86th Annual Academy Awards 2014 Announced

With seven Oscars including a history-making Best Director award for Alfonso Cuaron, the force of Gravity exerted itself at the 86th annual Academy Awards which announced on 2nd March.

The searing slavery drama 12 Years a Slave has won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Directed by British director Steve McQueen, the film is based on a true story and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup, a free man who was kidnapped into slavery in the South. It is the first film directed by a black filmmaker to win the best picture Oscar.

Even with several awards to go, the 3D space spectacle was assured to be the most honored film at the Dolby Theatre ceremony hosted nimbly by Ellen DeGeneres. The Mexican Cuaron is the first Latino filmmaker to take best director.

Take a look at the complete list of winners at the 86th Academy Awards.

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave
Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers

Best Actor in leading role: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actress in leading role: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine

Best Actress Supporting Role: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor Supporting Role: Jared Leto Dallas Buyers Club

Best Directing: Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity

Best Original Screenplay: Her written by Spike Jonze

Best Adapted Screenplay: 12 Years a Slave by John Ridley

Best Music (original song): “Let It Go” from Frozen
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Best Music (original score): Gravity, Steven Price

Best Production Design: The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration)

Film Editing: Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

Best Cinematography: Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Sound Editing: Gravity, Glenn Freemantle

Best Sound Mixing: Gravity, Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

Best Foreign Language: The Great Beauty, Italy

Best Documentary Feature: Best Documentary Feature, 20 Feet from Stardom, Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers

Best Documentary Short Subject: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed

Best Live Action Short Film: Helium, Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson

Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby. This is Catherine’s third Oscar!

Best Make-up and Hair Styling: Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Animated Short Film: Mr. Hublot, Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares

Best Animated Feature Film: Frozen, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho

Best Visual Effects: Gravity, Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould