From ‘Roma’ to ‘Black Panther’: 7 destinations to go to relive 2019’s Oscar-nominated films

Mar 4 , 2019

Actor Chadwick Boseman (centre) as T’Challa, the king of the fictitious African nation of Wakanda, who becomes superhero Black Panther, in a scene from the film, ‘Black Panther’. Photo: Disney/TNS

If you feel like visiting locations shown in hit films ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ and ‘A Star is Born’, this is how …

This year’s 91st Academy Awards was the glitziest night of the year again as films that piqued interest from viewers all over the world were recognised at the Oscars ceremony in Hollywood.

Among the big winners were Roma and Bohemian Rhapsody, with many of this year’s nominated films featuring diverse locations on our travel bucket list.

Check out our favourite locations from among this year’s Oscar nominees.

1. ‘Roma’

A scene from the Oscar-winning black and white Mexican film, ‘Roma’, written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Photo: Carlos Somonte.

What: Netflix’s critically acclaimed Roma was nominated for 10 Oscars – with two other Netflix offerings also receiving nominations: three for the Coen brothers’ Western drama, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and one for short documentary End Game.

Yet Roma was the only one of the three to end the night as a winner – picking up Oscars for best foreign-language film, and best director and best cinematography for Alfonso Cuarón.

It is living proof that Netflix, everyone’s favourite media services provider, is now a force to be reckoned with.

Cuarón’s honest approach to how the environment that he grew up in influenced his visual craft was beautifully portrayed by filming the usually colourful streets of Mexico City in black and white.