The film I’m Still Here was nominated for three categories at the 2025 Oscar. Actress Fernanda Torres was nominated for the Best Actress award. The Brazilian production, in turn, was nominated in two categories: Best Film and Best Foreign Film. The announcement was made late this Thursday morning (23), in Los Angeles (USA).
Fernanda Torres competes for the award with actresses Cynthia Erivo, Karla Sofía Gascón, Mikey Madison and Demi Moore. Already I’m Still Here competes in the Best Film category with Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Stranger, Conclave, Dune: Part 2, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, The Substance and Wicked.
In the Best Foreign Film category, the Brazilian production competes for the award with The Needle Girl (Denmark), Emilia Pérez (France), The Seed of the Sacred Fruit (Germany) and Flow (Latvia).
Fernanda Torres had already been awarded, at the beginning of the month, with the Golden Globe for best actress in the Drama category. This was the first time that the award was given to a Brazilian.
Fernanda Torres has already won the Golden Globe for her performance in I’m Still Here. Photo: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Reproduction prohibited
Family tradition
25 years ago, Fernanda Montenegro, mother of Fernanda Torres, competed in the same category for which her daughter was nominated at the 2025 Oscar for her celebrated performance in Central do Brasil, in 1998. She did not win, but the production won the Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Film category.
Both I’m Still Here and Central do Brasil were directed by filmmaker Walter Salles. This year’s Oscar awards ceremony is scheduled for March 2, also in Los Angeles.
“Pride”
On the social network Three Oscar nominations: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actress and, look, Best Picture. How proud! Kisses to Fernanda Torres and Walter Sales”, he wrote.
Actor Selton Mello, who plays the character Rubens Paiva in I’m Still Herealso celebrated the Brazilian film’s nominations for the 2025 Oscars. “Brazil at the top”, he wrote on his Instagram profile. He also posted a photo of himself alongside Fernanda Torres and Walter Salles.
