The 93rd annual Academy Awards were held last night at the Dolby Theatre and Union Station in Los Angeles. Though considerably delayed by Covid 19 concerns, the Oscars are finally out and the winners, more than deserving.
The 93rd Oscar Awards were unique in that there were no hosts for the ceremony. Oscars 2020 winners Laura Dern, Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt and Renée Zellweger presented the Awards, in addition to Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Bong Joon Ho, Don Cheadle, Bryan Cranston, Harrison Ford, Regina King, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon and Zendaya.
This year can be counted as the most inclusive and diverse Oscars ever. Chloé Zhao made history to become the first woman of colour to win the Oscar for Best Director, and only the second woman overall, after Kathryn Bigelow won Best Director in 2010 (The Hurt Locker).
The Oscars did not throw up too many surprises this year, with most predictions coming true. The only Awards miss that did surprise was Chadwick Boseman not winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. That honour went to Anthony Hopkins for The Father, though Boseman was the preferred choice for most Oscar predictions before the Awards night.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given away awards for outstanding work in 23 categories.
Here is the complete list of winners in all 23 categories –
Best Picture
NOMINEES –
The Father
Judas And The Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound Of Metal
The Trial Of The Chicago 7
WINNER –
Nomadland
Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers
Best Actor in a Leading Role
NOMINEES –
Riz Ahmed
Chadwick Boseman
Anthony Hopkins
Gary Oldman
Steven Yeun
WINNER –
Anthony Hopkins
The Father
Best Actress in a Leading Role
NOMINEES –
Viola Davis
Andra Day
Vanessa Kirby
Frances McDormand
Carey Mulligan
WINNER –
Frances McDormand
Nomadland
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
NOMINEES –
Sacha Baron Cohen
Daniel Kaluuya
Leslie Odom Jr
Paul Raci
Lakeith Stanfeld
WINNER –
Daniel Kaluuya
Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Actress in a Supporting Role –
NOMINEES –
Maria Bakalova
Glenn Close
Olivia Colman
Amanda Seyfried
Yuh-Jung Youn
WINNER –
Yuh-Jung Youn
Minari
Best Director
NOMINEES –
Thomas Vinterberg
David Fincher
Lee Isaac Chung
Chloe Zhao
Emerald Fennell
WINNER –
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao
Best Adapted Screenplay
NOMINEES –
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night In Miami
The White Tiger
WINNER –
The Father
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Best Original Screenplay
NOMINEES –
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
WINNER –
Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell
Best Original Score
NOMINEES –
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
WINNER –
Soul
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
Best Original Song
NOMINEES –
Fight For You, Judas
Hear My Voice, Chicago 7
Husavik, European Song Contest
Io Si, The Life Ahead
Speak Now, One Night In Miami
WINNER –
Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah
Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
Best International Feature Film
NOMINEES –
Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vida, Aida?
WINNER –
Another Round
Denmark
Best Cinematography
NOMINEES –
Judas and The Black Messiah
Mank
News Of the World
Nomadland
The Trial Of the Chicago 7
WINNER –
Mank
Erik Messerschmidt
Best Animated Feature Film –
NOMINEES –
Onward
Over The Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie
Soul
Wolfwalkers
WINNER –
Soul
Pete Docter and Dana Murray
Best Film Editing
NOMINEES –
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound Of Metal
The Trial Of The Chicago 7
WINNER –
Sound of Metal
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
Best Production Design
NOMINEES –
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
News Of The World
Tenet
WINNER –
Mank
Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Best Sound
NOMINEES –
Greyhound
Mank
News Of The World
Soul
Sound Of Metal
WINNER –
Sound of Metal
Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
Best Visual Effects
NOMINEES –
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet
WINNER –
Tenet
Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
Best Costume Design
NOMINEES –
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio
WINNER –
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ann Roth
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
NOMINEES –
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
WINNER –
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
Best Documentary Feature
NOMINEES –
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time
WINNER –
My Octopus Teacher
Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
Best Documentary Short Subject
NOMINEES –
Colette
A Concerto Is A Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song For Natasha
WINNER –
Colette
Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
Best Animated Short Film
NOMINEES –
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
WINNER –
If Anything Happens I Love You
Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Best Live Action Short Film
NOMINEES –
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
WINNER –
Two Distant Strangers
Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
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