Academy Awards 2018
This year’s award season express made its final stop on Sunday evening in Hollywood California for the biggest night in global cinema, as the great and the good of world film assembled for the 90th edition of the Academy Awards.
As Jimmy Kimmel returned to less eventful hosting duties, the subject of sexual harassment and female empowerment continued to dominate the conversation, while a general theme of social consciousness ran throughout the show, and of course some golden statuettes were awarded for achievement in film—with Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’ winning the big one and just about leading a fairly even field.
Although all award shows are subjective and we can endlessly debate over who should win for what, or even be nominated, this is a chance for films and their filmmakers to be globally recognised for another great twelve months of work, so let’s see who the nominees and big winners (and our picks) are this year.
Best Picture
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The Shape of Water (Winner)
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Call Me by Your Name
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Darkest Hour
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Dunkirk
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Get Out
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Lady Bird
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Phantom Thread
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The Post
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Our Pick from the Nominees: ‘Dunkirk’
Our Pick Overall: ‘Dunkirk’
Directing
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Guillermo del Toro for ‘The Shape of Water’ (Winner)
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Greta Gerwig ‘Lady Bird’
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Christopher Nolan for ‘Dunkirk’
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Jordan Peele for ‘Get Out’
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Paul Thomas Anderson for ‘Phantom Thread’
Our pick from the nominees: Christopher Nolan for ‘Dunkirk’
Our pick overall: Christopher Nolan for ‘Dunkirk’
Actor in a Leading Role
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Gary Oldman in ‘Darkest Hour’ (Winner)
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Timothée Chalamet in ‘Call Me by Your Name’
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Daniel Day-Lewis in ‘Phantom Thread’
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Daniel Kaluuya ‘Get Out’
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Denzel Washington in ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’
Our pick from the nominees: Gary Oldman in ‘Darkest Hour’
Our pick overall: Gary Oldman in ‘Darkest Hour’
Actress in a Leading Role
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Frances McDormand in ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ (Winner)
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Sally Hawkins in ‘The Shape of Water’
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Margot Robbie in ‘I, Tonya’
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Saoirse Ronan in ‘Lady Bird’
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Meryl Streep in ‘The Post’
Our pick from the nominees: Sally Hawkins in ‘The Shape of Water’
Our pick overall: Florence Pugh in ‘Lady Macbeth’
Actor in a Supporting Role
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Sam Rockwell in ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ (Winner)
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Willem Dafoe in ‘The Florida Project’
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Woody Harrelson ‘Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri’
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Richard Jenkins in ‘The Shape of Water’
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Christopher Plummer in ‘All the Money in the World’
Our pick from the nominees: Sam Rockwell in ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
Our pick overall: Barry Keoghan in ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’
Actress in a Supporting Role
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Allison Janney in ‘I, Tonya’ (Winner)
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Mary J. Blige in ‘Mudbound’
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Lesley Manville in ‘Phantom Thread’
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Laurie Metcalf in ‘Lady Bird’
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Octavia Spencer in ‘The Shape of Water’
Our pick from the nominees: Octavia Spencer in ‘The Shape of Water’
Our pick overall: Octavia Spencer in ‘The Shape of Water’
Writing- Original Screenplay
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Jordan Peele for ‘Get Out’ (Winner)
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Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor for ‘The Shape of Water’
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Greta Gerwig for ‘Lady Bird’
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Martin McDonagh for ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
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Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani ‘The Big Sick’
Our pick from the nominees: Jordan Peele for ‘Get Out’
Our pick overall: Jordan Peele for ‘Get Out’
Writing- Adapted Screenplay
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James Ivory for ‘Call Me by Your Name’ (Winner)
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Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green for ‘Logan’
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Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber for ‘The Disaster Artist’
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Aaron Sorkin for ‘Molly’s Game’
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Virgil Williams and Dee Rees for ‘Mudbound’
Our Pick from the Nominees: James Ivory for ‘Call Me by Your Name’
Our Pick Overall: James Ivory for ‘Call Me by Your Name’
Music- Original Score
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Alexandre Desplat for ‘The Shape of Water’ (Winner)
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Carter Burwell for ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
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Jonny Greenwood for ‘Phantom Thread’
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John Williams for ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’
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Hans Zimmer for ‘Dunkirk’
Our pick from the nominees: Alexandre Desplat for ‘The Shape of Water’
Our pick overall: Daniel Lopatin for ‘Good Time’
Music- Original Song
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“Remember Me” from ‘Coco’ (Winner)
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“Mighty River” from ‘Mudbound’
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“Mystery Of Love” from ‘Call Me by Your Name’
