The 92nd Academy Awards is in the history books and there were some great additions to the ceremony’s long line of best acceptance speeches. Some were extremely gracious and humble, like several of the instances in which “Parasite” writer/director Bong Joon Ho went up on stage. Others made bold statements about representation in the industry such as “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir. Then there were some that became a rallying point like “American Factory” director Julia Reichert. Looking back, here are the six best speeches from the 2020 Oscars that really stood out. Do you agree with my picks? Let us know in the comments below.
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Best Director and International Feature: Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
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- 2/10/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
The 92nd Oscars featured a mix of the expected and the unexpected Sunday, with Neon’s South Korean film Parasite capping the evening by winning Best Picture, making history as the first foreign-language film ever to take the marquee prize.
Parasite director and co-writer Bong Joon Ho made four trips to the Dolby Theater stage, with the film also winning for Directing, Original Screenplay and International Feature.
Other honorees who spent this compressed Oscar season honing their acceptance speeches for tonight were the four Acting winners — all of whom won as expected. That meant statuettes for Joaquin Phoenix (Leading Actor for Joker), Renee Zellweger (Leading Actress for Judy), Brad Pitt (Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Laura Dern (Supporting Actress for Marriage Story).
Check out all the winners’ speeches below.
Best Picture
Parasite
Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Actress in a Leading Role...
Parasite director and co-writer Bong Joon Ho made four trips to the Dolby Theater stage, with the film also winning for Directing, Original Screenplay and International Feature.
Other honorees who spent this compressed Oscar season honing their acceptance speeches for tonight were the four Acting winners — all of whom won as expected. That meant statuettes for Joaquin Phoenix (Leading Actor for Joker), Renee Zellweger (Leading Actress for Judy), Brad Pitt (Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Laura Dern (Supporting Actress for Marriage Story).
Check out all the winners’ speeches below.
Best Picture
Parasite
Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Actress in a Leading Role...
- 2/10/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Parasite – Bong Joon Ho
Neon’s film Parasite made Oscar history by becoming the first foreign language film to win Best Picture during the 92nd Academy Awards. Nominated for six Oscars, the film walked away on Sunday night with four Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay.
Directed by Bong Joon Ho, Parasite previously won the Palme d’Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival as well as top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
Only 11 international feature films have ever been nominated in the Best Picture category. Bong Joon Ho became the first South Korean to ever win the best director Oscar.
During his acceptance speech he said, “When I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart, which is “the most personal is the most creative.
Neon’s film Parasite made Oscar history by becoming the first foreign language film to win Best Picture during the 92nd Academy Awards. Nominated for six Oscars, the film walked away on Sunday night with four Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay.
Directed by Bong Joon Ho, Parasite previously won the Palme d’Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival as well as top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
Only 11 international feature films have ever been nominated in the Best Picture category. Bong Joon Ho became the first South Korean to ever win the best director Oscar.
During his acceptance speech he said, “When I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart, which is “the most personal is the most creative.
- 2/10/2020
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Women had another record-breaking night at this year’s Oscars, accounting for one-third of the awards handed out on Sunday night.
Across the 24 categories, 13 women and 26 men took home statuettes this year, an uptick from the previous record set last year when women accounted for 27.8% of the 54 winners. Though there were two fewer female winners compared to last year’s 15, the overall amount of winners was Lao down 28% from 2019.
In addition to Renee Zellweger, who took home Best Actress for her role in the Judy Garland biopic “Judy,” and Best Supporting Actress winner Laura Dern, for “Marriage Story,” the following women earned Oscars on Sunday:
Karen Rupert Toliver, “Hair Love” (Best Animated Short Film) Barbara Ling & Nancy Haigh, “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (Best Production Design) Jacqueline Durran, “Little Women” (Best Costume Design) Julia Reichert, “American Factory” (Best Documentary Feature) Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva, “Learning to Skateboard in...
Across the 24 categories, 13 women and 26 men took home statuettes this year, an uptick from the previous record set last year when women accounted for 27.8% of the 54 winners. Though there were two fewer female winners compared to last year’s 15, the overall amount of winners was Lao down 28% from 2019.
In addition to Renee Zellweger, who took home Best Actress for her role in the Judy Garland biopic “Judy,” and Best Supporting Actress winner Laura Dern, for “Marriage Story,” the following women earned Oscars on Sunday:
Karen Rupert Toliver, “Hair Love” (Best Animated Short Film) Barbara Ling & Nancy Haigh, “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (Best Production Design) Jacqueline Durran, “Little Women” (Best Costume Design) Julia Reichert, “American Factory” (Best Documentary Feature) Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva, “Learning to Skateboard in...
