Controversial movie Anora wins big at Oscars with five awards in major categories – Everyone Has Mixed Feeeling as They Feel Like It’s…

Anora swept the Oscars awards ceremony and took home the award for Best Picture.

Today (March 3), the 97th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles. Anora wins big at Oscars with five awards in major categories

Anora – a film about a stripper who lives in Brooklyn – was up for six awards – Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Actress.

And Anora has since gone on to win five of the six awards it was nominated for – Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Actress and Best Picture.

Best Supporting Actor went to Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain.

Baker thanked the Academy, his team alongside the ‘of course, incredible, incredible cast’ from Mikey Madison to all involved, complimenting them for ‘elevating everything’ he wrote, alongside the sex worker community, stating he ‘shares’ the award with them.

During her acceptance speech for Best Actress, Madison said she’d ‘continue to support and be an ally’ to the sex worker community alongside noting how ‘honoured’ she is to be ‘recognized’ alongside the rest of the nominees in the category.

Anora stars Mikey Madison (Neon)

Baker previously reflected to UNILAD he was slightly taken aback by the ‘universal love and support of’ Anora when it was first released.

He told UNILAD: “I thought just the subject matter alone would cause the film to be a little more divisive […] so that’s encouraging.

“This is my fifth film that covers the subject matter so each time I do it, it’s another individual story that shows a different aspect of sex work but hopefully done in a way that allows audiences to connect with the main character – have empathy for the main character. And remove, or hopefully help remove, the unfair stigma [surrounding the adult industry].”

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Baker was quick to note the themes ‘tackled in the film are really presented to the audience in a way that is left up for interpretation’.

“I think people can apply their own histories to these things, their own politics,” he says. “I think that’s part of why I wanted to make this film – to spark discussion.