Academy Awards: All the winners and losers from the Oscars ceremony celebrating the best in film industry
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Anora was crowned best picture and won five of the six awards for which it was nominated.
Its lead star Mikey Madison pulled off an upset when she beat out Demi Moore in best actress but there was no stopping the Anora momentum.
Its writer, director, producer and editor Sean Baker equalled a 1954 record set by Walt Disney of the most wins by one person in a single year.
But even with Anora’s triumph, it was a year that rewarded many films, reflecting the unpredictable and open race nature of this awards season.
The Brutalist, which went in with 10 nominations, won three gongs including best actor for Adrien Brody, as well as in cinematography and original score.
Emilia Perez picked up two, one for Zoe Saldana in the supporting actress competition and the other in original song. Wicked won two technical awards for costume design and production design while Dune: Part Two won in sound and visual effects.
Conclave, the other best picture leading contender, won in adapted screenplay.
Kieran Culkin won in supporting actor for A Real Pain, the only person who managed to beat Anora in any category.
In international feature, Brazilian film I’m Still Here beat out Emilia Perez and The Seed of the Sacred Fig while Latvian film Flow pulled off a surprise win in animated feature.
The ceremony was hosted by Conan O’Brien and featured an opening performance from Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
In a break from tradition, none of the nominated original songs were performed but, hey, everyone cares more about “Defying Gravity” (which is not eligible because it originated on Broadway) while there were also musical tributes to Quincy Jones and the James Bond franchise.
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Key Events
Morgan Freeman pays tribute to Gene Hackman
Morgan Freeman gives a special tribute to Gene Hackman in the lead to the In Memoriam section.
“He always said, ‘I don’t think about legacy, I just hope people remember me as someone who tried to do good work. So, I think I speak for all of us when I say, he will be remembered for that and so much more. Rest in peace, my friend.”
The segment opens with Maggie Smith and among those it recognised include Kris Kristofferson, Jeff Baena, Teri Garr, Roger Corman, Cheng Pei-Pei, John Amos, Robert Towne, Bob Newhart, Charles Shyer, Joan Plowright, Anouk Aimee, Donald Sutherland, Richard M. Sherman, Louis Gossett Jr, Jon Laudau, Shelley Duvall, David Lynch and James Earl Jones.
I’m Not a Robot wins live action short
Winner Victoria Warmerdam ended her speech on a sweet note, with a message to her creative and life partner. “We level-headed Dutch people don’t say this often, but I love you.”
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
A Lien
Anuja
I’m Not a Robot - WINNER
The Last Ranger
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Dune makes it a double
Those sandworms were seriously impressive. Tell me you didn’t gasp.
Dune takes out the award for visual effects.
Both the VFX and the sound teams thanked director Denis Villeneuve.
VISUAL EFFECTS
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two - WINNER
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
Dune wins in sound
The first Dune film dominated the below-the-line categories a few years ago so it’s only right the sequel is recognised for its many technical feats.
This Oscar goes to its sound team.
SOUND
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two - WINNER
Emilia Perez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
No Other Land wins doco feature
More proof that Selena Gomez matches up well with an older actor, she and Samuel L. Jackson have good chemistry as presenters for the pair of doco gongs.
The feature winner No Other Land is a political choice. It explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the West Bank and the film has not been able to secure distribution in the US.
No Other Land is streamable in Australia on DocPlay.
Basal Adra, the filmmaker, said, “About two months ago, I became a father and I hope for my daughter that she will not have to live the same life, the life I’m living now, always fearing violence, home demolitions and displacements, that my community is living and facing every day on the reservation.
“No Other Land reflects the harsh reality we have been enduring for decades and still persis as we call the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people.”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land - WINNER
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat
Sugarcane
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Death by Numbers
I Am Ready, Warden
Incident
Instruments of a Beating Heart
The Only Girl in the Orchestra - WINNER
Original song sings, but not actually
Normally, there would be live performances of the nominated songs but the producers opted not to this year, probably because none of them (sorry) were that stand-out. Hence, the very long nominations package.
“El Mal” from Emilia Perez wins, beating out another song from the film as well as perennial nominee songwriter Diane Warren, who is on her 16th nomination with no wins, so far.
Winners Clement Ducol and Camille awkwardly close out their speech by singing while filmmaker Jacques Audiard, also a credited songwriter, hovers in the background. Weird.
ORIGINAL SONG
“El Mal”, Emilia Perez - WINNER
“The Journey”, Six Triple Eight
“Like a Bird”, Sing Sing
“Mi Camino”, Emilia Perez
“Never Too Late”, Elton John: Never Too Late
The wonderful world of Wicked
Wicked takes its second expected Oscar, this time for production design. Those sets, those tulips, were incredible.
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked - WINNER
If that voice sounds familiar...
... the announcer this ceremony is Nick Offerman, who had a little playful tete-a-tete with Conan O’Brien earlier.
Zoe Saldana cements her awards season
Zoe Saldana was considered the easy favourite to win tonight, having swept the whole season for her performance in Emilia Perez.
Is it really a supporting performance? Not really. It is arguably the lead. But there’s no denying the power of Saldana’s work. She drove that film.
An emotional Saldana said, “My grandmother came to this country in 1961. I am a proud child of immigrant parents with dreams and dignity and hard-working hands.
“I am the first American of Dominican origin to accept an Academy Award and I know I will not be the last. I hold the fact that I am getting an award for a role where I got to sing and speak in Spanish, my grandmother, if she were here, would be so delighted.”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez - WINNER
Anora takes editing gong
Sean Baker has won his second individual Oscar for editing Anora.
Editing is a key award for any eventual best picture winner and Anora is now firming as the favourite.
Baker is nominated for four awards tonight, which in addition to his writing and editing now-wins are for directing and producing the best picture.
If Bakers sweeps all four, he will become only the second person in Oscars history to win four statuettes in one night. The other was Walt Disney in 1954.
It’s unusual for the director to also be the editor but Baker has always served as his own.
On his editing win, Baker joked, “I truly appreciate the recognition for this because, god, if you saw that footage, I saved this film in the edit, trust me. That director should never work again!
“No, truly, I consider editing to be half of my directing and one-third of my screenwriting.”
FILM EDITING
Anora - WINNER
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Wicked
