The 93rd Academy Awards or OSCARS Award ceremony was organized recently on 25th April, 2021 in Los Angeles at both Union Station and Dolby Theatre to honored the best films and performances for 2020 and early 2021. This was presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or AMPAS. The nominations for this award were announced on 15th March, 2021 in a global livestream by Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas on the official website of the award. Nomadland won three awards , the most of the ceremony . Here ia a list of these winners of this award –
1.Best Picture – Nomadland .
2. Best Director- Chloe Zhao , film – Nomadland.
3.Best Actor – Anthony Hopkins, film- The Father.
4.Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Daniel Kaluuya, film – Judas and the Black Messiah.
5. Best Actress – Frances Mc.Dormand, film – Nomadland.
6. Best Actress in a Supporting Role- Yuh -Jung Youn, film – Minari .
7. Best Animated Feature Film – SOUL ( Pete Docter and Dana Murray ).
8.Best Cinematography -MANK ( Erik Messerschmidt ).
9. Best Costume Design- MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM ( Ann Roth ).
10. Best Documentary ( Feature )- MY OCTOPUS TEACHER ( Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster).
11. Best Documentary (Short Subject )- COLETTE ( Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard ).
12. Best Film Editing- SOUND OF METAL ( Mikkel E. G. Nielsen ).
13. Best International Feature Film – ANOTHER ROUND ( Denmark ).
14. Best Makeup and Hairstyling – MA RAINEY’s BLACK BOTTOM ( Sergio Lopez- Rivera, Mila Neal and Jamika Wilson).
15. Best Music ( Original Score ) -SOUL ( Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste ).
16. Music ( Original Song ) – FIGHT FOR YOU- from Judas and the Black Messiah ; Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II: Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas.
17. Production Design- MANK ( Production Design – Donald Graham Burt: Set Decoration – Jan Pascale ).
18. Short Film ( Animated ) – IF ANYTHING HAPENS I LOVE YOU ( Will McCormack and Michael Govier ).
19. Short Film ( Live Action ) – TWO DISTANT STRANGERS ( Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe ).
20. Sound – SOUND OF METAL ( Nicholas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michellee Couttolenc, Carlos Cortes and Phillip Bladh).
21. Visual Effects- TENET ( Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher ).
22. Writing ( Adapted Screenplay ) – THE FATHER ( Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller ).
23. Writing ( Original Screenplay ) -PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN ( Written by Emerald Fennel ).
Read the Passage above and answer the questions below –
A. Complete the sentences from the passage above –
1×5=5
- 93rd Academy Awards ceremony was organized in ———————————————-.
- The Academy Awards were presented by ———————————————————-.
- The nominations for this award were announced on ———————————————-.
- The most number of awards went to the film ,—————————-..
- Academy Award is known as ———————————–.
B. Answer the questions below-
- Which film got the award for the best picture category in the Academy Awards this year ? 1
- Who has won the award of best actor and best actress in this year Academic Award? 1+1=2
C. Write the antonyms of these following words –
1×4=4
- Organized-
- Honored-
- Motion-
- Winners-
D. Find out the words from the passage having almost same meaning with the following words – 1×2=2
- Accolade-
- Came out with-
E. Write a suitable titles for the above passage—————————————————————————————————. 1
WRITING SKILL
- Write a newspaper report about the Oscar award this year. 10
- Write a notice as the Cultural Secretary of your school about a discussion on this year Oscar award in your cultural club. 10
