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‘Long Live Independent Film’: Best Picture Frontrunner ‘Anora’ Nabs Oscars Top Prize
'Anora' won Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday.
Cast and crew including Darya Ekamasova, Lindsey Normington, Vache Tovmasyan, Karren Karagulian, Alex Coco, Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Samantha Quan, Luna Sofía Miranda, Sean Baker, Drew Daniels and Yura Borisov accept the Best Picture award for "Anora" onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California. Madison, who won the Oscar for Best Actress, learned Russian, worked with a dialect coach to master the Brooklyn accent, shadowed real dancers, and even installed a pole in her living room for the role. Anora beat out Best Picture nominees James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, Edward Barker’s Conclave, and Jon M. Chu’s Wicked.
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