Oscar 2022: Sci-fi adventure film 'Dune' wins 6 awards, CODA bags Best Picture award

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 28, Mar 2022

At the 94th Academy Awards Ceremony, Will Smith won the first Oscar of his career for his performance in King Richard. Jessica Chastain won Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Best Supporting actress was won by Ariana DeBose for West Side Story.

CODA was the big winner of the night winning the Best Picture award. The film was nominated in three categories and won all three. The other two are Best adapted screenplay and Best supporting actor for Troy Kotsur.

Dune won six awards at the Oscars out of its ten nominations - Best original score, Best cinematography, Best visual effects, Best film editing, Best Sound, and Best production design.

Jane Campion won the  Best Director  Award for the film The Power of the Dog.

Ms. Campion is the first woman to ever compete in the category twice. In 1994, she was nominated for The Piano.

The sci-fi adventure film Dune, which was nominated in 10 categories, has won six awards.

The Oscar award for best-supporting actor went to Troy Kotsur for his role in “CODA.” He is the first deaf male actor ever to be nominated and to win an Oscar.

The 94th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films released between March 1 and December 31, 2021. The ceremony, hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes, takes place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, this morning, where Awards are being given in ten categories.

These are some of the prominent awards declared so far. Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose, "West Side Story"
Best Sound: "Dune"
Best Cinematography: "Dune"
Best Documentary Short Subject: "The Queen of Basketball"
Best Visual Effects: "Dune"
Best Animated Feature: "Encanto"
Best Animated Short Film: "The Windshield Wiper"
Japanese film Drive My Car won Best International Feature.
Kenneth Branagh won the Best Original Screenplay award for Belfast.
Siân Heder wins Best adapted screenplay for CODA.

Samuel Jackson, Elaine May, and Liv Ullmann will be honoured with the Honorary Academy Awards for 2022. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award will be handed to Danny Glover.

Sources : News on AIR