Oscar winners 2020: the full list
Parasite deservedly takes Best Picture
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Bong Joon-ho’s class-centric thriller Parasite became the first non-English language film to win Best Picture at the 2020 Oscars. The movie also won Best Director, Best International Film and Best Original Screenplay. It marked the first time a South Korean film had won any Oscar.
1917, the film some expected to be the winner based on its Golden Globe and BAFTA wins, had to make do with Cinematography, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects awards.
The other categories largely skewed in predictable directions. All of the acting categories, including Joaquin Phoenix winning Best Actor for Joker and Renée Zellweger winning for Judy, lined up with expectations based on the results of the SAG Awards, BAFTAs and Golden Globes. Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit won Best Adapted Screenplay.
Parasite’s win is a big deal. It’s an astonishing and frequently shocking film that has things to say about class that you’d never see expressed the same way in a Hollywood production. Given that the last couple of Best Picture winners weren’t exactly masterpieces, this is a fantastic result.
Here’s the full list of 2020 Oscar winners:
Best picture
Best director
Best actress
Best actor
Best supporting actress
Best supporting actor
Original screenplay
Adapted screenplay
Animated feature film
International feature film
Original score
Original song
Live action short film
Animated short film
Documentary feature
Documentary short subject
Cinematography
Visual effects
Costume design
Makeup and hairstyling
Film editing
Production design
Sound mixing
Sound editing
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Samuel is a PR Manager at game developer Frontier. Formerly TechRadar’s Senior Entertainment Editor, he’s an expert in Marvel, Star Wars, Netflix shows and general streaming stuff. Before his stint at TechRadar, he spent six years at PC Gamer. Samuel is also the co-host of the popular Back Page podcast, in which he details the trials and tribulations of being a games magazine editor – and attempts to justify his impulsive eBay games buying binges.
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