THE BRUTALIST | © A24
The Brutalist leads the nominations for the 13th annual Team Experience Awards. Brady Corbet's Oscar player scored in seven categories, including Best Picture, Director, and Actor. The film premiered on digital today, so if you missed it in theaters, it's time to give this epic a look. Many other Oscar frontrunners appeared on our ballots, with every one of AMPAS' Best Picture nominees featured in one category or another. As always, it's a fascinating mix of prestige fare and outré offerings, awards magnets, and obscure titles that got here on the basis of a few writers' burning passion. These awards are a testament to the variety of opinions featured on The Film Experience, having been voted by several members of its team. With the notable exception of Nathaniel, whose Film Bitch Awards are another matter altogether.
Discover the full list of nominees in 20 categories after the jump…
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT | © Janus Films
BEST PICTURE
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Julien Graff & Thomas Hakim
- ANORA
Sean Baker, Alex Coco & Samantha Quan
- A REAL PAIN
Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczyńska), Jennifer Semler & Emma Stone
- CLOSE YOUR EYES
José Alba, Odile Antonio-Baez, Agustín Bossi, Pablo Bossi, Pol Bossi, Víctor Erice, Maximiliano Lasansky & Cristina Zumárraga
- HARD TRUTHS
Georgina Lowe
- I'M STILL HERE
Maria Carlota Bruno, Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre & Rodrigo Teixeira
- SAMSARA
Leire Apellaniz
- THE BRUTALIST
Brady Corbet, Nick Gordon, D.J. Guggenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews, Andrew Morrison & Brian Young
- THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Rozita Hendijanian, Mohammad Rasoulod, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon & Mani Tilgner
- WICKED
Marc Platt
BEST DIRECTOR
- Sean Baker, ANORA
- Brady Corbet, THE BRUTALIST
- Rose Glass, LOVE LIES BLEEDING
- Payal Kapadia, ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
- Mohammad Rasoulof, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
HARD TRUTHS | © Bleecker Street
BEST ACTRESS
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste, HARD TRUTHS
- Angelina Jolie, MARIA
- Nicole Kidman, BABYGIRL
- Mikey Madison, ANORA
- Fernanda Torres, I'M STILL HERE
BEST ACTOR
- Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST
- Colman Domingo, SING SING
- Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE
- Keith Kupferer, GHOSTLIGHT
- Sebastian Stan, A DIFFERENT MAN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Michele Austin, HARD TRUTHS
- Monica Barbaro, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
- Anna Baryshnikov, LOVE LIES BLEEDING
- Joan Chen, DÌDI
- Zoë Saldaña, EMILIA PÉREZ
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN
- Mark Eydelshteyn, ANORA
- Clarence Maclin, SING SING
- Guy Pearce, THE BRUTALIST
- Adam Pearson, A DIFFERENT MAN
BEST ENSEMBLE
- ANORA
Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksei Serebryakov, Darya Ekamasova, Luna Sofía Miranda, Lindsey Normington, Vincent Radwinsky, Anton Bitter, Ivy Wolk & Ella Rubin
- HARD TRUTHS
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett, Ani Nelson, Sophia Brown, Jonathan Livingstone, Samantha Spiro, Gary Beadle, Diveen Henry, Bryon Miller, Ashna Rabheru, Alice Bailey Johnson & Hiral Varsani
- SEPTEMBER 5
John Magaro, Peter Sarsgaard, Leonie Benesch, Ben Chaplin, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, Rony Herman & Paul Böhme
- SING SING
Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Paul Raci, Sean San José, David Giraudy, Patrick Griffin, Mosi Eagle, James Williams, Sean Johnson, Dario Peña, Miguel Valentin, Jon-Adrian Velazquez, Pedro Cotto, Camillo Lovacco & Cornell Alston
- THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Soheila Golestani, Missagh Zareh, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Amineh Mazrouie Arani, Reza Akhlagihrad, Shiva Ordooie, Mohammad Kamal Alavi, Parisa Mohyedini & Barat Azimi
ANORA | © NEON Rated
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Sean Baker, ANORA
- Jesse Eisenberg, A REAL PAIN
- Radu Jude, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
- Mike Leigh, HARD TRUTHS
- Mohammad Rasoulof, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Pedro Almodóvar, THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
- Joslyn Barnes & RaMell Ross, NICKEL BOYS
- Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin & John Whitfield, SING SING
- Vera Drew & Bri LeRose, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER
- Peter Straughan, CONCLAVE
A REAL PAIN | © Searchlight Pictures
BEST EDITING
- Rik Chaubet, SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT
- Marco Costa, CHALLENGERS
- Catalin Cristutiu, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
- Jérôme Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat & Valentin Féron, THE SUBSTANCE
- Hansjörg Weißbrich, SEPTEMBER 5
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Jarin Blaschke, NOSFERATU
- Lol Crawley, THE BRUTALIST
- Ranabir Das, ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
- Greig Fraser, DUNE: PART TWO
- Jomo Fray, NICKEL BOYS
WICKED | © Universal Pictures
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Judy Becker & Patricia Cuccia, THE BRUTALIST
- Nathan Crowley & Lee Sandales, WICKED
- Craig Lathrop & Beatrice Brentnerová, NOSFERATU
- Patrice Vermette & Shane Vieau, DUNE: PART TWO
- Inbal Weinberg & Carlota Casado, THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Michael O'Connor, FIREBRAND
- Massimo Cantini Parrini, MARIA
- Paul Tazewell, WICKED
- Jacqueline West, DUNE: PART TWO
- Emmanuelle Youchnovski, THE SUBSTANCE
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
- A DIFFERENT MAN, Mike Marino, David Presto & Crystal Jurado
- NOSFERATU, David White, Traci Loader & Suzanne Stokes-Munton
- THE PEOPLE'S JOKER, Jake Bennett & Lane Friedmann
- THE SUBSTANCE, Pierre-Oliver Person, Stéphane Guillon & Marilyne Scarselli
- WICKED, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount & Sarah Nuth
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- BETTER MAN, Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft & Peter Stubbs
- DUNE: PART TWO, Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe & Gerd Nefzer
- HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, Mike Cheslik & Brandon Kirkham
- KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story & Rodney Burke
- THE PEOPLE'S JOKER, Jake Myers & Jasperi Wirtanen
SAMSARA | © Jeonju Cinema Project
BEST MUSIC
- CHALLENGERS, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Robin Urdang & Luca Guadagnino
- EVIL DOES NOT EXIST, Eiko Ishibashi
- I SAW THE TV GLOW, Alex G, Jessica Berndt, Chris Swanson, Caroline Polachek, A.G. Cook & Haley Dahl
- THE BRUTALIST, Daniel Blumberg & James A. Taylor
- THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, Alberto Iglesias
BEST SOUND
- BLITZ, Paul Cotterell, Samir Foco & James Harrison
- CIVIL WAR, Howard Bargroff, Ben Barker, Glenn Freemantle, Adam Scrivener & Mark Timms
- DUNE: PART TWO, Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett & Doug Hemphill
- SAMSARA, Xabier Erkizia & Luca Rullo
- THE SUBSTANCE, Valérie Deloof, Victor Fleurant, Victor Praud & Stéphane Thiébaut
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG | © NEON Rated
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- FLOW
Gintz Zilbalois, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens & Gregory Zalcman
- INSIDE OUT 2
Kelsey Mann & Mark Nielsen
- LOOK BACK
Kiyotaka Oshiyama & Kazuto Matsumura
- THE WILD ROBOT
Chris Sanders & Jeff Hermann
- WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham & Richard Beek
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DAHOMEY
Mati Diop, Judith Lou Lévy & Eve Robin
- NO OTHER LAND
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal & Yuval Abraham
- SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT
Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius & Rémi Grellety
- SUGARCANE
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn
- WILL & HARPER
Josh Greenbaum, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Chris Leggett & Rafel Marmor
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium
- FLOW
Latvia, France, Belgium
- I'M STILL HERE
Brazil, France
- SAMSARA
Spain
- THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
France, Germany
CLOSE YOUR EYES | © Film Movement
FUN FACTS & FIGURES
- In total, 52 films received votes in the Best Picture category.
- In total, 87 performances received votes across the four acting categories.
- With seven nominations, The Brutalist is this year's nomination leader. Last year, even the second-most-nominated film had more mentions. As a reminder, in 2024, Poor Things received 12 nominations and Barbie nine.
- As is starting to happen more and more often at the Team Experience Awards, Close Your Eyes was nominated for Best Picture and nothing else.
- Dune: Part Two had the inverse fate of Close Your Eyes. Though it scored five nominations, none of those were for Best Picture.
- Across these 20 categories, the Team Experience managed to recognize 47 features. The numbers are up from last year's 39. This is also significantly more than the Academy, whose voting body nominated a grand total of 35 feature films.
- In terms of matching the Academy's taste, the Team Experience had very similar ballots in the Best Production Design, Makeup & Hairstyling, and Animated Feature categories. In those three cases, it was a 4/5 match.
- Though there are some vocal opponents to category fraud in the Team Experience, we are a heterogeneous group whose members often disagree with each other. This year, Kieran Culkin scored a Best Supporting Actor nomination after featuring in both ballots. However, he didn't get enough Best Actor votes to appear in that race.
- Ariana Grande in Wicked and Tilda Swinton in Problemista also received votes for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
- Sebastian Stan was the only actor who received votes for multiple performances. However, unlike AMPAS, the Team Experience writers went with his Silver Bear-winning turn in A Different Man as opposed to his Oscar-nominated work in The Apprentice.
I'M STILL HERE | © Sony Pictures Classics
NOMINATION TALLIES
Best Picture nominees are in bold.
7 nominations
- THE BRUTALIST (Venice Review + TIFF Capsule + Split Decision)
6 nominations
- ANORA (Cannes Review + TIFF Review + Split Decision)
5 nominations
- DUNE: PART TWO (Review + Split Decision)
- HARD TRUTHS (TIFF Review + AFI Fest Review)
- THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (TIFF Review)
4 nominations
- ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (TIFF Review)
- SING SING (Review)
- THE SUBSTANCE (Review + Almost There)
- WICKED
3 nominations
- A DIFFERENT MAN (Berlin Review)
- A REAL PAIN (AFI Fest Review + Split Decision)
- I'M STILL HERE (TIFF Review)
- NOSFERATU (Review + Split Decision)
- SAMSARA (IndieLisboa Capsule)
- THE PEOPLE'S JOKER (Review)
- THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Venice Review + TIFF Review)
2 nominations
- CHALLENGERS (Review)
- CONCLAVE (Review)
- DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (TIFF Review)
- FLOW (Annecy Review)
- LOVE LIES BLEEDING (Berlin Review)
- MARIA (Venice Review)
- NICKEL BOYS
- SEPTEMBER 5 (Review)
- SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ÉTAT (Review)
1 nomination
- A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Split Decision)
- BABYGIRL (Venice Review + TIFF Capsule)
- BETTER MAN
- BLITZ
- CIVIL WAR
- CLOSE YOUR EYES (TIFF Capsule + Review)
- DAHOMEY (NYFF Review)
- DÌDI (Review)
- EMILIA PÉREZ (Cannes Review + TIFF Review + Split Decision)
- EVIL DOES NOT EXIST (TIFF Capsule + AFI Capsule + Review + Second Opinion)
- FIREBRAND
- GHOSTLIGHT
- HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS
- I SAW THE TV GLOW (Review + On Jack Haven's Performance)
- INSIDE OUT 2
- KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
- LOOK BACK
- NO OTHER LAND (TIFF Review + Review)
- SUGARCANE
- THE WILD ROBOT (TIFF Review)
- WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
- WILL & HARPER
Winners will be announced sometime before the Oscars. Stay tuned for more updates. In the meantime, tell us what you think of our choices.