{"id":10941,"date":"2016-02-29T10:34:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=10941"},"modified":"2016-02-29T10:34:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:34:37","slug":"faith-film-spotlight-wins-best-picture-at-2016-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2016\/02\/faith-film-spotlight-wins-best-picture-at-2016-oscars.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith Film \u201cSpotlight\u201d Wins Best Picture at 2016 Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2016\/02\/spotlight_-_h_2015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-10942 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2016\/02\/spotlight_-_h_2015-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"spotlight_-_h_2015\" width=\"375\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a>Despite some amazing films up for nomination, the last award of the night, best picture, was given to <em>Spotlight, <\/em>a film about Boston Globe investigative reporters digging into a sexual abuse scandal involving Catholic priests.<\/p>\n<p><em>Spotlight<\/em> was nominated for 6 Academy Awards this year. Due to <em>The Revenant <\/em>winning best director and best actor, viewers were left stunned when <em>Spotlight<\/em> took home the biggest award of the night. This was a prime example of how the Academy does not always stick with popular opinion.\u00a0It\u2019s reminiscent of <em>12 Years a Slave<\/em> vs. <em>Gravity<\/em> in 2013. While <em>Gravity<\/em> undoubtedly was an amazing technical achievement, <em>12 Years<\/em> had the guts. <em>Spotlight<\/em> viewers were passionate about the film\u2019s message; it had the power to say what needed to be said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis film gave a voice to survivors,\u201d producer Michael Sugar stated. \u201cAnd this film amplifies that voice, which we hope will become a choir that will resonate all the way to the Vatican.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Spotlight <\/em>was always a top contender at the Academy Awards this year, ever since its premiere at the Venice film festival in September of 2015. <em>Spotlight<\/em> has commanded considerable attention and marked it\u2019s presence by winning a string of significant awards. The Academy voters responded to a\u00a0film that had\u00a0a serious and deliberate message.<\/p>\n<p><em>Spotlight <\/em>also took the award home for Best Original Screenplay.<\/p>\n<p>While the faith film was the evening\u2019s last highlight, many other films are basking in the glow of an Oscar. <em>Mad Max: Fury Road <\/em>took home a total of six Oscars; the most of any film of the night. Leonardo DiCaprio took home his first Oscar for best actor for <em>The Revenant <\/em>and Brie Larson took home the Oscar for best actress for <em>Room. <\/em>Best supporting actress went to Alicia Vikander for <em>The Danish Girl, <\/em>and best supporting actor went home with Mark Rylance for <em>Bridge of Spies<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The 88th Academy Awards aired from Hollywood&#8217;s Dolby Theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite some amazing films up for nomination, the last award of the night, best picture, was given to Spotlight, a film about Boston Globe investigative reporters digging into a sexual abuse scandal involving Catholic priests. Spotlight was nominated for 6 Academy Awards this year. Due to The Revenant winning best director and best actor, viewers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":600,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[365,831,2931,2932,974,1291,531,2930],"class_list":["post-10941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-academy-awards","tag-best-picture","tag-best-actor","tag-best-actress","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-movie","tag-oscars","tag-spotlight"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Faith Film \u201cSpotlight\u201d Wins Best Picture at 2016 Oscars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Spotlight&quot; takes home the most prestigious award of the night, beating out some other top contenders.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, 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