Best of Oscars 2020: ‘Parasite’ makes history

Parasite won the Best Picture Academy Award, making history as the first foreign language film to win the ceremony’s top honour.

Bong Joon Ho’s thriller has been one of the season’s darlings, despite failing to garner any Academy Award nominations for its cast.

Bong Joon Ho (R) reacts to winning the Best Picture award for ‘Parasite’.

Brad Pitt accepts the Best Supporting Actor award for’Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood’.

Bong’s acumen in creating his tale of a destitute family that insinuates itself into the lives of a wealthy family has been widely recognised.

The film won four Oscars, including Best Director for Bong and Best International Film. Here is a list of winners in the other key categories:

Renée Zellweger accepts the Best Actress award for ‘Judy’.

Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

Best Actress: Renée Zellweger, Judy

Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, Marriage Story

Animated Feature: Toy Story 4

Animated Short Film: Hair Love

Original Screenplay: Parasite, Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won Han

Adapted Screenplay: Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi

Live Action Short Film:The Neighbors’ Window

Production Design: Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

Costume Design: Little Women

Documentary Feature: American Factory

Documentary Short Subject: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)

Sound Editing: Ford v Ferrari, Don Sylvester

Sound Mixing:1917, Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson

Cinematography: Roger Deakins, 1917

Film Editing: Ford v Ferrari

Visual Effects:1917

Original Score: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker

Original Song: (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again, Rocketman (Music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin)