Oscars 2022
About Academy awards (Oscars):
- The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry.
- They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide.
- Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy’s voting membership.
- The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette as a trophy, officially called the “Academy Award of Merit”, although more commonly referred to by its nickname, the “Oscar”.
- The statuette depicts a knight rendered in the Art Deco style.
About Oscars 2022:
- The 94th Academy Awardsceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films released between March 1 and December 31, 2021, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022.
- The ceremony was hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes.
- It was the first ceremony since the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011 to feature multiple hosts.
Award winners 2022:
- Best actress
- Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Country – USA
- Best actor
- Will Smith in King Richard
Country -USA
- Best picture- CODA
- Best Cinematography- Dune
- Best Director- Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
- Best supporting actress -Ariana DeBose in West Side Story
- Best supporting actor – Troy Kotsur in CODA
- Top of Form
- Bottom of Form
- Best animated feature film – Encanto
- Best documentary feature -Summer of Soul
- Best international feature film – Drive My Car from Japan
- Best original song – No Time To Die by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
- Best original music score- Dune
- Best original screenplay – Belfast
- Best adapted screenplay – CODA
- Best short documentary – The Queen of Basketball
- Best animated short film – The Windshield Wiper
- Best live action short film – The Long Goodbye
- Best costume design – Cruella
- Best makeup and hairstyling – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Fan favourite – Army of the Dead
- Most cheerworthy moment – The Flash enters the speed force in Zack Synder’s Justice League
- Best film editing – Dune
- Best production design – Dune
- Best visual effects – Dune
- Best sound – Dune
Indian nominees in Oscars 2022:
- The team from Namit Malhotra’s DNEG has won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for ‘Dune’.
- Indian documentary ‘Writing with Fire’ was nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category.
It is Directed and produced by Indian film makers Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
It is the first ever Indian nominee in this category.
List of Oscar winners from india
- Best Costume Design – Bhanu Athaiya (1983) ( first indian winner)
- Honorary Award- Satyajit Ray (1992)
- Best Sound Mixing – Resul Pookutty (2009)
- Best Original Score and Best Original Song- A.R. Rahman (2009)
- Best Original Song: Gulzar (2009)