David Farnor | On 25, Feb 2019

Netflix’s Roma made history last night, winning a trio of awards at the 2019 Oscars.

Alfonso Cuaron’s Mexican drama went into the evening as the joint favourite, alongside The Favourite, with both movies nominated for 10 Academy Awards. While the buzz suggested it might bag the big prize, Netflix failed to become the first VOD service to win a Best Picture Oscar – but the film nonetheless triumphed with three historic wins, each one a first for a streaming film. Roma was crowned Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, as well as winning Cuaron two prizes, one for Best Director and one for Best Cinematography.

Cuaron accepted the prizes with humility and gratitude, saying that “as artists, our job is to look where others don’t”. Despite the success of such a progressive, diverse production, though, the night was ruled over by Green Book, given three gongs, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, and Bohemian Rhapsody, which won four, including Best Actor for Rami Malek. Black Panther, deservedly, also came through with three prizes (Costume Design, Production Design and Original Score), and other delights included Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse being named Best Animated Feature, A Star Is Born winning Best Original Song for Shallow, and Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman bagging Best Adapted Screenplay.

Netflix’s wins, meanwhile, weren’t solely limited to Roma, with the inspirational short film Period. End of Sentence. being named Best Short Documentary – the second time Netflix has won that prize, following The White Helmets in a previous year. But the night belonged, without a doubt, to Olivia Colman, who won the only prize for The Favourite, but made sure it was one to remember, with a Best Actress acceptance speech that balanced honesty and humour with blowing a raspberry. “It’s genuinely quite stressful. This is hilarious. I’ve got an Oscar!” she exclaimed.

Catching up with this year’s Oscars? Read on below for a round of which winners are available on UK VOD:

Best Picture:

Roma
Watch on Netflix

Lead Actor:

Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Buy on VOD

Lead Actress:

Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Currently unavailable on UK VOD

Supporting Actress:

Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Currently unavailable on UK VOD

Director:

Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Watch on Netflix

Animated Short:

Bao, Domee Shi
Buy on iTunes
Buy on Prime Video

Adapted Screenplay:

BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
Buy/Rent on VOD

Cinematography:

Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
Watch on Netflix

Best Documentary Feature:

Free Solo, Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Currently unavailable on UK VOD

Best Documentary Short Subject:

Period. End of Sentence., Rayka Zehtabchi
Watch on Netflix

Best Live Action Short Film:

Skin, Guy Nattiv
Buy on iTunes

Best Foreign Language Film:

Roma (Mexico)
Watch on Netflix

Film Editing:

Bohemian Rhapsody, John Ottman
Buy on VOD

Sound Editing:

Bohemian Rhapsody, John Warhurst
Buy on VOD

Sound Mixing:

Bohemian Rhapsody
Buy on VOD

Production Design:

Black Panther, Hannah Beachler
Watch on Sky Cinema / NOW

Original Score:

Black Panther, Ludwig Goransson
Watch on Sky Cinema / NOW

Original Song:

Shallow from A Star Is Born by Lady Gaga
Buy/Rent on VOD

Makeup and Hair:

Vice
Currently unavailable on UK VOD

Costume Design:

Black Panther, Ruth E. Carter
Watch on Sky Cinema / NOW

Visual Effects:

First Man
Buy/Rent from 18th February

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