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16 Festival selections nominated for 49 Oscars

Published: January 23, 2025  |  Filed under: Festival News, News & Announcements

We’re proud that 16 Festival selections from our landmark 60th Festival received a total of 49 nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards.

Take a look at our Oscar-nominated films, and find out where you can watch them:

Better Man

Directed by Michael Gracey

Nominated for Best Visual Effects

In theaters now

The Brutalist

Directed by Brady Corbet

Director Brady Corbet

Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Original Score

In theaters now, including at the Music Box Theatre on 70mm

A nun, with a serious look on her face, stands close to camera looking left.

Conclave

Directed by Edward Berger

Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, Best Production Design

In theaters and available to rent on demand

A woman with her purse slung over her shoulder looks off to the left with a serious expression.

Emilia Perez

Directed by Jacques Audiard

Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best International Feature, Best Makeup & Hair, Best Original Score, Best Original Song (x2), Best Sound

Streaming on Netflix

A black cat with yellow eyes sits at the bow of a boat, it looks back curiously.

Flow

Directed by Gints Zilbalodis

Nominated for Best International Feature, Best Animated Feature

Available to rent on demand

A black and white image of women in uniform with their heads down, except one woman whose eyes look straight ahead.

The Girl with the Needle

Directed by Magnus von Horn

Nominated for Best International Feature

Streaming on Mubi

A family of four stands posing and smiling, though the mother looks off distractedly.

I’m Still Here

Directed by Walter Salles

Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best International Feature

In theaters now, including at the Gene Siskel Film Center

Maria

Directed by Pablo Larraín

Nominated for Best Cinematography

Streaming on Netflix

A spooky circus scene. 3 claymation characters in the foreground.

Memoir of a Snail

Directed by Adam Elliot

Director Adam Elliot

Nominated for Best Animated Feature

Available to rent on demand

Nickel Boys

Directed by RaMell Ross

Director RaMell Ross

Nominated for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay

In theaters now

A man lays on his side in a rocky field.

No Other Land

Directed by Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature

Opens at the Music Box Theatre Feb. 7

A group of people walk down a sunlit, wooded path. One man throws his arms around another man.

A Real Pain

Directed by Jesse Eisenberg

Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay

Streaming on Hulu and available to rent on demand

A woman stands in the foreground, two women stand behind her. They all look somewhat concerned.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof

Nominated for Best International Feature

Opens in theaters Jan. 31

September 5

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum

Nominated for Best Original Screenplay

In theaters now

A tiny woman with gray hair sits atop a VCR, staring at the tv in front of her.

Wander to Wonder

Directed by Nina Gantz

Nominated for Best Animated Short

Available to rent on Vimeo

A boy with black hair and a girl with red hair pucker their glowing pink lips toward each other.

Yuck!

Directed by Loïc Espuche

Nominated for Best Animated Short

Available to rent on Vimeo

Sing Sing

Directed by Greg Kwedar

And a special congratulations to Sing Sing for receiving three Oscar nominations, including Best Actor for Colman Domingo — who we honored with an Artistic Achievement Award at a special member’s screening.

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