«Oscar» has taken place: On March 11, early in the morning Kyiv time, the 96th ceremony of the main film award ended in Los Angeles. Traditionally, the Academy Awards were handed out at the «Dolby Theater. We summarize how it went, who won and who left empty-handed.
In Ukraine, the «Oscar» award ceremony was exclusively broadcast by the «Suspilne Kultura» TV channel. It was the fourth time that the famous comedian and TV presenter Jimmy Kimmel hosted the event
The film awards season is behind us, and the most important film confrontation of 2023 is between «Oppenheimer» Christopher Nolan and «Barbie» Greta Gerwig. And most importantly for Ukraine: a Ukrainian documentary«20 days in Mariupol» won «Oscar» in the category «Best Documentary» — no other Ukrainian film has ever managed to do so. From the very beginning, we, along with others, predicted to him winning the Oscar race. This is a good addition to the long list of achievements of the Pulitzer Prize-winning film by Mstislav Chernov and Yevhen Maloletka about the siege of Mariupol in February-March 2022, Victory. We sincerely hope that this will help draw greater international attention to the crimes committed by the Russians. Here is what Mstyslav Chernov said in his speech:
«I wish I had never made this movie. I would like to exchange it for Russia never attacking Ukraine, never occupying our cities, never killing tens of thousands of my fellow Ukrainians».
The leader in the number of statuettes this year is — of course «Oppenheimer». This season «Oppenheimer» — the absolute leader in the number of awards: «Golden Globe», BAFTA, Critics Choice Awards, the Directors and Producers Guild of America Award and, finally, the «Oscar». In addition to the main award for Best Picture, Christopher Nolan’s dramatic biopic about the father of the nuclear bomb won 6 more statuettes, including awards for directing, best actor and actress, and technical (editing, soundtrack and cinematography). Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. won their first «Oscars» in their careers.
The second place in terms of the number of statuettes goes to «Poor Creatures» —, which won only four awards out of 11 nominations, three of them in technical categories. But the film adaptation of Yorgos Lanthimos’s postmodern version of Frankenstein brought Emma Stone the second «Oscar» in her career.
«Anatomy of a Fall», «American Horror Story» and won only one «Oscar» each with a considerable number of nominations, but they won important awards (for screenplays). Da’Vyn Joy Randolph won a «Oscar» for supporting actress in «The Departed», who had been involved in a scandal the day before over plagiarism allegations.
Greta Gerwig’s «Barbie» has only one award — for «Best Song». Billie Eilish with «What Was I Made For» won here, becoming the youngest two-time winner of the «Oscar» for «Best Song» (in 2022, Eilish won the «No Time to Die» award for «No Time to Die»).
Wes Anderson Didn’t Go Home Empty-Handed — the short adventure comedy «The Remarkable Story of Henry Sugar» for Netflix brought one of the greatest directors of our time the first «Oscar» of his career. Hayao Miyazaki also won a «Oscar» — his «The Boy and the Heron» won the «Best Animated Feature» award. By the way, this is the third «Oscar» in the career of the 83-year-old genius Japanese animator (in 2002 he was honored for «Spirited Away», and in 2014 — for outstanding services to cinema).
This time, Martin Scorsese and Bradley Cooper were left without awards and will go home empty-handed, although «Full Moon Killers» was nominated for 10 awards, and «Maestro» — for 7.
🏆«Oppenheimer» / Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
«American Fiction» / American Fiction (Amazon MGM Studios)«Anatomy of a Fall» / Anatomy of a Fall (Le Pacte)«Barbie» / Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)«The Holdovers» / The Holdovers (Universal Pictures)«Killers of the Flower Moon» / Killers of the Flower Moon (Paramount Pictures)«Maestro» / Maestro (Sikelia Productions, Netflix)«Past Lives» / Past Lives (A24)«Poor Creatures» / Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)«Zone of Interest» / The Zone of Interest (A24)
🏆Christopher Nolan («Oppenheimer»)
Justine Trieu («Anatomy of a Fall»)Martin Scorsese («Full Moon Killers»)Yorgos Lanthimos («Poor creatures»)Jonathan Glaser («Area of Interest»)
🏆Killian Murphy («Oppenheimer»)
Bradley Cooper («Maestro»)Colman Domingo («Rustin»)Paul Giamatti («Left»)Jeffrey Wright («American Fiction»)
🏆Emma Stone («Poor creatures»)
Annette Bening («NNSA»)Lily Gladstone («Full Moon Killers»)Sandra Guller («Anatomy of a Fall»)Carey Mulligan («Maestro»)
🏆Robert Downey Jr. («Oppenheimer»)
Sterling K. Brown («American Fiction»)
Robert De Niro («Full Moon Killers»)
Ryan Gosling(«Barbie»)
Mark Ruffalo («Poor creatures»)
🏆Da’Vyn Joy Randolph («Leftovers»)
Emily Blunt («Oppenheimer»)Daniel Brooks («The Color Purple»)America Ferrera («Barbie»)Jodie Foster («NNAD»)
🏆«American fiction»«Barbie»«Oppenheimer»«Poor creatures»«Area of interest»
🏆«Anatomy of a fall»«Remaining»«Maestro»«May, December»«Past lives»
🏆«Area of interest» /The Zone of Interest (UK)
«I — captain» / Io Capitano (Italy)«Perfect Days» / Perfect Days (Japan)«Snow Community» / Society of the Snow (Spain)«The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany)
🏆«The Boy and the Heron» / The Boy and the Heron«Elements» / Elemental«Nimona» / Nimona«Robot Dreams» / Robot Dreams«Spider-Man: Across the Universe» / Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
🏆War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
🏆«What Was I Made For?» («Barbie»)«The Fire Inside» (Flamin’ Hot)«I’m Just Ken» («Barbie»)«It Never Went Away» («American Symphony»)«Wahzhazhe» («Killers of the flower full moon»
🏆«Area of interest»
«Creator»
«Maestro»
«Mission impossible: Reckoning. Part One»
«Oppenheimer»
🏆«Oppenheimer»
«Graph» / El Conde«Killers of the flower full moon»«Maestro»«Poor creatures»
🏆«20 days in Mariupol» (Ukraine)
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Uganda, UK, USA)
The Eternal Memory (Chile)
Four Daughters (France, Germany, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia)
To Kill a Tiger (Canada)
🏆The Last Repair Shop
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó
🏆«The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar» / The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
«Red, White and Royal Blue» / Red, White and Blue
🏆«Poor creatures»
«Barbie»
«Full Moon Killers»
«Napoleon»
«Oppenheimer»
🏆«Poor creatures»
«Barbie»«Killers of the flower full moon»«Napoleon»«Oppenheimer»
🏆«Oppenheimer»
«Anatomy of a fall»
«Remaining»
«Killers of the flower full moon»
«Poor things»
🏆«Poor creatures»
«Gold»«Maestro»«Oppenheimer»«
Snow community»
🏆«Godzilla: Minus one»
«Creator»«Guardians of the Galaxy 3»«Mission impossible: Reckoning. Part one»«Napoleon»
🏆«Oppenheimer»
«American fiction»«Indiana Jones and the Relic of Destiny»«Killers of the flower full moon»«Poor creatures»
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