Oscars 2025 recap: Biggest moments from the 97th Academy Awards

The Oscar for best international feature film went to "I'm Still Here" from Brazil.

Walter Salles, who directed the film, dedicated the win to Eunice Paiva, the real-life lawyer and activist portrayed by actress Fernanda Torres in the film.

"This goes to a woman who, after a loss suffered during an authoritarian regime, decided not to bend and to resist," Salles said.

Other films nominated in the category included "The Girl with the Needle" (Denmark), "Emilia Pérez" (France), "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" (Germany) and "Flow" (Latvia).

Lol Crawley won the Oscar for best cinematography for "The Brutalist."

Other nominees in the category included Greig Fraser for "Dune: Part Two," Paul Guilhaume for "Emilia Pérez," Ed Lachman for "Maria" and Jarin Blaschke for "Nosferatu."

Morgan Freeman remembered late actor Gene Hackman in a touching tribute before the In Memoriam segment.

“This week, our community lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend, Gene Hackman," Freeman said, adding that Hackman had "received two Oscars, but more importantly, he won the hearts of film lovers all over the world."

He continued, "Gene always said, 'I don't think about legacy. I just hope people remember me as someone who tried to do good work.'"

"I think I speak for us all when I say, Gene, you will be remembered for that and so much more," he concluded. "Rest in peace, my friend."

Freeman then introduced the In Memoriam segment, remembering lives lost over the last year.

Names highlighted in the segment included Gena Rowlands, Maggie Smith, filmmaker Jeff Baena, Bob Newhart, Kris Kristofferson, Teri Garr, Cheng Pei-Pei, John Amos, Bill Cobbs, Joan Plowright, Anouk Aimée, Donald Sutherland, Art Evans, songwriter Richard M. Sherman, Louis Gossett Jr., producer Jon Landau, Shelley Duvall, director David Lynch, James Earl Jones.

The Oscar for best live action short film went to "I'm Not a Robot."

Other films nominated in the category included "A Lien," "Anuja," "The Last Ranger" and "The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent."