The winners of the Oscar 2020 have been determined. What you need to know

On the night of March 15-16, the 98th Academy Awards Ceremony was held in Los Angeles. This year, a new nomination appeared at the Oscars — the best casting. Who became the winner of the main film award of the year is in the Izvestia article.

Best Film — "Battle after Battle"

The film is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the book by the American writer.-
Thomas Pynchon's postmodern novel "Vineland" won the main award of the film festival.
The film also won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and Editing, and also became
the winner in the new nomination is the best casting.

The genre of the film is defined as a black comedy and a political action film. In the center of the plot
the confrontation of two fathers, a left—wing revolutionary and a military man, with fascist
with their eyes. Previously, "Battle after Battle" won the Golden Globe and the British Academy Award.
BAFTA Film Academy — the film received four Globes and six statuettes of the British Academy
film academies.

The nominees:

• "Dreams of trains"
• "Sinners"
• "Sentimental value"
• "The Secret Agent"
• "Marty the Magnificent"
• "Hamnet"
• "Frankenstein"
• Formula 1
• "Bugonia"

Best Actor — Michael B. Jordan ("Sinners")

This is the first statuette in the career of actor Michael B. Jordan, who previously worked with the director.
Ryan Coogler in the action movies "Black Panther" and "Creed". The vampire horror of the Kugler
"Sinners", where Jordan played two roles at once — the twins Smoke and Stack, received
He has received a record 16 Oscar nominations, and previously won two Golden Globes and three statuettes.
BAFTA. The film also won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, Best
soundtrack and best cinematography.

The nominees:

• Wagner Moura ("The Secret Agent")
• Ethan Hawke ("Blue Moon")
• Leonardo DiCaprio ("Battle after Battle")
• Timothy Chalamet ("Marty the Magnificent")

Best Actress — Jessie Buckley ("Hamnet")

This is the first Oscar in the career of the Irish actress and singer, who gained fame after
the role of Marie Bolkonskaya in the BBC series based on the novel "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy.
In Chloe Zhao's film Hamnet: The Story that Inspired Hamlet, the actress plays William's wife.
Shakespeare's Agnes. Buckley previously won a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe for this role.

The nominees:

• Emma Stone ("Bugonia")
• Renate Reinswe ("Sentimental Value")
• Kate Hudson ("The Melody of Their Dreams")
• Rose Byrne ("I Would Kick You if I Could")

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson ("Battle after Battle")

This is Paul Thomas Anderson's first Oscars, which has already had award nominations for
the films "Oil" (2008), "Phantom Thread" (2018) and "Licorice Pizza" (2022). In 2007
in the year of Anderson, he became the 20th in the list of the best directors of all time according to the magazine "Total
Film", and his films "Oil", "The Master" and "Inherent Vice" were included in the 100 greatest films.
21st century according to the BBC.

The nominees:

• Ryan Coogler ("Sinners")
• Joachim Trier ("Sentimental Value")
• Josh Safdie ("Marty the Magnificent")
• Chloe Zhao ("Hamnet")

Best Supporting Actor — Sean Penn ("Battle after Battle")

Twice Oscar-winning American actor and pro-Ukrainian activist Sean Penn failed
attend the presentation of his third statuette. He previously won for the role of Colonel
Stephen J. Lockjaw won the British Academy Award in "Battle after Battle," but the Golden
The globe for the best supporting role went to his competitor, one of the brightest representatives
the Swedish acting dynasty to Stellan Skarsgard.

The nominees:

• Stellan Skarsgard ("Sentimental Value")
• Delroy Lindo ("Sinners")
• Jacob Elordi ("Frankenstein")
• Benicio Del Toro ("Battle after Battle")

Best Supporting Actress — Amy Madigan ("Guns")

This is the first statuette of the American Film Academy in the career of the actress, who in 1990 became
She won the Golden Globe for her supporting role in the TV series Roy vs. Wade. Behind
the role of a witch in the horror film "Guns" directed by Zack Kregger, where Madigan managed to transform
Initially, the comic image turned into a completely sinister one by the end of the film, the actress had previously received
The Film Critics' Choice Award.

The nominees:

• Teyana Taylor ("Battle after Battle")
• Wunmi Mosaku ("Sinners")
• Inga Ibsdotter Lileas ("Sentimental Value")
• Elle Fanning ("Sentimental Value")

Best Foreign Language Film — "Sentimental Value"

The drama by Norwegian director and screenwriter Joakim Trier tells the story of Nora's sisters and
Agnes, whose father, a successful director, reappears in their lives after a family tragedy.
Gustav. In 2025, the film won the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival and the British Film Award.
independent cinema.

The nominees:

• "The Voice of Hind Rajab"
• "Sirat"
• "A simple accident"
• "The Secret Agent"

Best Cartoon — "K-Pop-Demon Hunters"

An American full-length computer animated film shot in the genres of musical and
urban fantasy directed by Maggie Kahn and Chris Appelhans. He talks about
The members of the K-pop group, which fights demons from the boy band Tape at night.
She won an Oscar for Best Original Song — Golden.

The nominees:

• "Little Amelie"
• "Elio"
• "Arco"
• "Zveropolis 2".