The Complete List of Oscars 2020 Winners

The most prestigious film award ceremony – the 92nd Academy Awards – was finally held on the night of 9-10 February in Los Angeles. Traditionally, the most famous and talented stars receive the Oscars at the Dolby Theater, and the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named the first winners at last.

Oscar 2020 nominees were announced on January 13. After that, candidates for the prestigious award gathered at a traditional lunch on January 27. Later on, the voting for nominations began on January 30 and ended a few days ago on February 4.

It’s the second time the Oscars 2020 is being held without a presenter. Celebrities who were not nominated were the ones to announce the winners.

This year, Netflix films claimed awards in all categories. They overtook leading Hollywood studios in terms of the number of nominations (for example, Disney had 23 nominations, and Sony Pictures Entertainment had 20). Two Netflix films – Marriage Story and The Irishman – fought for the Best Picture at once, but the award went to the South Korean film Parasites.

In total, The Irishman, the streaming giant’s favorite at the Oscars, had ten nominations, including Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. The film ended up not receiving any awards at all, despite the talented Scorsese and the fantastic cast.

Perhaps the streaming service didn’t win anything because of the Netflix-bias from the industry. Various filmmakers have repeatedly been opposed to nominating films explicitly made for streaming services. Among them was Steven Spielberg, who claimed that such films could only qualify for the Emmy American Television Award and not the Oscars as they cannot be played in movie theaters. He also intended to speak to the members of the Academy to make them help change the rules for nominating films for the Oscars.

Eventually, the changes made to the rules of the Academy Awards did not affect online films, and they can still claim leading film awards.