After all the fiasco and the controversy that the last few minutes of the Oscars brought with it this, we can't deny the fact that there were some great performances and works that were acknowleged. This year the awards did break "whitewash" stereotype too, with many artists of colour nominated in various categories and even baggin a couple of awards. Here is a complete list of this year's winners:
Best picture : Moonlight
Best actress: Emma Stone - La La Land
Best actor: Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Best supporting actress: Viola Davis - Fences
Best supporting actor: Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
Best director: La La Land - Damien Chazelle
Best original screenplay: Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan
Best adapted screenplay:Moonlight - Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
Best original score: La La Land - Justin Hurwitz
Best original song: La La Land - City of Stars by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Best cinematography: La La Land - Linus Sandgren
Best foreign language film: The Salesman - Iran
Best costume design: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Colleen Atwood
Best make-up and hairstyling: Suicide Squad - Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson
Best documentary feature: OJ: Made in America
Best sound editing: Arrival - Sylvain Bellemare
Best sound mixing: Hacksaw Ridge - Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
Best animated short: Piper - Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer
Best animated feature: Zootopia
Best production design: La La Land - David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
Best visual effects: The Jungle Book - Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R Jones and Dan Lemmon
Best film editing:Hacksaw Ridge - John Gilbert
Best documentary short: The White Helmets - Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best live action short: Sing - Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy