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Best Film
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Weekly Commentary (Updated August 22, 2024): The first two major fall festivals – Venice and Telluride – kick off the awards season next week, offering first glimpses of the major films vying for the attention of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
One of the most eagerly awaited films is Todd Phillips’ musical sequel “Joker: Folie à Deux”, which features the cover of diversity this week. Phillips spoke with Brent Lang, diversity Editor in Chief, about the film, which is set to premiere on September 4. The film, which follows its 2019 predecessor, which received 11 Oscar nominations and won two, including Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix, could be a serious contender for its distributor Warner Bros. However, the studio must juggle other high-profile sequels, including Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune 2,” Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and the animated film “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.”
Venice will also see the premieres of Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl” with Nicole Kidman, Justin Kurzel’s “The Order” with Jude Law and Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” with Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.
Telluride will host the world premieres of Edward Berger’s thriller “Conclave,” starring Ralph Fiennes, and Malcolm Washington’s adaptation of August Wilson’s play “The Piano Lesson,” starring Samuel L. Jackson. Another film worth seeing is RaMell Ross’ drama “Nickel Boys,” which is said to be a striking adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel. Telluride is also expected to have a wide selection of music-centric films on its schedule, which will be announced on Thursday, August 29. These include Michael Gracey’s “Better Man,” starring Robbie Williams, Morgan Neville’s animated biopic “Piece by Piece,” about Pharrell Williams, and Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic film “The End,” starring Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon.
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The 97th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 2. Full rankings can be found below. All film lists, titles, distributors, and producers listed are not final and are subject to change.
** means that the film has no date yet or is in 2025.
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And the expected nominees are
Rank film 1 “Emilia Perez” (Netflix)
Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux, Valérie Schermann, Anthony Vacarello2 “Gladiator II” (Paramount Pictures)
Lucy Fisher, David Franzoni, Michael Pruss, Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick3 “flash“” (Apple Original Movies)
Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Michael Schaefer4 “Joker: Foil for Two“” (Warner Bros.)
Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Joseph Garner5 “A complete unknown“” (Searchlight Pictures)
Fred Berger, Bob Bookman, Nina Byrne, Timothée Chalamet, Alan Gasmer, Alex Heineman, Peter Jaysen, James Mangold, Jeff Rosen6 “The room next door” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García7 “Anora” (Neon)
Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan8 “The piano lesson” (Netflix)
Todd Black, Denzel Washington9 “Nickel Boys“” (Amazon MGM/Orion)
Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine10 “Dune – Part Two“” (Warner Bros.)
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Rank film 11 “The wild robot“” (DreamWorks Animation) 12 “conclave” (Focus functions) 13 “Saturday night” (Sony Pictures) 14 “Singing Singing” (A24) 15 “The seed of the holy fig” (Neon) 16 “A real pain“” (Searchlight Pictures) 17 “The end” (Neon) 18 “5 September“” (No US distribution) 19 “Hard truths” (Bleecker Street) 20 “Better man” (Paramount Pictures) Best Film (diversity Predictions for the awards round) -
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Other candidates
Rank film 21 “Evil” (Universal Pictures) 22 “Inside Out 2” (Pixar) 23 “piece by piece” (Focus functions) 24 “We live in time” (A24) 25 “His three daughters” (Netflix) 26 “The Brutalist“” (No US distribution) 27 “Mary“” (No US distribution) 28 “challenger“” (Amazon) 29 “Everything we imagine as light“” (Janus Films/Sideshow) 30 “Queer“” (No US distribution) Best Film (diversity Predictions for the awards round) -
Also in competition
Rank film 31 “Here” (Sony Pictures) 32 “The Apprentice“” (No US distribution) 33 “Babygirl” (A24) 34 “The fire within“” (Amazon) 35 “The Last Showgirl” (No US distribution) ** 36 “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice“” (Warner Bros.) 37 “In summer“” (music box films) 38 “Eden“” (No US distribution) 39 “The substance“ (Mubi) 40 “Memories of a snail“” (IFC Films) Best Film (diversity Predictions for the awards round) -
Eligible titles (Best Film)
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**This list is incomplete and not finalized. Not all films have rental or release dates. All are subject to change.
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More information (Oscars: Best Picture)
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Winner of the 2024 category: “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan
Calendar and schedule for the 2024-2025 Academy Awards (all dates subject to change)
- Funding period: 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2024
- General Entry, Best Image, RAISE Deadline: Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Governors Awards: Sunday, November 17, 2024
- Provisional voting begins on Monday, December 9, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. PT.
- Provisional voting ends on Friday, December 13, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. PT.
- Oscar shortlist announcement: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Participation deadline: Tuesday, December 31, 2024
- Voting on nominations begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. PT.
- Nomination voting ends on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. PT.
- Oscar nominations announced: Friday, January 17, 2025
- Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Monday, February 10, 2025
- Final voting begins on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 9 a.m. PT
- Final voting ends: Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 5:00 p.m. PT
- Scientific and Technical Awards: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- 97th Academy Awards: Sunday, March 2, 2025
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The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are Hollywood’s most prestigious artistic award in the film industry. Since 1927, nominees and winners have been selected by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), with 17 branches represented among its nearly 10,000 members. Branches include actors, associates, casting directors, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, documentary filmmakers, executives, film editors, makeup and hair stylists, marketing and public relations, non-affiliated members, non-affiliated members (artists’ representatives), music, producers, production design, short and animated films, sound, visual effects, and writers.
