03/03/2014 - Italy's The Great Beauty wins Foreign Language Film

British director Steve McQueen and the team of 12 Years a Slave accepting the Oscar for Best Film

Oscar voters stayed true to this year’s awards pattern and therefore Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity [+see also:
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Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave [+see also:
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Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty [+see also:
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Full list of winners

Best Picture
12 Years a Slave - Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers

Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty - Italy

Directing
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón

Actor in a Leading Role
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club

Actor in a Supporting Role
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club

Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine

Actress in a Supporting Role
Lupita Nyong’o - 12 Years a Slave

Animated Feature Film
Frozen - Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho

Cinematography
Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki

Costume Design
The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin

Documentary Feature
20 Feet From Stardom - Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers

Documentary Short Subject
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life - Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed

Film Editing
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club - Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

Music (Original Score)
Gravity - Steven Price

Music (Original Song)
Let It Go from Frozen - Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Production Design
The Great Gatsby - Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn

Short Film (Animated)
Mr. Hublot - Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares

Short Film (Live Action)
Helium - Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson

Sound Editing
Gravity - Glenn Freemantle

Sound Mixing
Gravity - Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

Visual Effects
Gravity - Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
12 Years a Slave - Screenplay by John Ridley

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Her - Written by Spike Jonze