Netflix entered the 92nd Academy Awards leading the studio in terms of nominations. At the same time, the company managed to get two coveted statuettes of the American Film Academy.
Laura Dern won the award for her supporting actress role in Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach's drama about a couple's divorce. The first time an actor won an Oscar was in a Netflix film. "American Factory," a film about a Chinese billionaire's Ohio factory, won an Oscar for best documentary. Documentaries are a category where Netflix excels: the company won an award in 2018 for Icarus, a film about cyclist doping, and the company's other films have been regular nominees.
Netflix received 24 nominations this year, more than any other studio, including The Irishman and Marriage Story. Other nominees in various categories included Netflix films such as the drama The Two Popes, the documentary On the Edge of Democracy, the short documentary Life is Taking Me Over, the cartoons Klaus and I Lost My Body.
With nominations and awards, Netflix is gaining credibility as a company that creates films of the highest quality, not just series. Rewards also help win and retain subscribers, which is especially important given the growing competition from services such as Disney+ and Apple TV+.
Last year, Netflix also won several Oscars out of 15 nominations: Alfonso Cuaron won the award for directing and cinematography for Roma, and Roma itself for the foreign language film. Painting «Point. End of the sentence" won in the category of documentary shorts. The growing number of figurines given away by Netflix from Hollywood.
Source: 3dnews.ru