Paul Thomas Anderson’s film One Battle After Another was the big winner at this year’s Academy Awards, taking home six Oscar statuettes including those for Best Picture, Best Director and Adapted Screenplay. Sean Penn also took home the award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the film.
Writer/director Ryan Coogler’s tale of vampires in the Deep South during the Depression, Sinners, took home four Academy Awards including the one for Best Original Sreenplay. Sinners Director of Photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw is the first woman nominated in the category win in the Cinematography category. She is also the first woman to have shoot a 65mm IMAX feature film.
Sinners entered into the Academy Award season with a record sixteen nominations, with One Battle After Another in a close second place with thirteen nominations. Going through the awards season, the two films were often neck and neck in terms of honors from the various guilds and critics groups.
Another history making moment came in the Live Action Short Films category, where two of the nominees – The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva. Ties have previously only happened six times in Academy history, the last being in 2012 for Sound Editing (Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty). This is the second tie in the short film, with Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life and Trevor sharing the award in 1994. Presenter Kumail Nanjiani quipped, “Ironic that the short film category is going to twice as long.”
Here is the complete list of winners –
Best Picture
One Battle After Another
Best Director
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Actor
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Best Supporting Actor
Sean Penn – One Battle after Another
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Best Original Score
Sinners
Best Live-Action Short
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best Animated Short
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Best Adapted Screenplay
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Original Screenplay
Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Best Casting
One Battle After Another
Best Costume Design
Frankenstein
Best Original Song
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
Best Documentary Feature
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Best Documentary Short
All the Empty Rooms
Best International Feature
Norway – Sentimental Value
Best Animated Feature
KPop Demon Hunters
Best Film Editing
One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
Best Production Design
Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell
Best Cinematography
Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Best Sound
F1
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
