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The 2021 award season was a little crazier than normal, but they made it work. This year’s Oscar ceremony was held in person and virtually at Union Station in Los Angeles. Coverage of the festivities started at 5:00 with red carpet coverage and the ceremony began at 8:00.
I think I liked the Union Station setup more than the Dolby Theater setup. Obviously I understand that it’s all because of covid, but the vibe felt very 1940s/1950s. Circular half booths, jewel tone decor, and velvet all around. It was treated more like a movie set than previous ceremonies. Within the first hour of the ceremony the trailer for Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story adaptation aired. It was a short little teaser, but nonetheless I loved it. We also got to see a new exclusive look at In The Heights, a film adaptation of Lin Manuel Miranda’s Broadway smash hit musical. Another movie musical that I can’t wait to see.
History was made tonight when Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win an Oscar for Best Director and Youn Yuh-jung became the first Korean to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Overall, I thought the flow of the show went pretty well. I didn’t feel like it was dragging and maybe that’s a perk of not having a host.
If you missed the show or just want to see the winners all in one place there’s a full list below.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Tyler Perry and The Motion Picture & Television Fund
Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell
Adapted Screenplay
The Father, Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
International Feature Film
Another Round, Denmark, Thomas Vinterburg
Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson and Sergio Lopez-Rivera
Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ann Roth
Best Director
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Achievement in Sound
Sound of Metal, Nicholas Becker
Live Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers, Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
Animated Short Film
If Anything Happens I Love You, Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Animated Feature
Soul, Dana Murray and Pete Docter
Documentary Short Subject
Colette, Anthony Giacchino Alice Doyard
Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher, Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
Visual effects
Tenet, Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
Best Supporting Actress
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Production Design
Mank, Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale
Cinematography
Mank, Erik Messerschmidt
Film Editing
Sound of Metal, Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
Original Score
Mank, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Jon Batiste
Original Song
“Fight for You” from Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Picture
Nomadland
Best actress
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
