97Th Academy Award Predictions.
Happy Oscars Eve! This year’s Oscars race is quite interesting. There are many films on the nomination list that I didn’t envision being included and props to the Academy for shaking things up this year. We have a very eclectic list of nominated films- everything from religious to whimsical and even sci-fi. I was thrilled to see many of my favorites make the cut, some of which I hadn’t heard of until their nominations. All in all, we have a lot of great films this year. Making a prediction was hard since I was somewhat influenced and confused by the other awards these films took home. So, I’m ready to make a bet and go for broke; here are my predictions for this year’s 97th Academy Awards.
My predictions for winners this year are as follows,
Actor in a Leading Role: Ralph Fiennes for Conclave,
Actor in a supporting Role: Kierran Culkin for A real Pain
Actress in a leading Role: Demi Moore for The Substance
Actress in a supporting Role: Felicity Jones, for The Brutalist
Animated Feature film: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, and Richard Beek
Animated Short film: Wander to Wonder by Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper
Cinematography: Lol Crawley for The Brutalist
Costume Design: Paul Tazewell for Wicked
Directing: Brady Corbet for The Brutalist
Documentary Feature film: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn for Sugarcane
Documentary Short Film: Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven for INCIDENT
Film Editing: Nick Emerson for Conclave
International Feature Film: Im Still Here
Make Up and Hair Styling: Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli for The Substance
Music(Original Score): John Powell and Stephen Schwartz for Wicked
Music (Original Song): Like A Bird from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
Best Picture: Nickel Boys
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers
Production Design: Wicked Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Live Action Short: Anuja Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
Sound: Wicked Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis
Visual Effects: Alien: Romulus Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan
Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Nickel Boys Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Writing (Original Screenplay) : The Substance Written by Coralie Fargeat