The Oscar Awards 2023 took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles last night, US time (early today morning, India time). Jimmy Kimmel was back as the host at the 95th Academy Awards, the third time that he has hosted the awards.
As expected, two films swept the Oscars Awards 2023 – last year’s breakout hit, ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ won an impressive seven Oscars, including crucial ones such as Best Film, Direction, Screenplay and Best Actress. Netflix’s seminal anti-war film ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ won four Oscars, including Best International Feature Film.
India made its presence felt at the Oscars, and strongly at that. Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga won the Oscar for ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ in the Best Documentary Short Film category. And then ‘Naatu Naatu’ created history by winning the Oscar Award for Best Original Song, bringing accolades for its music director M.M. Keeravani.
The stage was set with a resounding live performance of ‘Naatu Naatu’, the electrifying number from S.S. Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’. The live performance by singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava brought the house down, and earned them a standing ovation from the élite crowd gathered at the Dolby Theater.
The Oscars 2023 made several new records too. Michelle Yeoh made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the Best Actress Oscar Award. Ruth E. Carter became the first Black woman to win multiple Oscars in any category. She won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. It was her second Oscar overall – her first Oscar award came in 2019 for Black Panther.
Here’s the complete list of Oscar winners at the 95th Academy Awards –
Best Picture
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang
Best Directing
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Brendan Fraser
‘The Whale’
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Michelle Yeoh
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Ke Huy Quan
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Jamie Lee Curtis
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
‘Women Talking’
Sarah Polley
Best Animated Feature Film
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
Best International Feature Film
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Germany
Best Documentary Feature Film
‘Navalny’
Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
Best Documentary Short Film
‘The Elephant Whisperers’
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
Best Live Action Short
‘An Irish Goodbye’
Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Best Animated Short Film
‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
Best Cinematography
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
James Friend
Best Original Score –
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Volker Bertelmann
Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR
Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyrics by Chandrabose
Best Film Editing
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Paul Rogers
Best Sound
‘Top Gun: Maverick’
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
‘The Whale’
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley
Best Costume Design
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Ruth E. Carter
Best Production Design
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
Best Visual Effects
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett