Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The 93rd Academy Awards or Oscars 2021 ceremony took place at the traditional venue of Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles plus the Union Station. This year was been the most diverse list of nominees in the history of the Academy award to some of the iconic winners.
The Academy Award 2021 was organised without any host for the third consecutive year. As per the official report, Nomadlandwon the Best Picture and Director Chloe Zhao became the second women in 93 years ever to win an Oscar for Best Director for the same movie. Anthony Hopkins won the Best Actor Award for his performance in The Father beating late actor Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Frances McDormand bagged her third Best Actress Award whereas Yuh-Jung Youn becoming the first Korean performer to win an Academy Award in the acting category for her performance in Minari.
But the most special moment during this year Oscars was when Irrfan Khan and Bhanu Athaiya were honoured in the “In Memoriam”. Both the late celebrities were the Indian film personalities honoured in the “In Memoriam” montage. Sean Connery and Chadwick Boseman were also among many others that the Academy remembered in the special tribute segment.
Even Oscar nominee Angela Bassett gave a speech with the tribute, which was shown in the form of a video clip and was a homage to achievers the world of screen lost over the past year, including actors, writers, directors, and technicians.
Actor Irrfan Khan who passed away last year in Mumbai at the age of 53 after a two-year battle with neuroendocrine tumour, earned global recognition with his work in projects such as “The Warrior”, “The Namesake”, “Slumdog Millionaire”, “The Amazing Spider-Man”, “Life Of Pi”, “Jurassic World” and “Inferno”.
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Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya who passed away at her residence in Mumbai after prolonged illness last year was the first Indian to win an Oscar for her work in Sir Richard Attenborough’s much-feted classic of 1982, “Gandhi”. In 2012, Athaiya returned her Oscar to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for safekeeping.
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The Full List of Winners-
Best Picture
“Nomadland” – WINNER
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
“Mank”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Minari”
“The Father”
“Sound of Metal”
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
Best Actor
Chadwick Boseman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Anthony Hopkins – “The Father” – WINNER
Riz Ahmed – “Sound of Metal”
Gary Oldman – “Mank”
Steven Yeun – “Minari”
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan – “Promising Young Woman”
Frances McDormand – “Nomadland” – WINNER
Vanessa Kirby – “Pieces of a Woman”
Viola Davis – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Andra Day – “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
Best Original Screenplay
“Judas and the Black Messiah,” Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, Kenneth Lucas
“Minari,” Lee Isaac Chung
“Promising Young Woman,” Emerald Fennell – WINNER
“Sound of Metal,” Abraham Marder, Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance
“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Aaron Sorkin
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Nina Pedrad, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Swimer
“The Father,” Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller – WINNER
“Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao
“One Night in Miami,” Kemp Powers
“The White Tiger,” Ramin Bahrani
Best International Feature Film
“Another Round” (Denmark) – WINNER
“Better Days” (Hong Kong)
“Collective” (Romania)
“The Man Who Sold His Skin” (Tunisia)
“Quo Vadis, Aida?”(Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) – WINNER
Leslie Odom, Jr. (“One Night in Miami”)
Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”)
LaKeith Stanfield (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Make-up and Hairstyling
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson – WINNER
“Emma” – Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
“Hillbilly Elegy” – Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
“Mank” – Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
“Pinocchio” – Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti
Best Director
Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”) – WINNER
David Fincher (“Mank”)
Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”)
Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”)
Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”)
Best Supporting Actress
Olivia Colman – “The Father”
Amanda Seyfried – “Mank”
Glenn Close – “Hillbilly Elegy”
Youn Yuh-jung – “Minari” – WINNER
Maria Bakalova – “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Best Animated Feature Film
“Onward”
“Over the Moon”
“A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon”
“Soul” – WINNER
“Wolfwalkers”
Best Documentary Film
“Collective”
“Crip Camp”
“The Mole Agent”
“My Octopus Teacher” – WINNER
“Time”
Best Sound
“Greyhound” – Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
“Mank” – Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
“News of the World” – Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
“Soul” – Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
“Sound of Metal” – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michellee Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh – WINNER
Film Editing
“Sound of Metal” – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – WINNER
“The Father” – Yorgos Lamprinos
“Nomadland” – Chloé Zhao
“Promising Young Woman” – Frédéric Thoraval
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” – Alan Baumgarten
Best Original Song
“Husavik (My Hometown),” “Eurovision Song Contest”
“Fight for You” – “Judas and the Black Messiah” – WINNER
“Hear My Voice” – “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
“Io Si (Seen)” -“The Life Ahead”
“Speak Now” – “One Night in Miami” (Compiled by Patricia Reaney; Editing by Dan Grebler)
Short Film (Animated)
“Burrow” – Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
“Genius Loci” – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
“If Anything Happens I Love You” – Will McCormack and Michael Govier – WINNER
“Opera” – Erick Oh
“Yes-People” – Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson
Cinematography
“Judas and the Black Messiah” – Sean Bobbitt
“Mank” – Erik Messerschmidt – WINNER
“News of the World” – Dariusz Wolski
“Nomadland” – Joshua James Richards
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” – Phedon Papamichael
Visual Effects
“Love and Monsters” – Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
“The Midnight Sky” – Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
“Mulan” – Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
“The One and Only Ivan” – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
“Tenet” – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher – WINNER
Music (Original Score)
“Da 5 Bloods” – Terence Blanchard
“Mank” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
“Minari” – Emile Mosseri
“News of the World” – James Newton Howard
“Soul” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste – WINNER
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