By Rebecca Brando x The Big Magazine
The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) announced the nominees for its 7th annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards.
Emilia Pérez leads the 2025 nominations with 17 nods, including Best Picture, Best Director (Jacques Audiard) and acting nominations for Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz. Dune: Part 2 follows with 10 nominations, including Best Picture.
The Substance and Wicked picked up nine nominations each, while the fifth most nominated film was The Brutalist with eight nods. All three films earned Best Picture nods.
The other Best Picture nominees for this year’s LEJA Entertainment Film Awards are Anora, Conclave, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys and Sing Sing.
Along with nominations for the 23 competitive categories listed below, LEJA also awarded three actors with a special recognition.
LEJA also announced special recognition for three standout figures. This year’s Breakout Award goes to Adria Arjona for her roles in Los Frikis, Hit Man and Blink Twice. This year’s Activism Award goes to John Leguizamo for highlighting the contributions of Latinos in history and entertainment. LEJA is also honoring veteran actor Edward James Olmos with this year’s Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award.
The final winners of the 7th annual LEJA Entertainment Film Awards will be announced on LEJA’s social media channels on February 17, 2025. The complete list of nominees is below.
BEST PICTURE
Anora, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker
The Brutalist, nominees to be determined
Conclave, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman
Dune: Part 2, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve
Emilia Pérez, nominees to be determined
I’m Still Here, nominees to be determined
Nickel Boys, nominees to be determined
Sing Sing, Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley, Monique Walton
The Substance, nominees to be determined
Wicked, Mark Platt
BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Walter Salles, I’m Still Here
BEST ACTOR
Raúl Briones, La Cocina
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
BEST ACTRESS
Adria Arjona, Los Frikis
Melissa Barrera, Your Monster
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yuri Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Héctor Medina, Los Frikis
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Sean San José, Sing Sing
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Adriana Paz, Emilia Pérez
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora, Sean Baker
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Los Frikis, Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz
September 5, Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and Alex David
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave, Peter Straughan
Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts and Frank Herbert
Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard; in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi
I’m Still Here, Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega and Marcelo Rubens Paiva
Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE
Auliʻi Cravalho, Moana 2
Maya Hawke, Inside Out 2
Lupita Nyong’o, The Wild Robot
Pedro Pascal, The Wild Robot
Amy Poehler, Inside Out 2
Sarah Snook, Memoir of a Snail
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Casagrandes Movie, Miguel Puga and Adriana Cid
Flow, nominees to be determined
Inside Out 2, Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen
Memoir of a Snail, Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, nominees to be determined
The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann
BEST NON-ENGLISH FILM
Emilia Pérez (France)
Flow (Latvia)
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
Los Frikis (United States)
Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Daughters, Natalie Rae and Angela Patton
Frida, Carla Gutierrez
No Other Land, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
Sugarcane, nominees to be determined
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeves Story, Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui
Will & Harper, Josh Greenbaum
BEST ENSEMBLE CASTING
Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Los Frikis
Wicked
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Wicked, production design: Nathan Crowley; set decoration: Lee Sandales
Dune: Part 2, production design: Patrice Vermette; set decoration: Shane Vieau
The Brutalist, production design: Judy Becker; set decoration: Patricia Cuccia
Emilia Pérez, production design: Emmanuelle Duplay; set decoration: Sandra Castello
Conclave, production design: Suzie Davies; set decoration: Cynthia Sleiter
Pedro Páramo, production design: Eugenio Caballero and Carlos Y. Jacques; set decoration: Daniela Rojas
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist, Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two, Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez, Paul Guilhaume
I’m Still Here, Adrian Teijido
Nickel Boys, Jomo Fray
Nosferatu, Jarin Blaschke
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Conclave, Lisy Christl
Deadpool & Wolverine, Mayes C. Rubeo and Graham Churchyard
Dune: Part Two, Jacqueline West
Gladiator 2, Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
Nosferatu, Linda Muir
Wicked, Paul Tazewell
BEST EDITING
Anora, Sean Baker
Challengers, Marco Costa
Emilia Pérez, Juliette Welfling
I’m Still Here, Affonso Gonçalves
September 5, Hansjörg Weißbrich
The Substance, Jérôme Eltabet, Coralie Fargeat and Valentin Féron
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
A Different Man, Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado
Emilia Pérez, Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini
Los Frikis, Josefina “Japon” Arellano, Olivares Meztli and Alexa Rivera
Nosferatu, David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton
The Substance, Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli
Wicked, Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth
BEST SOUND
Challengers, nominees to be determined
A Complete Unknown, Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco
Dune: Part Two, Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill
Emilia Pérez, Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
The Substance, nominees to be determined
Wicked, Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alien: Romulus, Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
Better Man, Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs
Dune: Part Two, Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke
The Substance, nominees to be determined
Wicked, Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould
BEST STUNTS
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator 2
Wicked
BEST SCORE
The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
Challengers, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Conclave, Volker Bertelmann
Dune: Part Two, Hans Zimmer
Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol and Camille
Wicked, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
BEST SONG
“Beautiful That Way” from The Last Showgirl; music and lyrics by Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt
“Compress/Repress” from Challengers; music and lyrics by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“El Camino” from Emilia Pérez; music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez; music by Clément Ducol and Camille; lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
“Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot; music and lyrics by Maren Morris
“Like a Bird” from Sing Sing; music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
LATINO BREAKOUT AWARD
Adria Arjona (Los Frikis, Hit Man, Blink Twice)
LATINO ACTIVISM AWARD
John Leguizamo
RITA MORENO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Edward James Olmos
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