Well, that’s it done and dusted for another year. The 88th annual Academy Awards took place last night in Hollywood and there were, of course, a number of dead certs: the subject of racism and the underrepresentation of black actors dominated proceedings; Leonardo DiCaprio got the gong for Best Actor; British costume designer Jenny Beaven rocked her signature ‘biker’ look when picking up her award for her work on Mad Max: Fury Road.
There were also, however, a few surprises – Mad Max: Fury Road virtually cleaned up on the technical side taking an impressive six awards, whilst British actor Mark Rylance beat off stiff competition to take home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the cold ward thriller Bridge of Spies. The winners (and losers) can now take a few months to get their breath back, until the whole thing starts again for next year’s awards.
The following is the list of the winners at the 88th Academy Awards.
Best Picture: Spotlight
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
Leading Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Leading Actress: Brie Larson – Room
Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Adapted Screenplay: Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short
Original Screenplay: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant
Production Design: Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson (Set Decoration) – Mad Max: Fury Road
Film Editing: Margaret Sixel – Mad Max: Fury Road
Visual Effects: Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett – Ex Machina
Costume Design: Jenny Beavan – Mad Max: Fury Road
Makeup: Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin – Mad Max: Fury Road
Sound Editing: Mark Mangini and David White – Mad Max: Fury Road
Sound Mixing: Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Oslo – Mad Max: Fury Road
Score: Ennio Morricone – The Hateful Eight
Song: Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith – (Writing’s on the Wall) Spectre
Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul (Hungary)
Animated Feature: Inside Out
Documentary Feature: Amy
Animated Short: Bear Story
Documentary Short: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Live Action Short: Stutterer
