Karla Sofía Gascón makes history and becomes the first trans actress to achieve an Oscar nomination for ‘Emilia Pérez’, which sweeps

The Hollywood Academy announced this Thursday the complete list of nominees for the 2025 Oscars. The interpreters Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott have been in charge of making public the names and titles that will bid to win the respective statuettes on March 2 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. The comedian Conan O’Brien will host the ceremony in which the Spanish Karla Sofía Gascón has made history by achieving the nomination for Best Leading Actress for Emilia Perezbecoming the first trans performer to achieve this.

Jacques Audiard’s film is the favorite thanks to its thirteen nominations, above Wicked and The Brutalistwhich accumulate ten each. In addition, it becomes the most nominated non-English speaking film in history, with a total of thirteen, surpassing tiger and dragon by Ang Lee and Rome by Alfonso Cuarón. He does so despite all the criticism received for transphobia and his view of Mexico’s missing people. The French filmmaker is up for the Oscar for Best Director, a category in which he will compete with Sean Baker for AnoraBrady Corbet by The BrutalistJames Mangold by A Complete Unknown and Coralie Fargeat for The substance.

Karla Sofía Gascón, for her part, shares a nomination with Cynthia Erivo for WickedMikey Madison by AnoraFernanda Torres by I’m still here (the big surprise of the nominations, with also options for Best Film and Best Foreign Language Film), and the great favorite after winning the Golden Globe, Demi Moore, for her work in The substance.

Adrian Brody (The Brutalist)Timhothée Chalamet (A complete unknown)Colman Domingo (Sing sing)Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Sebastian Stan will bid for the statuette for Best Leading Actor. The latter for playing Donald Trump as a young man in The Apprenticeprecisely in the year in which the Republican once again became president of the United States. The feature film had problems obtaining financing, was threatened by Trump himself and, consequently, did not have the expected distribution. Even so, he has entered the Oscars with options for Jeremy Strong as Best Supporting Actor. Category in which Yura Borisov also appears as candidates (Anora), Kiera Culkin (A real pain)Edward Norton (A complete unknown) and Guy Pearce (The Brutalist).

Another of the most striking titles that will be at the Oscars is No other landthe documentary about the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, which has not yet found distribution in the United States. Your opponents will be Black Box Diaries, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat and Sugarcane. In animation, flow –who won the Golden Globe–, Inside Out 2Memoirs of a Snail, Wallace and Gromit: Revenge Served with Feathers and Wild Robot They will be the ribbons that compete for the statuette.

Regarding Spanish cinema, Pedro Almodóvar and Alberto Iglesias are left without a nomination for the script and music, respectively, of The next room. There has been no luck for the shorts either The great work by Álex Lora and Paris 70 by Dani Freixas.

Tribute to the victims of the fires

During the gala, according to the organization in a statement issued this Wednesday, tribute will be paid to the victims of the wave of fires that have already left five dead and more than 100,000 evacuees in the city. They also announced that musical performances will be put aside to focus on compositions. Still, they promised that there will still be “powerful musical moments that connect the rich history of cinema to its bold and inspiring future.”