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“Stand Up For Something” from ‘Marshall’
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“This Is Me” from ‘The Greatest Showman’
Our pick from the nominees: “Mystery Of Love” from ‘Call Me by Your Name’
Our pick overall: “Mystery Of Love” from ‘Call Me by Your Name’
Animated Feature Film
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‘Coco’ (Winner)
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‘The Boss Baby’
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‘The Breadwinner’
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‘Ferdinand’
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‘Loving Vincent’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Loving Vincent’
Our pick overall: ‘Loving Vincent’
Foreign Language Film
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‘A Fantastic Woman’ (Chile) (Winner)
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‘The Insult’ (Lebanon)
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‘Loveless’ (Russia)
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‘On Body and Soul’ (Hungary)
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‘The Square’ (Sweden)
Our pick from the nominees: ‘The Square’ (Sweden)
Our pick overall: ‘The Square’ (Sweden)
Documentary Feature
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Icarus (Winner)
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Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
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Faces Places
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Last Men in Aleppo
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Strong Island
Our pick from the nominees: Last Men in Aleppo
Our pick overall: Last Men in Aleppo
Cinematography
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Roger A. Deakins for ‘Blade Runner 2049’ (Winner)
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Bruno Delbonnel for ‘Darkest Hour’
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Hoyte van Hoytema for ‘Dunkirk’
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Dan Laustsen for ‘The Shape of Water’
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Rachel Morrison for ‘Mudbound’
Our Pick from the Nominees: Roger Deakins for ‘Blade Runner 2049’
Our Pick Overall: Roger Deakins for ‘Blade Runner 2049’
Film Editing
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Dunkirk (Winner)
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Baby Driver
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I, Tonya
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The Shape of Water
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Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Our Pick from the Nominees: Dunkirk
Our Pick Overall: Dunkirk
Visual Effects
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Blade Runner 2049 (Winner)
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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Kong: Skull Island
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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War for the Planet of the Apes
Our Pick from the Nominees: War for the Planet of the Apes
Our Pick Overall: War for the Planet of the Apes
Production Design
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The Shape of Water (Winner)
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Beauty and the Beast
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Blade Runner 2049
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Darkest Hour
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Dunkirk
Our Pick from the Nominees: Blade Runner 2049
Our Pick Overall: Blade Runner 2049
Costume Design
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Phantom Thread (Winner)
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Beauty and the Beast
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Darkest Hour
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The Shape of Water
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Victoria & Abdul
Our Pick from the Nominees: Phantom Thread
Our Pick Overall: Phantom Thread
Sound Editing
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Dunkirk (Winner)
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Baby Driver
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Blade Runner 2049
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The Shape of Water
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Our Pick from the Nominees: Dunkirk
Our Pick Overall: Dunkirk
Sound Mixing
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Dunkirk (Winner)
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Baby Driver
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Blade Runner 2049
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The Shape of Water
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Our Pick from the Nominees: Dunkirk
Our Pick Overall: Dunkirk
Makeup and Hairstyling
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Darkest Hour (Winner)
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Victoria & Abdul
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Wonder
Our Pick from the Nominees: Darkest Hour
Our Pick Overall: Darkest Hour
Live Action Short Film
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The Silent Child (Winner)
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DeKalb Elementary
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The Eleven O’Clock
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My Nephew Emmett
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Watu Wote/All of Us
Our Pick from the Nominees: Watu Wote/All of Us
Our Pick Overall: Watu Wote/All of Us
Animated Short Film
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Dear Basketball (Winner)
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Garden Party
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Lou
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Negative Space
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Revolting Rhymes
Our Pick from the Nominees: Garden Party
Our Pick Overall: Garden Party
Documentary Short Subject
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Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (Winner)
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Edith+Eddie
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Heroin(e)
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Knife Skills
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Traffic Stop
Our Pick from the Nominees: Knife Skills
Our Pick Overall: Knife Skills
So there it is, Guillermo del Toro’s unique romantic sci-fi period fantasy ‘The Shape of Water’ takes the big one and leads one of the most open fields in recent history . . . now let the complaining and recrimination begin. Let us know what you think of the Oscar wins and our picks this year by commenting here and on FilmPhonic at Facebook and Twitter.
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