Parasite named best international film at 35th Independent Spirit Awards

"I thought it was best foreign film," the president said of the film that won the Academy's top honor.

Donald Trump has mocked South Korean film Parasite and its best picture victory at the Oscars.

While the world appreciated the Academy for recognising talent beyond boundaries and language barriers when they presented Parasite with Best Picture award at Oscars 2020, US President Donald Trump did not think it was a good idea. While delivering a speech at a rally on January 20, Trump mocked Oscars for the South Korean film’s historic win, Variety reported.

"I thought it was best foreign film," the president said of the film that won the Academy's top honor.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

It was a moment of pride for the South Korean film industry after Parasite bagged the highest number of awards at the 92nd Academy Awards over the weekend. The Korean drama film not only won Best International Film but also bagged the Oscar for Best Directing and Best Picture. Soon enough, the internet was flooded with congratulatory messages addressing director Bong Joon Ho and the team of Parasite. BTS joined social media users to congratulate Parasite for their historic win. 

Parasite made history at the 2020 Academy Awards on Sunday (February 9, 2020) as it became the first non-English language film to be crowned Best Picture.

It is safe to say now that Parasite absolutely owned the 92nd Academy Awards and the team deserves all the appreciation in the world for their historic win. Celebrating the success of the South Korean film, Jonas share a note of appreciation on Instagram.

Parasite made history at the 2020 Academy Awards on Sunday (09Feb20) as it became the first non-English language film to be crowned Best Picture.

It may have seemed like the 2020 Oscars were over.

Hollywood's biggest night finished with a bang, with Bong Joon Ho's South Korean film Parasite winning the biggest prize in an upset. Sam Mendes' 1917 was the perceived Best Picture frontrunner coming into the 92nd Academy Awards, but Parasite cleaned house all night long, winning Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best International Feature, and making history as the first non-English language Best Picture winner ever.

Movie history was made in Hollywood and Seoul tonight! Bong Joon Ho's South Korean film Parasite took home the last statue of the evening at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, becoming the first film not in English to win Best Picture. The victory capped off a night where Sam Mendes' technically dazzling war epic 1917 had a very strong chance of winning the grand prize, and many expected it would.

Bong Joon Ho’s acclaimed South Korean thriller “Parasite” became the first foreign-language film to win best picture at the Oscars, and the historic win had Hollywood heavyweights like Ava DuVernay, Sandra Oh and Priyanka Chopra cheering.

Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” won the best international film prize at the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, making history as the first Korean film to do so.

By Nancy Tartaglione

Parasite won best original screenplay at the 2020 Oscars on Sunday, picking up itsfirst win of the evening and making history by being the first South Korean film to win an Oscar in any category.In claiming the top prize, the South Korean satirebeat out Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns' 1917, Rian Johnson's Knives Out, Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story, and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.The category was presented by Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves.As Bong Joon Ho and Han

The 35th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards took place on Saturday afternoon in Santa Monica, with stars like Jennifer Lopez, Nicolas Cage and Robert De Niro on hand to honor the best in this year's independent filmmaking.The ceremony was hosted by Aubrey Plaza and aired live on IFC, and there was plenty of splashy moments on the telecast— from Plaza's impersonation of Robert Pattinson's Lighthouse character to the Los Angeles Gay Men's Choir tribute to Laura Dern, there were some things the

Noah Baumbach’s divorce dramaMarriage Story won for best screenplay at the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards.After taking to the Santa Monica beach stage Sunday to accept his first ever Spirit Awards win, the writer, director and producer "concurred" with sentiments shared by category presenters Nick Kroll and Mindy Kaling, noting the labor and stress of being a Hollywood scribe."I kind of hate writing," Baumbach said to crowd laughter.