Academy Awards 2018

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The Dolby Theater , home of the 2018 Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel , presenter of the award ceremony

The 90th presentation of the Oscars ( English 90th Academy Awards ) took place on March 4, 2018 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles . The late date of the event, which usually takes place at the end of February, was chosen because the Winter Olympics are taking place at the same time . In the year of the Academy Awards, awards are always given to films that were shown in American cinemas for the first time in the previous year, in this case the films of 2017 . The most successful was Guillermo del Toro's fantasy film Shape of Waterab, which won four of its 13 nominations, including awards for best film and best director. This made Shape of Water the first and even the second fantasy film to be awarded as the best film in 14 years .

As in the previous year, the production of the award ceremony was carried out by the two American film producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd . As in the previous year, Jimmy Kimmel led through the evening. The nominations were officially announced on January 23, 2018 by Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis .

There was a premiere in the Best Camera category . For the first time in the history of the Oscars, Rachel Morrison was nominated as a cinematographer.

With his second Oscar award, Robert Lopez became the first artist to win the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards at least twice each in a competitive category.

Casey Affleck , the winner of the category Best Actor of the Oscars in 2017 , did not attend the Academy Awards in part because against him of sexual harassment existed, but he wanted to keep the focus on the work of filmmakers. Until then, it was traditionally customary for last year's winner in the Best Leading Actor category to present the award to the best leading actress.

As part of the musical accompaniment of the evening, all of the pieces of music nominated in the Best Song category were presented. Gael García Bernal , Natalia Lafourcade and Miguel presented Remember Me from the Pixar film Coco - More Alive Than Life! , written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez . Mary J. Blige introduced the song Mighty River from Dee Rees ' film Mudbound , written by Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson , Common and Andra Day presented Stand Up for Something from the film Marshall , written by Diane Warren and Common, and Keala Settle den Song This is Me from the film Greatest Showman , written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul . Sufjan Stevens also presented the song Mystery of Love from the film Call Me by Your Name .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations;
highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
Shape of Water - The whisper of water 13 4th
Dunkirk 8th 3
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 7th 2
The darkest hour 6th 2
The silk thread 6th 1
Blade Runner 2049 5 2
Lady Bird 5 0
Call Me by Your Name 4th 1
Get out 4th 1
Mudbound 4th 0
Star Wars: The Last Jedi 4th 0
I, Tonya 3 1
Baby driver 3 0
Coco - more alive than life! 2 2
Beauty and the Beast 2 0
The publisher 2 0
Victoria & Abdul 2 0

Award winners and nominations

Best movie

presented by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway

Shape of Water - The Shape of Water - Production: Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale

Call Me by Your Name - Production: Peter Spears , Luca Guadagnino , Émilie Georges and Marco Morabito
The Darkest Hour - Produced by Tim Bevan , Eric Fellner , Lisa Bruce , Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski
Dunkirk - Production: Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
Get Out - Producers: Sean McKittrick , Jason Blum , Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele
Lady Bird - Producers: Scott Rudin , Eli Bush and Evelyn O'Neill
The silk thread (Phantom Thread) - Production: JoAnne Sellar , Paul Thomas Anderson , Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Producers: Graham Broadbent , Pete Czernin, and Martin McDonagh
The publisher (The Post) - Production: Amy Pascal , Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger

Best director

Guillermo del Toro , director of Shape of Water - The whisper of water

presented by Emma Stone

Guillermo del Toro - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water

Paul Thomas Anderson - The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Jordan Peele - Get Out

Best Actor

presented by Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren

Gary Oldman - The Darkest Hour

Timothée Chalamet - Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis - The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq. - The truth and nothing but the truth (Roman J. Israel, Esq.)

