Overview
- Paul Thomas Anderson’s film won Best Picture and Best Director among six awards, with Sean Penn taking Supporting Actor in absentia.
- Ryan Coogler’s Pecadores converted a record 16 nominations into four wins, including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Original Screenplay, Original Score, and Cinematography.
- Autumn Durald Arkapaw won Cinematography for Pecadores, the first woman to take the category in the Academy’s history.
- Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for Hamnet, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein earned three craft prizes, Valor sentimental took International Feature, and Las guerreras K‑pop won Animated Feature and Original Song with Golden.
- Spanish attendees used the red carpet for political statements, with Javier Bardem wearing a “No a la guerra” sign and Óliver Laxe displaying a pro‑Palestine watermelon pin, as post‑show guides highlighted winners’ availability on HBO Max and Netflix.