Oscars 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio declared best actor, Spotlight best film and Brie Larson best actress

LOS ANGELES (Web Desk) - "Spotlight" has been declared best picture of the year and Leonardo DiCaprio won best actor award for The Revenant movie at 88th Oscar awards ceremony held in Los Angeles.

The academy award of the year for best actress was won by Brie Larson for her role in film "Room."

Alejandro G. Iñárritu was declared the best director of the year for his movie "The Revenant," which was based on the true story of 1823 legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass.

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The film Mad Max: Fury Road remained on the top by winning most six academy awards out of total ten nominations. The Revenant had most 12 nominations this year but it could manage to win only three awards.

Pakistan's Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy won second oscar for her short documentary "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness" which is based on the true story of a honor killing survivor.

Sharmeen Obaid previously won a documentary short Oscar for “Saving Face” in 2012, about acid attacks.

Full list of nominees and winners of the 88th academy awards:

Picture

"The Big Short"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Room"
WINNER: "Spotlight"

Actress

Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
WINNER: Brie Larson, "Room"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"
Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"
Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"

Actor

Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"

Director

Adam McKay, "The Big Short"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
WINNER: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Lenny Abrahamson, "Room"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"

Supporting actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight"
Rooney Mara, "Carol"
Rachel McAdams, "Spotlight"
WINNER: Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl"
Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs"

Supporting actor

Christian Bale, "The Big Short"
Tom Hardy, "The Revenant"
Mark Ruffalo, "Spotlight"
WINNER: Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies"
Sylvester Stallone, "Creed"

Animated feature film

"Anomalisa"
"The Boy and the World"
WINNER: "Inside Out"
"Shaun the Sheep Movie"
"When Marnie Was There"