the SAGs). The Brazilian Fernanda Torreswho has already won the Golden Globe for I’m still here (and for which the whole country is cheering), it is the Wild Card And it could be a pleasant surprise. Karla Sofía Gascón is completely excluded for the reasons that everyone knows (the prediction that sees her protagonist concerns rather her presence or not at the ceremony).

Emilia Pérez However, it will not go empty -handed, because (except for surprises) the Oscar to the best supporting actress will go to Zoe Saldaña, who in this season he made incetta of prizes (including Golden Globe, Bafta and Sag).

Who are the actors favored to the Oscars 2025?

Adrien Brody to the Governors Awards last November

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There are two actors in the lead to the predictions for the Oscar to the best actor. The first is Adrien Brody (The brutalist), which could win his second statuette after more than 20 years from the one won in 2003 for The pianist. Brody won almost all the main premiers, and if he had won the Sag Award we could practically confirm that the prize is his, while to climb over him in extremis On that occasion it was Timothée Chalamet For his interpretation of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown (James Mangold’s film also came out in the United States at the last useful year of the year to enter the race). It will be a very symbolic battle between the two, since Chalamet could beat Brody twice: in case of victory, in fact, he would also tear the honor of being the youngest male interpreter to have ever won the Oscar to the best actor (he would also have 29 years old, but a few months less). Ralph Fiennesalbeit a little distanced, is the third inconvenient. But it could very well make it if Conclave He will have the right evening, if there will be the will to finally give him his Oscar (it is incredible that he has not yet won one) and if he will be appreciated for having conducted, as his habit, a campaign in which the discretion was the norm, letting the artistic merits be speaking.

In the Oscar race to the best supporting actor, Kieran Culkin (To Real Pain) is found in a situation very similar to that of Zoe Saldaña (he has won all the most important prizes so far). However, if The brutalist should reassemble, Guy Pearce He could shade him.

Who are the favored directors to the Oscars 2025?

After winning the directors’ union prize (DGA), Sean Baker (Anore) is slightly favored. However, Brady Corbet (The brutalist), who won the silver lion in Venice, the Golden Globe and the Bafta, will have a lot to say until the end. It is a two battle.

Here you are The complete list of candidates to the Oscars 2025:

Best movie

Anore
The brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune – part two
Emilia Pérez
I’m still here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked

Best director

Sean Baker, Anore
Brady Corbet, The brutalist
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best leading actress

Cynthia erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anore
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m still here

Best leading actor

Adrien Brody, The brutalist
Timothée chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor

Jurij Borisov, Anore
Kieran Culkin, To Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The apprentice

Best International Film

I’m still hereBrazil
Pigen Med Nålen (The girl with the needle), Denmark
Emilia PérezFrance
The seed of the sacred figGermany
FlowLatvia

Best animated film

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit – The feathers of revenge
The wild robot

Best documentary

Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

Best assembly

Anore
The brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

Best photography

The brutalist
Dune – part two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu

Best non -original screenplay

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing sing

Best original screenplay

Anore
The brutalist
To Real Pain
September 5
The Substance

Best sound

A Complete Unknown
Dune – part two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The wild robot

Best soundtrack

The brutalist
Emilia Pérez
Conclave
Wicked
The wild robot

Best original song

El Mal, Emilia Pérez
The Journey, The Six Triple Eight
Like a bird, Sing sing
I fire me, Emilia Pérez
Never Too Late, Elton John: Never Too Late

Best scenography

The brutalist
Conclave
Dune – part two
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best customs

A Complete Unknown
Conclave
The gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best makeup and hairstyle

A different man
Emilia Pérez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best special effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune – part two
The kingdom of the planet of the monkeys
Wicked

Best short film

In Lien
Anuja
I’m not a robot
The Last Ranger
Čovjek Koji Nije Mogao Šutjeti (The Man Who Couuld Not Remain Silent)

Best animated short film

Beautiful Men
Dar Sāye Sarv (In the shade of the cypress)
Amedama (Magic Candies)
Wander to Wonder
Beurk! (Yuck!)

Best documentary short film

Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Accident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra