La La Land's 6-Oscar haul is a tribute to director Damien Chazelle's vision

The retro musical won six awards, including for best director and music.

From a record-breaking seven trophies at the Golden Globes and another five at the BAFTAs, Damien Chazelle’s third feature La La Land was the front-runner of the awards season. When it was premiered in August 2016 at the Venice Film Festival, the film was greeted with a swell of accolades. But since then, there has been a push-back of negative opinion against Chazelle’s tribute to classic American and French musicals. Barry Jenkins’s sublime coming-of-age drama Moonlight did make a last-minute dent in La La Land’s chances by winning Best Picture after a horrendous mix-up caused by presenter Warren