Ballad of a Small Player | Through the Shattered Lens

The Makeup And Hair Stylists Guild has announced its nominations for the best of 2025. And here they are:

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Best Contemporary Make-Up
“Bugonia” (Focus Features) – Torsten Witte
“Eddington” (A24) – Colin Penman, Lisa Hansell
“Jurassic World: Rebirth” (Universal Pictures) – Jana Carboni, Charlie Hounslow, Nik Buck, Aisling Nairn, Lauren Baldwin
“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Heba Thorisdottir, Mandy Artusato
“Superman” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Alexei Dmitriew, LuAndra Whitehurst, Nicole Sortillon Amos, Amanda Sprunger

Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) – Jordan Samuel, Oriana Rossi, Kristin Wayne, Patricia Keighran, Lizzi Lawson Zeiss
“Sinners” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Ken Diaz, Siân Richards, Ned Neidhardt, Allison laCour, Lana Mora
“The Smashing Machine” (A24) – Felix Fox, Darah Wyant, Amanda Imeson, Harlow MacFarlane, Maiko Gomyo
“Weapons” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Leo Satkovich, Mark Ross, Jason Collins, Kaylee Kehne-Swisher, Brie Bastianson
“Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) – Frances Hannon, Alice Jones, Nuria Mbomio, Sarah Nuth

Best Special Make-Up Prosthetics
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) – Mike Hill, Megan Many
“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Arjen Tuiten, Jessica Nelson
“Sinners” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Mike Fontaine, Bailey Domke, Kelsey Berk, Kevin Wasner, Cristina Patterson
“Weapons” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Jason Collins, Leo Satkovich, Mike McCarty, Mark Ross, Kaylee Kehne-Swisher
“Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Stephen Murphy, Susie Redfern

Best Contemporary Hair Styling
“Ballad of a Small Player” (Netflix) – Heike Merker, Alex Kwan
“Bugonia” (Focus Features) – Torsten Witte
“The Naked Gun” (Paramount) – Joyce M. Gilliard, Nadia Sobh, Tomica Sarver
“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Ahou Mofid, Gina Maria DeAngelis, Sacha Quarles
“Superman” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Peter Swords King, Lindsay McAllister, Magnolia Lowe

Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
“Frankenstein” (Netflix) – Cliona Furey, Tim Nolan, Laura Solari, Tori Binns, Katarina Chovanec
“Marty Supreme” (A24) – Kay Georgiou, Jimmy Goode, Michael Buonincontro, Mitchell Beck
“Sinners” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Shunika Terry-Jennings, Elizabeth Robinson, Tene Wilder, Jove Edmond, Sherri B. Hamilton
“Weapons” (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max) – Melizah Wheat, Monty Schuth, Nashi Tumlinson
“Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures) – Frances Hannon, Sim Camps, Gabor Kerekes, Laura Blount

The Academy released their shortlists earlier today. A lot of people online are saying that the presence of Wicked: For Good on the lists means that its Best Picture hopes are still alive. It could just as likely be that the Academy likes honoring big productions with technical nominations.

Here are the shortlists. Consult them before making any bets.

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

“Autokar”
“Butterfly”
“Cardboard”
“Éiru”
“Forevergreen”
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
“Hurikán”
“I Died in Irpin”
“The Night Boots”
“Playing God”
“The Quinta’s Ghost”
“Retirement Plan”
“The Shyness of Trees”
“Snow Bear”
“The Three Sisters”

CASTING

“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle after Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Weapons”
“Wicked: For Good”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

“Ballad of a Small Player”
“Bugonia”
“Die My Love”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nouvelle Vague”
“One Battle after Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Song Sung Blue”
“Sound of Falling”
“Train Dreams”
“Wicked: For Good”

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

“The Alabama Solution”
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Coexistence, My Ass!”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cover-Up”
“Cutting through Rocks”
“Folktales”
“Holding Liat”
“Mr. Nobody against Putin”
“Mistress Dispeller”
“My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Seeds”
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Yanuni”

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

“All the Empty Rooms”
“All the Walls Came Down”
“Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
“Bad Hostage”
“Cashing Out”
“Chasing Time”
“Children No More: ‘Were and Are Gone’”
“Classroom 4”
“The Devil Is Busy”
“Heartbeat”
“Last Days on Lake Trinity”
“On Healing Land, Birds Perch”
“Perfectly a Strangeness”
“Rovina’s Choice”
“We Were the Scenery”

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Argentina, “Belén”
Brazil, “The Secret Agent”
France, “It Was Just an Accident”
Germany, “Sound of Falling”
India, “Homebound”
Iraq, “The President’s Cake”
Japan, “Kokuho”
Jordan, “All That’s Left of You”
Norway, “Sentimental Value”
Palestine, “Palestine 36”
South Korea, “No Other Choice”
Spain, “Sirât”
Switzerland, “Late Shift”
Taiwan, “Left-Handed Girl”
Tunisia, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

“Ado”
“Amarela”
“Beyond Silence”
“The Boy with White Skin”
“Butcher’s Stain”
“Butterfly on a Wheel”
“Dad’s Not Home”
“Extremist”
“A Friend of Dorothy”
“Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
“Pantyhose”
“The Pearl Comb”
“Rock, Paper, Scissors”
“The Singers”
“Two People Exchanging Saliva”

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

“The Alto Knights”
“Frankenstein”
“Kokuho”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle after Another”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“The Ugly Stepsister”
“Wicked: For Good”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Bugonia”
“Captain America: Brave New World”
“Diane Warren: Relentless”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Hedda”
“A House of Dynamite”
“Jay Kelly”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle after Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Train Dreams”
“Tron: Ares”
“Truth and Treason”
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Wicked: For Good”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) :

“As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from “Tron: Ares”
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
“Dream As One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Drive” from “F1”
“Dying To Live” from “Billy Idol Should Be Dead”
“The Girl In The Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good”
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”
“Highest 2 Lowest” from “Highest 2 Lowest”
“I Lied To You” from “Sinners”
“Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from “Sinners”
“No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good”
“Our Love” from “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from “Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”

SOUND

“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“One Battle after Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”
“Superman”
“Wicked: For Good”

VISUAL EFFECTS

“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“The Electric State”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Sinners”
“Superman”
“Tron: Ares”
“Wicked: For Good”