UNITED STATES: This year’s Academy Awards were held uniquely as the attendees observed social distancing while going maskless. The awards were held at both the Dolby Theatre and Union Station. All nominees and guests attending the prestigious ceremony had undergone a minimum of two COVID-19 tests and were not required to wear a face mask while the cameras were rolling.
The ceremony was delayed due to the pandemic and took place two months after the originally planned date. The 93rd Academy Awards began with American actress-director Regina King grabbing an Oscar statue in Los Angeles and walking it inside while credits rolled featuring the show’s presenters. Just like 2020, there was no host in this year’s award ceremony.
Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win the Academy Award. Zhao won the prestigious award for the best director for Western drama ‘Nomadland’. Veteran actor Anthony Hopkins won the Best Actor award for his exceptional performance in ‘The Father’. This is Hopkins’ second Academy Award. He won his first Oscar for the 1991 thriller ‘The Silence of the Lambs’.
Actress-producer Frances McDormand bagged the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in ‘Nomadland’. McDormand is a recipient of three Oscar awards in total. She has previously won the golden statuette for ‘Fargo’ and ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ in 1997 and 2018 respectively. Korean actress Yuh-Jung Youn won the award for the Best Actress in a Supporting role for ‘Minari’. On the other hand, Daniel Kaluuya won the Academy Award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’.
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Maintaining its tradition like every year, The Academy Awards in the Memoriam section paid tributes to the filmmakers and artists who passed away in 2020. Along with legendary actors like Sean Connery and Ian Holmes, versatile Indian actor Irrfan Khan was also remembered.
Previously, Indian actress Priyanka Chopra and her husband Nick Jonas had unveiled the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards on March 15.
List of winners of the 93rd Academy Awards 2021:
Best Picture
Nomadland
Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Best Actress
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minnari
Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Production Design
Mank
Best Cinematography
Mank
Best Animated Feature Film
Soul
Best Animated Short Film
If Anything Happens I Love You
Best Live-Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette
Best Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher
Best Sound
Sound of Metal
Best Visual Effects
Tenet
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father
Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman
Best Original Score
Soul
Best Original Song
Fight for You
Best Film Editing
Sound of Metal
