- The 2025 Oscars take place on Sunday 2 March 2025
- Conan O’Brien will host the event
- Nominations will soon be released
The 2025 Oscars ceremony is heating up, with just a short while to go before the big night begins.
This year marks the 97th Academy Awards, with former Late Nite host Conan O’Brien set to front the show for the first time. O’Brien takes over from his fellow late nite colleague Jimmy Kimmel who hosted in 2024, marking his third solo stint as an Oscar frontman.
Read more: Everything we know about the 2025 Oscars
This much we know. However, when it comes to which movies and short films will be in the running for Oscar gold, we still have a while to wait before all is revealed.
Thankfully, it’s not too long. Read on for all the details we have regarding this year’s heavy hitters and when the 2025 Oscar nominations will be revealed.
When will the 2025 Oscar nominations be released?
The 2025 Oscar nominations will be revealed on Friday 17 January 2025. This is a week later than last year’s announcement and just a few short weeks before the 97th Academy Awards takes place on Sunday 2 March 2024
Last year’s nominees were announced on Tuesday 23 January, live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California.
While unconfirmed, it’s likely that the same venue will be used for the 2025 Oscar announcements.
At the time of writing, we don’t know who will unveil this year’s nominations but it’s usually two actors. Last year, Jack Quaid and Zazie Beetz revealed which films were nominated.
2025 Oscar nomination shortlist
On Tuesday 17 December, the Academy revealed the shortlisted projects in 10 key categories. These included Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects.
Members of the Academy will be able to cast their votes between Wednesday 8 January 2025 and Sunday 12 January 2025.
Below, you’ll find details of the 10 categories and their shortlisted projects.
Documentary Feature Film
The Bibi Files
Black Box Diaries
Dahomey
Daughters
Eno
Frida
Hollywoodgate
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Queendom
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Union
Will & Harper
Documentary Short Film
Chasing Roo
Death by Numbers
Eternal Father
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
Keeper
Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World
Once upon a Time in Ukraine
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Planetwalker
The Quilters
Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr
A Swim Lesson
Until He’s Back
International Feature Film
Brazil, I’m Still Here
Canada, Universal Language
Czech Republic, Waves
Denmark, The Girl with the Needle
France, Emilia Pérez
Germany, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Iceland, Touch
Ireland, Kneecap
Italy, Vermiglio
Latvia, Flow
Norway, Armand
Palestine, From Ground Zero
Senegal, Dahomey
Thailand, How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies
United Kingdom, Santosh
Make up and hairstyling
The Apprentice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Maria
Nosferatu
The Substance
Waltzing with Brando
Wicked
Music
Alien: Romulus
Babygirl
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Blink Twice
Blitz
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
The Fire Inside
Gladiator II
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
Inside Out 2
Nosferatu
The Room Next Door
Sing Sing
The Six Triple Eight
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Young Woman and the Sea
Music (Original Song)
Winter Coat from Blitz
Compress/Repress from Challengers
Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late
El Mal from Emilia Pérez
Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez
Sick In The Head from Kneecap
Beyond from Moana 2
Tell Me It’s You from Mufasa: The Lion King
Piece By Piece from Piece by Piece
Like A Bird from Sing Sing
The Journey from The Six Triple Eight
Out Of Oklahoma from Twisters
Kiss The Sky from The Wild Robot
Harper And Will Go West from Will & Harper
Animated Short Film
Au Revoir Mon Monde
A Bear Named Wojtek
Beautiful Men
Bottle George
A Crab in the Pool
In the Shadow of the Cypress
Magic Candies
Maybe Elephants
Me
Origami
Percebes
The 21
Wander to Wonder
The Wild-Tempered Clavier
Yuck!
Live Action Short Film
Anuja
Clodagh
The Compatriot
Crust
Dovecote
Edge of Space
The Ice Cream Man
I’m Not a Robot
The Last Ranger
A Lien
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
The Masterpiece
An Orange from Jaffa
Paris 70
Room Taken
Sound
Alien: Romulus
Blitz
A Complete Unknown
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Gladiator II
Joker: Folie à Deux
Wicked
The Wild Robot
Visual Effects
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Civil War
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Mufasa: The Lion King
Twisters
Wicked
