It’s safe to say this year’s Oscars were definitely eventful and we owe that to some badly executed jokes that got very mixed reactions. Yet, we can’t ignore the fact that this was a big night for many actresses, actors, directors, and more by marking historic firsts in the 2022 Oscar awards. So without further ado, let’s get into it.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

WINNER
WILL SMITH
King Richard

NOMINEES
JAVIER BARDEM
Being the Ricardos

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
The Power of the Dog

ANDREW GARFIELD
tick, tick…BOOM!

DENZEL WASHINGTON
The Tragedy of Macbeth

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WINNER
TROY KOTSUR
CODA

**Troy Kotsur is one of the few marking historic firsts in the Oscars by being the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar. That in itself deserves its props as he gave away an emotional speech in sign language for all to see. Hopefully, he won’t be the last.

NOMINEES
CIARÁN HINDS
Belfast

JESSE PLEMONS
The Power of the Dog
J.K. SIMMONS
Being the Ricardos

KODI SMIT-MCPHEE
The Power of the Dog

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

WINNER
JESSICA CHASTAIN
The Eyes of Tammy Faye

NOMINEES
OLIVIA COLMAN
The Lost Daughter

PENÉLOPE CRUZ
Parallel Mothers

NICOLE KIDMAN
Being the Ricardos

KRISTEN STEWART
Spencer

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WINNER
ARIANA DEBOSE
West Side Story

NOMINEES
JESSIE BUCKLEY
The Lost Daughter

JUDI DENCH
Belfast

KIRSTEN DUNST
The Power of the Dog

AUNJANUE ELLIS
King Richard

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

WINNER
ENCANTO
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer

**Here we have Yvett Merino making history as the first Latina producer to win an Oscar.

NOMINEES
FLEE
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

LUCA
Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren

THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho

CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER
DUNE
Greig Fraser

NOMINEES
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Dan Laustsen

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Ari Wegner

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Bruno Delbonnel

WEST SIDE STORY
Janusz Kaminski

COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER
CRUELLA
Jenny Beavan

NOMINEES
CYRANO
Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran

DUNE
Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan

NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Luis Sequeira

WEST SIDE STORY
Paul Tazewell

DIRECTING

WINNER
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Jane Campion

**Not a first but definitely a moment to remember is Best Director being awarded to a woman for the second year in a row.

NOMINEES
BELFAST
Kenneth Branagh

DRIVE MY CAR
Ryusuke Hamaguchi

LICORICE PIZZA
Paul Thomas Anderson

WEST SIDE STORY
Steven Spielberg

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

WINNER
SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein

NOMINEES
ASCENSION
Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell

ATTICA
Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry

FLEE
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

WRITING WITH FIRE
Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

WINNER
THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL
Ben Proudfoot

NOMINEES
AUDIBLE
Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean

LEAD ME HOME
Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk

THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR
Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei

WHEN WE WERE BULLIES
Jay Rosenblatt

FILM EDITING

WINNER
DUNE
Joe Walker

NOMINEES
DON’T LOOK UP
Hank Corwin

KING RICHARD
Pamela Martin

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Peter Sciberras

TICK, TICK…BOOM!
Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

WINNER
DRIVE MY CAR
Japan

NOMINEES
FLEE
Denmark

THE HAND OF GOD
Italy

LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
Bhutan

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Norway

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

WINNER
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh

NOMINEES
COMING 2 AMERICA
Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer

CRUELLA
Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon

DUNE
Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr

HOUSE OF GUCCI
Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

WINNER
DUNE
Hans Zimmer

NOMINEES
DON’T LOOK UP
Nicholas Britell

ENCANTO
Germaine Franco

PARALLEL MOTHERS
Alberto Iglesias

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Jonny Greenwood

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

WINNER
NO TIME TO DIE
from No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

NOMINEES
BE ALIVE
from King Richard; Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

DOS ORUGUITAS
from Encanto; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

DOWN TO JOY
from Belfast; Music and Lyric by Van Morrison

SOMEHOW YOU DO
from Four Good Days; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

BEST PICTURE

WINNER
CODA
Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers

**CODA is the first movie from a streaming service and the first movie to debut at Sundance to win Best Picture. Not only that but its win was also celebrated by the entire audience doing “silent applause,” also known as deaf applause or visual applause.

NOMINEES
BELFAST
Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers

DON’T LOOK UP
Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers

DRIVE MY CAR
Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer

DUNE
Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers

KING RICHARD
Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers

LICORICE PIZZA
Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers

WEST SIDE STORY
Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

PRODUCTION DESIGN

WINNER
DUNE
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos

NOMINEES
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

WEST SIDE STORY
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

WINNER
THE WINDSHIELD WIPER
Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez

NOMINEES
AFFAIRS OF THE ART
Joanna Quinn and Les Mills

BESTIA
Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz

BOXBALLET
Anton Dyakov

ROBIN ROBIN
Dan Ojari and Mikey Please

SHORT FILM (LIVE-ACTION)

WINNER
THE LONG GOODBYE
Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed

**A win for the Muslim community was Riz Ahmed who has become the first Muslim person to win an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

NOMINEES
ALA KACHUU – TAKE AND RUN
Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger

THE DRESS
Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki

ON MY MIND
Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson

PLEASE HOLD
K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse

SOUND

WINNER
DUNE
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett

NOMINEES
BELFAST
Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri

NO TIME TO DIE
Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb

WEST SIDE STORY
Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

VISUAL EFFECTS

WINNER
DUNE
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer

NOMINEES
FREE GUY
Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick

NO TIME TO DIE
Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

WINNER
CODA
Screenplay by Siân Heder

NOMINEES
DRIVE MY CAR
Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

DUNE
Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

THE LOST DAUGHTER
Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal

THE POWER OF THE DOG
Written by Jane Campion

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

WINNER
BELFAST
Written by Kenneth Branagh

NOMINEES
DON’T LOOK UP
Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota

KING RICHARD
Written by Zach Baylin

LICORICE PIZZA
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Even though not all movies won, they are all worth a watch and another opportunity to appreciate all its aspects from its music, cinematography, and acting. And that wraps it up for the Oscar Awards 2022…at least when it comes to the actual awards. You may all get back to the Will Smith slapping Chris Rock memes.