Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.
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PT. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions . The State of the Race Predicting Best Supporting Actor contenders early on is always one of the most difficult challenges for prognostication, because one cannot predict (mostly sight unseen) whether there are any films that voters will go all-in on, recognizing more than one scene stealer.
After all, some films literally have “12 Angry Men” to choose from. That said, the minute the Sundance premiere of “ A Real Pain ” ended, critics were already declaring a nomination spot permanently reserved for Kieran Culkin in his first major role post-”Succession.” Adam Pearson in “ A Different Man ,” which screened at both Sundance and Berlin, and Clarence Maclin, who plays a version of himself in Toronto premiere “Sing Sing,” have similarly impressed early and attentive audiences.
In terms of the films that have already had a wide release, both “ Challengers ” star Mike Faist and “ The Bikeriders ” star face the dilemma of having to establish their roles as lead or supporting (both cases can be made), but it would make more sense to choose a different category from their respective co-s.
