The Dolby Theater in Los Angeles hosted the 95th Academy or Oscar 2023 Awards on Sunday night (12th March 2023). The sci-fi film from Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won most of the top awards, including best picture and best director.
If you are a movie buff then you might know Oscars are one of the most prestigious award ceremonies in the world, and the nominations are highly coveted.
Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates a select few films in a variety of categories, and the public eagerly awaits the announcement of the nominees. In today’s blog, we will discuss the winners of Oscar 2023, nominations along with various interesting details.
Oscar Awards Winners 2023 – Check List
| Oscar 2023 Category | Winners |
| Best Actor | Brendan Fraser (The Whale) |
| Best Actress | Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” |
| Best Director | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” |
| Best Picture | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, producers) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” |
| Best Editing | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Paul Rogers) |
| Adapted Screenplay | “Women Talking” (Sarah Polley) |
| Original Screenplay | “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) |
| Original Song | “Naatu Naatu,” by M.M. Keeravaani and Chandrabose (“RRR”) |
| Animated Short | “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” (Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud) |
| Original Score | “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Volker Bertelmann) |
| International Feature | “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany (Edward Berger) |
| Best Visual Effects | “Avatar: The Way of Water” (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett) |
| Best Live-Action Short | “An Irish Goodbye” (Tom Berkeley and Ross White) |
| Makeup and Hairstyling | “The Whale” (Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley) |
| Best Cinematography | “All Quiet on the Western Front” (James Friend) |
| Costume Design | “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Ruth E. Carter) |
Oscar Awards 2023 – 95th Academy Awards 2023
The Oscars are awards given annually to recognize achievements in the film industry. They are considered the highest honor in the business and winning one can do wonders for a film’s box office and critical reception.
This year, the 95th Academy Awards 2023 or Oscars will be given on 12th March 2023. The venue selected for the event is Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The awards are given out in numerous categories, with the most prestigious being Best Picture. Other top awards include Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
Oscar Nominees 2023
As mentioned above, the official declaration of Oscar Nominations 2023 took place on 24th January 2023. However, we can predict the nominees based on the buzz around the Internet. Check out the predictions.
Oscar Nomination for Best Film 2023
- Top Gun: Maverick – Top Gun: Maverick is the long-awaited sequel of the super hit movie Top Gun that was released in the 80s. While the original film focused on the rivalry between Maverick (Tom Cruise) and Iceman (Val Kilmer), the sequel is centered on Maverick’s relationship with his late best friend, Goose (Anthony Edwards).
- The Fabelmans – It is a semi-autography movie based on the childhood of Steven Spielberg. He grew up in post-war Arizona from the age of 7 to 18.
- Everything Everywhere All at Once – This movie is based on the life of a Chinese immigrant. It narrates the story of how her life takes a lot of turns and how she saves the world.
- The Banshees of Inisherin – The Banshees of Inisherin is a movie that tells the story of a group of women who are forced to flee their homes after a group of men attempt to rape them. The women take refuge in a remote cabin in the woods, where they are visited by a banshee. The banshee grants the women the ability to turn into birds, and they use this new power to take revenge on their attackers.
- Tar – Tar is a story about Lydia Tar. She is often called the best living conductor/ composer and the first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.
- Elvis – This movie is based on the real-life story of musical legend Elvis Presley. He was a rock and movie star in the 1950s. He had a complex relationship with his manager Tom Parker.
- RRR – The RRR movie, directed by S. S. Rajamouli, is a period drama that tells the story of two friends, Allu Arjun and Ram Charan, who become enemies.
- Women Talking – The new film Women Talking is a perfect example of the power of conversation. The movie follows a group of women in a remote village in Bolivia who have been victims of sexual assault. Through a series of conversations, the women discover the strength and power they have to change their lives and their community.
- Avatar: The Way of Water – Sully (played by Sam Worthington) is a paraplegic marine who is recruited by the Avatar Program to become the new body for Jake Sully (played by Sigourney Weaver), a Na’vi avatar who has died.
- Living – This film takes you to London of 1950s. Here, a humorless civil servant receives a grim diagnosis and decides to take time off work to enjoy life.
Other possible nominations for the best film in Oscars 2023 – The Woman King, She Said, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Babylon, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, All Quiet on the Western Front, A Man Called Otto, Triangle of Sadness, Aftersun, Thirteen Lives
Oscar Nomination for Best Actor 2023
The possible Oscar 2023 nominations for Best Actor are –
- Brendan Fraser for “The Whale”
- Austin Butler for “Elvis”
- Colin Farrell for “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- Hugh Jackman for “The Sons”
- Bill Nighty for “Living”
- Paul Mescal for “Aftersun”
- Tom Cruise for “Top Gun: Maverick”
- Ralph Fiennes for “The Menu”
- Tom Hanks for “A Man Called Otto”
- Jeremy Pope for “The Inspection”
Oscar Nomination for Best Actress 2023
Actresses around the world have given some stupendous performances in movies last year. Let’s take a look at a few possible nominees for Oscar Best Actress Award 2023.
- Michelle Yeoh for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
- Michelle Williams for “The Fabelmans”
- Cate Blanchett for “Tár”
- Margot Robbie for “Babylon”
- Danielle Deadwyler for “Till”
- Ana de Armas for “Blonde”
- Jennifer Lawrence for “Causeway”
- Olivia Colman for “Empire of Light”
- Emma Thompson for “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”
- Viola Davis for “The Woman King”
Oscar 2023 Nomination for Best Director 2023
The directors of movies are responsible for making sure that the actors understand their characters and that the crew understands the vision of the movie. A few of the possible nominees for the Oscar 2023 best director Award are as follows.
- Steven Spielberg for “The Fabelmans”
- Todd Field for “Tár”
- Martin McDonagh for “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- Joseph Kosinski for “Top Gun: Maverick”
- James Cameron for “Avatar: The Way of Water”
- Sarah Polley for “Women Talking”
- Baz Luhrmann for “Elvis”
- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
- S.S. Rajamouli for “RRR”
- Gina Prince-Bythewood for “The Woman King”
2023 Oscars Nominations for Best Supporting Actor
The supporting actors are often as significant as the lead actor. The possible nominees for 2023 Oscar Awards for Best Supporting Actors are as follows.
- Paul Dano for “The Fabelmans”
- Judd Hirsch for “The Fabelmans”
- Brendan Gleeson for “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- Ke Huy Quan for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
- Barry Keoghan for “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- Eddie Redmayne for “The Good Nurse”
- Brian Tyree Henry for “Causeway”
- Tom Hanks for “Elvis”
- Ben Whishaw for “Women Talking”
- Brad Pitt for “Babylon”
Oscar Nomination for Best Supporting Actress 2023
Last year, we have seen some inspiring performances in supporting roles by various talented actresses. Given below is the list of some actresses who can get an Oscar nomination in 2023.
- Angela Bassett for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
- Jessie Buckley for “Women Talking”
- Jamie Lee Curtis for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
- Stephanie Hsu for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
- Kerry Condon for “The Banshees of Inisherin”
- Hong Chau for “The Whale”
- Janelle Monáe for “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
- Nina Hoss for “Tár”
- Dolly De Leon for “Triangle of Sadness”
- Carey Mulligan for “She Said”
Other Oscar Nomination 2023 – Technical Team and Artists
The Oscar awards of given in many other categories. Let’s take a look at the possible nominees in different categories.
| Oscar Nomination for Best Costume Design 2023 | Oscar Nomination for Best Cinematography 2023 | Oscar Nomination for Best Animated Feature 2023 |
| Catherine Martin for “Elvis” | Claudio Miranda for “Top Gun: Maverick” | Mark Gustafson for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” |
| Ruth E. Carter for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Russell Carpenter | Domee Shi for “Turning Red” |
| Mark Bridges for “The Fabelmans” | Janusz Kaminski for “The Fabelmans” | Dean Fleischer-Camp for “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” |
| Gersha Phillips for “The Woman King” | Florian Hoffmeister for “Tár” | Henry Selick for “Wendell & Wild” |
| Sandy Powell for “Living” | Roger Deakins for “Empire of Light” | Joel Crawford for “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” |
| Alexandra Byrne for “Empire of Light” | Larkin Seiple for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | Masaaki Yuasa for “Inu-Oh” |
| Jenny Eagan for “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” | Autumn Durald Arkapaw for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” | Don Hall for “Strange World” |
| Shirley Kurata for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” | Robert Richardson | Pierre Perifel for “The Bad Guys” |
| Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh | Ben Davis for “The Banshees of Inisherin” | Richard Linklater for “Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood” |
| Mary Zophres for “Babylon” | Linus Sandgren for “Babylon” | Angus MacLane for “Lightyear” |
| Catherine Martin for “Elvis” | Claudio Miranda for “Top Gun: Maverick” | Mark Gustafson for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” |
Oscar Nomination 2023 – Documentaries and Short Films
| Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film 2023 | Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song 2023 | Oscar Nomination for Best International Feature 2023 |
| Shaunak Sen for “All That Breathes” | “Lift me up” by Tems | Lukas Dhont for “Close” |
| Sara Dosa for “Fire of Love” | “Hold My Hand” by Lady Gaga | Ali Abbasi for “Holy Spider” |
| Ryan White for “Good Night Oppy” | “Naatu Naatu” by Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj | Park Chan-wook for “Decision to Leave” |
| Laura Poitras for “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” | “Ciao Papa” by Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz and Guillermo del Toro | Edward Berger for “All Quiet on the Western Front” |
| Margaret Brown for “Descendant” | “Applause” by Diane Warren | Alice Diop for “Saint Omer” |
| Simon Lereng Wilmont for “A House Made of Splinters” | “New Body Rhumba” by LCD Soundsystem | Davy Chou for “Return to Seoul” |
| Ondi Timoner for “Last Flight Home” | “Do a Little Good” by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | Santiago Mitre for “Argentina, 1985” |
| David Siev for “Bad Axe” | “Nobody Like U” by Billie Eilish and Finneas | Marie Kreutzer for “Corsage” |
| Matthew Heineman for “Retrograde” | “Carolina” by Taylor Swift | Jerzy Skolimowski for “EO” |
| Daniel Roher for “Navalny” | “This is a Life” by David Byrne, Ryan Lott and Mitski | Saim Sadiq for “Joyland” |
Frequently Asked Questions
The Oscars Award Ceremony is on 12th March 2023.
The official announcement regarding Oscar Nomination 2023 will be on 24th January 2023.
As per the reports, Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscar Awards ceremony 2023.
Yes, you can get two Oscar awards in the same year. However, there are restrictions on some categories. For example – actors cannot receive two nominations for the same performance
