The 2025 Oscar Nominations: Emilia Pérez Highlights a Historic Year in French Cinema

A groundbreaking year for French cinema, Emilia Pérez won a record 13 nominations at the 2025 Oscars in all major categories, beating France’s previous record in 2012 held by The Artist and nearing Titanic‘s all-time record of 14 nominations.

Another first in Oscar history: two French filmmakers received nominations in the Best Director category, including Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez and Coralie Fargeat for The Substance (not a French production).

A celebration of global cinema, four out of the five Best International Feature nominees are French (co)productions, including Emilia Pérez (France), Les Graines du figuier sauvage (Germany), Flow (Latvia), and Je suis toujours là (Brazil).

Lastly, French short films made their mark with a total of four nominations in two categories.

Interested in learning more about Emilia Pérez‘s road to the Academy Awards? Read more about the decoration ceremony of the main cast at Villa Albertine in October 2024 here.

Take a look at the full list of nominations for French films below!

Best Picture

Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard
Je suis toujours là by Walter Salles (minor French co-production)

Best International Feature

Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard
Je suis toujours là by Walter Salles (minor French co-production)
Flow by Gints Zilbalodis (minor French co-production)
Les Graines du figuier sauvage by Mohammad Rasoulof (minor French co-production)

Best Director
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez

Best Actress
Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez
Fernanda Torres for Je suis toujours là (minor French co-production)

Best Supporting Actress
Zoé Saldaña for Emilia Pérez

Best Original Score
Clément Ducol & Camille for Emilia Pérez

Best Cinematography
Paul Guilhaume for Emilia Pérez

Best Animated Feature Film
Flow by Gints Zilbalodis (minority French co-production)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard

Best Documentary Feature Film
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat by Johan Grimonprez

Best Original Song
“El mal” by Zoé Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
“Mi camino” by Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez)

Best Editing
Juliette Welfling for Emilia Pérez

Best Sound
Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard

Best Live Action Short Film
L’Homme qui ne se taisait pas by Nebojša Slijepčević (minor French co-production)

Best Animated Short Film
Beurk ! by Loïc Espuche
Wander to Wonder by Nina Gantz (minor French co-production)
Beautiful Men by Nicolas Keppens (minor French co-production)