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South Africa's Tsotsi Wins First Oscar at 2006 Academy Awards

2/18/2026

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The 78th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood, marked South Africa's first Oscar win in the international feature category.
Nick Park and Steve Box won the animated feature Oscar for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Colleen Atwood received her second Oscar for costume design in Memoirs of a Geisha.

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The 78th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood, marked South Africa's first Oscar win in the international feature category.
Nick Park and Steve Box won the animated feature Oscar for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Colleen Atwood received her second Oscar for costume design in Memoirs of a Geisha.