CODA Wins Best Film As Will Smith ‘Slaps’ At 2022 Oscars

It’s the morning after the night before, as film world’s premier night the 2022 Oscars took place. A great night for women and disability in the industry, however things will be overshadowed by that ‘slap’ from Will Smith.

The 94th Academy Awards will be remembered for a long time, sadly not always for the right reasons. Sian Heder‘s CODA win Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay with  Troy Kotsur  winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The first big wins for streaming service Apple TV+, but also Kotsur the first deaf actor to be nominated as well as win a major award too.

Sadly the the whole night will be remembered for it’s controversary, with several of the awards especially the Craft awards being pre-recorded. The night will of course be overshadowed by that ‘slap’ by Will Smith on Chris Rock. Smith was upset at the joke Rock had towards his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith who is suffering from alopecia. Smith yelling “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!”, the actor has now apologised for his actions.

Jane Campion took home the Best Director Award for The Power Of The Dog, with  Ariana Debose winning Best Actress In A Supporting Role for West Side Story . The Best Actor and Actress awards went to Will Smith for King Richard and Jessica Chastain for The Eyes Of Tammy Faye.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
WINNER
WILL SMITH King Richard

JAVIER BARDEM Being the Ricardos
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH The Power of the Dog
ANDREW GARFIELD tick, tick…BOOM!
DENZEL WASHINGTON The Tragedy of Macbeth

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER
TROY KOTSUR CODA

CIARÁN HINDS Belfast
JESSE PLEMONS The Power of the Dog
J.K. SIMMONS Being the Ricardos
KODI SMIT-MCPHEE The Power of the Dog

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
WINNER
JESSICA CHASTAIN The Eyes of Tammy Faye

OLIVIA COLMAN The Lost Daughter
PENÉLOPE CRUZ Parallel Mothers
NICOLE KIDMAN Being the Ricardos
KRISTEN STEWART Spencer

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER
ARIANA DEBOSE West Side Story

JESSIE BUCKLEY The Lost Daughter
JUDI DENCH Belfast
KIRSTEN DUNST The Power of the Dog
AUNJANUE ELLIS King Richard

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER
ENCANTO

FLEE
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON

CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER
DUNE Greig Fraser

NIGHTMARE ALLEY Dan Laustsen
THE POWER OF THE DOG Ari Wegner
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH Bruno Delbonnel
WEST SIDE STORY Janusz Kaminski

COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER
CRUELLA Jenny Beavan

CYRANO
Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
DUNE
Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Luis Sequeira
WEST SIDE STORY
Paul Tazewell

DIRECTING
WINNER
THE POWER OF THE DOG Jane Campion

BELFAST Kenneth Branagh
DRIVE MY CAR Ryusuke Hamaguchi
LICORICE PIZZA Paul Thomas Anderson
WEST SIDE STORY Steven Spielberg

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
WINNER
SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein

ASCENSION
Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell
ATTICA
Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
FLEE
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
WRITING WITH FIRE
Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
WINNER
THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL Ben Proudfoot

AUDIBLE
Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean
LEAD ME HOME
Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk
THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR
Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei
WHEN WE WERE BULLIES
Jay Rosenblatt

FILM EDITING
WINNER
DUNE Joe Walker

DON’T LOOK UP Hank Corwin
KING RICHARD Pamela Martin
THE POWER OF THE DOG Peter Sciberras
TICK, TICK…BOOM! Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
WINNER
DRIVE MY CAR Japan

FLEE Denmark
THE HAND OF GOD Italy
LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM Bhutan
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD Norway

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
WINNER
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh

COMING 2 AMERICA Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
CRUELLA Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
DUNE Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
HOUSE OF GUCCI Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
WINNER
DUNE Hans Zimmer

DON’T LOOK UP Nicholas Britell
ENCANTO Germaine Franco
PARALLEL MOTHERS Alberto Iglesias
THE POWER OF THE DOG Jonny Greenwood

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
WINNER
NO TIME TO DIE
from No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

BE ALIVE
from King Richard; Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
DOS ORUGUITAS
from Encanto; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
DOWN TO JOY
from Belfast; Music and Lyric by Van Morrison
SOMEHOW YOU DO
from Four Good Days; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

BEST PICTURE
WINNER
CODA
Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers

BELFAST
Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
DON’T LOOK UP
Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
DRIVE MY CAR
Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
DUNE
Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
KING RICHARD
Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers
LICORICE PIZZA
Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers
WEST SIDE STORY
Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER
DUNE
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos

NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
WEST SIDE STORY
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
WINNER
THE WINDSHIELD WIPER Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez

AFFAIRS OF THE ART Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
BESTIA Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz
BOXBALLET Anton Dyakov
ROBIN ROBIN Dan Ojari and Mikey Please

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
WINNER
THE LONG GOODBYE Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed

ALA KACHUU – TAKE AND RUN Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger
THE DRESSTadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki
ON MY MINDMartin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson
PLEASE HOLDK.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse

SOUND
WINNER
DUNE
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett

BELFAST
Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
NO TIME TO DIE
Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
WEST SIDE STORY
Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER
DUNE
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer

FREE GUY
Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
NO TIME TO DIE
Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
WINNER
CODA
Screenplay by Siân Heder

DRIVE MY CAR
Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
DUNE
Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
THE LOST DAUGHTER
Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Written by Jane Campion

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
WINNER
BELFAST
Written by Kenneth Branagh

DON’T LOOK UP
Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
KING RICHARD
Written by Zach Baylin
LICORICE PIZZA
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier