97th Academy Awards facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 97th Academy Awards
Official poster
Date	March 2, 2025
Site	Dolby Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Conan O'Brien
Produced by	Raj Kapoor Katy Mullan
Directed by	Hamish Hamilton
Highlights
Most nominations	Emilia Pérez (13)
TV in the United States
Network	Broadcast: ABC Streaming: Hulu
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The 97th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will take place on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the gala, the AMPAS will present Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories, honoring films released in 2024. The ceremony will be televised in the United States by ABC and simultaneously live-streamed on Hulu, the first Academy Awards ceremony to be broadcast as such. Comedian and podcaster Conan O'Brien is set to host the show for the first time, with Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan returning as executive producers.

Emilia Pérez received the most nominations with 13, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with 10 each.

Key dates

Nominees

The nominees for the 97th Academy Awards were announced on January 23, 2025, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, by actress Rachel Sennott and actor Bowen Yang. Emilia Pérez received the most nominations with 13, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with 10 each.

Emilia Pérez received the most Academy Award nominations for a non-English-language film, surpassing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Roma (2018) with 10 each. For her performance in the film, Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón became the first openly transgender performer to be nominated for an acting category. Coralie Fargeat became the ninth woman to be nominated for Best Director. Fernanda Torres became the second Brazilian person to be nominated for Best Actress (the first was her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, in 1999). Flow became the first Latvian film to earn multiple nominations: Best Animated Feature and Best International Feature Film, the second animated film to receive nominations in both categories after Flee (2021). Memoir of a Snail became the second R-rated animated film to be nominated after Anomalisa (2015), another stop-motion animated film.

Awards

Winners will be listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Governors Awards

The Academy held its 15th annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 17, 2024, during which the following awards were presented:

Academy Honorary Awards

• Quincy Jones – "A prominent figure with an illustrious musical career spanning seven decades." (posthumous)
• Juliet Taylor – "A prolific casting director who is behind some of the most acclaimed casts in film history."

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson – For "their contribution to the industry's theatrical landscape."

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

• Richard Curtis – "A brilliant comedic storyteller [with] tremendous charitable efforts."

Films with multiple nominations

Ceremony information

Conan O'Brien will host the 97th Academy Awards.

In October 2024, the Academy hired television producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan, for the second year in a row, to oversee production of the 2025 ceremony with veteran television director Hamish Hamilton selected to direct the telecast, also for the second consecutive year and his fifth time overall. "We are delighted to announce the return of our incredibly dynamic and creative Oscars team, Raj, Katy, Hamish, Misty, Alana and Dave. And we are thrilled to announce the addition of the brilliant Michael Bearden," said AMPAS CEO Bill Kramer and AMPAS President Janet Yang in a press release justifying their selection of the producers. "Their love for cinema, their collective creative vision, and their unparalleled expertise in live television make them the perfect team to create an exceptional show for our global audience on the film industry's biggest night." In response, Kapoor and Mullan released a statement, saying: "We are thrilled to lead the brilliant Oscars production team again and work alongside the Academy and Disney/ABC to help create an unforgettable night of television for movie lovers worldwide. We hope to continue to inspire and connect new generations to share our love for the art of filmmaking and celebrate all the incredible artists who are Oscar-nominated this year."

The following month, comedian, podcaster and former talk show host Conan O'Brien was announced as host of the gala. Before this decision, speculation and word from reliable sources indicated the Academy was leaning toward a format with multiple hosts sharing duties throughout the show; this was floated after both Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted four times (in 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2024), and John Mulaney, who had hosted the 14th Governors Awards to much praise, both reportedly turned down the opportunity. A combo of Deadpool & Wolverine stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman were also among those buzzed to be in the mix, but Reynolds told Deadline Hollywood that it was highly unlikely though he said he would like to host it with Jackman "someday".

Impact of Los Angeles wildfires

Voting for the nearly 10,000 Academy members opened on January 8, 2025, and was originally set to close on January 12, but due to the Southern California wildfires, the deadline for Oscar nomination voting was extended to January 17. The nominations announcement, originally scheduled to be announced on January 17, was delayed to January 23.

Changes to the ceremony itself would also occur in the wake of the wildfires, with the Academy choosing to honor the Los Angeles community and its role in the film industry.

As part of this shift, it was announced that the five musical pieces nominated for Best Original Song would not be performed live, and instead the songwriters will be highlighted through personal reflections and behind-the-scenes insight from the creative teams behind the music.

Addressing how the wildfires will affect preparation of the ceremony and his position as host, O'Brien told The Hollywood Reporter: "It's not the easiest assignment I've ever had, but I'm embracing it. And it's not about me, obviously. This is a moment for all of us to step back and say, 'Be humble.' Just be humble and say, 'This is a massive moment. This is a terrible thing that's happened in Los Angeles' ... The strategy is my writers and I and the team that I'm working with at the Oscars, who are fantastic, the producers, everyone, we've got all of our sensors out."

See also

In Spanish: 97.ª edición de los Premios Óscar para niños