NOMADLAND
‘Nomadland’ won the academy awards for the ‘ best picture’. Chloe Zhao won the best director for ‘Nomadland’, she’s the first woman of colour and second woman ever, to win the award.
Frances McDormand won ‘Best Actress’ in a leading role for the film ‘Nomadland’.
“Nomadland” gave Searchlight Pictures its fourth best-picture prize in eight years, an astounding run unrivaled by any other specialty film company. “We give this one to our wolf,” McDormand said as she held the best picture statuette, an apparent reference to Michael Wolf Snyder, a “Nomadland” sound mixer who took his own life in March. She then unleashed an unbridled wolf howl.
THE FATHER
Anthony Hopkins won the ‘Best Actor in a leading role for the film ‘The Father’.This victory has now made Hopkins the oldest ever Oscar winner. Hopkins didn’t pick up his award in person at the 93rd Academy Awards, reported People magazine. In the film, protagonist Anthony (Hopkins) interacts with daughter Anne (Colman) and other characters who give him conflicting accounts of the past and present. Like Anthony, the audience has to solve the puzzle of what’s real and whose truth should be believed.