Academy Awards 2019
After another eclectic twelve months of cinema, film festivals, scandals and social change, everything came to a head in Hollywood on Sunday the 24th of February at the 91st Academy Awards, the biggest night of the year for the industry. As is becoming tradition, the event was preceded by some prerequisite media scandal, this year resulting in a rare hostless Oscars with the most diverse selection of nominees in recent memory.
With once again no clear front-runner the awards were evenly spread out, with Peter Farrelly’s racially-charged biographical American dramedy road movie ‘Green Book’ picking up the big one, in defiance of the oddsmakers who dubbed Alfonso Cuarón’s very personal Mexican period family drama ‘Roma’ the favourite, which itself took home best director, foreign language film and cinematography—making history for Netflix. Meanwhile the four acting awards were evenly spread between four different films, and provided only one real surprise.
Although all award shows are entirely subjective and we can endlessly debate over who should win what or even be nominated, this is a chance for films and their filmmakers to be globally recognised for another great year of work, so let’s see who the big winners were this year.
Best Picture
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Green Book (Winner)
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Black Panther
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BlacKkKlansman
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Bohemian Rhapsody
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The Favourite
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Roma
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A Star Is Born
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Vice
Our Pick from the Nominees: The Favourite
Our Pick Overall: First Man
Directing
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Alfonso Cuarón for ‘Roma’ (Winner)
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Yorgos Lanthimos for ‘The Favourite’
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Spike Lee for ‘BlacKkKlansman’
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Adam McKay for ‘Vice’
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Paweł Pawlikowski for ‘Cold War’
Our pick from the nominees: Alfonso Cuarón for ‘Roma’
Our pick overall: Damien Chazelle for ‘First Man’
Actor in a Leading Role
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Rami Malek for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (Winner)
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Christian Bale for ‘Vice’
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Bradley Cooper for ‘A Star Is Born’
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Willem Dafoe for ‘At Eternity’s Gate’
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Viggo Mortensen for ‘Green Book’
Our pick from the nominees: Viggo Mortensen for ‘Green Book’
Our pick overall: Viggo Mortensen for ‘Green Book’
Actress in a Leading Role
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Olivia Colman for ‘The Favourite’ (Winner)
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Yalitza Aparicio for ‘Roma’
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Glenn Close for ‘The Wife’
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Lady Gaga for ‘A Star Is Born’
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Melissa McCarthy for ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’
Our pick from the nominees: Olivia Colman for ‘The Favourite’
Our pick overall: Toni Collette for ‘Hereditary’
Actor in a Supporting Role
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Mahershala Ali for ‘Green Book’ (Winner)
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Adam Driver for ‘BlacKkKlansman’
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Sam Elliott for ‘A Star is Born’
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Richard E. Grant for ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’
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Sam Rockwell for ‘Vice’
Our pick from the nominees: Mahershala Ali for ‘Green Book’
Our pick overall: Mahershala Ali for ‘Green Book’
Actress in a Supporting Role
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Regina King for ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ (Winner)
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Amy Adams for ‘Vice’
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Marina De Tavira for ‘Roma’
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Emma Stone for ‘The Favourite’
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Rachel Weisz for ‘The Favourite’
Our pick from the nominees: Emma Stone for ‘The Favourite’
Our pick overall: Maura Tierney for ‘Beautiful Boy’
Writing- Original Screenplay
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‘Green Book’ by Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga (Winner)
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‘The Favourite’ by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
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‘First Reformed’ by Paul Schrader
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‘Roma’ by Alfonso Cuarón
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‘Vice’ by Adam McKay
Our pick from the nominees: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara for ‘The Favourite’
Our pick from the nominees: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara for ‘The Favourite’
Writing- Adapted Screenplay
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‘BlacKkKlansman’ by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee (Winner)
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‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
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‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
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‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ by Barry Jenkins
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‘A Star Is Born’ by Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters
Our Pick from the Nominees: BlacKkKlansman’ by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee
Our pick overall: Alex Garland and Jeff VanderMeer for ‘Annihilation’
Music- Original Score
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Ludwig Göransson for ‘Black Panther’ (Winner)
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Terence Blanchard for ‘BlacKkKlansman’
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Nicholas Britell for ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
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Alexandre Desplat for ‘Isle of Dogs’
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Marc Shaiman for ‘Mary Poppins Returns’
Our pick from the nominees: Nicholas Britell for ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
Our pick overall: Justin Hurwitz for ‘First Man’
Music- Original Song
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“Shallow” by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt from ‘A Star Is Born’ (Winner)
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“All the Stars” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Sounwave and Al Shux from ‘Black Panther’
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“I’ll Fight” by Diane Warren from ‘RBG’
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“The Place Where Lost Things Go” by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman from ‘Mary Poppins Returns’
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“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch from ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
Our pick from the nominees: “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch from ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
Our pick overall: “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch from ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
Animated Feature Film
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Winner)
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Incredibles 2
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Isle of Dogs
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Mirai
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Ralph Breaks the Internet
Our pick from the nominees: Isle of Dogs
Our pick overall: Isle of Dogs
Foreign Language Film
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‘Roma’ (Mexico) (Winner)
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‘Capernaum’ (Lebanon)
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‘Cold War’ (Poland)
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‘Never Look Away’ (Germany)
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‘Shoplifters’ (Japan)
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Cold War’ (Poland)
Our pick overall: ‘Cold War’ (Poland)
Cinematography
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Alfonso Cuarón for ‘Roma’ (Winner)
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Caleb Deschanel for ‘Never Look Away’
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Matthew Libatique for ‘A Star is Born’
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Robbie Ryan for ‘The Favourite’
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Łukasz Żal for ‘Cold War’
Our Pick from the Nominees: Robbie Ryan for ‘The Favourite’
Our Pick Overall: Bruno Delbonnel for ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
Film Editing
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John Ottman for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (Winner)
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Barry Alexander Brown for ‘BlacKkKlansman’
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Hank Corwin for ‘Vice’
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Patrick J. Don Vito for ‘Green Book’
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Yorgos Mavropsaridis for ‘The Favourite’
Our Pick from the Nominees: Yorgos Mavropsaridis for ‘The Favourite’
Our Pick Overall: Tom Cross for ‘First Man’
Visual Effects
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First Man (Winner)
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Avengers: Infinity War
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Christopher Robin
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Ready Player One
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Solo: A Star Wars Story
Our Pick from the Nominees: Avengers: Infinity War
Our Pick Overall: Annihilation
Production Design
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Black Panther (Winner)
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The Favourite
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First Man
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Mary Poppins Returns
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Roma
Our Pick from the Nominees: Black Panther
Our Pick Overall: Suspiria
Costume Design
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Black Panther (Winner)
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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The Favourite
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Mary Poppins Returns
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Mary Queen of Scots
Our Pick from the Nominees: Mary Queen of Scots
Our Pick Overall: Mary Queen of Scots
Documentary – Feature
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Free Solo (Winner)
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Hale County This Morning, This Evening
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Minding the Gap
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Of Fathers and Sons
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RBG
Our Pick from the Nominees: Free Solo
Our Pick Overall: Three Identical Strangers
Documentary – Short Subject
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Period. End of Sentence. (Winner)
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Black Sheep
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End Game
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Lifeboat
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A Night at the Garden
Our Pick from the Nominees: Black Sheep
Our Pick Overall: Black Sheep
Live Action Short Film
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Skin (Winner)
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Detainment
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Fauve
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Marguerite
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Mother
Our Pick from the Nominees: Skin
Our Pick Overall: Skin
Animated Short Film
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Bao (Winner)
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Animal Behaviour
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Late Afternoon
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One Small Step
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Weekends
Our Pick from the Nominees: Bao
Our Pick Overall: Bao
Sound Editing
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Bohemian Rhapsody (Winner)
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Black Panther
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First Man
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A Quiet Place
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Roma
Our Pick from the Nominees: First Man
Our Pick Overall: First Man
Sound Mixing
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Bohemian Rhapsody (Winner)
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Black Panther
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First Man
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Roma
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A Star Is Born
Our Pick from the Nominees: A Star Is Born
Our Pick Overall: A Star Is Born
Makeup and Hairstyling
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Vice (Winner)
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Border
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Mary Queen of Scots
Our Pick from the Nominees: Vice
Our Pick Overall: Suspiria
So there it is, the awards were spread evenly with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ unexpectedly just about leading the field with four wins and ‘Green Book’ taking home best film, meanwhile ‘Roma’ made history for Netflix and took Alfonso Cuarón’s personal Oscar tally to four, and filmmaking veteran Spike Lee won his first for adapted screenplay for ‘BlacKkKlansman’.
The acting gongs provided only one (welcome) surprise as Olivia Colman took the prize for leading actress for ‘The Favourite’, while lead actor went to Rami Malek for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, and supporting actor and actress went to Mahershala Ali for ‘Green Book’ and Regina King for ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ respectively. Let us know what you think of the Oscar nominations and our picks this year by commenting here and on FilmPhonic at Facebook and Twitter.
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