Oscars 2017: Landmark Firsts, List Of Winners

Last night’s Oscars was one for the history books, with spectacular performances, beautiful speeches and, like any good film, a plot twist that had us all wondering: “What just happened?” Yes, we’re talking about that moment Moonlight won Best Picture after La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner. But the indie film’s unbelievable (and well-deserved) victory wasn’t the only highlight of the night.

Jimmy Kimmel had his first turn hosting the Oscars, giving playful jabs at friendly rival Matt Damon. The ceremony featured stellar performances from John Legend, Sting, Auli’i Cravalho, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Justin Timberlake. As for the winners of the night – well, Moonlight wasn’t the only film to achieve a first.

Landmark Firsts At Oscars 2017

The 89th Academy Awards boasted a fair share of landmark firsts. The big winners of the night were, without a doubt, La La Land and Moonlight. Damien Chazelle’s blockbuster brought home 6 awards out of the 14 categories it was nominated in. Chazelle himself won Best Director, earning recognition as the youngest ever to win the award at only 32 years old. Emma Stone won her first Oscar (Best Actress in a Leading Role) for her beautiful performance as La La Land’s Mia. The film also won awards for Original Score, Original Song, Production Design, and Cinematography.

Moonlight won three awards, including the coveted Best Picture. The victory marked a milestone in Black and LGBT history as a triumph of diversity. Mahershala Ali, who played Juan in the film, won for Best Supporting Role. He is the first Muslim to ever win an Oscar for an acting role. Moonlight also won a third award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Other firsts of the night – after nine films, the Harry Potter franchise finally won their first Oscar. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them won Best Costume Design, delighting Potterheads everywhere. Viola Davis also won her first Oscar (Best Actress in a Supporting Role) for her performance in Fences. Davis has been nominated three other times over the years. But she doesn’t have the longest Oscar-losing streak. That questionable distinction goes to Kevin O’Connell who finally broke his 20-nomination losing streak (20! nominations!) last night. His work in Hacksaw Ridge won him an Oscar in Best Sound Mixing. Congratulations, O’Connell!

Check out the full list of nominees and winners (bolded) below:

Best Picture

• “Arrival”
• “Fences”
• “Hacksaw Ridge”
• ”Hell or High Water”
• ”Hidden Figures”
• ”La La Land”
• ”Lion”
• ”Manchester by the Sea”
• ”Moonlight”

Actor In A Leading Role

• Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
• Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”
• Ryan Gosling, “La La Land”
• Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”
• Denzel Washington, “Fences”

Actress In A Leading Role

• Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”
• Ruth Negga, “Loving”
• Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
• Emma Stone, “La La Land”
• Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”

Actor In A Supporting Role

• Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
• Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
• Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
• Dev Patel, “Lion”
• Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”

Actress In A Supporting Role

• Viola Davis, “Fences”
• Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
• Nicole Kidman, “Lion”
• Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”
• Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”

Animated Feature Film

• “Kubo and the Two Strings”
• “Moana”
• “My Life as a Zucchini”
• “The Red Turtle”
• “Zootopia”

Cinematography

• “Arrival”
• “La La Land”
• “Lion”
• “Moonlight”
• “Silence”

Costume Design

• “Allied”
• “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
• “Florence Foster Jenkins”
• “Jackie”
• “La La Land”

Directing

• “Arrival”
• “Hacksaw Ridge”
• “La La Land”
• “Manchester by the Sea”
• “Moonlight”

Documentary (Feature)

• “Fire at Sea”
• “I Am Not Your Negro”
• “Life, Animated”
• “O.J.: Made in America”
• “13th”

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “Extremis”
• “4.1 Miles”
• “Joe’s Violin”
• “Watani: My Homeland”
• “The White Helmets”

Film Editing

• “Arrival”
• “Hacksaw Ridge”
• “Hell or High Water”
• “La La Land”
• “Moonlight”

Foreign Language Film

• “Land of Mine”
• “A Man Called Ove”
• “The Salesman”
• “Tanna”
• “Toni Erdmann”

Makeup And Hairstyling

• “A Man Called Ove”
• “Star Trek Beyond”
• “Suicide Squad”

Music (Original Score)

• “Jackie”
• “La La Land”
• “Lion”
• “Moonlight”
• “Passengers”

Music (Original Song)

• “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land”
• Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
• “Can’t Stop The Feeling” from “Trolls”
• Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
• “City Of Stars” from “La La Land”
• Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
• “The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story”
• Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
• “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana”
• Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Production Design

• ”Arrival”
• ”Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
• ”Hail, Caesar!”
• ”La La Land”
• “Passengers”

Short Film (Animated)

• ”Blind Vaysha”
• ”Borrowed Time”
• ”Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
• ”Pearl”
• “Piper”

Short Film (Live Action)

• ”Ennemis Intérieurs”
• ”La Femme et le TGV”
• ”Silent Nights”
• ”Sing”
• “Timecode”

Sound Editing

• ”Arrival”
• ”Deepwater Horizon”
• ”Hacksaw Ridge”
• ”La La Land”
• “Sully”

Sound Mixing

• ”Arrival”
• ”Hacksaw Ridge”
• ”La La Land”
• “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
• “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi”

Visual Effects

• ”Deepwater Horizon”
• “Doctor Strange”
• ”The Jungle Book”
• ”Kubo and the Two Strings”
• “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• ”Arrival”
• “Fences”
• ”Hidden Figures”
• ”Lion”
• “Moonlight”

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• ”Hell or High Water”
• “La La Land”
• ”The Lobster”
• ”Manchester by the Sea”
• “20th Century Women”