Everything Everywhere All At Once won Best Picture and seven other awards at the 95th Academy Awards, as announced at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The famous gold statuette was accepted by producer Jonathan Wang and shared by directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (The Daniels).
CODA, the winner of last year’s Best Picture Oscar, made history as the first streaming film to win the award. The feel-good drama, released by Apple TV+, swept all three of its nominated categories at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kotsur and Best Adapted Screenplay for director Siân Heder. CODA also achieved another milestone as the first film with a predominantly Deaf cast to win Best Picture.
Everything Everywhere All At Once is the story of Evelyn Wang, a struggling laundromat owner who gains the ability to channel the multiverse when an interdimensional rupture threatens to unravel reality. The film features bizarre comedy and family unity themes, with hot dog fingers, stop-motion rocks, and a black hole within a bagel crafted by her oppressed daughter. Evelyn’s quest to save the universe and her daughter leads to a mind-bending adventure. In addition to Best Picture, The Daniels was also recognized for Directing and Original Screenplay. At the same time, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Michelle Yeoh were awarded for their performances in the film.
The Nominees of the 95th Academy Awards
The 2023 Academy Award nominees featured several standout films, with Everything Everywhere All at Once leading the pack with 11 nominations. Other top contenders included All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin, each with 9 nominations.
The nominations recognized the return of audiences to movie theatres post the pandemic, as two movies – Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick – were nominated for Best Picture. Both films crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, making it the first time for two such movies to be nominated.