Oscars 2018
The 90th Academy Awards ceremony which is also known as Oscars 2018 has been held on 4 March, 2018 and presented like each year by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The whole ceremony took place at Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and The Shape of Water won the best picture award. The oscar nominees were announced earlier on 23 January, 2018 at Beverly Hills, California.
The Shape of Water got most nominations with thirteen at the ceremony where Dunkirk movie placed second in term of nominations(8) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri came in third with seven number of nominations. Gary Oldman won best actor oscar award where Frances McDormand won best actress award.
The whole programme was beautifully hosted by famous American comedian cum producer Jimmy Kimmel. This article may be helpful for study materials, current affairs etc.
Here is the complete list of oscar winners & nominees of 24 categories in 2018
1. Best Picture
The Shape of Water(winner)
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2. Best Director
Guillermo del Toro(winner)
Christopher Nolan
Jordan Peele
Greta Gerwig
Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Best Actor
Gary Oldman(winner)
Timothee Chalamet
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Kaluuya
Delzel Washington
4. Best Actress
Frances McDormand(winner)
Sally Hawkins
Margot Robbie
Saoirse Ronan
Meryl Streep
5. Best Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell(winner)
Willem Dafoe
Woody Harrelson
Richard Jenkins
Christopher Plummer
6. Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney(winner)
Mary J. Blige
Lesley Manville
Laurie Metcalf
Octavia Spencer
7. Best Original Screenplay
Get Out(winner)
The Big Sick
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8. Best Adapted Screenplay
Call Me by Your Name(winner)
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly’s Game
Mudbound
9. Best Animated Feaure Film
Coco(winner)
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
10. Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman(winner)
The Insult
Loveless
On Body and Soul(Hungary)
The Square(Swedish)
11. Best Documentary Feaure
Icarus(winner)
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island
12. Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Heaven Is A Traffic Jam on the 405(winner)
Edith+Eddie
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
13. Best Live Action Short Film
The Silent Child(winner)
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nefew Emmett
Watu Wote/All of Us
14. Best Animated Short Film
Dear Basketball(winner)
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
15. Best Original Score
The Shape of Water(winner)
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
Star Wars
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
16. Best Original Song
Remember Me(winner)
Mighty River
Mystery of Love
Stand Up for Something
This Is Me
17. Best Sound Editing
Dunkirk(winner)
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
The Shape of Water
Star Wars:The Ladt Jedi
18. Best Sound Mixing
Dunkirk(winner)
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
The Shape of Water
Star Wars:The Last Jedi
19. Best Production Design
The Shape of Water(winner)
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
20. Best Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049(winner)
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
21. Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Darkest Hour(winner)
Victoria and Abdul
Wonder
22. Best Costume Design
Phantom Thread(winner)
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
The Shape of Water
Victoria and Abdul
23. Best Film Editing
Dunkirk(winner)
Baby Driver
I.Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
24. Best Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049(winner)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes