FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Los Angeles, CA – January 27, 2025 – The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) announced the nominees for its 7th annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards.
Leading the 2025 nominations is Emilia Pérez 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.
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. Past winners include Rita Moreno (2019); Jennifer Lopez (2020); Rosie Perez (2021); John Leguizamo (2022); Guillermo del Toro (2023) and Eugenio Derbez (2024).
Olmos is a celebrated Mexican American actor, director, and activist best known for his Oscar-nominated performance in Stand and Deliver (1988) and roles in films and TV series like Zoot Suit, American Me, Selena, Coco and Battlestar Galactica.
The final winners of the 7th annual LEJA Entertainment Film Awards will be announced on LEJA’s social media channels on February 17, 2025.
Founded in 2018, LEJA provides a much-needed opportunity for journalists from the United States to have their works amplified and heard in the areas of film, television, music, theatre, and the arts. Accepting of all backgrounds and identities, LEJA embraces anyone who identifies as Latino, Latina, Latinx, Hispanic, Afro-Latino, Afro-Latina, Latin@, or any inclusive and progressive description that champions and accelerates the voices of our culture from around the world.
The nominees of the 7th annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards are:
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
TOTAL NOMINATIONS BY FILM
| Emilia Pérez | 17 |
| Dune: Part 2 | 10 |
| The Substance | 9 |
| Wicked | 9 |
| The Brutalist | 8 |
| Anora | 7 |
| Conclave | 7 |
| I’m Still Here | 7 |
| Los Frikis | 6 |
| Sing Sing | 6 |
| Challengers | 4 |
| Nickel Boys | 4 |
| The Wild Robot | 4 |
| A Complete Unknown | 3 |
| Inside Out 2 | 3 |
| Nosferatu | 3 |
| Deadpool & Wolverine | 2 |
| A Different Man | 2 |
| Flow | 2 |
| Gladiator 2 | 2 |
| Memoir of a Snail | 2 |
| A Real Pain | 2 |
| September 5 | 2 |
| Alien: Rolumus | 1 |
| Better Man | 1 |
| The Casagrandes Movie | 1 |
| La Cocina | 1 |
| Daughters | 1 |
| The Fall Guy | 1 |
| Frida | 1 |
| Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | 1 |
| The Girl with the Needle | 1 |
| Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | 1 |
| The Last Showgirl | 1 |
| Moana 2 | 1 |
| No Other Land | 1 |
| Pedro Páramo | 1 |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | 1 |
| Sugarcane | 1 |
| Super/Man: The Christopher Reeves Story | 1 |
| Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | 1 |
| Wicked | 1 |
| Will & Harper | 1 |
| Your Monster | 1 |