The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2020 and early 2021. It took place in Los Angeles at both Union Station and the Dolby Theatre, on April 25, 2021, two months later than originally planned, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema. The nominations were announced on March 15, 2021.
Nomadland won three awards, the most of the night, including Best Picture. Other winners included The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank, Soul, and Sound of Metal with two awards, and Another Round, Colette, If Anything Happens I Love You, Minari, My Octopus Teacher, Promising Young Woman, Tenet, and Two Distant Strangers with one. This ceremony marked the first time since the 78th Academy Awards in 2006 that no film won more than three awards.
Best Picture
Nomadland – Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Javey, and Chloé Zhao
Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Best Actor
Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony
Best Actress
Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern
Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton
Best Supporting Actress
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja
Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller
Best Animated Feature Film
Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray
Best International Feature Film
Another Round (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Best Documentary Feature
My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, and Craig Foster
Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette – Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
Best Live Action Short Film
Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
Best Animated Short Film
If Anything Happens I Love You – Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Best Production Design
Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Best Cinematography
Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
Best Costume Design
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Matiki Anoff, Mia Neal, and Larry M. Cherry
Best Original Score
Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste
Best Original Song
"Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
Best Sound
Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortes, and Philip Bladh
Best Film Editing
Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Best Visual Effects
Tenet – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
(Source : press release)