Dark comedy Birdman bagged four Oscars, including Best Movie and Best Director, at the 87th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood. Ida, the story of a Polish girl about to become a nun, won Best Foreign Language Film - defeating the much-fancied Russian entry Leviathan.
Birdman Wins Best Picture At Oscars, Poland's Ida Best Foreign Film
![Weighed down with awards - Alejandro G. Inarritu poses with his Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Birdman. The film also won the Best Cinematography prize.](https://gdb.rferl.org/042f3914-cd41-4ee7-82d5-f4a71a8f60b3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Weighed down with awards - Alejandro G. Inarritu poses with his Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Birdman. The film also won the Best Cinematography prize.
![Julianne Moore accepts the Oscar for Best Leading Actress for her role in Still Alice, in which she portrays a 50-year-old with Alzheimer's disease.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b1985bbe-0bd7-443d-b3c3-7822e5a11ffe_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Julianne Moore accepts the Oscar for Best Leading Actress for her role in Still Alice, in which she portrays a 50-year-old with Alzheimer's disease.
![Best Actor went to Eddie Redmayne, for his role as physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.](https://gdb.rferl.org/76b5bd70-bbe7-4171-9da4-63f7c64b18b2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Best Actor went to Eddie Redmayne, for his role as physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything.
![Actors Chiwetel Ejiofar and Nicole Kidman present director Pawel Pawlikowski (right) with the Oscar for best foreign language film Ida. Filmed in black and white, Ida tells the story of a novice in 1960s Poland who must decide whether to take her vows and become a nun - after learning that her family were Jews.](https://gdb.rferl.org/19be7ad5-8b8c-43d6-8a05-114d52d0b2f1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Actors Chiwetel Ejiofar and Nicole Kidman present director Pawel Pawlikowski (right) with the Oscar for best foreign language film Ida. Filmed in black and white, Ida tells the story of a novice in 1960s Poland who must decide whether to take her vows and become a nun - after learning that her family were Jews.
![The awards were presented with the usual Hollywood glitz at the 3,300-seat Dolby Theatre.](https://gdb.rferl.org/5ea93407-cdf2-4a3f-9b9b-afb2d0187723_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The awards were presented with the usual Hollywood glitz at the 3,300-seat Dolby Theatre.
![Winners pose for a group pic - from left to right: J.K. Simmons (Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash), Patricia Arquette (Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood), Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne.](https://gdb.rferl.org/3e184d6f-23f5-445f-b80d-47b93e9c8823_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Winners pose for a group pic - from left to right: J.K. Simmons (Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash), Patricia Arquette (Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood), Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne.
![Alexandre Desplat, winner for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel.](https://gdb.rferl.org/efd3a5e6-2ccd-4674-a761-7b82b0a0b423_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Alexandre Desplat, winner for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel.
![Roy Conti, Chris Williams and Don Hall strike a pose with their awards for Best Animated Feature Film (Big Hero 6).](https://gdb.rferl.org/90033ec9-664f-4c5e-8322-d37d259fb0b3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Roy Conti, Chris Williams and Don Hall strike a pose with their awards for Best Animated Feature Film (Big Hero 6).
![Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher and Andrew Lockley won the Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for science-fiction movie Interstellar.](https://gdb.rferl.org/b8511cc5-b9af-445c-9e2c-c754f74faaf6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher and Andrew Lockley won the Oscar for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for science-fiction movie Interstellar.