- 2/10/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Here are the winners at the 92nd annual Academy Awards that handed out Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Click above to see a photo gallery.
Best Picture
Parasite
(Neon)
A Barunson E&a Production
Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Actress in a Leading Role
Renée Zellweger
Judy (Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions)
Actor in a Leading Role
Joaquin Phoenix
Joker (Warner Bros.)
Directing
Parasite (Neon)
Bong Joon Ho
Original Song
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman (Paramount)
Music by Elton John
Lyric by Bernie Taupin
Original Score
Joker (Warner Bros.)
Hildur Guðnadóttir
International Feature
Parasite
A Barunson E&A Production
South Korea
Makeup and Hairstyling
Bombshell (Lionsgate)
Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
Visual Effects
1917 (Universal/Amblin Partners)
Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
Film Editing
Ford v Ferrari (Walt Disney)
Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland
Cinematography
1917 (Universal/Amblin Partners...
Best Picture
Parasite
(Neon)
A Barunson E&a Production
Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Actress in a Leading Role
Renée Zellweger
Judy (Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions)
Actor in a Leading Role
Joaquin Phoenix
Joker (Warner Bros.)
Directing
Parasite (Neon)
Bong Joon Ho
Original Song
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman (Paramount)
Music by Elton John
Lyric by Bernie Taupin
Original Score
Joker (Warner Bros.)
Hildur Guðnadóttir
International Feature
Parasite
A Barunson E&A Production
South Korea
Makeup and Hairstyling
Bombshell (Lionsgate)
Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
Visual Effects
1917 (Universal/Amblin Partners)
Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
Film Editing
Ford v Ferrari (Walt Disney)
Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland
Cinematography
1917 (Universal/Amblin Partners...
- 2/10/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
If you look at our official racetrack odds, you’d see that the short film, “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl),” is thought to be far out front for this year’s prize for Best Documentary Short. The odds that are displayed there are taken from the forecasts made by our Expert film journalists, Gold Derby Editors, Top 24 Users and the thousands of regular Gold Derby readers making their predictions at home.
But could another one of this year’s nominees sneak in and pull off an upset? Are there any other shorts that is more of a traditional fit for the Oscars? Below, let’s take a closer look at all five of this year’s nominated short documentaries, in order by their current Gold Derby odds.
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“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You...
But could another one of this year’s nominees sneak in and pull off an upset? Are there any other shorts that is more of a traditional fit for the Oscars? Below, let’s take a closer look at all five of this year’s nominated short documentaries, in order by their current Gold Derby odds.
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“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You...
- 2/9/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Updated with full winners list: The BAFTA Film Awards have named Sam Mendes’ 1917 Best Film at its annual ceremony Sunday in London, exactly one week before this compressed film awards season concludes with the 92nd Oscars.
Mendes’ World War I epic from Universal and Amblin/DreamWorks picked up a leading seven awards, including Mendes for Best Director. The film repeated its Best Picture wins at the DGA and PGA as well as the Golden Globes. Mendes, a UK native, previously won Director honors at the Globes and Critics’ Choice.
Tonight, 1917 also won for Best British Film, Roger Deakins’ Cinematography, Production Design, VFX and Sound. It has been ramping up its momentum after being one of the last of the season’s awards contenders to hit theaters. It had nine BAFTA noms coming in, behind Warner Bros’ Joker which had 11. Also like the Oscars, Netflix’s The Irishman and Sony’s...
Mendes’ World War I epic from Universal and Amblin/DreamWorks picked up a leading seven awards, including Mendes for Best Director. The film repeated its Best Picture wins at the DGA and PGA as well as the Golden Globes. Mendes, a UK native, previously won Director honors at the Globes and Critics’ Choice.
Tonight, 1917 also won for Best British Film, Roger Deakins’ Cinematography, Production Design, VFX and Sound. It has been ramping up its momentum after being one of the last of the season’s awards contenders to hit theaters. It had nine BAFTA noms coming in, behind Warner Bros’ Joker which had 11. Also like the Oscars, Netflix’s The Irishman and Sony’s...
- 2/2/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
UK talent present in all acting categories as well as throughout the nominations.
UK talent is well represented across the 2020 Oscar nominations with war epic 1917 among the leading contenders.
Sam Mendes’ 1917 has secured 10 nominations, including best picture, and ties it with Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood and The Irishman, while Joker leads the pack with 11 nods.
London-based Neal Street Productions is behind the First World War feature, told in what appears to be one continuous shot.
As well as its UK director, other UK talent recognised by the Academy in the nominations for their work on the film include...
UK talent is well represented across the 2020 Oscar nominations with war epic 1917 among the leading contenders.
Sam Mendes’ 1917 has secured 10 nominations, including best picture, and ties it with Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood and The Irishman, while Joker leads the pack with 11 nods.
London-based Neal Street Productions is behind the First World War feature, told in what appears to be one continuous shot.
As well as its UK director, other UK talent recognised by the Academy in the nominations for their work on the film include...
- 1/13/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
British talent present in all acting categories as well as throughout the nominations.
British talent is well represented across the 2020 Oscar nominations with war epic 1917 among the leading contenders.
Sam Mendes’ 1917 has secured 10 nominations, including best picture, and ties it with Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood and The Irishman, while Joker leads the pack with 11 nods.
London-based Neal Street Productions is behind the First World War feature, told in what appears to be one continuous shot.
As well as its English director, other British talent recognised by the Academy in the nominations include Roger Deakins for cinematography; Olivier Tarnet...
British talent is well represented across the 2020 Oscar nominations with war epic 1917 among the leading contenders.
Sam Mendes’ 1917 has secured 10 nominations, including best picture, and ties it with Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood and The Irishman, while Joker leads the pack with 11 nods.
London-based Neal Street Productions is behind the First World War feature, told in what appears to be one continuous shot.
As well as its English director, other British talent recognised by the Academy in the nominations include Roger Deakins for cinematography; Olivier Tarnet...
- 1/13/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
For Sama, Waad al-Kateab’s striking documentary about the start of the protests against the Assad regime in Syria, won the Best Feature prize at the International Documentary Association’s Ida Awards.
Al-Kateab shot hundreds of hours of footage over a course of the five-year siege that offered an unflinching view of life in war; the twentysomething economics student married one of the last doctors in her hometown of Aleppo, and they had a daughter, Sama, as the city crumbled around her.
Other winners Saturday at a ceremony on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles included HBO’s Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland, which won for Best Multipart Documentary, and Homecoming, Beyoncé’s Coachella concert film for Netflix.
Netflix won a leading three awards, including Best Director for American Factory co-directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert and Abstract: The Art of Design as Best Episodic Series.
Here’s the full...
Al-Kateab shot hundreds of hours of footage over a course of the five-year siege that offered an unflinching view of life in war; the twentysomething economics student married one of the last doctors in her hometown of Aleppo, and they had a daughter, Sama, as the city crumbled around her.
Other winners Saturday at a ceremony on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles included HBO’s Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland, which won for Best Multipart Documentary, and Homecoming, Beyoncé’s Coachella concert film for Netflix.
Netflix won a leading three awards, including Best Director for American Factory co-directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert and Abstract: The Art of Design as Best Episodic Series.
Here’s the full...
- 12/8/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“For Sama,” Waad al-Kateab’s wrenching story of raising a young daughter in war-torn Syria, has been named the best nonfiction film of 2019 at the International Documentary Association’s 35th annual Ida Documentary Awards, which were handed out on Saturday night on the Paramount Pictures lot in Los Angeles.
Al-Kateab, who directed “For Sama” with Edward Watts, also received the Ida Awards Courage Under Fire Award at the ceremony. Last week, the film also won the top award at the British Independent Film Awards, a rarity for a documentary.
Steven Bognar and Julie Reichert received the Best Director Award, the first time the Ida has handed out that particular prize, for their look at the culture clash when a Chinese company took over an American auto glass factory in Ohio in “American Factory.”
Also Read: 'For Sama' Film Review: Syrian Documentary Finds Wrenching Personal Take on Conflict
Two...
Al-Kateab, who directed “For Sama” with Edward Watts, also received the Ida Awards Courage Under Fire Award at the ceremony. Last week, the film also won the top award at the British Independent Film Awards, a rarity for a documentary.
Steven Bognar and Julie Reichert received the Best Director Award, the first time the Ida has handed out that particular prize, for their look at the culture clash when a Chinese company took over an American auto glass factory in Ohio in “American Factory.”
Also Read: 'For Sama' Film Review: Syrian Documentary Finds Wrenching Personal Take on Conflict
Two...
- 12/8/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The International Documentary Association revealed nominations for the 2019 Ida Awards, with Neon landing three films in the Best Feature competition, including “Apollo 11” and “Honeyland,” which led the field with three nominations, as well as”The Biggest Little Farm.” “Honeyland” will also collect the Pare Lorentz Award, while Neon’s “Amazing Grace” landed a Best Music Documentary nomination. (The film qualified for the Oscar last year.)
