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Ireland has just one chance</h1></div><div class="c-stack grid-item grid-column-span-3" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"></div></div></div></div><div id="lazy_36997" class="lazy_container"><div class="b-flex-chain"><div class="b-flex-chain__grid-container b-flex-chain__grid-container__363 gap" style="--c-stack-gap:var(--global-spacing-0)"><div class="c-stack grid-item grid-column-span-3" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"></div><div class="c-stack grid-item grid-column-span-6" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><h2 class="b-it-subheadline align-center ">Will Anora nab the Academy Award for best picture? Can Demi Moore edge out Mikey Madison for best actress? 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They’re not wrong. And it seems that bit longer when it takes nine months to get back to pretty much where you started.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">At the close of the <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cannes-film-festival/" target="_blank">Cannes film festival</a> last May all the talk was of Sean Baker’s <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/10/31/anora-a-stripper-russian-heavies-and-an-oligarchs-son-what-more-do-you-need-for-a-knockout-comedy/" target="_blank">Anora</a>, Jacques Audiard’s <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/10/23/emilia-perez-review-bold-brassy-groundbreaking-entertainment/" target="_blank">Emilia Pérez </a>and Coralie Fargeat’s <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/09/18/the-substance-demi-moores-spectacularly-disgusting-body-horror-is-a-two-finger-rebuke-to-the-beauty-industry/" target="_blank">The Substance</a>. Anora ended up <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2024/05/25/cannes-2024-sean-bakers-screwball-comedy-anora-wins-palme-dor/" target="_blank">winning the Palme d’Or</a> and was immediately marked down as a potential best-picture nominee. The event erupted to <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/demi-moore/" target="_blank">Demi Moore</a>’s defiant performance as a fading star in The Substance. Though history has been somewhat rewritten, Emilia Pérez, which jointly won its stars four best-actress prizes, went down well with a broad band of critics.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">As we finally move into Oscar weekend, Anora looks to be favourite for best picture. Moore is just ahead in the race for best actress, with Mikey Madison from Baker’s film her most dangerous rival. And the troubled Emilia Pérez? Well, it could easily win three Oscars.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">All very uneventful. Right? Wrong. 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1200w" width="800" height="533"/></figure></a><hr class="c-divider"/></article><article class="c-grid b-top-table-list-small b-top-table-list-small--right"><h2 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/health/your-wellness/2025/02/25/oesophageal-cancer-living-without-the-classic-symptoms-i-was-fine-there-was-nothing-wrong-with-me/">Oesophageal cancer: ‘I was fine, there was nothing wrong with me’</a></h2><a class="c-link" href="/health/your-wellness/2025/02/25/oesophageal-cancer-living-without-the-classic-symptoms-i-was-fine-there-was-nothing-wrong-with-me/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><figure class="c-media-item"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Oesophageal cancer: ‘I was fine, there was nothing wrong with me’" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/PQT4MHURJNBLXLSHHPDERJZNIA.JPG?focal=2809%2C1302&auth=3b29c5f1d28e22a73d54ad04c6e344b3263f2c81a509f73b75db79c2514bfc4c&width=800&height=533" 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src="https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61409400444fd9068ff27e5f/1736175639427-650c5cc1-3bf9-4ca4-a9ca-ce00e9cfaed5.jpeg"/><h2 class="c-heading">Who will win and who should win at this year's Oscars</h2><div class="c-it-audio-player__audio"><div class="c-it-audio-player__placeholder-wrapper"><div><div class="c-stack" data-style-direction="horizontal" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="center" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><button class="c-button c-button--small c-button--primary-reverse c-it-audio-player__placeholder-play-button " type="button"><span><svg class="c-icon" width="12" height="12" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><path d="M425 215C439.3 223.8 448 239.3 448 256C448 272.7 439.3 288.2 425 296.1L137.03 472.1C122.21 482 103.66 482.4 88.52 473.9C73.377 465.4 64 449.4 64 432V80C64 62.64 73.377 46.63 88.52 38.13C103.66 29.64 122.21 29.99 137.03 39.04L425 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330.204 45.125 330.204H109.97L214.307 422.861C218.916 426.93 224.795 429.095 230.75 429.095C234.183 429.095 237.679 428.375 240.928 426.903C249.854 422.908 255.5 414.091 255.5 404.423V107.593C255.5 97.8707 249.854 89.038 240.959 85.0548Z"></path></svg></div></div></div></div></div></div></section></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">On the positive side, later entrants shook up the Cannes consensus. The musical <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/11/19/wicked-review-yes-its-a-nightmare-in-digital-wax-but-youll-leave-the-cinema-in-buoyant-mood/" target="_blank">Wicked</a> went down better with critics than expected. <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/11/28/conclave-ralph-fiennes-is-flawless-in-robert-harriss-preposterously-gripping-drama-of-papal-electioneering/" target="_blank">Conclave</a>, a tale of the search for a pope, won many friends and made almost no enemies (with one exception – see below). The Venice film festival delivered a sure-fire contender with Brady Corbet’s <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2025/01/22/the-brutalist-review-adrien-brody-plays-a-jewish-holocust-refugee-mud-wrestling-american-capitalism-in-this-astonishing-film/" target="_blank">The Brutalist</a> and – a slow, slow burner – another eventual best-picture nominee in Walter Salles’s Brazilian drama <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2025/02/18/im-still-here-this-tale-of-survival-is-doing-barbie-business-in-irish-cinemas/" target="_blank">I’m Still Here</a>.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Nothing confirms the shift in the once-unadventurous academy’s membership more convincingly than the news that half of the 10 best-picture nominees premiered at Cannes or Venice. Should Anora win, it will become only the third Palme d’Or winner to take best picture. The second, <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/parasite-review-an-exquisite-film-a-perfect-social-satire-1.4161401" target="_blank">Parasite</a>, was just five years ago. The first, Marty, was way back in 1955.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fuQba8T6Jr6YD-3-4-3-1c5d8a0e625119" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature" style="--mobile-display:block;--tablet-display:block;--desktop-display:block"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:728px"><div id="arcad_f0fuQba8T6Jr6YD-3-4-3-1c5d8a0e625119" class="arcad ad-728x90"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">On a more negative note, more supposed smears have been thrown around this year than you encountered throughout all the cardinals’ relentless politicking in Conclave. Some may have been encouraged by rival campaigns. Much came from bored Oscar nerds with nothing else to talk about on social media.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 533;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Mikey Madison and Mark Eidelshtein in Anora. Photograph: Anora Productions, LLC/Augusta Quirk " class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HPDD5S66MBER4ZG7RUFRMK2ZQQ.jpg?auth=0ededbf1c8de3dcb4593535763f3e52f0b3f096c493a65c47a860883d3ce38c3&width=800&height=533" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HPDD5S66MBER4ZG7RUFRMK2ZQQ.jpg?auth=0ededbf1c8de3dcb4593535763f3e52f0b3f096c493a65c47a860883d3ce38c3&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HPDD5S66MBER4ZG7RUFRMK2ZQQ.jpg?auth=0ededbf1c8de3dcb4593535763f3e52f0b3f096c493a65c47a860883d3ce38c3&width=440&height=293 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HPDD5S66MBER4ZG7RUFRMK2ZQQ.jpg?auth=0ededbf1c8de3dcb4593535763f3e52f0b3f096c493a65c47a860883d3ce38c3&width=800&height=533 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HPDD5S66MBER4ZG7RUFRMK2ZQQ.jpg?auth=0ededbf1c8de3dcb4593535763f3e52f0b3f096c493a65c47a860883d3ce38c3&width=1024&height=682 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HPDD5S66MBER4ZG7RUFRMK2ZQQ.jpg?auth=0ededbf1c8de3dcb4593535763f3e52f0b3f096c493a65c47a860883d3ce38c3&width=1440&height=959 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="533"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Mikey Madison and Mark Eidelshtein in Anora. Photograph: Anora Productions, LLC/Augusta Quirk </span></figcaption></figure></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Here is just a sample. An unconcerned Mikey Madison confirmed that Baker did not have an intimacy co-ordinator on the sexually explicit Anora. (Even before it left Cannes, some X users were arguing against supporting a film with Russian protagonists while the Ukraine conflict continued, but that beef never really set in.)</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">The Brutalist may have used some marginal artificial intelligence to tweak the Hungarian dialogue and to assist in the creation of architectural drawings. “Every aspect of its creation was driven by human effort, creativity, and collaboration,” Corbet hit back. Megyn Kelly, the right-wing American fulminator, popped up to declare Conclave “anti-Catholic”.</p><p class="c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link"><span>[ </span><a aria-label="Open related story" class="c-link" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2025/02/24/the-25-greatest-upsets-in-oscar-history/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">The 25 greatest upsets in Oscar history<span class="visually-hidden">Opens in new window</span></a><span> ]</span></p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">We heard about Adrien Brody kissing Halle Berry “inappropriately” after winning his first best-actor award, in 2003, and saw again video of him impersonating a Jamaican on Saturday Night Live that same year. Footage of Fernanda Torres, best-actress nominee for I’m Still Here, doing a sketch in blackface also emerged. There was more where that came from.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 335;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RQQM3I6DF5G7FKDIJFLERH2Z44.jpg?auth=742c9324837bc91eaf987afed0c7674cf9d8d42d70bc2bc8ae546bc2bb7e03e6&width=800&height=335" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RQQM3I6DF5G7FKDIJFLERH2Z44.jpg?auth=742c9324837bc91eaf987afed0c7674cf9d8d42d70bc2bc8ae546bc2bb7e03e6&width=400&height=167 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RQQM3I6DF5G7FKDIJFLERH2Z44.jpg?auth=742c9324837bc91eaf987afed0c7674cf9d8d42d70bc2bc8ae546bc2bb7e03e6&width=440&height=184 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RQQM3I6DF5G7FKDIJFLERH2Z44.jpg?auth=742c9324837bc91eaf987afed0c7674cf9d8d42d70bc2bc8ae546bc2bb7e03e6&width=800&height=335 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RQQM3I6DF5G7FKDIJFLERH2Z44.jpg?auth=742c9324837bc91eaf987afed0c7674cf9d8d42d70bc2bc8ae546bc2bb7e03e6&width=1024&height=428 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RQQM3I6DF5G7FKDIJFLERH2Z44.jpg?auth=742c9324837bc91eaf987afed0c7674cf9d8d42d70bc2bc8ae546bc2bb7e03e6&width=1440&height=603 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="335"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez </span></figcaption></figure></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">What made that all seem irrelevant was the arrival of a more substantial scandal that would have made noise in any year. Emilia Pérez, less popular in the online wilds than it was at Cannes (or with awards voters), had already attracted ire for its broad depiction of transgender people and of the Mexican narcotics trade. Yet, somehow, neither its detractors nor Netflix, its distributor, thought to go through the stars’ social-media feeds to guard against – or to generate – any further scandal.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">It took until January 30th, eight months after Netflix acquired the title, for Sarah Hagi, a journalist based in Canada, to unearth a stream of offensive tweets from Karla Sofía Gascón, the film’s Oscar-nominated lead. Gascón apologised and deleted her X account before returning, on Instagram, to argue that “they” had positioned “things that I wrote to glorify as if they were criticisms, jokes as if they were reality”. Netflix ceased to cover her expenses. She stopped attending precursor awards. If you’re reading this article you already know all this.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fVXNppHnA0bqg-3-4-4-186f3d696ccc93" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature" style="--mobile-display:block;--tablet-display:block;--desktop-display:block"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:728px"><div id="arcad_f0fVXNppHnA0bqg-3-4-4-186f3d696ccc93" class="arcad ad-728x90"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">There was some talk that nothing like this had ever happened before. That’s not quite true. In early 1991, as Gérard Depardieu was nominated as best actor for Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s beloved Cyrano de Bergerac, the actor made some controversial remarks to Time magazine about his treatment of women as a young man. The accuracy of the translation is still disputed, but, as Time noted, the reported statements “drew an outcry from women’s rights activists, newspaper columnists and others”.</p><p class="c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link"><span>[ </span><a aria-label="Open related story" class="c-link" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2025/02/06/oscars-2025-what-has-gone-wrong-for-emilia-perez-after-its-13-nominations-and-triumphant-awards-season/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Netflix’s Emilia Pérez was tipped as a big Oscar winner – then an unexpected scandal erupted<span class="visually-hidden">Opens in new window</span></a><span> ]</span></p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Depardieu was never going to win best actor, but the film itself, a strong favourite as best foreign-language feature, ended up losing to the now entirely forgotten Journey of Hope, from Switzerland. Many Oscar watchers blamed the upset on that scandal.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Emilia Pérez is not going to go home empty-handed. Zoë Saldaña, who plays a lawyer corrupted by the cartels in that film, has sufficiently distanced herself from the scandal to ensure she remains huge favourite for best supporting actress. The film is also a strong contender for best original song.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">But, once seemingly unbeatable, it is, in a neat mirror of the Cyrano story, now vulnerable in the category for best international film (formerly best foreign-language film). No film also nominated in best picture has ever lost in the “foreign” race, but this year, for the first time, two films, Emilia Pérez and I’m Still Here, land in both categories. The huge Brazilian contingent behind the latter could well profit from Emilia’s travails and nudge Salles’s film to victory.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 534;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here, directed by Walter Salles" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QRWA2VDTLNAZTBVPAPTR4YUWEQ.jpg?auth=fbc648d4715a68affb257d046ea3a4f5a1c19d7790729637309a6fcafa7188ea&width=800&height=534" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QRWA2VDTLNAZTBVPAPTR4YUWEQ.jpg?auth=fbc648d4715a68affb257d046ea3a4f5a1c19d7790729637309a6fcafa7188ea&width=400&height=267 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QRWA2VDTLNAZTBVPAPTR4YUWEQ.jpg?auth=fbc648d4715a68affb257d046ea3a4f5a1c19d7790729637309a6fcafa7188ea&width=440&height=293 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QRWA2VDTLNAZTBVPAPTR4YUWEQ.jpg?auth=fbc648d4715a68affb257d046ea3a4f5a1c19d7790729637309a6fcafa7188ea&width=800&height=534 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QRWA2VDTLNAZTBVPAPTR4YUWEQ.jpg?auth=fbc648d4715a68affb257d046ea3a4f5a1c19d7790729637309a6fcafa7188ea&width=1024&height=683 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/QRWA2VDTLNAZTBVPAPTR4YUWEQ.jpg?auth=fbc648d4715a68affb257d046ea3a4f5a1c19d7790729637309a6fcafa7188ea&width=1440&height=961 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="534"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here, directed by Walter Salles </span></figcaption></figure></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Once Perezgate landed, best picture looked to be a fight between, in order of likelihood, The Brutalist, Anora, Conclave and, at a stretch, the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. All that changed three weeks ago when Anora won at the Directors Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America and the Critics Choice awards. A week later Baker’s film also won with the Writers Guild of America.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Only one film has ever failed to win the best-picture Oscar after securing the Writers Guild, Producers Guild and Directors Guild prizes, and many see that film, Brokeback Mountain, as having suffered the biggest upset ever in the category. The loss to Conclave, a British co-production, at Bafta does not mean much. But then came a more significant upset. Conclave beating Anora to the ensemble prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards last weekend confirms that the race is still alive.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fYKctXj7wt6xL-3-4-5-7f16a621511f1" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature" style="--mobile-display:block;--tablet-display:block;--desktop-display:block"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:728px"><div id="arcad_f0fYKctXj7wt6xL-3-4-5-7f16a621511f1" class="arcad ad-728x90"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link"><span>[ </span><a aria-label="Open related story" class="c-link" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2025/02/28/the-oscars-movie-quiz-how-many-irish-citizens-have-been-nominated-for-best-actress/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">The Oscars Movie Quiz: How many Irish citizens have been nominated for best actress?<span class="visually-hidden">Opens in new window</span></a><span> ]</span></p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">If Baker does go on a sweep he has a chance of equalling a stubborn record. Nobody has won more than Walt Disney’s four Oscars, achieved in 1953, on the same night. Bong Joon Ho, director of Parasite, could be seen as losing out on a technicality. His film won best international film in 2020 but, weirdly, that goes to the country, not the director, and he must therefore settle for just three in his own name. Baker is genuinely competitive in editing, original screenplay, director and (as producer) best picture.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">The most interesting of the big categories is surely best actress. Moore, identified as a huge favourite after a Globes win, stumbled with losses to Madison at Bafta and the Independent Spirit awards, but her win at Sag, where Anora took nothing, just about sets her straight. She is favourite, but not by much.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 450;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YYYHO777KJENDGYNM327EQAXKI.jpeg?auth=acb649fe69cacf37925d9ec11d2df094dbdf32577620f1c8a37342e3b9157060&width=800&height=450" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YYYHO777KJENDGYNM327EQAXKI.jpeg?auth=acb649fe69cacf37925d9ec11d2df094dbdf32577620f1c8a37342e3b9157060&width=400&height=225 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YYYHO777KJENDGYNM327EQAXKI.jpeg?auth=acb649fe69cacf37925d9ec11d2df094dbdf32577620f1c8a37342e3b9157060&width=440&height=247 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YYYHO777KJENDGYNM327EQAXKI.jpeg?auth=acb649fe69cacf37925d9ec11d2df094dbdf32577620f1c8a37342e3b9157060&width=800&height=450 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YYYHO777KJENDGYNM327EQAXKI.jpeg?auth=acb649fe69cacf37925d9ec11d2df094dbdf32577620f1c8a37342e3b9157060&width=1024&height=576 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YYYHO777KJENDGYNM327EQAXKI.jpeg?auth=acb649fe69cacf37925d9ec11d2df094dbdf32577620f1c8a37342e3b9157060&width=1440&height=810 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="450"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown </span></figcaption></figure></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Kieran Culkin is safe as best supporting actor for A Real Pain. As we have observed, Saldaña should walk away with best supporting actress. A fascinating tussle presents itself in best actor. Brody, despite the attempted slurs, remains in front for The Brutalist. A win for Timothée Chalamet, who plays Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, at that fascinating Sag ceremony means, however, that he will be looking nervously over his shoulder. Brody holds, with that win for The Pianist, the record for youngest person to take the best-actor Oscar (at the relatively advanced age of 29). Should Chalamet win he will beat the record by 278 days.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">And what became of the Irish at the Oscars? At the start of the year Saoirse Ronan looked to be in with a chance of a rare two Oscar nominations, one for best actress and one for supporting, at the same ceremony, but not enough people saw The Outrun and not enough people liked Blitz.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap looks to have been sixth or seventh in the competition for one of the five spots as best international film.</p><p class="c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link"><span>[ </span><a aria-label="Open related story" class="c-link" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2025/01/23/oscars-2025-kneecaps-failure-to-get-a-nomination-is-a-genuine-upset/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Oscars 2025: Kneecap’s failure to get a nomination is a genuine upset<span class="visually-hidden">Opens in new window</span></a><span> ]</span></p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">It has, amid those disappointments, been easy to forget that an Irish professional is favourite for a win at the 97th awards. Bookmakers have Nick Emerson, from the great city of Lisburn, at 6/4 to take best editing for Conclave. He recently told the BBC how watching the peace talks in the North unfold inspired him when cutting together the machinations in Edward Berger’s film.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0f6RPR7vA01bMt-3-4-6-25a4b50281cbd" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature" style="--mobile-display:block;--tablet-display:block;--desktop-display:block"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:728px"><div id="arcad_f0f6RPR7vA01bMt-3-4-6-25a4b50281cbd" class="arcad ad-728x90"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“Working in the BBC newsroom at the start of my career was a really exciting place to be,” he said. “There were a lot of peace talks and a lot of news.”</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">On Monday morning he has a good chance of making the news himself.</p><h3 class="b-it-article-body__h3 paywall">The 97th Academy Awards: All the nominees, plus my predictions</h3><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 533;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Mark Eidelshtein and Mikey Madison in Anora" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IAHZ46TXYG6S3I7OCWOLXF3CG4.jpg?auth=99bf4df16df6bcc4c780d1ad3cb285729a65a2a124dc880d88da476157efea56&width=800&height=533" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IAHZ46TXYG6S3I7OCWOLXF3CG4.jpg?auth=99bf4df16df6bcc4c780d1ad3cb285729a65a2a124dc880d88da476157efea56&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IAHZ46TXYG6S3I7OCWOLXF3CG4.jpg?auth=99bf4df16df6bcc4c780d1ad3cb285729a65a2a124dc880d88da476157efea56&width=440&height=293 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IAHZ46TXYG6S3I7OCWOLXF3CG4.jpg?auth=99bf4df16df6bcc4c780d1ad3cb285729a65a2a124dc880d88da476157efea56&width=800&height=533 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IAHZ46TXYG6S3I7OCWOLXF3CG4.jpg?auth=99bf4df16df6bcc4c780d1ad3cb285729a65a2a124dc880d88da476157efea56&width=1024&height=682 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IAHZ46TXYG6S3I7OCWOLXF3CG4.jpg?auth=99bf4df16df6bcc4c780d1ad3cb285729a65a2a124dc880d88da476157efea56&width=1440&height=959 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="533"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Mark Eidelshtein and Mikey Madison in Anora </span></figcaption></figure></div><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best picture</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Anora</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Brutalist</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">A Complete Unknown</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Conclave</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Dune: Part Two</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">I’m Still Here</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Nickel Boys</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Substance</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Wicked</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win: </b>Anora. Back on track with a host of guild awards. Early concerns about it being too saucy for conservative voters forgotten. But that Sag loss to Conclave is not to be dismissed.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> The Brutalist. Or Anora. No edition that features those two stormers counts as a “weak year”.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best director</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Sean Baker, Anora</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Brady Corbet, The Brutalist</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">James Mangold, A Complete Unknown</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Coralie Fargeat, The Substance</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> Sean Baker. Corbet is still close, but Anora’s resurgence should drag its director along.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Brady Corbet. Made an American epic for the price of a mumblecore indie.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fTB5060bBt6oG-3-4-7-2e767f13c3bd" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature" style="--mobile-display:block;--tablet-display:block;--desktop-display:block"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:728px"><div id="arcad_f0fTB5060bBt6oG-3-4-7-2e767f13c3bd" class="arcad ad-728x90"></div></div></div><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 483;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Adrien Brody in The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EQ76AIXXYFDMRMFZ7UOFNEX26E.jpg?auth=31f95d9b20c663a9b57c7277dc87652b56cdc39ec02792518c7780811f6ae4fe&width=800&height=483" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EQ76AIXXYFDMRMFZ7UOFNEX26E.jpg?auth=31f95d9b20c663a9b57c7277dc87652b56cdc39ec02792518c7780811f6ae4fe&width=400&height=241 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EQ76AIXXYFDMRMFZ7UOFNEX26E.jpg?auth=31f95d9b20c663a9b57c7277dc87652b56cdc39ec02792518c7780811f6ae4fe&width=440&height=265 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EQ76AIXXYFDMRMFZ7UOFNEX26E.jpg?auth=31f95d9b20c663a9b57c7277dc87652b56cdc39ec02792518c7780811f6ae4fe&width=800&height=483 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EQ76AIXXYFDMRMFZ7UOFNEX26E.jpg?auth=31f95d9b20c663a9b57c7277dc87652b56cdc39ec02792518c7780811f6ae4fe&width=1024&height=618 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/EQ76AIXXYFDMRMFZ7UOFNEX26E.jpg?auth=31f95d9b20c663a9b57c7277dc87652b56cdc39ec02792518c7780811f6ae4fe&width=1440&height=869 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="483"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Adrien Brody in The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet </span></figcaption></figure></div><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best actor in a leading role</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Adrien Brody, The Brutalist</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Colman Domingo, Sing Sing</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Ralph Fiennes, Conclave</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win: </b>Adrien Brody. But Chalamet gained on him by a few lengths with his win at Sag.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Adrien Brody. For shouldering enormous weight over 3½ hours of screentime.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 532;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Demi Moore in The Substance" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N5Y5MZX4AXP6ZWECLGUKDCXNWM.jpg?auth=b1e1e5d253209ca113e878708264715cdb2e26a433e7f3af3a6ad85e05bc2336&width=800&height=532" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N5Y5MZX4AXP6ZWECLGUKDCXNWM.jpg?auth=b1e1e5d253209ca113e878708264715cdb2e26a433e7f3af3a6ad85e05bc2336&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N5Y5MZX4AXP6ZWECLGUKDCXNWM.jpg?auth=b1e1e5d253209ca113e878708264715cdb2e26a433e7f3af3a6ad85e05bc2336&width=440&height=292 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N5Y5MZX4AXP6ZWECLGUKDCXNWM.jpg?auth=b1e1e5d253209ca113e878708264715cdb2e26a433e7f3af3a6ad85e05bc2336&width=800&height=532 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N5Y5MZX4AXP6ZWECLGUKDCXNWM.jpg?auth=b1e1e5d253209ca113e878708264715cdb2e26a433e7f3af3a6ad85e05bc2336&width=1024&height=680 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N5Y5MZX4AXP6ZWECLGUKDCXNWM.jpg?auth=b1e1e5d253209ca113e878708264715cdb2e26a433e7f3af3a6ad85e05bc2336&width=1440&height=957 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="532"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Demi Moore in The Substance </span></figcaption></figure></div><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best actress in a leading role</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Cynthia Erivo, Wicked</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Mikey Madison, Anora</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Demi Moore, The Substance</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> Demi Moore. Her triumph at Sag keeps her just ahead of Mikey Moore. But Oscar history is littered with upsets where the younger actor surprised the supposed “career winner”. Demi beware.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win: </b>Mikey Madison. Knocks the screwball out of the park like a Barbara Stanwyck or a Jean Arthur.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 533;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Isabella Rossellini in Conclave. Photograph: Focus Features" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YHOF6X6CD5H6FCBYMN7B24XTZA.jpg?auth=a7d2a69adddb43848d00c6ca01ff8b80943f97f86f6ddb9ffd3ea23a5554baeb&width=800&height=533" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YHOF6X6CD5H6FCBYMN7B24XTZA.jpg?auth=a7d2a69adddb43848d00c6ca01ff8b80943f97f86f6ddb9ffd3ea23a5554baeb&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YHOF6X6CD5H6FCBYMN7B24XTZA.jpg?auth=a7d2a69adddb43848d00c6ca01ff8b80943f97f86f6ddb9ffd3ea23a5554baeb&width=440&height=293 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YHOF6X6CD5H6FCBYMN7B24XTZA.jpg?auth=a7d2a69adddb43848d00c6ca01ff8b80943f97f86f6ddb9ffd3ea23a5554baeb&width=800&height=533 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YHOF6X6CD5H6FCBYMN7B24XTZA.jpg?auth=a7d2a69adddb43848d00c6ca01ff8b80943f97f86f6ddb9ffd3ea23a5554baeb&width=1024&height=682 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YHOF6X6CD5H6FCBYMN7B24XTZA.jpg?auth=a7d2a69adddb43848d00c6ca01ff8b80943f97f86f6ddb9ffd3ea23a5554baeb&width=1440&height=959 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="533"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Isabella Rossellini in Conclave. Photograph: Focus Features </span></figcaption></figure></div><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best actress in a supporting role</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Ariana Grande, Wicked</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Felicity Jones, The Brutalist</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Isabella Rossellini, Conclave</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Zoë Saldaña, Emilia Pérez</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> Zoë Saldaña. Actually managed to make voters feel sorry for her after the Gascon tweets.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Isabella Rossellini. Absurdly short performance? Don’t care. It’s about the impact an actor can make with limited material. Also, it’s Isabella.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 428;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A Real Pain. Photograph courtesy of Searchlight Pictures" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6JTBEQGKMJUAITBMYD4BCEK4KY.jpg?auth=96809bf91d9d3ee231501026068a214c1c13583fe652ccdd2e3ae13c22bbefc3&width=800&height=428" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6JTBEQGKMJUAITBMYD4BCEK4KY.jpg?auth=96809bf91d9d3ee231501026068a214c1c13583fe652ccdd2e3ae13c22bbefc3&width=400&height=214 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6JTBEQGKMJUAITBMYD4BCEK4KY.jpg?auth=96809bf91d9d3ee231501026068a214c1c13583fe652ccdd2e3ae13c22bbefc3&width=440&height=235 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6JTBEQGKMJUAITBMYD4BCEK4KY.jpg?auth=96809bf91d9d3ee231501026068a214c1c13583fe652ccdd2e3ae13c22bbefc3&width=800&height=428 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6JTBEQGKMJUAITBMYD4BCEK4KY.jpg?auth=96809bf91d9d3ee231501026068a214c1c13583fe652ccdd2e3ae13c22bbefc3&width=1024&height=547 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/6JTBEQGKMJUAITBMYD4BCEK4KY.jpg?auth=96809bf91d9d3ee231501026068a214c1c13583fe652ccdd2e3ae13c22bbefc3&width=1440&height=770 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="428"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A Real Pain. Photograph courtesy of Searchlight Pictures </span></figcaption></figure></div><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best actor in a supporting role</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Yura Borisov, Anora</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Guy Pearce, The Brutalist</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> Kieran Culkin. Like Saldaña, really a colead. Nonetheless has won everything so far. Unbeatable.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Guy Pearce. The swaggering Lucifer to Brody’s not-quite Faust.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 332;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Ralph Fiennes in Conclave" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/726MS4CKW5GFFJKHNAIZKAFLLQ.jpeg?auth=1b20d1dbea85106847bfb86fab124b18c69ec1e62b66681a063ba5d2038c6276&width=800&height=332" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/726MS4CKW5GFFJKHNAIZKAFLLQ.jpeg?auth=1b20d1dbea85106847bfb86fab124b18c69ec1e62b66681a063ba5d2038c6276&width=400&height=165 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/726MS4CKW5GFFJKHNAIZKAFLLQ.jpeg?auth=1b20d1dbea85106847bfb86fab124b18c69ec1e62b66681a063ba5d2038c6276&width=440&height=182 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/726MS4CKW5GFFJKHNAIZKAFLLQ.jpeg?auth=1b20d1dbea85106847bfb86fab124b18c69ec1e62b66681a063ba5d2038c6276&width=800&height=331 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/726MS4CKW5GFFJKHNAIZKAFLLQ.jpeg?auth=1b20d1dbea85106847bfb86fab124b18c69ec1e62b66681a063ba5d2038c6276&width=1024&height=424 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/726MS4CKW5GFFJKHNAIZKAFLLQ.jpeg?auth=1b20d1dbea85106847bfb86fab124b18c69ec1e62b66681a063ba5d2038c6276&width=1440&height=597 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="332"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Ralph Fiennes in Conclave </span></figcaption></figure></div><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best adapted screenplay</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">A Complete Unknown</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Conclave</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Nickel Boys</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Sing Sing</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win: </b>Conclave. Looks in the bag. Buckets of dialogue.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Nickel Boys. RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes’s experimental take on Colson Whitehead’s book eschews worthy translation.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best original screenplay</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Anora</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Brutalist</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">A Real Pain</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">September 5</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Substance</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> Anora. The rush of the action may obscure what a moving piece of writing this is.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> The Brutalist. Corbet and co-writer Mona Fastvold, always intent on the unsaid, don’t fall into the trap of slipping into the (great American) novelistic.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 481;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Alessandro Nivola and Adrien Brody in The Brutalist" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DF5SJXAUJBHTPFZN6W5CIYFRPI.jpg?auth=bb98722e5d1857ab7b6aacd377a7da58c68851e441b7fe41ebc24561bb108ccf&width=800&height=481" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DF5SJXAUJBHTPFZN6W5CIYFRPI.jpg?auth=bb98722e5d1857ab7b6aacd377a7da58c68851e441b7fe41ebc24561bb108ccf&width=400&height=240 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DF5SJXAUJBHTPFZN6W5CIYFRPI.jpg?auth=bb98722e5d1857ab7b6aacd377a7da58c68851e441b7fe41ebc24561bb108ccf&width=440&height=264 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DF5SJXAUJBHTPFZN6W5CIYFRPI.jpg?auth=bb98722e5d1857ab7b6aacd377a7da58c68851e441b7fe41ebc24561bb108ccf&width=800&height=481 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DF5SJXAUJBHTPFZN6W5CIYFRPI.jpg?auth=bb98722e5d1857ab7b6aacd377a7da58c68851e441b7fe41ebc24561bb108ccf&width=1024&height=615 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/DF5SJXAUJBHTPFZN6W5CIYFRPI.jpg?auth=bb98722e5d1857ab7b6aacd377a7da58c68851e441b7fe41ebc24561bb108ccf&width=1440&height=865 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="481"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Alessandro Nivola and Adrien Brody in The Brutalist </span></figcaption></figure></div><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best cinematography</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Brutalist</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Dune: Part Two</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Maria</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Nosferatu</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> The Brutalist. The industry professionals will recognise the achievement of wrestling VistaVision equipment up and down that hill.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Maria. The forgotten great film of the season. Lovely autumnal images of 1970s Paris.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best editing</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Anora</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Brutalist</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Conclave</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Wicked</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> Conclave. The awareness that a propulsive story is smoothly told should see Lisburn’s Nick Emerson home.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Anora. Baker, editing his own film, has a totality of vision that can’t be equalled.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best animated feature</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Flow</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Inside Out 2</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Memoir of a Snail</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Wild Robot</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> The Wild Robot. They usually defer to the commercial release, but not always. So watch out for ...</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Flow. Lovely Latvian film gives us the year’s best cat.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best international feature</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">I’m Still Here</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Girl with the Needle</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Seed of a Sacred Fig</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Flow</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> I’m Still Here. I’m betting the growing enthusiasm for I’m Still Here and waxing love for Emilia Pérez will take the Brazilian film home.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Flow. Or Sacred Fig. Great to see a silent film triumph in another category.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best documentary feature</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Black Box Diaries</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">No Other Land</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Porcelain War</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Sugarcane</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> No Other Land. Palestinian doc would be a popular political choice. It’s also a fine film.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win: </b>Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. Singular doc that blends jazz with world politics and ... Conor Cruise O’Brien (!)</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 339;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="The Wild Robot. Photograph: DreamWorks Animation" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KCXAOGSK5COOKMT3EJKFM6FFP4.jpg?auth=64bbaf3cba46fa651982742ef81edfe1f3c62ad1786648e1381338393fe7d366&width=800&height=339" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KCXAOGSK5COOKMT3EJKFM6FFP4.jpg?auth=64bbaf3cba46fa651982742ef81edfe1f3c62ad1786648e1381338393fe7d366&width=400&height=169 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KCXAOGSK5COOKMT3EJKFM6FFP4.jpg?auth=64bbaf3cba46fa651982742ef81edfe1f3c62ad1786648e1381338393fe7d366&width=440&height=186 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KCXAOGSK5COOKMT3EJKFM6FFP4.jpg?auth=64bbaf3cba46fa651982742ef81edfe1f3c62ad1786648e1381338393fe7d366&width=800&height=339 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KCXAOGSK5COOKMT3EJKFM6FFP4.jpg?auth=64bbaf3cba46fa651982742ef81edfe1f3c62ad1786648e1381338393fe7d366&width=1024&height=433 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KCXAOGSK5COOKMT3EJKFM6FFP4.jpg?auth=64bbaf3cba46fa651982742ef81edfe1f3c62ad1786648e1381338393fe7d366&width=1440&height=610 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="339"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">The Wild Robot. Photograph: DreamWorks Animation </span></figcaption></figure></div><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best sound</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">A Complete Unknown</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Dune: Part Two</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Wicked</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Wild Robot</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win: </b>Dune: Part Two. People seem to have forgotten about the second Dune, but it should still take a few tech awards.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> The Wild Robot. A truly lovely animation with a richly imagined soundscape.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best original song</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">El Mal, Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Journey, The Six Triple Eight</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Like a Bird, Sing Sing</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Mi Camino, Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Never Too Late, Elton John: Never Too Late</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> El Mal. Really dull selection of nothingy songs. El Mal wins by default.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> El Mal. At least I remember the rap-rock bit.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best original score</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Brutalist</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Conclave</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Wicked</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Wild Robot</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> The Brutalist. Daniel Blumberg’s vast brassy honks will not be denied.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> The Brutalist. Shame Corbet’s early collaborator Scott Walker died before the director broke through, but Blumberg proves a worthy replacement.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best make-up and hairstyling</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">A Different Man</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Emilia Pérez</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Nosferatu</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Substance</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Wicked</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> The Substance. It’s not as if they can miss what’s been done to Demi Moore.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> The Substance. Obviously we admire subtlety, but sometimes you have to give in to bombast.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 432;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Lily-Rose Depp in Nosferatu" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZAX4T4EJE4JSJLMIYDF3HRRRZI.jpg?auth=746580274ca94962b02f124e206c0364a76417dd3cc14c6fd4c69ab1e0666d67&width=800&height=432" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZAX4T4EJE4JSJLMIYDF3HRRRZI.jpg?auth=746580274ca94962b02f124e206c0364a76417dd3cc14c6fd4c69ab1e0666d67&width=400&height=216 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZAX4T4EJE4JSJLMIYDF3HRRRZI.jpg?auth=746580274ca94962b02f124e206c0364a76417dd3cc14c6fd4c69ab1e0666d67&width=440&height=237 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZAX4T4EJE4JSJLMIYDF3HRRRZI.jpg?auth=746580274ca94962b02f124e206c0364a76417dd3cc14c6fd4c69ab1e0666d67&width=800&height=432 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZAX4T4EJE4JSJLMIYDF3HRRRZI.jpg?auth=746580274ca94962b02f124e206c0364a76417dd3cc14c6fd4c69ab1e0666d67&width=1024&height=552 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZAX4T4EJE4JSJLMIYDF3HRRRZI.jpg?auth=746580274ca94962b02f124e206c0364a76417dd3cc14c6fd4c69ab1e0666d67&width=1440&height=777 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="432"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Lily-Rose Depp in Nosferatu </span></figcaption></figure></div><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best costume design</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">A Complete Unknown</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Conclave</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Gladiator II</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Nosferatu</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Wicked</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> Wicked. That horrid stuff has a real “pick me!” quality.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Nosferatu. Goth style to die for. And to rise from the dead for.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best production design</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Brutalist</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Conclave</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Dune: Part Two</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Nosferatu</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Wicked</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> Wicked. See above. Looks horrible. That’s what they like.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> The Brutalist. For that library alone.</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 421;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Zendaya in Dune: Part Two" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ASJUBMVX2NGN7LZ6RHK62V734M.jpeg?auth=0203e2de5e052a2d58b22e18fec12dc63f20e2ab6f87c981622a84c2dbfe7ae1&width=800&height=421" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ASJUBMVX2NGN7LZ6RHK62V734M.jpeg?auth=0203e2de5e052a2d58b22e18fec12dc63f20e2ab6f87c981622a84c2dbfe7ae1&width=400&height=210 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ASJUBMVX2NGN7LZ6RHK62V734M.jpeg?auth=0203e2de5e052a2d58b22e18fec12dc63f20e2ab6f87c981622a84c2dbfe7ae1&width=440&height=231 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ASJUBMVX2NGN7LZ6RHK62V734M.jpeg?auth=0203e2de5e052a2d58b22e18fec12dc63f20e2ab6f87c981622a84c2dbfe7ae1&width=800&height=421 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ASJUBMVX2NGN7LZ6RHK62V734M.jpeg?auth=0203e2de5e052a2d58b22e18fec12dc63f20e2ab6f87c981622a84c2dbfe7ae1&width=1024&height=538 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ASJUBMVX2NGN7LZ6RHK62V734M.jpeg?auth=0203e2de5e052a2d58b22e18fec12dc63f20e2ab6f87c981622a84c2dbfe7ae1&width=1440&height=757 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="421"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Zendaya in Dune: Part Two </span></figcaption></figure></div><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best visual effects</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Alien: Romulus</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Better Man</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Dune: Part Two</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Wicked</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> Dune: Part Two. It’s an “effects movie”. What do you need to know?</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Better Man. Who would not enjoy seeing the Robbie Williams chimp movie triumph?</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best live action short</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">A Lien</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Anuja</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">I’m Not a Robot</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Last Ranger</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent. Winner of the short Palme d’Or, this tale of bravery concerning the Strpci massacre is hard to resist.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent. A complete narrative horror in 13 minutes.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best animated short</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Beautiful Men</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">In the Shadow of the Cypress</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Magic Candies</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Wander to Wonder</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Yuck!</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> Wander to Wonder. Might be a bit too odd. But the ambition will draw attention.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Wander to Wonder. Yarn about characters from a children’s show surviving their creator is eerie and moving.</p><h4 class="b-it-article-body__h4 paywall">Best documentary short</h4><ul class="c-unordered-list paywall"><li class="c-list-item paywall">Death by Numbers</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">I Am Ready, Warden</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Incident</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">Instruments of a Beating Heart</li><li class="c-list-item paywall">The Only Girl in the Orchestra</li></ul><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Will win:</b> The Only Girl in the Orchestra. Already on Netflix, this tale of the New York Philharmonic’s first woman professional is an easy watch.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall"><b>Should win:</b> Instruments of a Beating Heart. 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And it seems that bit longer when it takes nine months to get back to pretty much where you started.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RNETNARGFBE6XEAG7LPVJTZ6OY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492481,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"At the close of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cannes-film-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Cannes film festival</a> last May all the talk was of Sean Baker’s <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/10/31/anora-a-stripper-russian-heavies-and-an-oligarchs-son-what-more-do-you-need-for-a-knockout-comedy/\" target=\"_blank\">Anora</a>, Jacques Audiard’s <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/10/23/emilia-perez-review-bold-brassy-groundbreaking-entertainment/\" target=\"_blank\">Emilia Pérez </a>and Coralie Fargeat’s <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/09/18/the-substance-demi-moores-spectacularly-disgusting-body-horror-is-a-two-finger-rebuke-to-the-beauty-industry/\" target=\"_blank\">The Substance</a>. 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And it seems that bit longer when it takes nine months to get back to pretty much where you started.","type":"text"},{"_id":"RNETNARGFBE6XEAG7LPVJTZ6OY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492481},"content":"At the close of the <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/cannes-film-festival/\" target=\"_blank\">Cannes film festival</a> last May all the talk was of Sean Baker’s <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/10/31/anora-a-stripper-russian-heavies-and-an-oligarchs-son-what-more-do-you-need-for-a-knockout-comedy/\" target=\"_blank\">Anora</a>, Jacques Audiard’s <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/10/23/emilia-perez-review-bold-brassy-groundbreaking-entertainment/\" target=\"_blank\">Emilia Pérez </a>and Coralie Fargeat’s <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2024/09/18/the-substance-demi-moores-spectacularly-disgusting-body-horror-is-a-two-finger-rebuke-to-the-beauty-industry/\" target=\"_blank\">The Substance</a>. 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The second, <a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/parasite-review-an-exquisite-film-a-perfect-social-satire-1.4161401\" target=\"_blank\">Parasite</a>, was just five years ago. The first, Marty, was way back in 1955.","type":"text"},{"_id":"6GTDBCIKDBFAHMR4JN5XRCGFAU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492486},"content":"On a more negative note, more supposed smears have been thrown around this year than you encountered throughout all the cardinals’ relentless politicking in Conclave. Some may have been encouraged by rival campaigns. Much came from bored Oscar nerds with nothing else to talk about on social media.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HPDD5S66MBER4ZG7RUFRMK2ZQQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492487},"type":"image"},{"_id":"KSMCSSUMUVAHNNLYWMRUYUXFIE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492488},"content":"Here is just a sample. An unconcerned Mikey Madison confirmed that Baker did not have an intimacy co-ordinator on the sexually explicit Anora. (Even before it left Cannes, some X users were arguing against supporting a film with Russian protagonists while the Ukraine conflict continued, but that beef never really set in.)","type":"text"},{"_id":"KVDD464ZPFH37FZ4GUPZQW5ODI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492489},"content":"The Brutalist may have used some marginal artificial intelligence to tweak the Hungarian dialogue and to assist in the creation of architectural drawings. “Every aspect of its creation was driven by human effort, creativity, and collaboration,” Corbet hit back. Megyn Kelly, the right-wing American fulminator, popped up to declare Conclave “anti-Catholic”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7CWJV4ODYJCWHGKY3NI5FCXIIQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740765211025},"content":"The 25 greatest upsets in Oscar history","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"6MODFIZIKNHAJCR7YV3HTWTD7Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492490},"content":"We heard about Adrien Brody kissing Halle Berry “inappropriately” after winning his first best-actor award, in 2003, and saw again video of him impersonating a Jamaican on Saturday Night Live that same year. Footage of Fernanda Torres, best-actress nominee for I’m Still Here, doing a sketch in blackface also emerged. 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Yet, somehow, neither its detractors nor Netflix, its distributor, thought to go through the stars’ social-media feeds to guard against – or to generate – any further scandal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BP4SFT35AVDO7G6TI7CAVQJ7MU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492493},"content":"It took until January 30th, eight months after Netflix acquired the title, for Sarah Hagi, a journalist based in Canada, to unearth a stream of offensive tweets from Karla Sofía Gascón, the film’s Oscar-nominated lead. Gascón apologised and deleted her X account before returning, on Instagram, to argue that “they” had positioned “things that I wrote to glorify as if they were criticisms, jokes as if they were reality”. Netflix ceased to cover her expenses. She stopped attending precursor awards. If you’re reading this article you already know all this.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YG2YLZMO25BAVEGESN74UGGB6I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492494},"content":"There was some talk that nothing like this had ever happened before. That’s not quite true. In early 1991, as Gérard Depardieu was nominated as best actor for Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s beloved Cyrano de Bergerac, the actor made some controversial remarks to Time magazine about his treatment of women as a young man. The accuracy of the translation is still disputed, but, as Time noted, the reported statements “drew an outcry from women’s rights activists, newspaper columnists and others”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"HTDGTV5XXRCTVGTEWOKHQ465PE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492495},"content":"Netflix’s Emilia Pérez was tipped as a big Oscar winner – then an unexpected scandal erupted","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"BP5PI277SZG45A4SVAOMWPT7U4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492496},"content":"Depardieu was never going to win best actor, but the film itself, a strong favourite as best foreign-language feature, ended up losing to the now entirely forgotten Journey of Hope, from Switzerland. Many Oscar watchers blamed the upset on that scandal.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NAMNKRBRDVCJ5J7CXIPRTVD3LM","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492497},"content":"Emilia Pérez is not going to go home empty-handed. Zoë Saldaña, who plays a lawyer corrupted by the cartels in that film, has sufficiently distanced herself from the scandal to ensure she remains huge favourite for best supporting actress. The film is also a strong contender for best original song.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IRAWRNDO3BBPVPU3UI2FFU2FXE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492498},"content":"But, once seemingly unbeatable, it is, in a neat mirror of the Cyrano story, now vulnerable in the category for best international film (formerly best foreign-language film). No film also nominated in best picture has ever lost in the “foreign” race, but this year, for the first time, two films, Emilia Pérez and I’m Still Here, land in both categories. The huge Brazilian contingent behind the latter could well profit from Emilia’s travails and nudge Salles’s film to victory.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QRWA2VDTLNAZTBVPAPTR4YUWEQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492499},"type":"image"},{"_id":"PLCGSOHWANEIXG3IFKP4OYJZ6I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492500},"content":"Once Perezgate landed, best picture looked to be a fight between, in order of likelihood, The Brutalist, Anora, Conclave and, at a stretch, the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. All that changed three weeks ago when Anora won at the Directors Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America and the Critics Choice awards. A week later Baker’s film also won with the Writers Guild of America.","type":"text"},{"_id":"A3CBFDVWF5DHZDR2JWPPJREXDQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492501},"content":"Only one film has ever failed to win the best-picture Oscar after securing the Writers Guild, Producers Guild and Directors Guild prizes, and many see that film, Brokeback Mountain, as having suffered the biggest upset ever in the category. The loss to Conclave, a British co-production, at Bafta does not mean much. But then came a more significant upset. Conclave beating Anora to the ensemble prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards last weekend confirms that the race is still alive.","type":"text"},{"_id":"Z5D2STEOJBG75ISMAMS3QJTXC4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740765211038},"content":"The Oscars Movie Quiz: How many Irish citizens have been nominated for best actress?","type":"interstitial_link"},{"_id":"USRG4QKQZNCVXEHFXNJYVJA3HI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492502},"content":"If Baker does go on a sweep he has a chance of equalling a stubborn record. Nobody has won more than Walt Disney’s four Oscars, achieved in 1953, on the same night. Bong Joon Ho, director of Parasite, could be seen as losing out on a technicality. His film won best international film in 2020 but, weirdly, that goes to the country, not the director, and he must therefore settle for just three in his own name. Baker is genuinely competitive in editing, original screenplay, director and (as producer) best picture.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KKCV7XQ7WBGTDF42OOAP525744","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492503},"content":"The most interesting of the big categories is surely best actress. Moore, identified as a huge favourite after a Globes win, stumbled with losses to Madison at Bafta and the Independent Spirit awards, but her win at Sag, where Anora took nothing, just about sets her straight. She is favourite, but not by much.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YYYHO777KJENDGYNM327EQAXKI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492504},"type":"image"},{"_id":"SSXWMG55GBEBJH4DFIZMETCMVQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492505},"content":"Kieran Culkin is safe as best supporting actor for A Real Pain. As we have observed, Saldaña should walk away with best supporting actress. A fascinating tussle presents itself in best actor. Brody, despite the attempted slurs, remains in front for The Brutalist. A win for Timothée Chalamet, who plays Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, at that fascinating Sag ceremony means, however, that he will be looking nervously over his shoulder. Brody holds, with that win for The Pianist, the record for youngest person to take the best-actor Oscar (at the relatively advanced age of 29). Should Chalamet win he will beat the record by 278 days.","type":"text"},{"_id":"AVT2A7N7NRDNDDRTIHGKC4KESU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492506},"content":"And what became of the Irish at the Oscars? 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Bookmakers have Nick Emerson, from the great city of Lisburn, at 6/4 to take best editing for Conclave. He recently told the BBC how watching the peace talks in the North unfold inspired him when cutting together the machinations in Edward Berger’s film.","type":"text"},{"_id":"IJAISJFYH5CQVJBIBM4JXVVYQA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492510},"content":"“Working in the BBC newsroom at the start of my career was a really exciting place to be,” he said. “There were a lot of peace talks and a lot of news.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"D7X4V2AT3ZCSLBMTUKXD5VRDII","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492511},"content":"On Monday morning he has a good chance of making the news himself.","type":"text"},{"_id":"BC227YMACFEBHM35BQNHJBDD4E","additional_properties":{},"content":"The 97th Academy Awards: All the nominees, plus my predictions","type":"header"},{"_id":"IAHZ46TXYG6S3I7OCWOLXF3CG4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492513},"type":"image"},{"_id":"3S2FPQLGS5BYRMD7WTYOXFLJOU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best picture","type":"header"},{"_id":"QWVJJ4DE5BHI5NOVO3AHZPN5C4","type":"list"},{"_id":"VZ4VX7ODXZHANCT7WDS7UTD6KI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492516},"content":"<b>Will win: </b>Anora. Back on track with a host of guild awards. Early concerns about it being too saucy for conservative voters forgotten. But that Sag loss to Conclave is not to be dismissed.","type":"text"},{"_id":"7JOKSO64PRHRLPCJ43SUO2524Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492517},"content":"<b>Should win:</b> The Brutalist. Or Anora. No edition that features those two stormers counts as a “weak year”.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MOXMTSG3RNCZVJJKRK4URI4ZIM","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best director","type":"header"},{"_id":"VYURSTOWFJBBHCJRD7QNBQ2TBI","type":"list"},{"_id":"5ZCCLFDWLZDDDKQLBLCTTJ2Y3Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492520},"content":"<b>Will win:</b> Sean Baker. Corbet is still close, but Anora’s resurgence should drag its director along.","type":"text"},{"_id":"ZBPFAE3CKJCLJAG7QXKITIR3UE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492521},"content":"<b>Should win:</b> Brady Corbet. 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Knocks the screwball out of the park like a Barbara Stanwyck or a Jean Arthur.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YHOF6X6CD5H6FCBYMN7B24XTZA","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492532},"type":"image"},{"_id":"SJO2WFMNYRFPRFPACXRC4XBOKI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best actress in a supporting role","type":"header"},{"_id":"AQ4AZ7AAJNDJ7FRZC242PR6MSI","type":"list"},{"_id":"QU7LKY675FBYTK4PNSSF364XEI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492535},"content":"<b>Will win:</b> Zoë Saldaña. Actually managed to make voters feel sorry for her after the Gascon tweets.","type":"text"},{"_id":"D375KPQ4LJEW3HWRKA4NUGY3AI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492536},"content":"<b>Should win:</b> Isabella Rossellini. Absurdly short performance? Don’t care. It’s about the impact an actor can make with limited material. 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The swaggering Lucifer to Brody’s not-quite Faust.","type":"text"},{"_id":"726MS4CKW5GFFJKHNAIZKAFLLQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492542},"type":"image"},{"_id":"5R7UZVJQYFCO7DW5D24J27Y6GE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best adapted screenplay","type":"header"},{"_id":"2ZIMX6GBPFCXRI5JBOCA7EDMFA","type":"list"},{"_id":"MZIUWW3XDFE47IR7MUUGTWQAPE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492545},"content":"<b>Will win: </b>Conclave. Looks in the bag. Buckets of dialogue.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5QO4TCMUVVFRFFYIMNA6BMLE4U","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492546},"content":"<b>Should win:</b> Nickel Boys. RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes’s experimental take on Colson Whitehead’s book eschews worthy translation.","type":"text"},{"_id":"T7G3B7QOPBCD5PK3YGBGAM54E4","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best original screenplay","type":"header"},{"_id":"OASQ7B573ZBUFBMXT3G33JIZ2A","type":"list"},{"_id":"XQ2QO453L5HYRHZTW3R2BDTUUQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492549},"content":"<b>Will win:</b> Anora. The rush of the action may obscure what a moving piece of writing this is.","type":"text"},{"_id":"TJ7LREVZJ5BBDFHZPTZQEBK66Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492550},"content":"<b>Should win:</b> The Brutalist. Corbet and co-writer Mona Fastvold, always intent on the unsaid, don’t fall into the trap of slipping into the (great American) novelistic.","type":"text"},{"_id":"DF5SJXAUJBHTPFZN6W5CIYFRPI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492551},"type":"image"},{"_id":"PPQDUPTATZCX5BFVEWEB5KO2EI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best cinematography","type":"header"},{"_id":"TQBECUNHJJF5RI6QXA3FODZG6U","type":"list"},{"_id":"V5UTFUNHZFFSBB6DUX6NNMSV3I","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492554},"content":"<b>Will win:</b> The Brutalist. The industry professionals will recognise the achievement of wrestling VistaVision equipment up and down that hill.","type":"text"},{"_id":"KOGRWGONPJAD5BHKFFNBQQJJLQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492555},"content":"<b>Should win:</b> Maria. The forgotten great film of the season. Lovely autumnal images of 1970s Paris.","type":"text"},{"_id":"QFDRYYIJP5CAPC7XIQJIFIN7NE","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best editing","type":"header"},{"_id":"RGV6U3P7YJD6BNHOW36IIF6SYU","type":"list"},{"_id":"JCEACG5QMNHLPNUVB5IHULMANE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492558},"content":"<b>Will win:</b> Conclave. The awareness that a propulsive story is smoothly told should see Lisburn’s Nick Emerson home.","type":"text"},{"_id":"JTEUFJVTXBES3K2EMLZ7YDLI5Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492559},"content":"<b>Should win:</b> Anora. Baker, editing his own film, has a totality of vision that can’t be equalled.","type":"text"},{"_id":"LEFVEWHTPNH5BEARGBFLPI67WI","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best animated feature","type":"header"},{"_id":"Z7EPMY2NN5DHNPOTNYULZS4ND4","type":"list"},{"_id":"JHRI5Y7BTRBMRA2IULPNAOGOXY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492562},"content":"<b>Will win:</b> The Wild Robot. 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A truly lovely animation with a richly imagined soundscape.","type":"text"},{"_id":"NMXQDSHNZFA5VBZRB33XN2GVTA","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best original song","type":"header"},{"_id":"G7WIEEKFY5FT3JM6OWMYP6ZTXI","type":"list"},{"_id":"IS3IRLHGAFEXZGS6EF5AF466R4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492579},"content":"<b>Will win:</b> El Mal. Really dull selection of nothingy songs. El Mal wins by default.","type":"text"},{"_id":"E3IJJDY6NBELLF6QK5HYLGWZBI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492580},"content":"<b>Should win:</b> El Mal. At least I remember the rap-rock bit.","type":"text"},{"_id":"MBC7523PVRBQPNDUAXP7G3KUYU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best original score","type":"header"},{"_id":"RSB2SXKZDJESRH7AKUBTJYWSAU","type":"list"},{"_id":"IZK5KLOW5FFKFBDAF2XZNBFWPE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492583},"content":"<b>Will win:</b> The Brutalist. 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A complete narrative horror in 13 minutes.","type":"text"},{"_id":"74X3FAFKGZCEPJ3RRYFWOZJUMU","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best animated short","type":"header"},{"_id":"FQIYGYYC3FBBJJ2YDR5RJW2UCM","type":"list"},{"_id":"BPN45LWXIVCDTILQZ7X3U2C2LU","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492609},"content":"<b>Will win:</b> Wander to Wonder. Might be a bit too odd. But the ambition will draw attention.","type":"text"},{"_id":"YCZHNARY4FAB5GNMGZBML5BWEE","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492610},"content":"<b>Should win:</b> Wander to Wonder. Yarn about characters from a children’s show surviving their creator is eerie and moving.","type":"text"},{"_id":"5F62B6M7BBEJVG3ZVZDZ3XQYPQ","additional_properties":{},"content":"Best documentary short","type":"header"},{"_id":"R54TALHG3FAYVH2CWBX4L7ASYQ","type":"list"},{"_id":"XL7CMGGHYVAKPBMHLH5IP65BTY","additional_properties":{"_id":1740587492613},"content":"<b>Will win:</b> The Only Girl in the Orchestra. 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The lack of university tuition fees drew her from England to Scotland, where she enrolled in a film course at Edinburgh College of Art.","type":"text"},{"_id":"626LSEKATBB3NC3YWWGP7YFZLI","additional_properties":{"_id":1740348639243},"content":"“I didn’t make a big plan of moving permanently,” she says “I came to study, and now, 12 years from then, I’m still here.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"4IRN2VA55BETZLPAZA5AM4ROW4","additional_properties":{"_id":1740348639244},"content":"Even before On Falling premiered, Carreira had developed a reputation as a chronicler of Scottish life. Characters from two of her fine shorts, Red Hill and The Shift, make appearances in On Falling. I jokily suggest she is constructing her own interlocked narrative space as did Anthony Trollope (or do I mean Balzac?), and she doesn’t laugh at my pretention. I hardly need to ask if she now sees herself as a Scottish film-maker as well as a Portuguese one. 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