Sean Baker's 'Anora', made on a micro budget of $6 million, took home the coveted Best Picture award at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, beating out major blockbusters like 'Wicked' and 'Dune: Part Two'. Baker expressed gratitude for the recognition, emphasizing the importance of independent filmmaking and supporting local theaters.
Have YOU got a story? Email Anora director Sean Baker was stunned to see his independent film beat out massive blockbusters for the coveted Best Picture award at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards.
Baker said the film was shot on a 'micro budget' of $6 million and was made possible by a team who 'roughed it up' for the sake of their 'little film.' 'And it's because, you know, independent film, we have to go for it. We have to go for it to stay on the big screen. And that's what I want to say. We made this film for the big screen. We thank everybody who saw it on the big screen. We want to thank Neon because they supported our theatrical run, a long theatrical window.
Anora fans rejoiced in the victory on X, with one writing: 'ANORA BEST PICTURE OSCAR NEXT IDGAF,' along with a video of Oprah Winfrey running across coals with the encouragement of Tony Robbins. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION: Jessica Gunning – Baby ReindeerBEST TALK SHOW: John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.Advertisement 'ANORA HIVE WE F**KING WON,' another posted.
Adrien praised critics for making his 'very small, epic film very visible and accessible to people' after winning Best Actor for The Brutalist, which cemented his status as the Oscar frontrunner in the category.In the Brady Corbet–directed historical epic, he plays a Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who butts heads with a wealthy benefactor after emigrating to the US.
However, the Critics Choice Award ballots were turned in before the controversy came into the public eye, whereas voting for the Oscars isn't yet over.The verité-style comedy stars Mikey Madison as an adult dancer who impetuously marries the son of a Russian oligarch, only to have his handlers go to shocking ends to annul the marriage
CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS BEST PICTURE INDEPENDENT FILM ANORA SEAN BAKER BLOCKBUSTERS THEATERS
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