The 88th Academy Awards ceremony was held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. It was presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 24 categories.
Key Highlight of Event:
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra presented the Oscar in the Best Film Editing category to “Mad Max: Fury Road” along with Hollywood star Liev Schreiber to Editor Margaret Sixel.
- Mad Max: Fury Road made a big win by bagging 6 awards.
- The Oscar ceremony was produced by David Hill and Reginald Hudlin and directed by Glenn Weiss.
- Show Host – Actor Chris Rock
Here is the list of Academy Awards Winners
| Category | Winner |
| Best Picture | Spotlight |
| Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| Best Actress | Brie Larson |
| Best Direction | Alejandro G Inarritu for “The Revenant” |
| Best Original Song | “Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectrex |
| Best Original Score | Ennio Morricine for “The Hateful Eight” |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Son of Saul (Hungary) |
| Best Live Action Short Film | Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage for “Stutterer” |
| Best Documentary – Feature | Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees for “Amy” |
| Best Documentary – Short | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for “A Girl In the River: The Price of Forgiveness” |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mark Rylance |
| Best Animated Feature | Pete Doctor and Jonas Rivera for “Inside Out” |
| Best Animated Short | Gabriel Osorio Pato Escala for “Bear Story” |
| Best Visual Effects | Andrew Whiteburst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Ara Bennett for “Ex Machina” |
| Best Sound Mixing | Chris Jenkins, Greg Rudloff and Ben Osmo for “Mad Max: Fury Road” |
| Best Sound Editing | Mark Mangini and David White for “Mad Max: Fury Road” |
| Best Film Editing | Margaret Sixel for “Mad Max: Fury Road” |
| Best Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki for “The Revenant” |
| Makeup and Hairstyling | Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin for “Mad Max: Fury Road” |
| Best Production Design | Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson for “Mad Max: Fury Road” |
| Best Costume Design | Jenny Beavan for “Mad Max Fury Road” |
| Best Actress In A Supporting Role | Alicia Vikander |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | “The Big Short” for Charles Randolph and Adam McKay |
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra presented the Oscar in the Best Film Editing category to “Mad Max: Fury Road” along with Hollywood star Liev Schreiber to Editor Margaret Sixel.
- She became the second Indian presenter at the foreign annual film ceremony after Persis Khambatta.
