Frances McDormand at Anthony Hopkins, Best Actress at Best Actor sa ‘93rd Academy Awards’; Chloe Zhao, Best Director para sa ‘Nomadland’ na nanalong Best Picture

A night a diversity ang 93rd Academy Awards or the Oscars dahil sa history-making winners nila sa kanilang top categories.

Ang Chinese-American filmmaker na si Chloe Zhao ay ang first woman of color na manalo ng best director award para sa pelikulang Nomadland na nanalong best picture.

Si Zhao rin ang second woman to win the best director award after Kathryn Bigelow in 2008 for the Hurt Locker.

First Korean actress naman na manalo ng Oscar si Yuh-Jung Youn. Nagwagi siyang best supporting actress para sa pelikulang Minari. Bukod sa Oscars, nanalo rin ai Youn ng best supporting actress awards mula sa Screen Actor’s Guild at BAFTA Awards.

Naka-grandslam naman ang British black actor na si Daniel Kaluuya as best supporting actor sa pelikulang Judas and the Black Messiah. He won the Oscars, Golden Globes, SAG at BAFTA. Noong 2017 ay na-nominate siya sa Oscar as best actor for Get Out.

Napanalunan naman ni Frances McDormand ang kanyang third Oscar best actress award for Nomadland. Nanalo siya noong 1996 for Fargo and 2017 for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Tinalo ni Frances ang matinding kalaban niya sa best actress na sina Viola Davis, Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby at Carey Mulligan.

Bukod sa best actress, tumanggap din ni Frances ng Oscar bilang isa sa producers ng Nomadland na nanalong best picture.

Major upset ang pagpanalo ni Anthony Hopkins as best actor para sa pelikulang The Father. Ito ang second Oscar best actor award ni Hopkins na unang nanalo noong 1991 para sa Silence of the Lambs.

Marami ang nag-e-expect na ang mabibigyan ng posthumous best actor si Chadwick Boseman para sa Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. 

Ang singer na si H.E.R. ay ang ikalawang Filipino-American singer-composer na manalo ng Oscar for best original song. Nagwagi si H.E.R. para sa song na “Fight For You” from the movie Judas And The Black Messiah. 

Ang unang Fil-American na manalo sa category na ito ay si Robert Lopez para sa awiting “Let It Go” ng Disney animated film na Frozen in 2013.

Ang iba pang winners sa 93rd Oscars ay ang mga sumusunod: Best Musical Score (Soul), Best Editing (Sound of Metal), Best Cinematography (Mank), Best Production Design (Mank), Best Visual Effects (Tenet), Best Original Screenplay (Promising Young Woman), Best Adapted Screenplay (The Father), Best Animated Feature (Soul), Best International Film (Another Round from Denmark), Best Costume Design (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Best Hair & Makeup (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Best Sound (Sound of Metal) (RUEL J. MENDOZA)