The 93e The Oscars ceremony has been taking place in Los Angeles since 5 p.m. local time (2 a.m. in France) on Sunday, April 25. The ceremony takes place mainly at Union Station, the Los Angeles train station, but also at the Dolby Theater, on Hollywood Boulevard, and in about twenty places around the world connected by satellite, without having to resort to Zoom.
What there is to know
- This year, ABC is broadcasting the ceremony (in France, you can see it on Canal +), without a presenter for the third consecutive year.
- Director Steven Soderbergh is producing alongside Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins the event, which has been postponed for two months due to Covid-19.
- The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, The Chicago Seven, Mank compete for the supreme award, the Oscar for best film.
- Among the stars named this year: Viola Davis, Frances McDormand, Chadwick Boseman, Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman. And Chadwick Boseman, as a pothume.
- Frenchman Florian Zeller won the Oscar for Best Screenplay (adaptation) with The Father. He attends the ceremony in Paris, with the producer and editor of the film, Jean-Louis Livi and Yorgos Lamprinos.
- Three other French people are named: the director Adrien Merigeau (Genius Loci, animated short), Nicolas Becker (Sound of Metal, sound) and Frédéric Thoraval (Promising Young Woman, mounting)
Who animates this direct?
Journalists Laure Andrillon, Laurent Borredon and Chrystèle Pape.
For further
Oscars 2021: the eight films in the running for the supreme award for best feature film
“I don’t need to shoot a film to have anxieties”: Florian Zeller recounts the genesis of The Father
The Father, Anthony Hopkins in the corridors of time
Alexander Nanau, documentary filmmaker: “Populism, corruption and incompetence go hand in hand and are the death of democracy”
Judas and the Black Messiah : a mole among the Black Panthers
Borat 2 : weapon of massive derision, on Amazon Prime Video
The Chicago Seven, Aaron Sorkin’s not-so-historic fresco
With Mank, David Fincher in the footsteps of Citizen Kane and his father
Director Kaouther Ben Hania: “From Tunisia to Syria, we share a common destiny”
Steven Soderbergh at the helm of the Covid-19 version of the Oscars