Everything you need to know about this year's Oscars

The big film gala that is followed all over the world, the Oscars, are held on Sunday, March 2. And this year they arrive with great controversy (Comments by Spanish actress Karla Sofia Gascon), a catastrophe (the raging fires of Los Angeles) and a few surprises. We explain everything you need to know to follow the 97th edition of the Hollywood Academy Awards.

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Jacques Audiard's narco-musical, Emilia Perez, leads the race with 13 nominations in an unprecedented decision that equals this non-English speaking film in films such as Gone with the Wind either Forrest Gump. Next on the list are The brutalist, the 3-hour-plus film by Brady Corbet, and the musical prequel toThe Wizard of Oz, Wicked: both are nominated for 10 statuettes.

Tied with 8, the Bob Dylan biopic In Complete Unknown and the political-religious thriller Conclave They are measured in a gala in which Anora, by Sean Baker and winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, is left one more behind, with 6 nominations.

The great controversy of this year

This year we have probably experienced one of the most controversial and intense waits for the Oscars in recent editions. Karla Sofía Gascón, star of the narco-musical Emilia Perez, has been immersed in a fierce controversy after it came to light some old tweets in which he made racist, Islamophobic and even Catalanophobic comments.

The Spanish actress is the first trans person to be nominated for the Hollywood Academy Awards, but her chances of winning have all but vanished after her comments. In fact, she has been removed from the promotion of the film, the most nominated of this year's edition, and even the film's director Jacques Audiard has distanced himself from the actor: "What he said is inexcusable," he said in an interview on Deadline.

It remains to be seen whether and how Sofia Gascón will appear at the Oscars, as Netflix is not responsible for the actress's transport or accommodation, and what the atmosphere will be like with her presence at the gala. The question also hangs over the rest of her nominations. Emilia Perez: It is already the most nominated non-English language film in Oscar history, but the controversy could negatively affect it and endanger the best film award.

Surprise nominations and unexpected absences

Although Coralie Fargeat's body horror fest has a strong showing at this year's awards, The substance Margaret Qualley, the younger version of the protagonist, fails to be nominated, although Demi Moore is emerging as one of the favourites to take home the award for best actress.

Selena Gomez, despite being nominated for supporting actress at the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs, is not in the Oscar race for her performance in Emilia Perez. Other actors who have been left behind have been Daniel Craig for his role in Queer, Pamela Anderson, who received rave reviews for The Last Showgirl and Angelina Jolie, who immersed herself in the legendary opera singer Maria Callas in the film Maria.

Apart from the actors, some films have not received any nominations and have been completely left out of the highly anticipated gala. Among the most notable absences, Rivals, by Luca Guanadigno or the film by Almodóvar The room next door, which seemed like a great candidate but ultimately was not lucky and we will not see its stars, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, on the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre.

The Oscars have made a splash by nominating Walter Salles' Brazilian drama Even though I'm here into three categories: best film, international film and leading actress. The 5 nominations The substance They have also been surprised by the extremism of the film, as well as the rescue of the biopic of the young Trump, The apprentices, which gives two nominations to actors Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong.

Vindication and a gala marked by the fires

The raging fires that burned in Los Angeles this January forced the announcement of the nominations for the 97th edition of the Oscars to be delayed and have marked much of the speeches leading up to the gala. Among the messages of support for the victims of the catastrophe, there are also likely to be comments against the Trump administration. In fact, the nominations for the 97th edition of the Oscars are not the only ones that will be announced. Emilia Perez They have been received as a subtle message against the values of the Republican president and, in view of his latest decisions, it would not be unusual to see some protest proclamation among professionals in the sector.

Where and when can you watch the gala

The Oscars will be held, as usual, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2. If you want to follow it from here, you can do so from 2 a.m. on Sunday to Monday through Movistar+. This year's presenter is one of the best-known comics in the United States, Conan O'Brien. He was a screenwriter forThe Simpsons, but he is best known for his role as a presenter in Late Night from the NBC network.

Full list of Oscar nominations

Best film

• Anora, by Sean Baker
• The brutalist, by Brady Corbet
• A complete unknown, by James Mangold
• Conclave, by Edward Berger
• Dune: Part 2, by Denis Villeneuve
• Emilia Perez, by Jacques Audiard
• Even though I'm here, by Walter Salles
• Nickel boys, by RaMell Ross
• The substance, by Corealie Fargeat
• Wicked, by Jon M. Chu

Best Direction

• Jacques Audiard by Emilia Perez
• Brady Corbet by The brutalist
• Sean Baker by Anora
• Coralie Fargeat by The substance
• James Mangold by A complete unknown

Best Actress

• Cynthia Erivo by Wicked
• Karla Sofia Gascon by Emilia Perez
• Mickey Madison by Anora
• Demi Moore by The substance
• Fernanda Torres by Even though I'm here

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody by The brutalist
• Timothée Chalamet for A complete unknown
• Colman Sunday by The Lives of Sing Sing
• Ralph Fiennes by Conclave
• Sebastian Stan by The apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

• Monica Barbaro by A complete unknown
• Ariana Grande by Wicked
• Felicity Jones by The brutalist
• Isabella Rossellini by Conclave
• Zoe Saldana by Emilia Perez

Best supporting actor

• Yura Borisov by Anora
• Kieran Culkin for In real pain
• Edward Norton by A complete unknown
• Guy Pearce by The brutalist
• Jeremy Strong by The apprentice

Best International Film

• Even though I'm here, by Walter Salles (Brazil)
• The girl with the needle, by Magnus von Horn (Denmark)
• Emilia Perez, by Jacques Audiard (France)
• The key of the sacred fig tree, by Mohamed Rasoulof (Germany)
• Flow, a world to save by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia)

Best animated feature film

• Flow, a world to save by Gintes Zilbalodis
• Inside Out 2, by Kelsey Mann
• Wild Robot, by Chris Sanders
• Memoirs of a snail, by Adam Elliot
• Wallace and Gromit: Revenge is served with feathers, by Nick Park

Best Documentary

• Daily black box, by Shiori Itō
• No other land, by Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham and Hamdan Ballal
• Porcelain warby Slava Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo
• Soundtrack to a coup de age, by Johan Grimonprez
• Sugarcane, from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie

Best Original Screenplay

• Sean Baker by Now,
• Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold by The brutalist
• Jesse Eisenberg by In real pain
• Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and Alex David for September 5
• Coralie Fargeat by The substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

• James Mangold and Jay Cocks by A complete unknown
• Peter Straughan by Conclave
• Jacques Audiard by Emilia Perez
• RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes for Nickel boys
• Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar for The Lives of Sing Sing

Best Photography

• Lol Crawley by The brutalist
• Greig Fraser by Dune: Part 2
• Paul Guilhaume by Emilia Perez
• Ed Lachman by Maria
• Jarin Blaschke by Nosferatu

Best editing

• Sean Baker by Anora
• David Jancso by The brutalist
• Nick Emerson by Conclave
• Juliette Welfling by Emilia Perez
• Myron Kerstein by Wicked

Best Original Music

• Daniel Blumberg byThe brutalist
• Volker Bertelmann by Conclave
• Clément Ducol and Camille by Emilia Perez
• John Powell and Stephen Schwartz by Wicked
• Kris Bowers by Wild Robot

Best song

• Never too late, ofElton John: never too late. Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin
• The evil, ofEmilia Perez. Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
• My path, ofEmilia Perez. Music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol
• Like a bird, of The lives of Sing Sing. Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
• The journey, of The six triple eight. Music and lyrics by Diane Warren

Better sound

• Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco for A complete unknown
• Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill for Dune: Part 2
• Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta for Emilia Perez
• Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis for Wicked
• Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts for Wild Robot

Best Art Direction

• Judy Becker and Patricia Cuccia for The brutalist
• Suzie Davies and Cynthia Sleiter for Conclave
• Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau for Dune: Part 2
• Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerová for Nosferatu
• Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales by Wicked

Best costumes

• Arianne Phillips by A complete unknown
• Lisy Christl by Conclave
• Janty Yates and Dave Crossman by Gladiator II
• Linda Muir by Nosferatu
• Paul Tazewell by Wicked

Best makeup and hair

• Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado by A different man
• Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini for Emilia Perez
• David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton for Nosferatu
• Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli for The substance
• Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth for Wicked

Best visual effects

• Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan for Alien: Romulus
• Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs for Better man
• Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer for Dune: Part 2
• Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould for Wicked

Best animated short film

• Beautiful men, by Nicolas Keppens
• Magic candias, by Daisuke Nishio
• In the shadow of the cypressby Hossein Molayemi Shirin Sohani
• Yuck!, by Loïc Espuche
• Wander to wonder, by Nina Gantz

Best short fiction film

• A lien, by David Cutler-Kreutz and Sam Cutler-Kreutz
• Anuja, by Adam J. Graves
• I feel like a robot, by Victoria Warmerdam
• The last ranger, by Cindy Lee
• The man who could not remain silent, by Nebojsa Slijepcevic

Best Documentary Short

• Death by numbers, by Kim A. Snyder
• And I'm ready, Warden, by Smriti Mundhra
• Incident, by Bill Morrison
• Instruments of an eating heart, by Ema Ryan Yamazaki
• The only girl in the orchestra, by Molly O'Brien