Oscars 2019: India’s Period: End of Sentence wins best documentary

California: 91^st Academy Awards, better known as Oscars was conducted on Monday at Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles here. And the highlight of the event in regard to Indians was the documentary titled winning the prestigious award in the best documentary/short film category. This was co-produced by an Indian, Guneet Monga.

Period: End of Sentence is a documentary based in rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, and showcased the struggle of women to make low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and their stride towards financial independence.

Another highlight of the grand event was Lady Gaga’s Shallow in the Original Song category. The song featured in Lady Gaga-Bradley Cooper movie A Star Is Born. After Olivia Colman won the prestigious statue for Actress in the leading role, she thanked beautiful Lady Gaga in her acceptance speech.

Here is the complete list of winners of the 91st Academy Awards held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

BEST PICTURE – Green Book

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – Olivia Colman, The Favourite

DIRECTING – Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – Mahershala Ali, Green Book

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) – BlacKkKlansman | Written by Charlie Wachtel &

David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) – Green Book | Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly

FILM EDITING – Bohemian Rhapsody, John Ottman

CINEMATOGRAPHY – Roma, Alfonso Cuarón

PRODUCTION DESIGN – Black Panther | Hannah Beachler (Production Design); Jay Hart (Set Decoration)

VISUAL EFFECTS – First Man | Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm

COSTUME DESIGN – Black Panther, Ruth Carter

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING – Vice | Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – Roma | Mexico; Alfonso Cuarón

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) – Black Panther, Ludwig Goransson

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) – “Shallow” | Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt

SOUND EDITING – Bohemian Rhapsody | John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone

SOUND MIXING – Bohemian Rhapsody | Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) – Bao | Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) – Skin | Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE) – Free Solo | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) – Period. End Of Sentence. | Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton

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