For the first time, the Ida will present an award for Best Director and, notably, all of the nominated films in that category are directed by women. “We felt the need to more clearly acknowledge the creativity and bold directorial vision that is behind many of the films we are privileged to consider,” said Ida’s Executive Director Simon Kilmurry.
First awarded in 2001, the Ida gives the Courage Under Fire Award to documentarians who display conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth, putting freedom of...
For the first time, the Ida will present an award for Best Director and, notably, all of the nominated films in that category are directed by women. “We felt the need to more clearly acknowledge the creativity and bold directorial vision that is behind many of the films we are privileged to consider,” said Ida’s Executive Director Simon Kilmurry.
First awarded in 2001, the Ida gives the Courage Under Fire Award to documentarians who display conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth, putting freedom of...
- 10/23/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The International Documentary Association revealed nominations for the 2019 Ida Awards, with Neon landing three films in the Best Feature competition, including “Apollo 11” and “Honeyland,” which led the field with three nominations, as well as”The Biggest Little Farm.” “Honeyland” will also collect the Pare Lorentz Award, while Neon’s “Amazing Grace” landed a Best Music Documentary nomination. (The film qualified for the Oscar last year.)
For the first time, the Ida will present an award for Best Director and, notably, all of the nominated films in that category are directed by women. “We felt the need to more clearly acknowledge the creativity and bold directorial vision that is behind many of the films we are privileged to consider,” said Ida’s Executive Director Simon Kilmurry.
First awarded in 2001, the Ida gives the Courage Under Fire Award to documentarians who display conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth, putting freedom...
For the first time, the Ida will present an award for Best Director and, notably, all of the nominated films in that category are directed by women. “We felt the need to more clearly acknowledge the creativity and bold directorial vision that is behind many of the films we are privileged to consider,” said Ida’s Executive Director Simon Kilmurry.
First awarded in 2001, the Ida gives the Courage Under Fire Award to documentarians who display conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth, putting freedom...
- 10/23/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “For Sama” and “The Edge of Democracy” have scored multiple nominations for the International Documentary Awards.
“Advocate,” “Honeyland,” “Midnight Family,” “One Child Nation,” “Sea of Shadows,” and “The Biggest Little Farm” also received nods. The 35th Annual Ida Documentary Awards will be held on Dec. 7 at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
For the first time, the Ida will present an award for best director and all of the nominated films have female directors.
“The Ida Documentary Awards recognizes excellence in nonfiction storytelling across a range of forms, and all of this year’s nominees and winners illustrate that documentary storytelling is one of the most vital art forms today,” said Simon Kilmurry, executive director of the Ida.
The Ida also announced that its Courage Under Fire Award will be presented to Waad Al-Kateab for the film “For Sama,” recounting her life in Aleppo, Syria. It won...
“Advocate,” “Honeyland,” “Midnight Family,” “One Child Nation,” “Sea of Shadows,” and “The Biggest Little Farm” also received nods. The 35th Annual Ida Documentary Awards will be held on Dec. 7 at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
For the first time, the Ida will present an award for best director and all of the nominated films have female directors.
“The Ida Documentary Awards recognizes excellence in nonfiction storytelling across a range of forms, and all of this year’s nominees and winners illustrate that documentary storytelling is one of the most vital art forms today,” said Simon Kilmurry, executive director of the Ida.
The Ida also announced that its Courage Under Fire Award will be presented to Waad Al-Kateab for the film “For Sama,” recounting her life in Aleppo, Syria. It won...
- 10/23/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The nominees for the 2019 International Documentary Association (Ida) Awards have been unveiled, with several of this year’s most high-profile docs in the frame. Scroll down for full list of nominees.
For the first time, this year’s ceremony will feature an award for best director, with the five films nominated all directed or co-directed by women: The Edge Of Democracy (Petra Costa); Advocate (Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche); American Factory (Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert); Honeyland (Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov); and For Sama (Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts).
Neon is the most represented distributor in the best feature field with three nominations. Netflix has two of the films in the category (American Factory and The Edge Of Democracy), while Amazon has one (One Child Nation).
This year’s Courage Under Fire Award, which recognizes documentarians who display “conspicuous bravery...
For the first time, this year’s ceremony will feature an award for best director, with the five films nominated all directed or co-directed by women: The Edge Of Democracy (Petra Costa); Advocate (Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche); American Factory (Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert); Honeyland (Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov); and For Sama (Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts).
Neon is the most represented distributor in the best feature field with three nominations. Netflix has two of the films in the category (American Factory and The Edge Of Democracy), while Amazon has one (One Child Nation).
This year’s Courage Under Fire Award, which recognizes documentarians who display “conspicuous bravery...
- 10/23/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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