Roma, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, was nominated for 10 Oscars. Roma, a Mexican Netflix film, looked to sweep the awards.
But by the end of the night, it won just three Oscars (Best Director, Best Cinematographer, Best Foreign Language Film).
But the Best Picture, which went to Green Book a safe, simple film which, in a stronger year, would have struggled to get nominated.
The Best Picture’s winners have not always been unanimous picks Slumdog Millionaire (2008), The King’s Speech (2010) and Argo (2012), in recent years, have given the Oscars skeptics much to talk about but none of them have been as shocking as Crash getting the nod over Brokeback Mountain, in 2005. The Green Book win comes close.
But this year’s Oscars also signify a step forward. Ruth E. Carter became the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
Hannah Beachler won for Best Production Design, the first time a woman of colour has been nominated in the category. These wins become more poignant in terms of historical
Similarly, Rami Malek, playing Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, became the first Arab-American to win the Best Actor.
Spider-Man’s filmmaker, Peter Ramsey, became the first black director to win in an animated feature category.
This year’s awards even had an Indian connection too “Period End of Sentence” set in an Indian village, tackling the stigma around menstruation won the Best Documentary Short Subject.
Guneet Monga, an Indian executive producer on the movie, was mentioned by filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi in her acceptance speech.
Olivia Colman, winning the Best Actress for The Favourite, a well-deserved honour for a searing, haunting performance, who gave a funny acceptance speech, which was also delightfully disorienting thanking a list of people she feared she would forget, taking digs at the Oscars (and herself), acknowledging the other nominees (Glenn Close and Lady Gaga), in part disbelief and admiration.
The star of the evening though, by quite a distance, was Spike Lee, nominated for the Best Director and Adapted Screenplay. After a point, Lee was everywhere. He was visibly non impressed effecting a slight wink and a mordant nod when John Mulaney and Awkwafina flattered him on stage before presenting the Best Animated Short Film award.
When Green Book won the Best Picture, Lee reportedly waved his arms in anger before attempting to storm out of the theatre (but was stopped at the doors).
He was asked about Green Book’s win backstage, and Lee, sipping champagne, had no patience for ambiguity: “I’m snakebit. Every time someone’s driving somebody, I lose,” he said, referring to Driving Miss Daisy – based on a premise similar to Green Room – overshadowing his breakout film, Do the Right Thing, at the 63rd Academy Awards.
Here comes below the list of nominees and Oscars Winners 2019
BEST PICTURE
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book” *WINNER
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams, “Vice”
Marina de Tavira, “Roma”
Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk” *WINNER
Emma Stone, “The Favourite”
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” *WINNER
Adam Driver, “BlackKKlansman”
Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born”
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me”
Sam Rockwell, “Vice”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Capernaum”
“Cold War”
“Never Look Away”
“Roma” *WINNER
“Shoplifters”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
“Black Sheep”
“End Game”
“Lifeboat”
“A Night at the Garden”
“Period. End of Sentence.” *WINNER
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Free Solo” *WINNER
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
“Minding the Gap”
“Of Fathers and Sons”
“RBG”
ORIGINAL SONG
“All The Stars” – “Black Panther”
“I’ll Fight” – “RBG”
“Shallow” – “A Star Is Born *WINNER
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” – “Mary Poppins Returns”
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” – “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs””Mirai”
“Ralph Breaks the Internet”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” *WINNER
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“BlacKkKlansman” *WINNER”
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“A Star Is Born”
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“First Reformed”
“Green Book” *WINNER”
“Roma”
“The Favourite”
“Vice”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate”
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” *WINNER
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Yalitza Aparicio, “Roma”
Glenn Close, “The Wife”
Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite” *WINNER
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
DIRECTOR
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” *WINNER
Adam McKay, “Vice”
PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Black Panther” *WINNER
“The Favourite”
“First Man”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Roma”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Cold War”
“The Favourite”
“Never Look Away”
“Roma” *WINNER
“A Star Is Born”
COSTUME DESIGN
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther” *WINNER
“The Favourite”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Mary Queen of Scots”
SOUND EDITING
“A Quiet Place”
“Black Panther”
“Bohemian Rhapsody” *WINNER
“First Man”
“Roma”
SOUND MIXING
“Black Panther”
“Bohemian Rhapsody” *WINNER
“First Man”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“Animal Behaviour”
“Bao” *WINNER
“Late Afternoon”
“One Small Step”
“Weekends”
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Detainment”
“Fauve”
“Marguerite”
“Mother”
“Skin” *WINNER
ORIGINAL SCORE
“Black Panther” *WINNER
“BlacKkKlansman”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“Christopher Robin”
“First Man” *WINNER
“Ready Player One”
“Solo: A Star Wars Story”
FILM EDITING
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody” *WINNER
“Green Book”
“The Favourite”
“Vice”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
“Border”
“Mary Queen of Scots”
“Vice” *WINNER
