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Road movie Nomadland has won the top prize at the 2021 Oscars, where director Chloé Zhao made history as the first woman of colour to win the award for directing, and the second woman in history.
The ceremony also saw Sir Anthony Hopkins win the Best Actor Oscar, defeating the late Chadwick Boseman, while Daniel Kaluuya won the Best Supporting Actor prize.
Nomadland, which tells the story of a woman travelling through the American west, also scooped the Best Actress prize for its star Frances McDormand.
McDormand, who has now won three Best Actress Oscars, howled on stage as the film won the Best Picture – a tribute to Nomadland production sound mixer Michael Wolf Snyder, who died at the age of 35 earlier this year.
Sir Anthony, 83, who did not attend the ceremony, is the oldest winner of the Best Actor category. He previously won an Oscar in 1992 for his defining role as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.
He won for his performance in The Father, about a man slipping into dementia, defeating presumptive favourite Boseman, who died last year aged 43 following a private four-year battle with cancer.
Kaluuya, who was born in London to Ugandan parents, is the first black British winner of Best Supporting Actor, as he was celebrated for his portrayal of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.
There were a number of surprise wins. David Fincher’sMankled the pack with 10nominations, but ultimately won two.
Find the full list of winners below.
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Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland WINNER
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis –Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day –The United States vs Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby–Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand –Nomadland WINNER
Carey Mulligan–Promising Young Woman
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed–Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman–Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins –The Father WINNER
Gary Oldman –Mank
Steven Yeun –Minari
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sacha Baron Cohen–The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya-Judas and the Black Messiah WINNER
Leslie Odom Jr –One Night in Miami…
Paul Raci –Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield –Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maria Bakalova –Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close–Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman–The Father
Amanda Seyfried–Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn –Minari WINNER
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg –Another Round
David Fincher –Mank
Lee Isaac Chung –Minari
Chloé Zhao –Nomadland WINNER
Emerald Fennell –Promising Young Woman
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman WINNER
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father WINNER
Nomadland
One Night in Miami…
The White Tiger
Best International Feature Film
Another Round WINNER
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best Animated Feature Film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul WINNER
Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary Feature
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher WINNER
Time
Best Film Editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal WINNER
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank WINNER
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Music (Original Score)
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul WINNER
Best Music (Original Song)
“Fight for You” –Judas and the Black Messiah WINNER
“Hear My Voice” –The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Husavik” –Eurovision Song Contest
“Io Si (Seen)” –The Life Ahead
“Speak Now” –One Night in Miami...
Best Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal WINNER
Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet WINNER
Best Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank WINNER
News of the World
Tenet
Best Costume Design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom WINNER
Mank
Mulan
Pinnochio
Best Make-up and Hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom WINNER
Mank
Pinocchio
Best Animated Short Film
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You WINNER
Opera
Yes-People
Best Live Action Short Film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers WINNER
White Eye
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Colette WINNER
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
