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The 2025 Cinemayward Oscars

February 28, 2025 By Joel Mayward Leave a Comment

The Oscars are happening this weekend, so here are my own Academy Awards (winner in bold, other nominees listed in alphabetical order):

Best Picture: 

  • Hundreds of Beavers
  • Anora
  • Challengers
  • Conclave
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • Good One
  • Nickel Boys
  • Sing Sing
  • The Substance

Best Director:

  • Mike Cheslik (Hundreds of Beavers)
  • Sean Baker (Anora)
  • George Miller (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)
  • India Donaldson (Good One)
  • RaMell Ross (Nickel Boys)

Best Actress:  

  • Lily Collias (Good One)
  • Mikey Madison (Anora)
  • Zendaya (Challengers)
  • Demi Moore (The Substance)
  • June Squibb (Thelma)

Best Actor: 

  • Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (Hundreds of Beavers)
  • Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
  • Sebastian Stan (A Different Man)
  • Mads Mikkelsen (The Promised Land)
  • Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)

Best Supporting Actress:

  • Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
  • Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
  • Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters)
  • Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding)
  • Margaret Qualley (The Substance)

Best Supporting Actor:

  • Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
  • David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus)
  • Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
  • Nicholas Braun (Saturday Night)
  • Feathers McGraw (Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl)

Best Ensemble Cast:

  • Sing Sing
  • Anora
  • Challengers
  • Conclave
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Best Film Not in the English Language:

  • The Promised Land
  • All We Imagine As Light
  • Evil Does Not Exist
  • Green Border
  • Red Rooms

Best Documentary:

  • No Other Land
  • Dahomey
  • Girls State
  • God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
  • Will & Harper

Best Animated Film:

  • The Wild Robot
  • Flow
  • Inside Out 2
  • ME
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best Original Screenplay: Challengers. Honorable Mention: Anora.

Best Adapted Screenplay: Nickel Boys. Honorable Mention: Conclave.

Best Cinematography: Nickel Boys. Honorable Mention: Conclave

Best Editing: Hundreds of Beavers. Honorable Mention: Nickel Boys

Best Production Design: The Brutalist. Honorable Mention: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Best Score: Nickel Boys. Honorable Mention: Evil Does Not Exist

Best Visual Effects: Hundreds of Beavers. Honorable Mention: Dune: Part Two

Best Coming-of-Age Film: Nickel Boys. Honorable Mention: Good One

Best Film Exploring Christianity: Conclave. Honorable Mention: Hundreds of Beavers

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