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Oscars 2025: What you need to know about this year's film awards

There’s less than a week until the 97th Academy Awards.

The Academy Awards take place this Sunday in Los Angeles concluding this year’s awards season. It’s been an unpredictable one with films Conclave, Emilia Perez and The Brutalist sweeping up big prizes at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and the SAG Awards. They’ll face blockbuster hits Dune: Part Two and Wicked in the Best Film category at the Oscars.

We speak to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Culture Reporter Yasmin Rufo about what topics and controversies have got film fans, voters and critics speaking this season.

Plus we hear how artificial intelligence is being used in film and why it’s controversial from Dominic Lees, an Associate Professor and AI Expert at the University of Reading in the UK.

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