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'Another Round' wins best international feature film at Oscars

Danish film "Another Round", starring Mads Mikkelsen, won best international feature film at the 93rd Academy Awards, while Daniel Kaluuya won best supporting actor for his role as Black Panther activist Fred Hampton in "Judas and the Black Messiah".

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Published : Apr 26, 2021, 7:50 AM IST

Updated : Apr 26, 2021, 9:04 AM IST

Los Angeles: Danish film "Another Round", starring Mads Mikkelsen, won best international feature film at the 93rd Academy Awards here.

The comedy-drama is directed by Thomas Vinterberg and revolves around four friends who are high school teachers. In a bid to see how alcohol affects their social and professional lives, they start consuming alcohol on a daily basis. The movie, written by Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm, stars Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang and Lars Ranthe and is a co-production between Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden.

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Best supporting actor

Hollywood star Daniel Kaluuya won best supporting actor for his role as Black Panther activist Fred Hampton in "Judas and the Black Messiah".

The actor was a front-runner in the category where he was nominated alongside his "Judas..." co-star LaKeith Stanfield.

Kaluuya played Chicago Black Panther activist Fred Hampton, who was killed in an FBI raid in 1969.

"I'd like to thank my mom. You gave me everything. You gave me your factory settings. So I could stand at my fullest height," the actor said while accepting his award.

Read: Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas to announce 93rd Oscar nominations

Directed by Shaka King, the Warner Bros movie is inspired by true events in the late 1960s that were one of the most tumultuous and pivotal periods in American history.

This is the first Academy award for Kaluuya, who is best known for movies such as "Get Out", "Black Panther" and "Queen & Slim".

Hampton was 21 when he was assassinated during a coordinated raid by a tactical unit with orders from the FBI and the Chicago Police Department.

"Judas and the Black Messiah" also features Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders and Martin Sheen.

The other nominees in the category were Paul Raci, Leslie Odom Jr. and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Best Screenplay Oscar

Fennell won best original screenplay Oscar for her #MeToo drama "Promising Young Woman", while best adapted screenplay Academy Award went to Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller for their Anthony Hopkins-Olivia Colman-starrer "The Father".

Best supporting actress

Veteran South Korean star Yuh-jung Youn became the first South Korean actor to win the Oscar for the best supporting actress Oscar for "Minari".

Youn, 73, is the only second Asian woman to win best supporting actress Oscar after Miyoshi Umeki for "Sayonara" (1957).

Best Director

Filmmaker Chloe Zhao has become the first woman colour and only the second woman in the Oscars' history to win best director trophy.

She won the trophy for her philanthropic work in "Nomadland"

with input from agencies

Los Angeles: Danish film "Another Round", starring Mads Mikkelsen, won best international feature film at the 93rd Academy Awards here.

The comedy-drama is directed by Thomas Vinterberg and revolves around four friends who are high school teachers. In a bid to see how alcohol affects their social and professional lives, they start consuming alcohol on a daily basis. The movie, written by Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm, stars Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang and Lars Ranthe and is a co-production between Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden.

Read: Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' and 'Mulan' lead winners

Best supporting actor

Hollywood star Daniel Kaluuya won best supporting actor for his role as Black Panther activist Fred Hampton in "Judas and the Black Messiah".

The actor was a front-runner in the category where he was nominated alongside his "Judas..." co-star LaKeith Stanfield.

Kaluuya played Chicago Black Panther activist Fred Hampton, who was killed in an FBI raid in 1969.

"I'd like to thank my mom. You gave me everything. You gave me your factory settings. So I could stand at my fullest height," the actor said while accepting his award.

Read: Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas to announce 93rd Oscar nominations

Directed by Shaka King, the Warner Bros movie is inspired by true events in the late 1960s that were one of the most tumultuous and pivotal periods in American history.

This is the first Academy award for Kaluuya, who is best known for movies such as "Get Out", "Black Panther" and "Queen & Slim".

Hampton was 21 when he was assassinated during a coordinated raid by a tactical unit with orders from the FBI and the Chicago Police Department.

"Judas and the Black Messiah" also features Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders and Martin Sheen.

The other nominees in the category were Paul Raci, Leslie Odom Jr. and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Best Screenplay Oscar

Fennell won best original screenplay Oscar for her #MeToo drama "Promising Young Woman", while best adapted screenplay Academy Award went to Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller for their Anthony Hopkins-Olivia Colman-starrer "The Father".

Best supporting actress

Veteran South Korean star Yuh-jung Youn became the first South Korean actor to win the Oscar for the best supporting actress Oscar for "Minari".

Youn, 73, is the only second Asian woman to win best supporting actress Oscar after Miyoshi Umeki for "Sayonara" (1957).

Best Director

Filmmaker Chloe Zhao has become the first woman colour and only the second woman in the Oscars' history to win best director trophy.

She won the trophy for her philanthropic work in "Nomadland"

with input from agencies

Last Updated : Apr 26, 2021, 9:04 AM IST
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