Sean Baker's Anora picks up Best Picture at Critics Choice Awards. The indie pic, starring Mikey Madison beat favourites Wicked, Emilia Perez and The Substance.
Have YOU got a story? EmailAnora was the unlikely winner of the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, beating blockbuster movies including Wicked in the Best Picture category.
Filled with nudity and raunchy sex scenes, the romantic comedy follows Ani , whose legal name is Anora, from Brooklyn, who meets and spontaneously marries an immature young man named Ivan 'Vanya' Zakharov, the son of a Russian oligarch. Scenes from the trailer show Ani pole dancing before her and Ivan head to the bathroom for a steamy shower sex scene.
Sean 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.' The verité-style comedy stars Mikey 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
'We lost a thousand theatres during COVID. We lose them almost daily. There's where we love to see films. Let's see films in our local theatres.' Baker said the film was made on a meager $6M budget - a fraction of what Wicked and Dune Part: Two were shot onCritics Choice Awards 2025 winners: AT A GLANCE MOVIESBEST ACTRESS: Demi Moore — The SubstanceBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Zoe Saldaña — Emilia PérezBEST DIRECTOR: Jon M.
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