98th Academy Awards (Oscars) held on March 16, 2026

Exam-focused facts from the 17 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The 98th Academy Awards (Oscars) recorded a tie in the Best Live-Action Short Film category for the first time in 14 years.
The Oscar for Best Live-Action Short Film was shared by Two People Exchanging Saliva and The Singers.
Two People Exchanging Saliva was co-directed by Franco-Indian artist Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata.
Alexandre Singh was born in Bordeaux, France, to Indian and French parents and has works represented in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
The Singers, directed by Sam Davis, is a film adaptation of a 19th-century short story written by Ivan Turgenev.