Overview
- Ryan Coogler’s Blood & Sinners set a record 16 nominations but finished with four Oscars after early reports overstated its haul.
- Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for Blood & Sinners and Jessie Buckley took Best Actress for Hamnet.
- Sean Penn won Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another but skipped the ceremony, while Amy Madigan earned Supporting Actress for Weapons.
- The Academy presented its first Casting Oscar to Cassandra Kulukundis for One Battle After Another, as Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman to win Cinematography for Blood & Sinners.
- A rare tie split Live‑Action Short between The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva, while Sentimental Value won International Feature and Ein Nobody gegen Putin took Documentary.