The Korean movie, Parasite swept the Academy Awards last night with four Oscar wins, including Best Original Screenplay, Best International Film, Best Director, and for the first time in the 92 years of the Academy Awards, Parasite, a foreign film, won Best Picture.
A foreign film taking so many awards is another indication of how globally aware moviegoers and movie media have become in recent years. However, for a Korean film to snag so many coveted titles is truly remarkable, as Korean is not one of the most commonly spoken languages.
The language barrier didn’t seem to stop moviegoers and home-streamers from identifying well with the story, as the movie had a growing base of fans before the Oscar nominations.
Congratulations to the cast, crew, writers, director, and producers of Parasite for a job well done and well-deserved wins!
Below are the four categories that Parasite received awards in, including the list of nominees for those awards:
Best Picture – Parasite (Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers)
Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Little Women, Marriage Story, 1917, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite
Best Director – Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman; Todd Phillips, Joker; Sam Mendes, 1917; Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Best International Feature Film – Parasite (South Korea)
Corpus Christi, Honeyland, Les Misérables, Pain and Glory, Parasite
Best Original Screenplay – Parasite (Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won, Story by Bong Joon Ho)
Knives Out, Marriage Story, 1917, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite
