Oscars 2025 Snubs & Surprises: Emilia Perez's Shocking Downfall, Anora Bagging 5 Awards And More

Mar 03, 2025 Republic Entertainment Desk

Surprise: Mikey Madison's Best Actress Win Anora actress Mikey Madison took home the Best Actress award, beating Demi Moore for her performance in The Substance and Karla Sofia Gascon in Emilia Perez. Source: X

Surprise: Sean Baker has five reasons to celebrate Sean Baker, not just directed or wrote the film, but also edited Anora. And his triple role paid off with the Best Editing award. Source: X

Surprise: Brazil's I'm Still Here Wins Best International Feature Despite Emilia Pérez leading Oscar nominations, I'm Still Here won the Best International Feature award. Source: AP

Surprise: Flow Dominates Big-budget movies In a category dominated by big-budget movies, the small-budget Latvian-language drama Flow bagged the Best Animated Feature. Source: Instagram

Surprise: No Other Land Makes History No Other Land has become the first documentary film without US distribution to make its place in the Oscars winner list. It has won in the Best Documentary category. Source: AP

Snub: No Original Song Performances What was surprising was that live performances of nominated original songs, were absent this year. Source: Reddit

Snub: Emilia Pérez Wins From Below The List Despite being one of the most nominated films, Emilia Pérez lost in 11 categories. Source: Republic

Snub: Demi Moore Bite The Dust Demi Moore was running in the Best Actress race for The Substance when she lost to Mikey Madison Source: IMdb

Surprise: Filmmaker Sean Baker Ties Walt Disney’s Record? By winning four Oscars in a single night, the film tied Walt Disney’s 1954 record for most Oscars won in one night. Source: X

Snub: Bob Dylan Biopic Went 0-8 The biggest snub of Oscars 2025 was Bob Dylan's biopic which couldn't manage to win a single award. Two years ago, Elvis went 0-8 on the night. Source: X