Deadline Launches Its Contenders Film: The Nominees Streaming Site

The Deadline Team

10 February 2025 at 12:00 pm·1-min read

Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site for Contenders Film: The Nominees, the annual showcase where the cast and creatives of some of this year’s Oscar-nominated films gather to take deeper dives into the making of their movies and the paths that got them to this point.

A total of nine movies participated in the virtual event that took place Saturday, spanning several categories from Best Picture to Animated Feature and Documentary Feature to Live Action Short Films.

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This year’s lineup included in-front-of and behind-the-scenes talent from Best Picture nominees Anora from Neon, Wicked from Universal Pictures and Nickel Boys from Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios. They were joined by a trio of Animated Features in Inside Out 2 from Disney/Pixar, Memoir of a Snail from IFC Films and The Wild Robot from DreamWorks Animation.

Also featured Saturday were the directors behind the Documentary Feature Sugarcane from National Geographic Documentary Films, and the directors and producers of Live Action Shorts The Last Ranger from Six Feet Films and I’m Not a Robot from OAK Motion Pictures.

The event culminated Deadline’s Contenders Film run for this awards season, a stretch that began with Contenders Film: London in October, Contenders Film: Los Angeles in November and Contenders Film: International and Contenders Film: Documentary in December.

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