84th Oscars-

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony/Oscars was hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). The Artist'  directed by Michel Hazanavicius swept the Academy Awards by winning five Oscars including those for Best Picture, Director and Actor. The Artist is a silent French romantic comedy drama directed by Michel Hazanavicius, starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo.

Hugo which also won five Oscars dominated the technical awards. Christopher Plummer  at 82 became the oldest actor ever to win an Academy Award, picking up the Best Supporting Actor trophy for his role as a senior citizen coming out of the closet in The Beginners.

Pakistan got its first Oscar as Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy received the Oscar for Saving face (Best documentary -short subject)  along with Daniel Junge.

Rango - staring Johnny Depp as the voice of a chameleon won Best Animated Feature Film.
The Best Documentary Oscar went to Undefeated, about a underdog high school football team, while Iranian-made A Separation took the Best Foreign Language Film.

List of Awardees in the different categories

Best Picture - The Artist
Best Actor - Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Best Actress - Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer for Beginners
Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer for The Help
Best Adapted Screenplay - The Descendants ( Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash)
Best Original Screenplay - Midnight in Paris ( Woody Allen)
Best Animated feature film - Rango
Best foreign language film - A Separation ( Iran)
Best documentary (feature) - Undefeated
Best documentary (short subject) - Saving Face (Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy)
Best short film (animated) - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Best short film (live action) - The Shore
Best art direction - Hugo
Best cinematography - Robert Richardson for Hugo
Best costume design - Mark Bridges for The Artist
Best film editing - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best makeup - The Iron Lady ( Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland)
Best music (original score) - The Artist
Best music (original song) - Man or Muppet from The Muppets
Best sound editing - Hugo (Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty)
Best sound mixing - Hugo (Tom Fleischman and John Midgley)
Best visual effects - Hugo (Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning)