April 2026
ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi
OSCARS 2019
The 2019 Oscars were hosted on Sunday, February 24 (the early hours of Monday, February 25 for UAE time), and there were some celebrations, some upsets and a whole lot happening.
Some notable wins were Marvel’s Black Panther taking three awards – for best costume design, best set design and best original score. It also resulted in history being made, with Ruth Carter (costume design) and Hannah Beachler (production design) being the first black winners in their categories.
Best-animated motion feature went to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Marvel’s animated film.
Actor, Rami Malek took the Oscar for best actor, becoming the first Arab to win the coveted award, for his role as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. The biopic also took out best film editing, best sound editing and best sound mixing.
For the full list of nominees and winners, see below.
Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book - WINNER
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
Original Screenplay
The Favourite, Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed, Paul Schrader
Green Book, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, and Peter Farrelly - WINNER
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
Vice, Adam McKay
Directing
BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee
Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski
The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón - WINNER
Vice, Adam McKay
Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee - WINNER
Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins
A Star Is Born, Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters
Actress in a Leading Role
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite - WINNER
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Cinematography
Cold War, Lukasz Zal
The Favourite, Robbie Ryan
Never Look Away, Caleb Deschanel
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón - WINNER
A Star Is Born, Matthew Libatique
Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody - WINNER
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Makeup and Hairstyling
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice - WINNER
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, Vice
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk - WINNER
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo - WINNER
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG
Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, Green Book - WINNER
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther - WINNER
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
Film Editing
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody - WINNER
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice
Live Action Short
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin - WINNER
Production Design
Black Panther - WINNER
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
Animated Short Film
Animal Behavior
Bao - WINNER
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
Sound Editing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody - WINNER
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma
Documentary Short
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence. - WINNER
Sound Mixing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody - WINNER
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born
Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man - WINNER
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Foreign Language Film
Capernaum, Lebanon
Cold War, Poland
Never Look Away, Germany
Roma, Mexico - WINNER
Shoplifters, Japan
Original Score
Black Panther - WINNER
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - WINNER
Original Song
“All the Stars,” Black Panther
“I’ll Fight,” RBG
“The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born - WINNER
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings,” The Ballad of Buster Scruggs