Oscars 2020 Full list of Winners / results - Parasite wins best picture, Renée Zellweger wins best actress and Joaquin Phoenix takes home best actor for Joker.

Parasite’ makes Oscars 

history with stunning 

best picture win

Monday, 10 Feb 2020 12:37 PM MYT

‘Parasite’ producers Kwak Sin-ae (left) and Bong Joon-ho accept the award for Best Picture during the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California February 9, 2020. — AFP pic

LOS ANGELES, Feb 10 — Movie history was made at the Oscars today as South Korea’s black comedy Parasite became the first non-English-language film to win the best picture award, Hollywood’s biggest prize of all.

Parasite, about a poor South Korean family infiltrating a wealthy household, won a total of four awards, defying the received wisdom that the Academy would overlook a subtitled Asian movie.

“I thought I was done for the day and ready to relax,” filmmaker Bong Joon-ho said upon winning best director honours, before promising to “drink until next morning”.

But a bigger shock was in store as the movie beat frontrunner 1917 to win best picture.

“It feels like a very opportune moment in history is happening right now,” producer Kwak Sin-ae told an audience of Tinseltown A-listers, who cheered the film’s wins throughout the night at the Dolby Theatre.

Parasite also won the Oscar for best international feature, and became the first Asian film to scoop best original screenplay.

“We never write to represent our countries,” Bong said earlier in the night when he took the screenplay award. “But this is (the) very first Oscar to South Korea. Thank you.”

Bong also paid tribute to his childhood hero and fellow nominee Martin Scorsese, drawing a standing ovation for the veteran director of The Irishman.

Phoenix and Zellweger win

The pre-Oscars favourite 1917, Sam Mendes’ innovative and personal World War I movie about two soldiers crossing no-man’s-land, had to settle for best cinematography, visual effects and sound mixing prizes.

Joaquin Phoenix won his first Oscar for his turn in supervillain origin story Joker, the film that started the night with the most nominations.

In an emotionally charged speech, the actor railed against injustice and “an egocentric worldview” that leads to environmental destruction, before paying tribute to his actor brother River, who died of a drug overdose in 1993.

“I have been a scoundrel in my life,” admitted Phoenix, thanking Hollywood for not “cancelling” him out and urging others to show similar forgiveness.

Renee Zellweger sealed a remarkable comeback after six years away from the screen by winning best actress for Judy, dedicating the award to Hollywood screen legend Judy Garland.

“Judy Garland did not receive this honour in her time. I am certain that this moment is an extension of the celebration of her legacy,” she said in accepting her second Oscar.

Politics reigns

Pitt, who claimed his first acting Academy Award for his supporting turn in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, was one of several winners to strike a political note.

“They told me I only have 45 seconds up here, which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week,” he said, referring to President Donald Trump’s recent impeachment trial.

American Factory — the first film from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production house, about a Rust Belt factory reopened by a Chinese billionaire — won best documentary.

Barack Obama tweeted his praise for “a complex, moving story about the very human consequences of wrenching economic change”.

Best adapted screenplay went to Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit, about a young boy corrupted by fascism.

Taika Waititi, who is of Maori origin, said he hoped the win would inspire “all the indigenous kids in the world who want to do art and dance and write stories”.

Musical tributes

The event’s luxury and glamour contrast with the grief enveloping Los Angeles over the recent deaths of Golden Age film legend Kirk Douglas and Oscar-winning basketball star Kobe Bryant.

Record Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish sang a moving version of Yesterday to accompany the “in memoriam” montage for those Hollywood lost this year, which opened with Bryant and closed with Douglas.

Music was a prominent theme throughout the night, which began with a medley addressing a swirling row over the lack of minorities and female directors on the star-studded nominee list.

“We celebrate all the women who directed phenomenal films and I’m so proud to stand here as a black, queer artist,” singer Janelle Monae said.

Elton John, who won for best original song from Rocketman, a film about his life, thanked best original song co-winner Bernie Taupin for being there “when I was screwed up, when I was normal”.

Icelandic composer Hildur Gudnadottir won best original score for her haunting music for Joker.

“To the girls, to the women, to the mothers, to the daughters, who hear the music bubbling within, please speak up,” she said. “We need to hear your voices.”

No female directors were nominated this year — a theme referred to by several celebrities.

Natalie Portman, a best actress Oscar winner in 2011 for Black Swan, literally wore her feelings — she had their names stitched into the Dior cape she wore to the gala.

#MeToo movie Bombshell, the true story of sexual harassment at Fox News, won best make-up and hairstyling.

Auto racing film Ford v Ferrari bagged two technical prizes, for film editing and sound editing.

The ceremony had no host for a second consecutive time, after last year’s batch of bright guest presenters caused a trend-bucking uplift in TV ratings. — AFP

Oscars 2020 winners: Full list of results

Parasite wins best picture, Renée Zellweger wins best actress and Joaquin Phoenix takes home best actor for Joker.

Category winners are in bold.

Best picture 

1917
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Parasite
Ford v Ferrari

Best actress 

Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Renée Zellweger, Judy
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

Best actor 

Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

Best director 

Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Todd Phillips, Joker
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

Music (original song)

"I'm Standing With You" from Breakthrough
"Into The Unknown" from Frozen II
"Stand Up" from Harriet
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman
"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from Toy Story 4
"Glasgow" from Wild Rose

Music (original score)

Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

International feature film

France, Les Misérables
North Macedonia, Honeyland
Poland, Corpus Christi
South Korea, Parasite
Spain, Pain and Glory

Makeup and hairstyling 

Bombshell
Joker
Judy
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
1917

Visual effects

Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
1917
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best film editing

The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Ford v Ferrari
Parasite

Best cinematography 

Roger Deakins, 1917
Rodrigo Prieto, The Irishman
Lawrence Sher, Joker
Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
Robert Richardson, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

Best sound mixing

Ad Astra
Joker
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

Best sound editing

1917
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best supporting actress

Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit

Documentary short feature 

In the Absence
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha

Documentary feature

American Factory
The Cave
The Edge of Democracy
For Sama
Honeyland

Best costume design

Sandy Powell & Christopher Peterson, The Irishman
Mark Bridges, Joker
Arianne Phillips, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Jacqueline Durran, Little Women
Mayes C. Rubeo, Jojo Rabbit

Best production design 

Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
The Irishman
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Parasite

Live-action short film 

Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbors' Window
Saria
A Sister

Best adapted screenplay

Steven Zaillian, The Irishman
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes
Todd Phillips & Scott Silver, Joker

Best original screenplay

Rian Johnson, Knives Out
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns, 1917
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

Animated short film 

Dcera (Daughter)
Hair Love
Kitbull
Memorable
Sister

Animated feature film

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

Best supporting actor 

Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood