Overview
- Presenter Kumail Nanjiani announced the tie onstage, then called each film up separately for its own acceptance speech.
- This was the seventh tie in Academy history, with the previous tie in 2013 for sound editing and a prior split in this category in 1995.
- Natalie Musteata thanked the Academy for honoring a film that is “weird and queer” and made by a majority of women, while Alexandre Singh said art can change people’s souls.
- Sam A. Davis described The Singers as a simple story about the unifying power of music and expressed surprise at the tie.
- Host Conan O’Brien joked that the result would ruin millions of Oscar pools, underscoring the shock to viewers and bettors.