96th Oscars Winners
- JoshuaShort
- Mar 18
- 7 min read
Updated: Mar 19
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Winners
Other Mentions
Speech Excerpts
Final Thoughts
What happened?
This year's Oscars delivered a record-breaking year for movies, with some of the industry's greatest talent in attendance for the 98th Ceremony. Starting with a skit led by host Conan O'Brien, who ran through many of the nominated films whilst being chased by a large group of children, reminiscent of Weapons, before getting into the nitty-gritty.
Here is the full list of winners, along with some speeches from the winners.
Winners
One Battle After Another (6 Awards)
Best Picture
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Director - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Supporting Actor - Sean Penn
Best Casting - Cassandra Kulukundis
Best Film Editing - Andy Jurgensen
Sinners (4 Awards)
Best Actor - Michael B Jordan
Best Original Score - Ludwig Göransson
Best Original Screenplay - Ryan Coogler
Best Cinematography - Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Frankenstein (3 Awards)
Best Costume Design - Kate Hawley
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling - Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
Best Production Design - Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau
KPOP Demon Hunters (2 Awards)
Best Original Song - Golden - KPOP Demon Hunters
Best Animated Feature - KPOP Demon Hunters
Other Mentions
1 Award
Hamnet
Best Actress - Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
F1
Best Sound - Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A Rizzo and Juan Peralta
Weapons
Best Supporting Actress - Amy Madigan
Sentimental Value
Mr Nobody Against Putin
Best Documentary Feature
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Best Visual Effects - Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
TIED: The Singers AND Two People Exchanging Saliva
Best Live-Action Short
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Best Animated Short
All the Empty Rooms
Best Documentary Short
In an unsurprising turn of events, Sinners swept 4 awards total after it's record breaking 16 nominations, and One Battle After Another gathered the most with 6 total wins.
While Sinners made its own history, Jessie Buckley's win for Best Actress was the first Irish winner for the category, and Autumn Durald Arkapaw became both the first female winner and the first Black winner to win a Cinematography Oscar.
There was no sign of Oscar's success for Marty Supreme, and there had been speculation that Timothée Chalamet's recent negative comments towards opera and ballet could impact his chances of winning the Best Actor award - this certainly looked like the case, after losing out to Michael B Jordan...
Speech Excerpts
“God is good. God is good. Yo, Mama, what’s up? Y’all know how I feel about my mother. And my father’s here. Hey, Pops, where you at? My dad came in from Ghana. My brother and sister’s here, my family. I want to thank Warner Brothers. I want to thank Mike [De Luca] and Pam [Abdy] for believing in this dream, this vision of Ryan Coogler, and betting on a culture and betting on original ideas and original artistry. [Ryan], you’re an amazing, amazing person. I’m so honored to call you a collaborator and a friend. You gave me the opportunity in space for me to be seen. And I love you, too, bro. Love you to death.
“First Irish woman to win and on Mother’s Day — it feels like some kind of crazy alchemy that all of these things are colliding on a day like today... I feel like what a gift to get to explore motherhood through this incredible mother this is and was, and then to become one myself, and then to receive this recognition of the incredible role mothers play in our world on this day is something I will never, ever forget.”
"I want to thank the Academy for finding my work worthy of this highest honor. And my classmates: Chloé, Ryan, Joachim and Josh, I couldn’t ask for a better class. It’s an honor to be counted amongst you guys. There will always be some doubt in your heart that you deserve it, but there is no question at the pleasure having it for myself. I’m here because of people’s faith in me that give me their faith and their time, and that’s the best part about being on a film crew is being with people. We need each other. This is a wonderful gift and I’m so happy to call the movies home. This is really terrific. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love it. Thank you, guys. Thank you very much.”
"I wanna thank my fellow nominees. I wanna thank y’all for the gifts that y’all movies were and for y’all’s friendship over the past years and months... Zinzi, you’re the best wife and mom in the world. Every day I get to spend with you is better than the one that came before. And to my parents who are here, thank y’all for all the memories. Thank y’all for making me believe in myself. And to my babies that are at home watching, I apologise for all the time away. Dad loves you. Memories are all we have. I hope I’ve given you some great ones.”
“My dad bought his first blues album in Sweden. 1964. It was a John Lee Hooker album. And even though it was on the other side of the world from a place my dad had never been and a place he could not relate to, the music was so powerful it changed my dad’s life and he devoted his whole life to music... and when I was about 7 years old — a little boy — he put a guitar in my arms. And I love the guitar. And it became everything to me. And it was the guitar that opened up a lot of doors for me. It was the guitar that brought me over to the States. And it was the guitar that eventually led me to one of the greatest storytellers of our time, Ryan Coogler.”
Final Thoughts
This year's Oscars can safely go down as one of the most memorable years yet - were you happy or surprised with the results? Or do you think your favourite was hard-done-by?
Glossary
Acting/ Actor/ Actress [Culture] [General]
... the activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor/ actress who adopts a character of performing fictional roles in plays, films, theatre or television.
Adapted Screenplay [Culture] [Film]
... a script for a film or television show that is based on pre-existing material, rather than being an original story created directly for the screen.
Animated Feature [Culture] [General]
... a film with a running time of over 40 minutes where movement is created frame-by-frame, and at least 75% of the content is animated.
Cast/ Casting [Culture] [General]
... the group of actors, actresses, and performers who portray characters in a film, television show, or theatrical production.
... also the process of auditioning for a specific role in a film, television show, or theatrical production.
Cinematography [Culture] [General]
... the art and craft of capturing moving images for film and television, blending technical skill with artistic vision to tell a story visually.
... this involves designing the look of a film through lighting, visual language (including camera movement, lens, composition) alongside the setting of the story, typically managed by a Cinematographer or Director.
Costume Design [Culture] [General]
... the art of creating, selecting, and styling clothing and accessories to define characters' personalities, status, and emotional journeys, while establishing the film's time period, setting, and mood.
... this is a vital storytelling tool that communicates a character's identity visually without relying on dialogue.
Director [Culture] [General]
... the creative leader responsible for the overall artistic and dramatic vision of a production (film, television, theatre), performing roles such as translating a screenplay into a visual medium by leading actors and technicians throughout the production process.
Documentary Feature [Culture] [General]
... a non-fiction, feature-length motion picture (typically over 40 minutes) that explores real-life people, events, or issues.
Film Editing [Culture] [Film]
... the art and technique of selecting, arranging, and assembling raw footage into a cohesive, meaningful sequence.
... a crucial post-production process, it involves organising shots to tell a story, managing pacing, and refining performances to shape the director’s vision.
International Feature (formerly 'Foreign Language Film') [Culture] [General]
... a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the United States, predominantly featuring a non-English dialogue track.
Live-Action [Culture] [Film/TV]
… the involvement of real people/ animals/ objects, not models, or images that are drawn, or mainly produced by computer software (computer-generated imagery - CGI).
... involving filming in real locations or sets, capturing tangible performances, and is distinguished from animation by being produced "live" and in person.
Original Score [Culture] [General]
... the custom instrumental music composed and recorded specifically for that film to enhance its dramatic narrative and emotional impact.
... unlike a soundtrack, which often contains pre-existing songs, the original score is crafted by a composer to fit the film's timecode and atmosphere.
Original Screenplay [Culture] [Film]
... a script for a film or television show that is based on an original story created directly for the screen, rather than being based on pre-existing material.
Original Song [Culture] [General]
... a piece of music—comprising both words and music—written specifically for a motion picture.
Oscar (aka 'Academy Award') [Culture] [Film]
... represents official recognition by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that a film, actor, or craftsperson is among the year's best, marking a pinnacle of achievement.
Picture [Culture] [Film]
... refers to a motion picture, movie, or cinema.
... it signifies the visual, photographic element of filmmaking—the sequence of images shown on screen.
Production Design [Culture] [General]
... the art of creating the entire physical world of a movie, establishing its look, tone, and atmosphere through sets, locations, props, and colour palettes.
Sound Design [Culture] [General]
... the creative and technical process of producing audio elements (like effects, ambience, and music) for media, using recording, synthesis, and editing to build immersive soundscapes that enhance storytelling, emotion, and realism for films, games, theatre, apps, and more, going beyond simple noise to craft auditory worlds.
Supporting Act/ Actor/ Actress [Culture] [General]
... the enactment by an actor/ actress who adopts a character secondary to the lead, performing fictional roles in plays, films, theatre or television.
Visual Effects (aka 'VFX') [Culture] [General]
... the process of creating, altering, or enhancing imagery in post-production to blend computer-generated, digital, or, in some cases, enhanced practical elements with live-action footage.
... used to create scenes that are too dangerous, expensive, or impossible to film, such as fantastical creatures, massive explosions, or futuristic environments.
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