Film Awards
“Oppenheimer” is best film at the 2024 Oscars
Cillian Murphy won Best Actor. photo
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“Oppenheimer” wins the most important award of the evening. Christopher Nolan’s historical film entered the race with the most nominations. The German Sandra Hülser comes away empty-handed.
“Oppenheimer” by Christopher Nolan has that Won Oscar for Best Film. The US Film Academy awarded the biographical historical film its most important prize on Monday night in Los Angeles. Previously, Nolan also received the Oscar for Best Director. Irish actor Cillian Murphy won best actor for his role as J. Robert Oppenheimer.
The Oscar for Best Female Lead went to Emma Stone. She was honored for her role in “Poor Things.” The German actress Sandra Hülser, who was also nominated in the category, came away empty-handed. “Poor Things” previously won three Oscars – for costume design, make-up design and production design.
The British production “The Zone of Interest” by Jonathan Glazer won the Oscar for best international film. This was announced by the US Film Academy in Hollywood. This means that the German entry “The Teacher’s Room” by Ilker Çatak, which was nominated in this category, and the Japanese film “Perfect Days” by Wim Wenders, which was nominated for Japan, went away empty-handed.
Robert Downey Jr. is best supporting actor
Robert Downey Jr. won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The 58-year-old received the award for his role in “Oppenheimer.” In the drama he plays the main character J. Robert Oppenheimer’s opponent, the politician and entrepreneur Lewis Strauss. It is his first Oscar; the American has already been nominated twice before. The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph. The 37-year-old received the trophy for her role in the drama “The Holdovers” and tearfully thanked her.
The Oscar for Best Original Screenplay went to Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for “Anatomy of a Case.” “This will help me through my midlife crisis,” Triet said in her acceptance speech. The award for best original screenplay went to Cord Jefferson for the film “American Fiction”, which called on the film industry to invest in more smaller projects instead of a few very expensive films. “The Boy and the Heron” (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki) was honored as an animated film.
The work “20 Days in Mariupol” won the Oscar for best documentary film. The film by Mstyslaw Chernow, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath documents the experiences of AP journalists during around three weeks in the Ukrainian port city when it was besieged by Russian forces in early 2022. At great risk, they show the catastrophic consequences of the siege for the civilian population. The documentary has already received numerous awards.
Host Kimmel opens with some jokes
Presenter Jimmy Kimmel made several jokes at the start of this year’s awards and emphasized that, in the opinion of many, director Greta Gerwig should also have been nominated for an Oscar. Her film “Barbie” has been nominated several times, but not for best director.
About actress Hülser, who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress, he said: “Sandra plays a woman on trial for the murder of her husband in ‘Anatomy of a Case’ and a Nazi in ‘The Zone of Interest’. Housewife who lives near Auschwitz. While these are very difficult topics for American moviegoers, in Sandra’s native Germany they are called rom-coms.”
At this year’s Academy Awards, the historical film “Oppenheimer” about the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who researched the atomic bomb, received the most nominations. The film was nominated in 13 categories. “Poor Things” received eleven nominations, the drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” had ten nominations and “Barbie” received eight nominations.