Best main actress

presented by Jodie Foster and Jennifer Lawrence

Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Sally Hawkins - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water
Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Meryl Streep - The Publisher (The Post)

Best supporting actor

presented by Viola Davis

Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer - All the money in the world (All the Money in the World)

The best supporting actress

presented by Mahershala Ali

Allison Janney - I, Tonya

Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Lesley Manville - The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water

Best adapted script

presented by Chadwick Boseman and Margot Robbie

James Ivory - Call Me by Your Name

Scott Frank , James Mangold and Michael Green - Logan - The Wolverine (Logan)
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber - The Disaster Artist
Aaron Sorkin - Molly's Game - Everything on one card (Molly's Game)
Virgil Williams and Dee Rees - Mudbound

Best original script

presented by Nicole Kidman

Jordan Peele - Get Out

Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani - The Big Sick
Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water

Best camera

presented by Sandra Bullock

Roger Deakins - Blade Runner 2049

Bruno Delbonnel - The Darkest Hour
Hoyte van Hoytema - Dunkirk
Dan Laustsen - Shape of Water - The Whisper of Water (The Shape of Water)
Rachel Morrison - Mudbound

Best production design

presented by Lupita Nyong'o and Kumail Nanjiani

Paul Denham Austerberry , Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin - Shape of Water - Das Whisper des Wasser (The Shape of Water)

Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis - Dunkirk
Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola - Blade Runner 2049
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer - The Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer - The Darkest Hour

Best costume design

presented by Eva Marie Saint

Mark Bridges - The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)

Consolata Boyle - Victoria & Abdul
Jacqueline Durran - Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
Jacqueline Durran - The Darkest Hour
Luis Sequeira - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water

Best film score

presented by Christopher Walken

Alexandre Desplat - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water

Carter Burwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jonny Greenwood - The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)
John Williams - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Star Wars: The Last Jedi)
Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk

Best movie song

presented by Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda

" Remember Me " from Coco - more alive than life! (Coco) - Music and lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

“ Mighty River ” from Mudbound - Music and Text: Mary J. Blige , Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
“ Mystery of Love ” from Call Me by Your Name - Music and Text: Sufjan Stevens
“ Stand Up for Something ” from Marshall - Music: Diane Warren ; Text: Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren
" This Is Me " from Greatest Showman (The Greatest Showman) - Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Best make-up and best hairstyles

presented by Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer

Kazuhiro Tsuji , David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick - The Darkest Hour

Daniel Phillips and Loulia Sheppard - Victoria & Abdul
Arjen Tuiten - Wunder (Wonder)

Best cut

presented by Matthew McConaughey

Lee Smith - Dunkirk

Jon Gregory - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos - Baby Driver
Tatiana S. Riegel - I, Tonya
Sidney Wolinsky - Shape of Water - The Whisper of Water (The Shape of Water)

Best tone

presented by Ansel Elgort and Eiza González

Gregg Landaker , Gary A. Rizzo, and Mark Weingarten - Dunkirk

Ron Bartlett , Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth - Blade Runner 2049
Christian Cooke , Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier - Shape of Water - Das Whisper des Wasser (The Shape of Water)
David Parker , Michael Semanick , Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Star Wars: The Last Jedi)
Julian Slater , Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis - Baby Driver

Best sound editing

presented by Ansel Elgort and Eiza González

Richard King and Alex Gibson - Dunkirk

Mark A. Mangini and Theo Green - Blade Runner 2049
Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water
Julian Slater - Baby Driver
Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Star Wars: The Last Jedi)

Best visual effects

presented by Gina Rodriguez and Tom Holland

John Nelson , Gerd Nefzer , Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover - Blade Runner 2049

Joe Letteri , Daniel Barrett , Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist - Planet of the Apes: Survival (War for the Planet of the Apes)
Ben Morris , Mike Mulholland , Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Star Wars: The Last Jedi)
Stephen Rosenbaum , Jeff White , Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus - Kong: Skull Island
Christopher Townsend , Guy Williams , Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Best animated film

presented by Kelly Marie Tran , Oscar Isaac , Mark Hamill and BB-8

Coco - more alive than life! (Coco) - Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson

The Boss Baby - Tom McGrath and Ramsey Ann Naito
The breadwinner (The Breadwinner) - Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
Ferdinand - Go bullish! (Ferdinand) - Carlos Saldanha and Lori Forte
Loving Vincent - Dorota Kobiela , Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart

Best animated short film

presented by Kelly Marie Tran , Oscar Isaac , Mark Hamill and BB-8

Dear basketball - Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant

Once upon a time ... after Roald Dahl (Revolting Rhymes) - Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
Garden Party - Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
Lou - Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
Negative Space - Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata

Best short film

presented by Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph

The Silent Child (The Silent Child) - Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton

DeKalb Elementary - Reed Van Dyk
The Eleven O'Clock - Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
My Nephew Emmett - Kevin Wilson, Jr.
Watu Wote - All of us - Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen

Best documentary

presented by Greta Gerwig and Laura Dern

Icarus (Icarus) - Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail - Steve James , Mark Mitten, and Julie Goldman
Moments: Faces of a Journey (Visages Villages) - Agnès Varda , JR and Rosalie Varda
The last men of Aleppo (آخر الرجال في حلب) - Feras Fayyad , Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen
Strong Island - Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes

Best documentary short film

presented by Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph

Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 - Frank Stiefel

Edith + Eddie - Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
Heroin (s) - Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
Knife Skills - Thomas Lennon
Traffic Stop - Kate Davis and David Heilbroner

Best foreign language film

presented by Rita Moreno

A fantastic woman (Una mujer fantástica) - Chile , directed by Sebastián Lelio

The Affront (قضية رقم ٢٣ / The Insult) - Lebanon , directed by Ziad Doueiri
Body and Soul (Testről és lélekről) - Hungary , directed by Ildikó Enyedi
Loveless (Нелюбовь) - Russia , directed by Andrei Svjaginzew
The Square - Sweden , directed by Ruben Östlund

Submissions for the category Best Foreign Language Film

With 92 films submitted in the category Best Foreign Language Film , a new record was reached. With Ayiti Mon Amour ( Haiti ), Morazán ( Honduras ), Dearest Sister ( Laos ), Comboio de Sal e Açúcar ( Mozambique ), Félicité ( Senegal ) and Little Gandhi ( Syria ), six countries submitted a film for the first time.

As the official German candidate , Fatih Akin's thriller Out of nowhere entered the race. Petra Biondina Volpe's film drama The Divine Order was selected as the Swiss candidate . Austria submitted Michael Haneke's Franco-German-Austrian coproduction Happy End .

In December 2017, a shortlist of nine films was made. In addition to the five final nominations, the following other films were shortlisted:

Honor Oscar

The honorary winners determined by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were recognized at the ninth Governors Awards on November 11, 2017 . For the first time in 20 years, Alejandro G. Iñárritu received a Special Achievement Award for his VR project Carne y Arena . The winners were:

Donald Sutherland , Canadian actor
Agnès Varda , Belgian director
Owen Roizman , American cinematographer
Charles Burnett , American filmmaker
Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Mexican filmmaker

In memoriam

The segment “In Memoriam”, with which the most important deceased in the film sector is remembered every year in a short video, was presented by Jennifer Garner . During the segment joined Eddie Vedder with Tom Petty's song Room at the Top on.

The following artists were mentioned in the segment:

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Oscar Nominations . In: oscars.org, January 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ Dana Schwartz: Oscars 2018: Robert Lopez becomes the first person in history to double EGOT . In: Entertainment Weekly of March 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ Gregg Kilday: Oscars: Casey Affleck Won't Present Best Actress Award In: The Hollywood Reporter, January 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ Performers of Academy Award-Nominated Songs Announced In: filmmusicreporter.com, February 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ Sung Woon-mo: Oscars 2018: New attendance record for the category 'Best Foreign Language Film' . In: Filmstarts.de . October 6, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ Fatih Akins 'Out of Nowhere' is a German Oscar candidate . In: Welt.de . August 24, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  8. ↑ 'The Divine Order' Swiss Oscar candidate . In: MediaBiz.de . August 7, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  9. ↑ Austria sends Haneke's “Happy End” to Oscars . In: ORF.at . September 6, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  10. ^ Kris Tapley: Oscars: Nine Films Advance in Foreign-Language Race . In: variety .com, December 14, 2017 (accessed December 15, 2017).
  11. ↑ Gregg Kilday: Academy Avoids Talk Harassment as Five Legends Get Governors Awards . In: HollywoodReporter.com . November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  12. ↑ Pat Saperstein: Eddie Vedder sings Tom Petty song during the Oscars In Memoriam segment . In: Chicago Tribune, March 4, 2018.
  13. ↑ Scott Strauss: 2018 Oscars In Memoriam . In: oscar.go.com of March 5, 2018.