Question: ‘The Salesman’ which won Best Foreign language film Award belongs to …
(a) Iran
(b) Turkey
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) India
Ans: (a)
Related Fact
- The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA.
- The complete list of awards are as follows:
- Best Picture award: Moonlight. The film was directed by Barry Jenkins
- Best Director: Damien Chazelle for ‘La La Land’.
- Best Actor: Casey Affleck for ‘Manchester by the Sea’.
- Best Actress: Emma Stone for ‘La La Land’.
- Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali for ‘Moonlight’.
- Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis for ‘Fences’.
- Best Animated Feature Film: Zootopia . The film was directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore.
- Best Cinematography: Linus Sandgren for ‘La La Land’
- Best Costume Design: Colleen Atwood for ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’.
- Best Documentary Feature Film: O.J.: Made in America ( director: Ezra Edelman)
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman, Directed by Asghar Farhadi (Iran).
- Best Music Original Score: Justin Hurwitz for ‘La La Land’
- The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel this year.
- Film ‘La La Land’ created history with 14 Academy Awards nominations this year and win 6 award.
Reference:
http://oscar.go.com/winners
https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017