The 2021 Academy Awards were filled with surprises and stiff competition. Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Best Actress in a Supporting Role, The Boy and the Heron won Best Animated Feature, and Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall won Best Original Screenplay.
Like many of the movies up for Oscars , this year’s Academy Awards ran longer than most viewers probably considered reasonable. But lengthy as the ceremony was, it was marked by enough surprises to make it one one hell of a watch. Though host Jimmy Kimmel made sure to get a few good jabs in at most of the filmmakers up for Oscars , few of the stars seemed all that phased as they took to the stage to deliver acceptance speeches that spoke to how stiff this year’s competition was.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph kicked off the night winning Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in The Holdovers — which was up for five awards total. And while Hayao Miyazaki wasn’t there to accept his award, The Boy and the Heron took home an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Out of the five awards director Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall was up for, it wound up taking home Best Original Screenplay, while writer / director Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction snagged Best Adapted Screenpla
Academy Awards Oscars Surprises Competition Winners Da’Vine Joy Randolph The Boy And The Heron Justine Triet Anatomy Of A Fall Cord Jefferson American Fiction
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