“One Battle After Another” took home six Oscars at the 98th Academy Awards, followed by “Sinners” won four. While the night celebrated the best in filmmaking, the ceremony had a few firsts Autumn Cheyenne Durald Arkapaw, the first woman and woman of color to win Best Cinematography for her work on “Sinners.”
Conan O’Brien opened the ceremony by highlighting its global reach, noting that 31 countries across six continents were represented. It was a fitting way to begin a night meant to celebrate how filmmaking brings together artists from around the world.
“One Battle After Another” took home six Oscars, winning awards for Best Picture, Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Film Editing, Best Casting, Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, and Best Adapted Screenplay. As for “Sinners,” it won four awards, including a historic Best Cinematography award for Autumn Cheyenne Durald Arkapaw, the first woman and woman of color to win the category — Arkapaw is of Black and Creole descent — as well as Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler, and Best Original Score for Ludwig Göransson. And “K-Pop Demon Hunters” fans rejoiced when the film won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.
O’Brien, who hosted for the second consecutive year, kicked things off with a pre-taped parody of “Weapons,” appearing in drag as the film’s creepy Aunt Gladys. In the bit, he is seen in the makeup chair trying to perfect the look before chaos breaks out and he is forced to flee a mob of children, running across nominated films like “Sinners,” “K-Pop Demon Hunters,” “F1,” “Hamnet,” and more along the way in a chaotic cold open.
From there, O’Brien leaned into some of Hollywood’s biggest anxieties and ongoing conversations. He joked about the rise of AI in the industry, calling himself “the last human host of the Academy Awards,” before adding that next year he would be replaced by “a Waymo in a tux.” He also poked fun at heightened security at the ceremony, took a jab at Timothée Chalamet over his recent “no one cares” comments about ballet and opera, and joked that it might be the first time Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos had ever been seen in a theater.
With the tone set, the ceremony turned to celebrating the artists and films that defined the past year in cinema.
The ceremony also celebrated a few firsts in the history of the Academy Awards. The newly introduced Best Casting award was handed to One Battle After Another’s Cassandra Kulukundis, while “Two People Exchanging Saliva” and “The Singers” shared a rare tie in Best Live-Action Short. Sinners also made history as Autumn Cheyenne Durald Arkapaw became the first woman and first woman of color to win Best Cinematography.
The winners are in an asterisk
Best Picture
Bugonia (Focus Features); Ed Guiney & Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Lars Knudsen, Producers
F1 (Apple); Chad Oman, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
Frankenstein (Netflix); Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber, Producers
Hamnet (Focus Features); Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, Producers
Marty Supreme (A24); Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Anthony Katagas and Timothée Chalamet, Producers
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Adam Somner, Sara Murphy and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
The Secret Agent (Neon); Emilie Lesclaux, Producer*
Sentimental Value (Neon); Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Producers
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Ryan Coogler, Producers
Train Dreams (Netflix); Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer and Michael Heimler, Producers
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley in Hamnet (Focus Features)*
Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Kate Hudson in Song Sung Blue (Focus Features)
Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value (Neon)
Emma Stone in Bugonia (Focus Features)
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme (A24)
Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Michael B. Jordan in Sinners (Warner Bros.) *
Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent (Neon)
Best Director
Hamnet (Focus Features), Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme (A24), Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.), Paul Thomas Anderson *
Sentimental Value (Neon), Joachim Trier
Sinners (Warner Bros.), Ryan Coogler
Best International Feature
Brazil, The Secret Agent
France, It Was Just an Accident
Norway, Sentimental Value *
Spain, Sirat
Tunisia, The Voice of Hind Rajab
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless (MasterClass/Greenwich Entertainment); Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix); Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park *
“I Lied to You” from Sinners (Warner Bros.); Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi! (Viva Verdi!); Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams (Netflix); Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, Lyric by Nick Cave
Best Cinematography
Frankenstein (Netflix), Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme (A24), Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.), Michael Bauman
Sinners (Warner Bros.), Autumn Durald Arkapaw*
Train Dreams (Netflix), Adolpho Veloso
Best Film Editing
F1 (Apple); Stephen Mirrione
Marty Supreme (A24); Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Andy Jurgensen *
Sentimental Value (Neon); Olivier Bugge Coutté
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Michael P. Shawver
Best Sound
F1 (Apple) Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta *
Frankenstein (Netflix) Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
Sirat (Neon); Amanda Vil
Best Original Score
Bugonia (Focus Features); Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein (Netflix); Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet (Focus Features); Max Richter
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Jonny Greenwood
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Ludwig Goransson *
Best Documentary Short
All the Empty Rooms (Netflix); Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones*
Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (HBO); Craig Renaud and Juan Arredondo
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (Sky); Hilla Medalia and Sheila Nevins
The Devil Is Busy (HBO); Christalyn Hampton and Geeta Gandbhir
Perfectly a Strangeness (Second Sight Pictures); Alison McAlpine
Best Documentary Feature
The Alabama Solution (HBO Documentary Films); Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
Come See Me in the Good Light (Apple); Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
Cutting Through Rocks; Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (PINK)*
The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix); Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney); Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett*
F1 (Apple); Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
Jurassic World Rebirth (Universal); David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
The Lost Bus (Apple); Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K. McLaughlin
Sinners (Warner Bros.) Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
Best Production Design
Frankenstein (Netflix); Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau*
Hamnet (Focus Features); Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
Marty Supreme (A24); Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Monique Champagne
Best Original Screenplay
Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics); Written by Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident (Neon); Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
Marty Supreme (A24); Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value (Neon); Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Written by Ryan Coogler *
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia (Focus Features); Screenplay by Will Tracy
Frankenstein (Netflix); Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet (Focus Features); Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Written by Paul Thomas Anderson *
Train Dreams (Netflix); Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi in Frankenstein (Netflix)
Delroy Lindo in Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Sean Penn in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)*
Stellan Skarsgard in Sentimental Value (Neon)
Best Live-Action Short
Butcher’s Stain (Tel Aviv University Steve Tisch School of Film and Television); Meyer Levinson-Blount and Oron Caspi
A Friend of Dorothy; Lee Knight and James Dean
Jane Austen’s Period Drama; Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
The Singers (Netflix); Sam A. Davis and Jack Piatt*
Two People Exchanging Saliva (Canal+/The New Yorker); Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata*
Best Casting
Hamnet (Focus Features); Nina Gold
Marty Supreme (A24); Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.); Cassandra Kulukundis*
The Secret Agent (Neon); Gabriel Domingues
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Francine Maisler
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein (Netflix); Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey*
Kokuho (GKIDS); Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
The Smashing Machine (A24); Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
The Ugly Stepsister (Independent Film Company/Shudder); Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney); Deborah L. Scott
Frankenstein (Netflix); Kate Hawley *
Hamnet (Focus Features); Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme (A24); Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners (Warner Bros.); Ruth E. Carter
Best Animated Short
Butterfly (Sacrebleu Productions); Florence Miailhe and Ron Dyens
Forevergreen; Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
The Girl Who Cried Pearls (National Film Board of Canada); Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski *
Retirement Plan; John Kelly and Andrew Freedman
The Three Sisters (Polydont Films/Rymanco Ventures); Konstantin Bronzit
Best Animated Feature
Arco (Neon); Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
Elio (Walt Disney); Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Mary Alice Drumm
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix); Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong *
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS); Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago and Henri Magalon
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney); Jared Bush, Byron Howard and Yvett Merino
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value (Neon)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in Sentimental Value (Neon)
Amy Madigan in Weapons (Warner Bros.)*
Wunmi Mosaku in Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
