One of most hectic Oscar seasons that I could remember finally comes to fruition with the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards on the horizon. With the pinnacle of cinematic achievement, showcasing the best in acting, directing, screenwriting, and technical artistry on display and a slate of films that have captivated audiences, critics and 1 in specific that stands as the most divisive awards player in quite sometime, the nominations will be quite the ride.
Here are my predicted nominees for all categories except the shorts:
Best Picture:
1 |
Anora |
2 |
The Brutalist |
3 |
Emilia Perez |
4 |
Conclave |
5 |
Wicked |
6 |
A Complete Unknown |
7 |
The Substance |
8 |
Dune Part II |
9 |
A Real Pain |
10 |
Sing Sing |
Best Director:
1 |
Brady Corbet - The Brutalist |
2 |
Sean Baker - Anora |
3 |
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Perez |
4 |
Edward Berger - Conclave |
5 |
Coralie Fargeat - The Substance |
Best Actor:
1 |
Adrien Brody Brutalist |
2 |
Timothee Chalamet - A Complete Unknown |
3 |
Ralph Fiennes - Conclave |
4 |
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing |
5 |
Daniel Craig - Queer |
Best Actress:
1 |
Demi Moore - The Substance |
2 |
Mikey Madison - Anora |
3 |
Cynthia Erivo - Wicked |
4 |
Karla Sofia Gascon - Emilia Perez |
5 |
Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here |
Best Supporting Actress:
1 |
Zoe Saldana - Emila Perez |
2 |
Ariana Grande - Wicked |
3 |
Isabella Rosselini - Conclave |
4 |
Felicity Jones - The Brutalist |
5 |
Jamie Lee Curtis - The Last Show Girl |
Best Supporting Actor:
1 |
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain |
2 |
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist |
3 |
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown |
4 |
Yura Borisov - Anora |
5 |
Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing |
Best Original Screenplay:
1 |
Anora - Sean Baker |
2 |
The Brutalist - Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvoid |
3 |
A Real Pain - Jesse Eisenberg |
4 |
The Substance - Coralie Fargeat |
5 |
September 5 - Tim Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder |
Best Adapted Screenplay:
1 |
Conclave - Peter Straughan |
2 |
Sing Sing - Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley |
3 |
Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes |
4 |
A Complete Unknown - Jay Cocks, James Mangold |
5 |
Emilia Perez - Jacques Audiard, Lea Mysius, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi |
Best International Feature:
Best Animated Feature:
1 |
The Wild Robot |
2 |
Flow |
3 |
Inside Out 2 |
4 |
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl |
5 |
Memoir of a Snail |
Best Documentary Feature:
1 |
No Other Land |
2 |
Daughters |
3 |
Sugercane |
4 |
Black Box Diaries |
5 |
Soundtrack To A Coup d'Etat |
Best Cinematography:
1 |
The Brutalist |
2 |
Dune Part II |
3 |
Conclave |
4 |
Nosferatu |
5 |
Maria |
Best Costume Design:
1 |
Wicked |
2 |
Dune Part II |
3 |
Nosferatu |
4 |
A Complete Unknown |
5 |
Conclave |
Best Film Editing:
1 |
Anora |
2 |
Dune Part II |
3 |
Emilia Perez |
4 |
Dune Part II |
5 |
The Substance |
Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
1 |
The Substance |
2 |
Wicked |
3 |
Emilia Perez |
4 |
A Different Man |
5 |
Nosferatu |
Best Production Design:
1 |
Wicked |
2 |
Dune Part II |
3 |
The Brutalist |
4 |
Nosferatu |
5 |
A Complete Unknown |
Best Original Score:
1 |
The Brutalist |
2 |
Conclave |
3 |
Challengers |
4 |
Emilia Perez |
5 |
The Wild Robot |
Best Original Song:
1 |
El Mal |
2 |
Mi Camino |
3 |
Kiss The Sky |
4 |
The Journey |
5 |
Compress/Repress |
Best Sound:
1 |
Dune Part II |
2 |
Wicked |
3 |
Emilia Perez |
4 |
A Complete Unknown |
5 |
Alien: Romulus |
Best Visual Effects:
1 |
Dune Part II |
2 |
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes |
3 |
Better Man |
4 |
Alien: Romulus |
5 |
Wicked |
