
2025 Oscar Nominated Films Powered by Blackmagic Design
Brie Clayton March 3, 2025
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Top films across Best Picture, Documentary and International categories used Blackmagic Design.
Blackmagic Design today congratulates the distinguished films and filmmakers that were nominated as part of the 97th Academy Awards . Many of this year's acclaimed projects were created using Blackmagic Design products, including its digital film cameras, DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, color grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post production software, and more.
A Complete Unknown, Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
This year's lineup of Blackmagic Design powered projects includes honored Best Picture nominees such as Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Emilia P rez, Nickel Boys, The Substance and Wicked. With more than 25 films across technical, documentary, short film, international, and animated categories, Blackmagic Design is proud to be part of some of this year's most illustrious storytelling. This includes all five nominated projects in the Best Documentary Feature category, such as Porcelain War which was shot with Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K digital film cameras.
A Lien, Photo credit: Andrea Gavazzi
Oscar nominated films that used Blackmagic Design during production include:
Anuja DP Akash Raje used DaVinci Resolve Studio for LUT creation;
A Complete Unknown DIT Patrick Cecilian used UltraStudio 4K Mini capture and playback device and DaVinci Resolve on set;
Emilia P rez DIT Julien Bachelier used DaVinci Resolve;
A Lien DP Andrea Gavazzi used DaVinci Resolve Studio for LUT creation; and
Porcelain War DP Andrey Stefanov used Pocket Cinema Camera 4Ks.
Anora photo credit Courtesy of NEON
Oscar nominated films that used DaVinci Resolve Studio during post production include:
Alien: Romulus graded at Company 3 by Mitch Paulson;
Anora graded by David Cole of FotoKem;
Anuja graded by Aaryaman Kutty at Bridge PostWorks;
The Apprentice graded by Donal O'Kane of Screenscene with Tyler Roth of Company 3;
Beautiful Men graded by Joachim Vansteelant;
Black Box Diaries graded by Fumiro Sato who used DaVinci Resolve Studio as part of his workflow;
The Brutalist graded by M t Ternyik, with DaVinci Resolve Studio also used for dailies color, online editorial and finishing;
A Complete Unknown graded by David Cole of FotoKem;
Death by Numbers graded by Marcy Robinson of Nice Shoes;
Emilia P rez graded at MPC Paris;
Flow edited by Gints Zilbalodis and graded by Andrejs Rudz ts;
The Girl with the Needle graded by Emil Eriksson, who also relied on DaVinci Resolve Studio's Fusion page during post;
Instruments of a Beating Heart graded by Fumiro Sato who used DaVinci Resolve Studio as part of his workflow;
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes graded by David Cole of FotoKem;
A Lien graded by Dante Pasquinelli of ETHOS Studio, along with a DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel;
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent graded by Tomislav Stojanovic of Eclectica;
Memoir of a Snail graded by Deidre (Dee) McClelland, CSI;
Nickel Boys graded by Alex Bickel of Color Collective;
No Other Land graded by Bianca Rudolph of Nordisk Film Shortcut Oslo;
Porcelain War CG Supervisor Quade Biddle used DaVinci Resolve Studio extensively across the VFX pipeline, including for remote collaboration, and Fusion Studio for tracking, VFX cleanup and compositing;
A Real Pain graded by Marcy Robinson of Nice Shoes;
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat graded by Blaise Jadoul, who also relied on DaVinci Resolve Studio's Fusion page during post;
The Substance graded by Fabien Pascal of Lux, with DaVinci Resolve Studio also used for the DIT, online editorial and finishing;
Sugarcane graded by Marcy Robinson of Nice Shoes;
Wicked graded by Jill Bogdanowicz of Company 3, while VFX Supervisor Pablo Helman used DaVinci Resolve Studio within the VFX pipeline for reviews; and
The Wild Robot 3D stereo grade by Jason Hanel of Company 3.
Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat photo credit copyright Terence Spencer/Popperfoto
March 4, 2025The Brutalist Stands Tall Among Award ContendersDaVinci Resolve Studio used for dailies color, grading, online and finishing. Few films
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