Oscars 2025 recap: Highlights and biggest moments from 97th Academy Awards

Sean Baker has won the Oscar for Best Editing for "Anora" at the 2025 Academy Awards.

"Anora" wins the Oscar for Best Editing at the 2025 Academy Awards.

"I consider editing to be half of my directing and a third of my screenwriting, so this means everything," Baker said. "It's a real validation for me," he said in his acceptance speech.

He went on to joke, "God if you saw that footage - I saved this film in the edit. Trust me! That director should never work again."

Baker is nominated for Best Director for "Anora."

Go here for a look at the full list of winners from the 97th Oscars.

Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli have won the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for their work in "The Substance" at the 2025 Academy Awards.

"The Substance" wins the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 2025 Academy Awards.

This was the first nomination and win for the trio.

Other films nominated in the category included "A Different Man," "Emilia Pérez," "Nosferatu" and "Wicked."

Go here for a look at the full list of winners from the 97th Oscars.

During his acceptance speech for best original screenplay for "Anora," Sean Baker thanked the sex worker community.

"They have shared their stories, they have shared their life experiences with me over the years. My deepest respect, thank you. I share this with you," he said.

'Anora' wins Oscar for Best Original Screenplay at the 2025 Academy Awards.

In the film, Anora, a young woman from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

In addition to this Oscar win, "Anora" also won several awards leading up to Hollywood's biggest night, including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Best Picture at the Critics' Choice Awards, and Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Peter Straughan has won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Conclave" at the 2025 Academy Awards.

"Conclave" wins the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2025 Academy Awards.

The papal intrigue film was written by British author-playwright Peter Straughan, based on the 2016 novel of the same name by British novelist Robert Harris.

Both Straughan and Harris are veterans of the thriller genre. Straughan's other screenplay credits include "The Snowman" and an adaptation of John le Carré's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."

Harris' works - many of them source material for movies - include the World War II novels "Fatherland" and "Enigma" and the Russia-based thriller "Archangel." He is also known, and somewhat notorious for his 2007 novel, "The Ghost," a fictionalized critique of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Harris and director Roman Polanski co-wrote a well-regarded adaptation, "The Ghost Writer.

Go here for a look at the full list of winners from the 97th Oscars.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.