The 95th annual Academy Awards, popularly known as Oscars, saw foreign films and artists winning big on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
The German-language war epic All Quiet on the Western Front and the multiverse action-comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once won the most awards and were the highlight of the night. Everything Everywhere…won seven awards, while All Quiet…won four awards. The latter is an adaptation of a 1929 anti-war novel.
The night was special in one more sense, a big number of Asian artists were nominated in performance categories. One of them was 60-year-old Michelle Yeoh, its first Asian best actress. His co-star in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ke Huy Quan won the best supporting actor award.
It was also a special night for India which made history by winning in two categories. One of them being winning best original song which “Naatu Naatu” song from RRR took away home.
Here is a complete list of winners.
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Brenden Fraser, The Whale
Best Actor In Supporting Role:
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Director:
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Animated Feature Film:
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley)
Best Cinematography:
James Friend, All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Costume Design:
Ruth Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best Documentary Feature Film:
Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris, Navalny
Best Documentary Short Film:
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, The Elephant Whisperers
Best Film Editing:
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best International Feature Film:
All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley, The Whale
Best Music (Original Score):
Volker Bertelmann, All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Music (Original Song):
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR, with music by MM Keeravaani and lyrics by Chandrabose
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay):
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Best Writing (Original Screenplay):
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Production Design:
All Quiet on the Western Front, with production design from Christian M Goldbeck and set decoration from Ernestine Hipper
Best Short Film (Animated):
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse
Best Short Film (Live Action):
Tom Berkeley and Ross White, An Irish Goodbye
Best Sound:
Mark Weingarten, James H Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects:
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett, Avatar: The Way of Water
