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| Sean Baker wins best original screenplay Oscar for Anora | Sean Baker wins best original screenplay Oscar for Anora |
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| Academy Award goes to writer-director of film starring Mikey Madison as a dancer who gets married to a Russian playboy | Academy Award goes to writer-director of film starring Mikey Madison as a dancer who gets married to a Russian playboy |
| Anora has won the Academy Award for best original screenplay, with the film’s writer-director Sean Baker taking the honours. | Anora has won the Academy Award for best original screenplay, with the film’s writer-director Sean Baker taking the honours. |
| A romance/thriller about a lapdancer who impulsively marries a Russian playboy, Anora stars Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn. It is Baker’s eighth feature, having made his debut with the microbudget indie Four Letter Words in 2000, and his fourth film since making a breakthrough in 2015 with Tangerine, a drama about trans sex workers shot on iPhones. | A romance/thriller about a lapdancer who impulsively marries a Russian playboy, Anora stars Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn. It is Baker’s eighth feature, having made his debut with the microbudget indie Four Letter Words in 2000, and his fourth film since making a breakthrough in 2015 with Tangerine, a drama about trans sex workers shot on iPhones. |
| The Oscar is Baker’s first of his career; he is also personally up for three other Oscars this year: best picture, best director and best editing. Baker thanked his cast and crew and “the sex worker community”. | The Oscar is Baker’s first of his career; he is also personally up for three other Oscars this year: best picture, best director and best editing. Baker thanked his cast and crew and “the sex worker community”. |
| He said: “They have shared their stories, their life experience with me over the years. They have my deepest respect. I share this with you.” | He said: “They have shared their stories, their life experience with me over the years. They have my deepest respect. I share this with you.” |
| Baker had to overcome a strong lineup to take the prize, defeating Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist, Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain and Coralie Fargeat for The Substance. Anora has already picked up a number of awards this season, including the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival and the best original screenplay prize from the Writers Guild of America. | Baker had to overcome a strong lineup to take the prize, defeating Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist, Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain and Coralie Fargeat for The Substance. Anora has already picked up a number of awards this season, including the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival and the best original screenplay prize from the Writers Guild of America. |
| The 97th Academy Awards are currently taking place in Los Angeles, California. | The 97th Academy Awards are currently taking place in Los Angeles, California. |
| Read more about the 2025 Oscars: | Read more about the 2025 Oscars: |
| Anora wins best original and Conclave wins best adapted screenplay | |
| Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña win supporting prizes | |
| Flow wins best animated feature | |
| Halle Berry ‘pays back’ Adrien Brody for 2003 Oscars kiss | |
| Anora wins best original and Conclave wins best adapted screenplay | |
| Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña win supporting prizes | |
| Flow wins best animated feature | |
| Halle Berry ‘pays back’ Adrien Brody for 2003 Oscars kiss |