Monday, March 13, 2023

Four Oscars for “Nothing New in the West” – also best international film

ACADEMY AWARDS Four Oscars for “Nothing New in the West” – also best international film UPDATED ON 03/13/2023-04:36 The German anti-war drama has won four Oscars. For the fourth time, the award for the best international film went to Germany. The big winner of the night was "Everything Everywhere All at Once". The anti-war drama "Nothing New in the West" has won a total of four Oscars - more than any other German film before it. For Best International Film, director Edward Berger's Netflix production beat Argentina's 'Argentina, 1985', 'Close' from Belgium, 'EO' from Poland and 'Poland' The Quiet Girl” from Ireland. Director Berger thanked his team and family. "Oh god, this means so much to us," he said on stage. Nine nominations "Nothing New in the West" was nominated in a total of nine categories, including the first German entry in the top category of best film. In addition to Best International Film, it also won awards for Best Cinematography (James Friend), Best Score (Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka) and Best Production Design (Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper). With the film adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel of the same name, a German entry received the Oscar for the best international film for the fourth time in history. Previous winners of the foreign Oscar: the film adaptation of the novel "The Tin Drum" by Volker Schlöndorff in 1980, Caroline Link's emigrant drama Nowhere in Africa in 2003 as well as the Stasi drama "The Lives of Others" by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck in 2007. Seven Oscars for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Big winner at the 95th Academy Awards was "Everything Everywhere All at Once". The film, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, won a total of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan) and Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis). In the sci-fi action comedy, a Chinese-born laundromat manager is suddenly thrown into a multiverse of parallel worlds and must battle a super-villain who is her daughter. All the winners of the 95th Academy Awards - Best Picture: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" - Best International Film: "Nothing New in the West" (Germany) - Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") - Leading actress: Michelle Yeoh ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") - Leading actor: Brendan Fraser ("The Whale") - Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") - Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") - Camera: James Friend ("Nothing New West") - Original screenplay: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") - Adapted screenplay: Sarah Polley ("The Pronunciation") - Editing: Paul Rogers ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") - Film music: Volker Bertelmann alias Hauschka ("Nothing new in the West") - Movie Song: "Naatu Naatu" ("RRR") - Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper ("Nothing New in the West") - Sound: Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor ("Top Gun: Maverick") - Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett ("Avatar: The Way of Water") - Animated film: "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" - Animated short film: "The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse" - Documentary film: “Navalny” - Short Documentary: "The Elephant Whisperers" - Make-up/Hair: Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley ("The Whale") - Costume Design: Ruth Carter ("Black Panther: Wakanda Forever") - Short film: "An Irish Goodbye"