Academy Awards 2016
The final Sunday in February saw the ever expanding awards season come to a climax at the 88th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood California, although all film & art awards are subjective and we can endlessly debate over who should win or be nominated, this was a chance for films and their filmmakers to be globally recognized for another great year of work.
As expected ‘The Revenant’ and ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ led the field and picked up the majority of the more technical awards, Leonardo DiCaprio finally broke his media-hyped supposed Oscar curse by winning the lead actor award while Brie Larson picked up lead actress.
In fact there were no real surprises this year apart from the big one with the excellent church abuse journalistic exposé ‘Spotlight’ taking best picture. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki became a member of a very exclusive club by winning for‘The Revenant’ and making it 3 consecutive Oscars for him, while Alejandro González Iñárritu’s makes it 3 wins in a row for Mexican directors by taking the golden idol for the same film.
Let’s take a look at the night’s nominees and big winners, as well as our picks:
Best Picture
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Spotlight (Winner)
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The Big Short
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Bridge of Spies
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Brooklyn
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Mad Max: Fury Road
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The Martian
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The Revenant
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Room
Our Pick from the Nominees: Mad Max: Fury Road
Our Pick Overall: Sicario
Directing
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Alejandro G. Inarritu for The Revenant (Winner)
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Lenny Abrahamson for Room
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Adam McKay for The Big Short
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George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road
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Tom McCarthy for Spotlight
Our Pick from the Nominees: George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road
Our Pick Overall: George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road
Actor in a Leading Role
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Leonardo Di Caprio for The Revenant (Winner)
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Bryan Cranston for Trumbo
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Matt Damon for The Martian
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Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs
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Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl
Our Pick from the Nominees: Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs
Our Pick Overall: Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs
Actress in a Leading Role
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Brie Larson for Room (Winner)
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Cate Blanchett for Carol
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Jennifer Lawrence for Joy
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Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years
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Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn
Our Pick from the Nominees: Brie Larson for Room
Our Pick Overall: Brie Larson for Room
Actor in a Supporting Role
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Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies (Winner)
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Christian Bale for The Big Short
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Tom Hardy for The Revenant
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Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight
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Sylvester Stallone for Creed
Our Pick from the Nominees: Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight
Our Pick Overall: Idris Elba for Beasts of No Nation
Actress in a Supporting Role
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Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl (Winner)
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Jennifer Jason Leigh for The Hateful Eight
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Rooney Mara for Carol
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Rachel McAdams for Spotlight
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Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs
Our Pick from the Nominees: Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs
Our Pick Overall: Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs
Writing- Original Screenplay
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Spotlight (Winner)
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Bridge of Spies
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Ex Machina
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Inside Out
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Straight Outta Compton
Our Pick from the Nominees: Inside Out
Our Pick Overall: The Lobster
Writing- Adapted Screenplay
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The Big Short (Winner)
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Brooklyn
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Carol
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The Martian
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Room
Our Pick from the Nominees: Room
Our Pick Overall: Room
Music- Original Score
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Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight (Winner)
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Carter Burwell for Carol
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Jóhann Jóhannsson for Sicario
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Thomas Newman for Bridge of Spies
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John Williams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Our Pick from the Nominees: Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight
Our Pick Overall: Tom Holkenborg for Mad Max: Fury Road
Music- Original Song
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“Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre (Winner)
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“Earned It” from 50 Shades of Grey
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“Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
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“Simple Song No. 3” from Youth
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“Till It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground
Our Pick from the Nominees: “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
Our Pick Overall: “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
Animated Feature Film
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Inside Out (Winner)
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Anomalisa
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Boy and the World
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Shaun the Sheep Movie
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When Marnie Was There
Our Pick from the Nominees: Inside Out
Our Pick Overall: Inside Out
Foreign Language Film
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Son of Saul (Winner)
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Embrace of the Serpent
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Mustang
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Theeb
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A War
Our Pick from the Nominees: Son of Saul
Our Pick Overall: Son of Saul
Documentary Feature
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Amy (Winner)
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Cartel Land
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The Look of Silence
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What Happened, Miss Simone?
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Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Our Pick from the Nominees: Amy
Our Pick Overall: Amy
Cinematography
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Emmanuel Lubezki for The Revenant (Winner)
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Roger Deakins for Sicario
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Edward Lachman for Carol
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Robert Richardson for The Hateful Eight
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John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road
Our Pick from the Nominees: John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road
Our Pick Overall: Adam Arkapaw for Macbeth
Film Editing
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Mad Max: Fury Road (Winner)
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The Big Short
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The Revenant
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Spotlight
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Our Pick from the Nominees: Mad Max: Fury Road
Our Pick Overall: Mad Max: Fury Road
Visual Effects
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Ex Machina (Winner)
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Mad Max: Fury Road
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The Martian
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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The Revenant
Our Pick from the Nominees: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Our Pick Overall: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners, as well as the many deserving films and filmmakers who weren’t acknowledged at all, for yet another strong and varied year for film… despite the so-called controversy.
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