'Anora' Bags Oscars: Sean Baker Clinches Best Director Award, Film Also Wins Best Picture at 97th Academy Award; Video Surfaces
Filmmaker Sean Baker clinched the trophy for Best Director at the 97th edition of the Academy Awards for his film 'Anora'. The award was presented to Baker by legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. In the best director category, he edged out fellow best picture nominees including Jacques Audiard, Brady Corbet, Coralie Fargeat and James Mangold.
Los Angeles, March 3: Filmmaker Sean Baker clinched the trophy for Best Director at the 97th edition of the Academy Awards for his film 'Anora'. The award was presented to Baker by legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. In the best director category, he edged out fellow best picture nominees including Jacques Audiard, Brady Corbet, Coralie Fargeat and James Mangold.
Accepting the award, his third during the evening, Baker made a 슬롯사이트œbattle cry슬롯사이트� for movie theaters, telling filmmakers to 슬롯사이트œkeep making films for the big screen. I know I will", reports 'Variety'. He further mentioned, 슬롯사이트œWe슬롯사이트™re all here tonight and watching this broadcast because we love movies. Where did we fall in love with the movies? At the movie theater. Watching a film in the theater with an audience is an experience. We can laugh together, cry together, and, in a time in which the world can feel very divided, this is more important than ever. It슬롯사이트™s a communal experience you don슬롯사이트™t get at home. And right now, the theater-going experience is under threat".슬롯 머신 사이트 추천 슬롯사이트˜Anora슬롯사이트� Wins Big at the 97th Academy Awards! Check Out the 5 Major Oscars Won by Sean Baker슬롯사이트™s Film.
슬롯사이트œMovie theaters, especially independently-owned theaters are struggling슬롯사이트�, Baker continued. 슬롯사이트œDuring the pandemic, we lost 1,000 screens in the U.S. And we continue to lose them regularly. If we don슬롯사이트™t reverse this trend, we슬롯사이트™ll be losing a vital part of our culture. This is my battle cry". As per 'Variety', he made a plea to distributors as well to keep the essence of movies alive.
슬롯사이트œDistributors, please focus first and foremost on the theatrical releases of your film. Neon did that for me, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart슬롯사이트�, Baker said. 슬롯사이트œParents, introduce your children to feature films in movie theaters and you슬롯사이트™ll be molding the next generation of movie lovers and filmmakers. And when we can, please watch movies in the theater and let슬롯사이트™s keep the great tradition of the movie-going experience alive and well".슬롯 머신 사이트 추천슬롯사이트˜Conclave슬롯사이트� Wins Oscars 2025: Peter Straughan Takes Home Best Adapted Screenplay Award for Robert Harris슬롯사이트™s Papal Thriller.
Baker also thanked his mom for introducing cinema to him early in his life, shouting out her birthday. The speech also opened with the filmmaker shouting out Tarantino, who cast 'Anora' star Mikey Madison in 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood', the first time that Baker saw his future collaborator on screen.
Sean Baker Bags Best Director Award for 'Anora'
The victory marked the crest of a resurgent awards campaign for Baker, which began months ago when 'Anora' was awarded the Palme d슬롯사이트™Or after its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. After a theatrical release from Neon in the fall and numerous honors from critics bodies, Baker, a self-proclaimed 슬롯사이트œindie film lifer,슬롯사이트� nabbed top honors at the Directors Guild of America Awards in February.
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