French director Jacques Audiard's musical Emilia Pérez, about a Mexican drug lord, is a frontrunner for the Academy Awards. But its depiction of the country is stoking criticism.

Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language cartel musical has garnered a lot of buzz this Oscar season — good and bad. Here's everything to know about the 'Emilia Pérez' discourse.

Netflix has become the most nominated studio at the Oscars 2025, with 18 nominations in total. To no one's surprise, Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez has earned most of them.

Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón has become the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy Award.

What it is: A musical crime movie about a cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) who undergoes gender transition, Emilia Pérez received the most nominations of any movie at this year’s Oscars.

"Emilia Perez" leads the Oscar awards nomination from Netflix, followed by 'Anuja' and the full list is below.

French director Jacques Audiard told AFP Thursday that he was "extremely thrilled" after his film "Emilia Perez" shattered the record for the most Oscar nominations for a non-English-language film on Thursday.

Actors Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announced the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards. Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” a Spanish-language, French-made film, dominated the nominations with a leading 13 nominations,

French director Jacques Audiard's Mexico-set movie, released by Netflix, shattered the record for the most Academy Award nominations for a non-English-language film.

An embattled movie industry has lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday

Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language, French-made film dominated the nominations with a leading 13 nominations, including best picture and best actress for Karla Sophia Gascon, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar.