Indian short film 'Anuja' nominated for Oscars 2025: Check full list here

The short film set in New Delhi, Anuja, produced by Guneet Monga and Priyanka Chopra, is nominated in the Best Live Action Short category.

Oscars 2025 'Anuja' short film poster | X

The nominations for the 97th Oscars were announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday. Anuja, a short film set in New Delhi by Guneet Monga bagged a nomination in the Live Action Short category. 

Anuja is directed by Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai. Actor Priyanka Chopra recently boarded the project as an executive producer. Anuja is a tale of a gifted nine-year-old Anuja, who struggles to make a choice between education and factory work alongside her sister, a decision that will shape their futures. 

It stars Sajda Pathan and Ananya Shanbhag.

Along with 'Anuja', another movie with an India connection, 'I am Ready, Warden' got nominated in the Documentary Short Film category. The film is directed by Indian-origin American filmmaker Smriti Mundhra. 

The following is a full list of nominees: 

BEST PICTURE

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Prez

I'm Still Here

Nickel Boys

The Substance

Wicked

BEST ACTOR

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Timothe Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

BEST ACTRESS

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Perez

Mikey Madison, Anora

Demi Moore, The Substance

Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here

BEST DIRECTOR

Sean Baker, Anora

Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez

Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Yura Borisov, Anora

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

Ariana Grande, Wicked

Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

Zoe Saldaa, Emilia Perez

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Emilia Prez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Anora

The Brutalist

A Real Pain

September 5

The Substance

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Beautiful Men

In the Shadow of the Cypress

Magic Candies

Wander to Wonder

Yuck!

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

Im Still Here, Brazil

The Girl with the Needle, Denmark

Emilia Pérez, France

The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany

Flow, Latvia

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Black Box Diaries

No Other Land

Porcelain War

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Sugarcane

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Death by Numbers

I Am Ready, Warden

Incident

Instruments of a Beating Heart

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

El Mal from Emilia Prez

The Journey from The Six Triple Eight

Like a Bird from Sing Sing

Mi Camino from Emilia Prez

Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late

BEST SOUND

A Complete Unknown

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Perez

Wicked

The Wild Robot

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

Wicked

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

A Lien

Anuja

Im Not a Robot

The Last Ranger

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Brutalist

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Maria

Nosferatu

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

A Different Man

Emilia Pérez

Nosferatu

The Substance

Wicked

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Gladiator II

Nosferatu

Wicked

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

Dune: Part Two

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked

BEST FILM EDITING

Anora

The Brutalist

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

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