Oscars 2021 are awarded, who are the winners? The 93rd award ceremony of the prestigious film awards, which took place at various venues, passed without any major surprises. As expected, the Oscar for the best film was taken home by the modern western Nomadland, which also won the Oscar for the director and the leading female role. Chinese-American director Chloé Zhao became the second woman in history to win an Academy Award for directing, while Frances McDormand won her third Oscar (her fourth as producer of Nomadland).