On the 98th Academy Awards (aka the Oscars), Norwegian movie, ‘Sentimental Worth’, received the Finest Worldwide Function Movie, whereas ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ took house the Finest Animation Award.
The win by ‘Sentimental Worth’ is near the center of many Nigerians, because it comes three weeks after its particular screening in Abuja, making it the primary Oscar-nominated and Academy Award-winning movie to be screened in Nigeria, in addition to the primary Oscar-winning movie to display screen on the Kaduna Worldwide Movie Competition from August 25 to 29, 2026.
‘Sentimental Worth’ beat out Brazil’s ‘The Secret Agent’, France’s ‘It Was Simply An Accident’, Spain’s ‘Spirat’, and Tunisia’s ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’.
The two hours 13 minutes tragic-dramedy tells the story of author and movie director Gustav Borg, whose tragic and traumatic previous led to a strained relationship together with his two daughters, Nora and Agnes.
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Meantime, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ took house the Finest Animation Movie Award on the 2026 Oscars.
Written by Maggie Kang and directed by Chris Appelhans, the animation pivots round Korean modern music tradition, Okay-pop, to craft a narrative of id and morality. The animation, which went on to change into the most-watched animated movie in Netflix historical past with over 236 million views, beat Ugo Bienvenue’s seven-time award-winning animation ‘Arco’, and Disney’s highest-grossing animated movie of all time and largest world animated opening movie, ‘Zootopia II’.
The animation additional obtained the Finest Authentic Music for ‘Golden’ written by EJae, Mark Sonnenblick, and carried out by EJae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami.
Notably, the Oscars, for the primary time, recognised the significance of casting and casting administrators in movies through its Finest Casting Award. The award went to ‘One Battle After One other’s Cassandra Kulukundis – a movie that received probably the most awards for the night time – together with Finest Image, Finest Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, and Finest Tailored Screenplay.
Kulukundis beat Jennifer Venditti of ‘Marty Supreme’, ‘Sinners’ Francine Maisler, and ‘The Secret Agent’s’ Gabriel Domingues to win the Finest Casting Award.