Oppenheimer won a leading 7 awards in 96th Academy Awards (Oscars 2024).

Awards

The 96th Academy Awards ceremony, which was presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on 10 March 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The nominations were announced on January 23, 2024. Oppenheimer led with 13 nominations, followed by Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon with 11 and 10, respectively. Oppenheimer won a leading seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Other major winners were Poor Things with four awards and The Zone of Interest with two. The cultural phenomenon of "Barbenheimer" received a total of 21 nominations (8 for Barbie and 13 for Oppenheimer). The two films competed against each other in 6 categories, including Best Picture. Godzilla Minus One became the first ever Godzilla film to be nominated for an Academy Award.


      10 actors received their first Oscar nominations this year.

      This was the 5th consecutive year with at least one Best Picture nominee directed by a woman: Greta Gerwig with Barbie, Celine Song with Past Lives, and Justine Triet with Anatomy of a Fall.

      The Zone of Interest is the first non-English language British film to win for International Feature and Sound.

 

     


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