Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the 93rd Academy Awards were held on Sunday amidst closed doors in the presence of only nominees, their guests, and presenters at multiple locations.
Best Picture award was bagged by Nomadland which is based on the community of van dwellers of Western America. Chloe Zhao won the best director award for Nomadland while Frances McDormand won the best actress award, her third Oscar which made her join the elite club of Meryl Streep, Daniel Day Lewis, and Jack Nicholson who won three acting Oscars.
The best actor award was won by the veteran Anthony Hopkins for The Father who won earlier for his performance in The Silence of the Lambs.
The most popular film Tenet has won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects and the popular digital platform Netflix bagged the award for Best Animated Short Film for If Anything Happens I Love You.
The complete list of winners :
Best Picture
Nomadland
Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Best Actress
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minnari
Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Production Design
Mank
Best Cinematography
Mank
Best Animated Feature Film
Soul
Best Animated Short Film
If Anything Happens I Love You
Best Live-Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette
Best Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher
Best Sound
Sound of Metal
Best Visual Effects
Tenet
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father
Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman
Best Original Score
Soul
Best Original Song
Fight for You
Best Film Editing
Sound of Metal
