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On Thursday, December 12, the full list of nominations for Critics Choice Awards in film categories was announced, and Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light has earned a nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards. 

The other titles nominated for Best Foreign Language Film category include films like Emilia Pérez, Flow, I'm Still Here, Kneecap and The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Interestingly, All We Imagine As Light is contending with Emilia Perez, I’m Still Here, and The Seed of the Sacred Fig at the Golden Globes 2025 in Best Non-English Language Motion Picture category. Payal Kapadia's film secured dual nominations at the Golden Globes: Best Non-English Language Motion Picture and Best Director (Motion Picture). 

All We Imagine As Light starring Kani Kasruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam and Hridhu Haroon in key roles, has earned accolades and acclamations internationally. It scripted history by becoming the first Indian film to win the prestigious Grand Prix at Cannes 2024. The female-centric film has also bagged the Jury Grand Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Best International Film Award at the New York Film Critics Circle, and Best International Feature at Gotham Awards, among several others.

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Conclave and Wicked have led this year’s nominees with 11 nods each, followed by Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez each with 10 nods, The Brutalist with nine and Anora and The Substance with seven nominations each.

These seven films are nominated for Best Picture category, where they will compete with five-time nominees Nickel Boys and Sing Sing and triple nominee A Complete Unknown.

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Here's the full list of nominations of Critics Choice Awards 2025

Best Picture

A Complete Unknown

Anora

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

The Substance

Wicked

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Daniel Craig – Queer

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Hugh Grant – Heretic

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez

Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths

Angelina Jolie – Maria

Mikey Madison – Anora

Demi Moore – The Substance

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov – Anora

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing

Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown

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Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys

Ariana Grande – Wicked

Margaret Qualley – The Substance

Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Young Actor / Actress

Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Elliott Heffernan – Blitz

Maisy Stella – My Old Ass

Izaac Wang – Didi

Alisha Weir – Abigail

Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

Best Acting Ensemble

Anora

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Saturday Night

Sing Sing

Wicked

Best Director

Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez

Sean Baker – Anora

Edward Berger – Conclave

Brady Corbet – The Brutalist

Jon M. Chu – Wicked

Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Original Screenplay

Sean Baker – Anora

Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5

Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist

Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain

Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez

Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked

Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing

RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys

Peter Straughan – Conclave

Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two

Best Cinematography

Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu

Alice Brooks – Wicked

Lol Crawley – The Brutalist

Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave

Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two

Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys

Best Production Design

Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist

Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked

Suzie Davies – Conclave

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Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu

Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II

Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two

Best Editing

Sean Baker – Anora

Marco Costa – Challengers

Nick Emerson – Conclave

David Jancso – The Brutalist

Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two

Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5

Best Costume Design

Lisy Christl – Conclave

Linda Muir – Nosferatu

Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria

Paul Tazewell – Wicked

Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two

Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II

Best Hair and Makeup

Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two

Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance

Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked

Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu

Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Man

Best Visual Effects

Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II

Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked

Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two

Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man

Visual Effects Team – The Substance

Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Best Animated Feature

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Best Comedy

A Real Pain

Deadpool & Wolverine

Hit Man

My Old Ass

Saturday Night

Thelma

Best Foreign Language Film

All We Imagine as Light

Emilia Pérez

Flow

I’m Still Here

Kneecap

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Song

Beautiful That Way – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus

Compress / Repress – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

El Mal – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille

Harper and Will Go West – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig

Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris

Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez

Best Score

Volker Bertelmann – Conclave

Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist

Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot

Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers

Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

Last weekholyspin, the Critics Choice Association announced nominations in its TV categories. The Critics Choice Awards 2025 will be held on January 12 in the US where the winners across film and TV categories will be announced. In India, it will be streaming live on Lionsgate Play on January 13 from 5:30 AM IST