The film "Sinners" won the Oscar for Best Original screenplay.

The film "Sinners" won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and the award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the motion picture "Battle after Battle". The 98th Academy Awards ceremony is taking place on March 15 in Los Angeles.

The statuette for Best Original screenplay was awarded to director and screenwriter Ryan Coogler for the film "Sinners." This work has previously been awarded similar awards by BAFTA and the Screenwriters Guild of the USA. Academics recognized the work of Paul Thomas Anderson for the film "Battle after Battle" as the best adapted screenplay.

The film "Battle after Battle" also won an award for producer Cassandra Kulukundis in the new nomination "Best Casting". For the first time in the history of the award, the Academy awarded a statuette for the selection of the cast.

In addition, the performers of the supporting roles were noted. The award went to American actor Sean Penn, who played Colonel Stephen Lockjaw in the movie "Battle after Battle." The statuette was also awarded to American actress Amy Madigan for her role as Gladys in the film Guns.

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Earlier that day, it became known that the Russian animation artist Konstantin Bronzit for the cartoon "Three Sisters" again did not receive the Oscar in the category "Best Animated Short Film". The winners in this category were Canadian directors Chris Levis and Maciek Shcherbowski. They received the award for the animated short film "The Girl who Cried Pearls."

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