11th Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Nominations: ‘A Complete Unknown,’ The Substance,’ ‘Wicked’ and More

The Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) has today announced the 2025 nominees for Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film.

The nominees for Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film:

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

CONCLAVE

DUNE: PART TWO

THE SUBSTANCE

WICKED

The AMPS Excellence in Sound for Feature Film award recognizes outstanding contributions from sound professionals who bring cinematic stories to life through the power of sound and honors key roles including Production Sound Mixer, Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor, Supervising Sound Editor or Sound Designer, and Re-recording Mixer. Production Sound Mixers can nominate a Key 1st Assistant Sound for exceptional contributions, ensuring all critical team members are acknowledged.

Now in itheir 12th year, the AMPS awards honor the creativity and dedication of professionals across five categories: Feature Films, plus Television Dramas, Factual Films, Production and Post-Production Audio Products, whose nominees can be found here.  

The AMPS Awards are a key part of the awards season calendar, with past winners frequently going on to achieve BAFTA and Oscar success. The Zone of Interest, winner of the 2024 AMPS Feature Film Sound award, continued the strong record of AMPS winners, meaning that over the past 11 years, AMPS Feature Film Sound recipients have gone on to win the BAFTA on 10 occasions and the Academy Award 7 times.

Established in 1989, AMPS is a UK-based Craft Guild with a community of almost 600 members, including many BAFTA and Oscar nominees and winners.

The final ballot for the Feature Film award will open January 11 and close January 21, with the winner set to be announced on January 23. 

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