The 2023 Academy Awards were contentious as ever – premiering last night, on March 12^th, 2023! As the race for Best Picture rolled out like the champagne carpet, from documentary to short film to original scores, the stakes were high. 

Between historical wins – Michelle Yeoh as the first Asian actress to be honored with the Best Actress award – to stunning red carpet looks, the 95^th Academy Awards had it all. 

Everything Everywhere All At Once, an iconic bizarre sci-fi modern classic, swept the awards, winning 7 Academy Awards, with All Quiet on the Western Front following with 4 wins, and The Whale with 2. Women Talking, Avatar: The Way of Water, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, RRR, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Navalny, An Irish Goodbye, The Elephant Whisperers, and The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse all came out on top as well, winning one Academy Award each. 

Everything Everywhere All At Once, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Whale, Navalny and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio are returning to theatres across the country – check our website for showtimes near you: angelikafilmcenter.com

Keep reading to learn more about the nominees and winners! 

Writing (Original Screenplay) 

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 
Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert 
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN 
Written by Martin McDonagh 
THE FABELMANS 
Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner 
TÁR 
Written by Todd Field 
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS 
Written by Ruben Östlund 

Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 

WOMEN TALKING 
Screenplay by Sarah Polley 
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 
Screenplay – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell 
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY 
Written by Rian Johnson 
LIVING 
Written by Kazuo Ishiguro 
TOP GUN: MAVERICK 
Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks 

Visual Effects 

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER 
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett 
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar 
THE BATMAN 
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy 
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 
Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick 
TOP GUN: MAVERICK 
Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher 

Sound 

TOP GUN: MAVERICK 
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor  
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 
Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte 
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER 
Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges 
THE BATMAN 
Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson 
ELVIS 
David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller 

Short Film (Live Action) 

AN IRISH GOODBYE  
Tom Berkeley and Ross White 
IVALU 
Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan 
LE PUPILLE 
Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón 
NIGHT RIDE 
Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen 
THE RED SUITCASE 
Cyrus Neshvad 

Short Film (Animated) 

THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE 
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud 
THE FLYING SAILOR 
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby 
ICE MERCHANTS 
João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano 
MY YEAR OF DICKS 
Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon 
AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT 
Lachlan Pendragon 

Production Design 

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 
Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper 
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER 
Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole 
BABYLON 
Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino 
ELVIS 
Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn 
THE FABELMANS 
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara 

Music (Original Song) 

“Naatu Naatu” from RRR 
Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose 
“Applause” from TELL IT LIKE A WOMAN 
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren 
“Hold My Hand” from TOP GUN: MAVERICK 
Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop 
“Lift Me Up” from BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 
Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler 
“This Is A Life” from EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 
Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne 

Music (Original Score) 

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 
Volker Bertelmann 
BABYLON 
Justin Hurwitz 
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN 
Carter Burwell 
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 
Son Lux 
THE FABELMANS 
John Williams 

Makeup and Hairstyling 

THE WHALE 
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley 
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 
Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová 
THE BATMAN 
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine 
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 
Camille Friend and Joel Harlow 
ELVIS 
Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti 

International Feature Film 

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 
Germany 
ARGENTINA, 1985 
Argentina 
CLOSE 
Belgium 
EO 
Poland 
THE QUIET GIRL 
Ireland 

Film Editing 

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 
Paul Rogers 
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN 
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen 
ELVIS 
Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond 
TÁR 
Monika Willi 
TOP GUN: MAVERICK 
Eddie Hamilton 

Documentary Short Film 

THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS 
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga 
HAULOUT 
Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev 
HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR? 
Jay Rosenblatt 
THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT 
Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison 
STRANGER AT THE GATE 
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones 

Documentary Feature Film 

NAVALNY 
Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris  
ALL THAT BREATHES 
Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer 
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED 
Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov 
FIRE OF LOVE 
Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman 
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS 
Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström 

Directing 

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert 
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN 
Martin McDonagh 
THE FABELMANS 
Steven Spielberg 
TÁR 
Todd Field 
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS 
Ruben Östlund 

Costume Design 

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 
Ruth Carter 
BABYLON 
Mary Zophres 
ELVIS 
Catherine Martin 
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 
Shirley Kurata 
MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS 
Jenny Beavan 

Cinematography 

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 
James Friend 
BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS 
Darius Khondji 
ELVIS 
Mandy Walker 
EMPIRE OF LIGHT 
Roger Deakins 
TÁR 
Florian Hoffmeister 

Animated Feature Film 

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO 
Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley 
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON 
Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey 
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH 
Joel Crawford and Mark Swift 
THE SEA BEAST 
Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger 
TURNING RED 
Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins 

Actress in a Supporting Role 

Jamie Lee Curtis in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE  
Angela Bassett in BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 
Hong Chau in THE WHALE 
Kerry Condon in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN 
Stephanie Hsu in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 

Actor in a Supporting Role 

Ke Huy Quan in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 
Brendan Gleeson in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN 
Brian Tyree Henry in CAUSEWAY 
Judd Hirsch in THE FABELMANS 
Barry Keoghan in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN  

Actress in a Leading Role 

Michelle Yeoh in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 
Cate Blanchett in TÁR 
Ana de Armas in BLONDE 
Andrea Riseborough in TO LESLIE 
Michelle Williams in THE FABELMANS 

Actor in a Leading Role 

Brendan Fraser in THE WHALE 
Austin Butler in ELVIS 
Colin Farrell in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN 
Paul Mescal in AFTERSUN 
Bill Nighy in LIVING 

Best Picture 

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE 
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers 
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 
Malte Grunert, Producer 
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER 
James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers 
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN 
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers 
ELVIS 
Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers 
THE FABELMANS 
Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers 
TÁR 
Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers 
TOP GUN: MAVERICK 
Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers 
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS 
Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers 
WOMEN TALKING 
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers