The Oscar Narrative: Post 2025 Venice/Telluride/Toronto Nomination Predictions - Creative Categories

Best Cinematography

Lol Crawley "The Brutalist"

Stéphane Fontaine "Conclave"

Greig Fraser "Dune Part II"

John Mathieson "Gladiator II"

Edward Lachman "Maria"

Other Contenders - Jarin Blaschke "Nosferatu", Jomo Fray "Nickel Boys",  Paul Guillaume "Emilia Perez", Yorick Le Saux "Blitz", Phedon Papamichael "A Complete Unknown", Sayombhu Mukdeeprom "Challengers", Eric Steelberg "Saturday Night", Alice Brooks "Wicked", Edu Grau "The Room Next Door", Drew Daniels "Anora", Simon Duggan "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga", Sayombhu Mukdeeprom "Queer", Lawrence Sher "Joker: Folie à Deux", Don Burgess "Here", Markus Förderer "September 5" 

Best Costume Design

Blitz

Dune Part II

Gladiator II

Maria

Wicked

Other Contenders - Nosferatu, Queer, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Conclave, A Complete Unknown, Saturday Night, The Count of Monte Cristo, Emilia Perez, Anora, Firebrand, The Room Next Door, The Brutalist, Joker: Folie à Deux, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Piano Lesson, The Substance, Here, September 5, Nickel Boys, Challengers

Best Film Editing

Anora

The Brutalist

Dune Part II

Emilia Perez

Gladiator II

Other Contenders - Conclave, September 5, Saturday Night, Wicked, A Real Pain, A Complete Unknown, The Substance, Blitz, Sing Sing, Babygirl, The Wild Robot, Nosferatu, Juror #2, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Here, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Challengers, The Piano Lesson, The Room Next Door, The Bikeriders, Joker: Folie à Deux, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man

Dune Part II

Nosferatu

The Substance

Wicked

Other Contenders - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Maria, Sasquatch Sunset, The Apprentice, Emilia Perez, Hit Man, Saturday Night, Conclave, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Gladiator II, Blitz, Joker: Folie à Deux, The Brutalist, Firebrand, Deadpool and Wolverine, Alien: Romulus, The Last Showgirl, Nightbitch, The Fall Guy

Best Production Design

Blitz

The Brutalist

Dune Part II

Gladiator II

Wicked

Other Contenders - Conclave, Saturday Night, Emilia Perez, Queer, A Complete Unknown, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Maria, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Here, Nickel Boys, The Piano Lesson, Joker: Folie à Deux, Civil War, Firebrand

Best Sound

Blitz

Dune Part II

A Complete Unknown

Gladiator II

Wicked

Other Contenders - The Brutalist, Twisters, Maria, Emilia Perez, Civil War, Conclave, A Quiet Place: Day One, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Alien Romulus, Deadpool and Wolverine, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga", Joker: Folie à Deux, Transformers One, Hit Man

Best Visual Effects

Dune Part II

Gladiator II

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Mufasa: The Lion King

Twisters

Other Contenders - Wicked, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Alien Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Blitz, The Wild Robot, Better Man, Here, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Deadpool and Wolverine, Joker: Folie à Deux, Nightbitch, The Substance, Inside Out 2, The Fall Guy, A Quiet Place: Day One