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Detailed explanation-1: -In 2020, Parasite made history with Best Screenplay and Best Director wins for Bong Joon Ho, and - in addition to its win for Best International Film - became the first non-English film to win Best Picture at the Oscars in a very competitive year for the Academy’s top award.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bohemian Rhapsody won the most awards of the night, with four awards, Black Panther and Roma won three awards, and Bao, BlacKkKlansman, The Favourite, First Man, Free Solo, If Beale Street Could Talk, Period. End of Sentence., Skin, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, A Star Is Born, and Vice won one.

Detailed explanation-3: -The French comedy À Nous la Liberté (1931) was the first foreign language film to be nominated for an Academy Award; the German-language Swiss drama Marie-Louise (1944) was the first to actually win one.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Green Book” won best picture, Rami Malek won best actor for “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Olivia Colman won best actress for “The Favourite.” Alfonso Cuarón won best director and best cinematography for “Roma,” which also won best foreign language film.