Winners of the 88th Academy Awards

Greetings, movie aficionados. You might have heard or seen the telecast of the Academy Awards when it aired in America and Australia recently. The 88th Academy Awards winners are finally confirmed. There are a few surprises in the ceremony that I would like to add. The most critically acclaimed movie, Mad Max: Fury Road, has earned six Oscar statuettes, including Best Production Design. Meanwhile, actor Leonardo DiCaprio has won the Best Actor award. And after a two-year absence, animation giant Pixar has done it again by receiving the Best Animated Feature trophy for Inside Out.

I was less than enthusiastic about the results that Star Wars: The Force Awakens didn't achieve five Oscars. I was sure they would win, including; Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score for John Williams. A special appearance from the three original characters couldn't save them from the disappointment of losing.

Here are the details of the results;

Best Visual Effects
Ex Machina - Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett,
Paul Norris and Andrew Whitehurst

Best Film Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel

Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road - Jenny Beaven

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road - Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega
and Damian Martin

Best Cinematography
The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Production Design
Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson

Best Sound Mixing
Mad Max: Fury Road - Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff
and Ben Osmo

Best Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road - Mark A. Mangini and
David White

Best Original Song
"Writing's in the Wall" from Spectre - Music and
Lyrics by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

Best Original Score
The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone

Best Animated Short Film
Bear Story - Pato Escala Pierart and Gabriel
Osorio Vargas

Best Live Action Short Film
Stutterer - Serenade Armitage and Benjamin Clearly

Best Documentary - Short Subject
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness -
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Best Documentary - Feature
Amy - Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees

Best Foreign Language Film
Son of Saul (Hungary) in Hungarian - László Nemes

Best Animated Feature Film
Inside Out - Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short - Adam McKay and Charles Randolph
from The Big Short by Michael Lewis

Best Writing - Original Screenplay
Spotlight - Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

Best Supporting Actress
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies as Rudolf Abel

Best Actress
Brie Larson - Room as Joy "Ma" Newsome

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant as Hugh Glass

Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant

Best Picture
Spotlight - Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin
and Blye Pagon Fest

Academy Honorary Awards
Spike Lee
Gena Rowlands

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Debbie Reynolds

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