The 93rd Academy Awards held at the Union Station in Los Angeles delivered on the promise by the Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts to open it’s doors to inclusion and diversity. This was a reaction to the backlash of the awards ceremony in recent times especially the #OscarsSoWhite protests of 2015 and 2016, when its acting nominees were all white. This year’s Oscar Awards was a celebration of diversity as nine of the 20 acting nominations went to people of color.
Nomadland scooped three Oscars including best picture, while British stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Daniel Kaluuya won acting awards. Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao made history as the first woman of colour and second woman to win best female director.
Sir Anthony became the oldest acting winner, earning his second Oscar at the age of 83, while Kaluuya is the first black British actor to win. Frances McDormand won best actress for her role in Nomadland, while veteran South Korean actress Yuh-Jung Youn won best supporting actress for Minari.
The trophies were handed out in one of the grand halls at Los Angeles’s stylish Union Station to allow for a Covid-safe ceremony, while many UK-based nominees were at a venue in London.
Meanwhile, Mank, which led the nominations with 10, picked up two awards, as did Sound of Metal, Judas and the Black Messiah, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Soul.
Full list of winners
Best Picture
Nomadland
Best Director
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah — WINNER
Best Original Song
“Fight For You,” Judas and the Black Messiah — music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II, lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
Best Original Score
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, Soul
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father
Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman
Best Cinematography
Erik Messerschmidt, Mank
Best Animated Short Film
If Anything Happens I Love You
Best Live Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers
Best Animated Feature Film
Soul
Best Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette
Best International Feature Film
Another Round, Denmark
Best Achievement in Sound
Sound of Metal
Best Film Editing
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal
Best Visual Effects
Tenet
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Production Design
Mank
Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom