Ajang penghargaan film Amerika untuk menghargai karya dalam industri film, Academy Award atau piala Oscar 2021 digelar pada Minggu (25/4) waktu Amerika Serikat atau Senin (25/4) pukul 07.00 WIB.
Acara ini disiarkan secara langsung dari Union Station Los Angeles dan Dolby Theater & Highland Center di Hollywood. Orang yang hadir pun terbatas, hanya untuk nominee, presenter, dan tamu undangan.
Pembawa acara Oscar 2021 di antaranya adalah Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Bong Joon Ho, Don Cheadle, Bryan Cranston, Laura Dern, Harrison Ford, Regina King, Marlee Matlin, Rita Moreno, Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Rene Zellweger, dan Zendaya.
Di Oscar tahun ini, Film Nomadland berhasil membawa pulang penghargaan Film Terbaik atau Best Picture. Saingan Nomadland pada kategori ini adalah The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, dan The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Sutradara film Nomadland, Chole Zhao berhasil memenangkan kategori Sutradara Terbaik atau Best Director. Dia berhasil mengalahkan Lee Isaac Chung - Minari, Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman, David Fincher - Mank, dan Thomas Vinterberg - Another Round.
Berikut daftar lengkap pemenang Oscar 2021.
ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari
COSTUME DESIGN
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Father - Christopher Hampton
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
If Anything Happens I Love You
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Soul
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Two Distant Strangers
ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and The Black Messiah
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
My Octopus Teacher
DOCUMENTARY SHORT PROJECT
Colette
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Another Round- Denmark
SOUND
Sound of Metal
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank
BEST FILM EDITING
Sound of Metal
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mank
VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
ORIGINAL SCORE
Soul
ORIGINAL SONG
Fight For You - Judas and The Black Messiah
ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE
Anthony Hopkins- The Father
ACTRESS IN LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand - Nomadland
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloe Zao - Nomadland
BEST PICTURE
Nomadland