93rd Academy Awards Showcase Changes, ‘Nomadland’ as Best Picture, and More

Well now, here we are. The Oscars are in the books. And you know what? Up until the end of the show, I was mostly okay with the changes that Steven Soderbergh and company instituted. After all, this Academy Award ceremony is different than any other, so the 93rd Academy Awards should be unique. Moving Best Picture from the end, though? Nope, that’s a bridge too far. Not only did you take the moment away from Nomadland, the clear plan was to showcase Chadwick Boseman in Best Actor, but that backfired! In the end, Anthony Hopkins pulled the upset. More to come tomorrow, but for now, the result are below. Make of them what you will…

Here now are your 93rd Academy Award winners:

Best Picture
Nomadland (WINNER)
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father (WINNER)
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland (WINNER)
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari (WINNER)
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah (WINNER)
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Director
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (WINNER)
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father (Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller) (WINNER)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja & Dan Swimer)
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)
One Night in Miami (Kemp Powers)
The White Tiger (Ramin Bahrani)

Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell) (WINNER)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas & Kenny Lucas)
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)
Sound of Metal (Derek Cianfrance, Abraham Marder & Darius Marder)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin)

Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (WINNER)
Emma
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio

Best Original Score
Soul (WINNER)
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World

Best Animated Short Film
If Anything Happens I Love You (WINNER)
Burrow
Genius Loci
Opera
Yes-People

Best Live-Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers (WINNER)
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
White Eye

Best Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher (WINNER)
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
Time

Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette (WINNER)
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha

Best International Feature Film
Denmark, Another Round (WINNER)
Hong Kong, Better Days
Romania, Collective
Tunisia, The Man Who Sold His Skin
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Quo Vadis, Aida?

Best Sound
Sound of Metal (WINNER)
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul

Best Production Design
Mank (WINNER)
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
News of the World
Tenet

Best Film Editing
Sound of Metal (WINNER)
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Cinematography
Mank (WINNER)
Judas and the Black Messiah
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Visual Effects
Tenet (WINNER)
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan

Best Animated Feature Film
Soul (WINNER)
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Wolfwalkers

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (WINNER)
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Mank
Pinocchio

Best Original Song
“Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah (WINNER)
“Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
“lo Sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)
“Speak Now” from One Night in Miami
“Hear My Voice” from The Trial of the Chicago 7

Stay tuned for more analysis during the week…