Golden Globes 2025: Payal Kapadia earns two historic nods for ‘All We Imagine As Light’, ’Emilia Pérez’ leads nominations with 10

Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia continues her trailblazing journey with two nominations at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards for her critically acclaimed film, All We Imagine As Light. The film has secured nominations for Best Director (Motion Picture) and Best Foreign Film, marking a significant moment for Indian cinema on the global stage.

Kapadia, who previously won the Grand Prix at Cannes 2024 for the same film, stands alongside esteemed directors like Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Sean Baker (Anora), and Edward Berger (Conclave).

All We Imagine As Light premiered at Cannes and later headlined the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024, drawing applause from Bollywood luminaries. With an international release and multiple accolades under its belt, the film is poised as a strong contender in the award circuit.

Meanwhile, Jacques Audiard’s bold musical Emilia Pérez, which tells the story of a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender-affirming surgery to become a woman, leads the nominations for the 82nd Golden Globes with an impressive 10 nods. It edges out other major contenders such as the musical sensation Wicked, the papal thriller Conclave, and the post-war epic The Brutalist.

The Golden Globe nominations, announced on Monday morning by Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut, will be celebrated during a televised ceremony on January 5, broadcast by CBS and streamed on Paramount+.

The Globes, no longer under the Hollywood Foreign Press Association after years of scandal and organizational overhaul, are in a rebuilding phase. However, this year’s star-studded roster of nominees has injected new energy into the awards. Notable nominees include Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande, Glen Powell, and Selena Gomez.

The young Donald Trump drama The Apprentice also earned nods for Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn. The president-elect referred to the movie as a “politically disgusting hatchet job” made by “human scum.”

Highlights from the nominations:

Best Motion Picture – Drama:

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Nickel Boys

September 5

Best Film – Musical or Comedy:

Wicked

Anora

Emilia Pérez

Challengers

A Real Pain

The Substance

Best Actor in a Drama:

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Daniel Craig, Queer

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Actress in a Drama:

Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl

Angelina Jolie, Maria

Nicole Kidman, Babygirl

Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door

Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Kate Winslet, Lee

Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical:

Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

Hugh Grant, Heretic

Gabriel LaBelle, Saturday Night

Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness

Glen Powell, Hit Man

Sebastian Stan, A Different Man

Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical:

Amy Adams, Nightbitch

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison, Anora

Demi Moore, The Substance

Zendaya, Challengers

Best Television Drama:

Shogun

The Diplomat

Slow Horses

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

The Day of the Jackal

Squid Game

Best Television Comedy or Musical:

Abbott Elementary

The Bear

Hacks

Nobody Wants This

Only Murders in the Building

The Gentlemen

Best Animated Film:

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Moana 2

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement:

Alien: Romulus

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Deadpool & Wolverine

Gladiator II

Inside Out 2

Twisters

Wicked

The Wild Robot

Conclave

The Brutalist

The Wild Robot

Emilia Pérez

Challengers

Dune: Part Two

This year’s lifetime achievement honorees are Ted Danson, receiving the Carol Burnett Award, and Viola Davis, who will be awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award. These honors will be presented at a gala dinner on January 3, ahead of the main event.

The Golden Globes will air on January 6, streaming live in India on Lionsgate Play

(with inputs from the Associated Press)