Oscar Awards 2023 In Retrospect: Netflix And A24 Dominate At 95th Academy Awards With Surprise Wins And Historic Moments. 

 

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony was a night full of surprises and memorable moments. The ceremony was held on Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The host of the night was comedian and actor, Keegan-Michael Key, who kicked off the night with an energetic and entertaining opening monologue.

One of the biggest stories of the night was the success of A24 and Netflix. Everything Everywhere All at Once, which was distributed by A24, won seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for the Daniels (Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert). The film also won Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan, and Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis. This makes it the most awarded film of the night.

All Quiet on the Western Front, which was distributed by Netflix, won four awards, including Best International Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which was also distributed by Netflix, won Best Animated Feature, marking the streaming giant’s first win in that category.

There were some historical wins as well. Ke Huy Quan became the second-ever Asian actor to win Best Supporting Actor, while Michelle Yeoh became the first-ever Asian actress to win Best Actress. Additionally, all of the acting awards went to first-time nominees.

Unfortunately, not all films got to share in the success of the night. Many films only won one award, such as Avatar: The Way of Water, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Women Talking, and RRR. Elvis, Tár, The Banshees of Inisherin, Babylon, and The Fabelmans all went home empty-handed.

The 2023 Oscars will go down in history as a night of surprises, first-time wins, and a big night for A24 and Netflix. We will have to wait and see what the 96th Academy Awards have in store for us.

 

2023 OSCAR NOMINEES AND WINS

 

BEST PICTURE

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

The Fabelmans Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

 

BEST ACTOR

Austin Butler, Elvis

Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Fraser, The Whale – WINNER

Paul Mescal, Aftersun

Bill Nighy, Living

 

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, Tár

Ana de Armas, Blonde

Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie

Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau, The Whale

Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway

Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans

Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Todd Field, Tár

Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Ruben Ostlund, Triangle of Sadness

Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans

Todd Field, Tár

Ruben Ostlund, Triangle of Sadness

 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Edward Berger, Ian Stokell and Lesley Paterson, All Quiet on the Western Front

Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Living, Kazuo Ishiguro

Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, Peter Craig and Justin Marks, Top Gun: Maverick

Sarah Polley, Women Talking – WINNER

 

ANIMATED FEATURE

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – WINNER

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

The Sea Beast

Turning Red

 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Fire of Love

A House Made of Splinters

Navalny – WINNER

 

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Argentina, Argentina, 1985

Belgium, Close

Poland, EO

Ireland, The Quiet Girl

 

EDITING

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once – WINNER

Tár

Top Gun: Maverick

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

James Friend, All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Darius Khondji, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Mandy Walker, Elvis

Roger Deakins, Empire of Light

Tár, Florian Hoffmeister

 

ORIGINAL SCORE

Volker Bertelmann, All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Justin Hurwitz, Babylon

Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All at Once

John Williams, The Fabelmans

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

All Quiet on the Western Front – WINNER

Avatar: The Way of Water

Babylon

Elvis

The Fabelmans

 

COSTUME DESIGN

Babylon

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – WINNER

Elvis

Everything Everywhere

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

 

VFX

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water – WINNER

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Top Gun: Maverick

 

SOUND

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Elvis

Top Gun: Maverick – WINNER

 

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

The Whale – WINNER

 

ORIGINAL SONG

“Applause” from Tell It like a Woman

“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick

“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

“Naatu Naatu” from RRR – WINNER

“This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once

 

LIVE-ACTION SHORT

An Irish Goodbye – WINNER

Ivalu

Le Pupille

Night Ride

The Red Suitcase

 

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

The Elephant Whisperers – WINNER

Haulout

How Do You Measure a Year?

The Martha Mitchell Effect

Stranger at the Gate

 

ANIMATED SHORT

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – WINNER

The Flying Sailor

Ice Merchants

My Year of Dicks

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It