Best Picture Winners
Instantly becoming a meme, Moonlight won Best Picture in 2016, despite this film being announced as the winner first
La La Land
Characterized by a fear of weight gain, distorted body image, and extreme food restriction.
Anorexia Nervosa
This is traditionally eaten on a birthday. It's traditionally highly decorated, has candles, and the person celebrating their birthday gets the first piece.
Birthday Cake
Czechia
Czech Republic
These are classic "good weather" clouds, they're fluffy, cotton-ball-like clouds with flat bases.
Cumulus
DAILY DOUBLE
This film became the first non-English language film to win Best Picture in 2019
Characterized by episodes of binging food followed by purging to avoid weight gain.
Bulimia Nervosa
In South Korea, the person celebrating their birthday will drink a warm bowl of seaweed soup to honour this person in their life.
Their mother
Myanmar
Burma
These clouds are known for their anvil shape and can span three atmospheric levels. They're associated with extreme weather.
Cumulonimbus
Highlighting the incredible bravery of Hollywood filmmakers, this film won the Oscar in 2012 for its depiction of the Iran Hostage Crisis
Argo
Characterized by episodes of consuming large amounts of food without purging.
Binge Eating Disorder
In Australia, children eat this treat, which is slices of white bread with butter and coloured sprinkles.
Fairy Bread
Iraq
Persia
These are thin, wispy, and feathery strands and are often called "mare's tails"
Cirrus
The current holder of the Oscar for Best Picture
One Battle After Another
Characterized by an intense craving for non-food items, such as soil, chalk, soap, or paper.
Pica
Longevity Noodles
Thailand
Siam
This is a thin, sheet-like veil that covers the sky and can create halos around the sun or moon.
Cirrostratus
While this British film was highly lauded around the world and won several Academy Awards including Best Picture in 2008, the Indian reception was mixed. This was due to the film's depiction of poverty which hit too close to home.
Slumdog Millionaire
Characterized by an obsessive focus on healthy eating, even eliminating whole food groups for fear they are unhealthy.
Orthorexia
In Brazil, the person celebrating their birthday will give this to the person who means most to them.
The first slice of cake
DAILY DOUBLE
Zimbabwe
These are dark, thick, and featureless layers that obscure the sun and bring steady and continuous rain or snow.
Nimbostratus