The 97th Academy Awards aka the Oscars 2025, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 2, 2025 i.e. March 3, 2025 between 5: 30 AM to 8: 30 AM in Indian Standard Time. The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles is where the ceremony was held, and first time Oscar host Conan O' Brien made a special shout-out to the Hindi speaking population of India when he said,  

"Logo ko namaskar. Waha subha ho chuki hai to mujhe ummeed hai ki ap crispy nashte ke sath Oscars dekhenge, (Translation: Greetings to people (of India). It's morning there, so I hope you are watching the Oscars with crispy breakfast)."

Rom-com Anora (2024) was the biggest winner at the Oscars 2025, winning five of its six nominations. Epic period drama The Brutalist (2024) took home three trophies, while the most nominated movie of Oscar 2025 i.e. the Spanish crime comedy Emilia Perez (2024) took home two.

Fantasy film Wicked (2024), and space opera Dune: Part 2 (2024) are the other Hollywood movies that took home two Oscars each. The full list of Oscar 2025 winners here: 

• Best Picture - Anora (Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker - Producers)
• Best Director - Sean Baker, Anora
• Best Actress - Mikey Madison, Anora
• Best Original Screenplay - Anora (Sean Baker)
• Best Editing - Anora (Sean Baker)

• Best Actor - Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
• Best Cinematography - The Brutalist (Lol Crawley)
• Best Original Score - The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)

• Best Adapted Screenplay - Conclave (Peter Straughan)
• Best Makeup and Hairstyling - The Substance (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, Marilyne Scarselli)
• Best Supporting Actor - Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

• Best Supporting Actress - Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
• Best Original Song - El Mal (Clement Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard), Emilia Pérez

• Best Production Design - Wicked (Nathan Crowley - Production Design, Lee Sandales - Set Decoration)
• Best Costume Design - Wicked (Paul Tazewell) 

• Best Visual Effects - Dune: Part 2 (Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer)
• Best Sound - Dune 2 (Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill)

• Best Animated Feature - Flow (Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Ka?a, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman)
• Best Documentary Feature - No Other Land (Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yval Abraham)
• Best International Feature - I'm Still Here (Country: Brazil, Director: Walter Salles)

• Best Animated Short - In the Shadow of the Cypress (Shirin Sohani, Hossein Molayemi)
• Best Documentary Short - The Only Girl in the Orchestra (Molly O'Brien, Lisa Remington)
• Best Live-Action Short - I’m Not a Robot (Victoria Warmerdam, Trent)