As per tradition, here are my predictions for the Oscars 2021!
WW: Will Win
DH: Dark Horse
Prediction Results: 17/23 (20/23 with dark horses)
Best Picture
WINNER!
Best International Feature
WINNER!
- ANOTHER ROUND (Denmark) WW
- BETTER DAYS (Hong Kong)
- COLLECTIVE (Romania)
- QUO VADIS, AIDA? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) DH
- THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN (Tunisia)
Best Animated Feature
WINNER!
- A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON
- ONWARD
- OVER THE MOON
- SOUL WW
- WOLFWALKERS DH
Best Director
WINNER!
- Chloe Zhao (NOMADLAND) WW
- David Fincher (MANK)
- Emerald Fennell (PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN)
- Lee Issac Chung (MINARI)
- Thomas Vinterberg (ANOTHER ROUND) DH
Best Leading Actor
WINNER!
- Anthony Hopkins (THE FATHER) DH
- Chadwick Boseman (MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM) WW
- Gary Oldman (MANK)
- Riz Ahmed (SOUND OF METAL)
- Steven Yeun (MINARI)
Best Leading Actress
WINNER!
- Andra Day (THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY)
- Carey Mulligan (PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN) DH
- Frances McDormand (NOMADLAND)
- Vanessa Kirby (PIECES OF A WOMAN)
- Viola Davis (MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM) WW
Best Supporting Actor
WINNER!
- Daniel Kaluuya (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH) WW
- LaKeith Stanfield (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH)
- Leslie Odom Jr. (ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…)
- Paul Raci (SOUND OF METAL) DH
- Sacha Baron Cohen (THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7)
Best Supporting Actress
WINNER!
- Amanda Seyfried (MANK)
- Glenn Close (HILLBILLY ELEGY)
- Maria Bakalova (BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM)
- Olivia Colman (THE FATHER) DH
- Youn Yuh-jung (MINARI) WW
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER!
- JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
- MINARI
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN WW
- SOUND OF METAL
- THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 DH
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER!
- BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
- NOMADLAND DH
- ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…
- THE FATHER WW
- THE WHITE TIGER
Best Cinematography
WINNER!
- JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (Sean Bobbitt)
- MANK (Erik Messerschmidt) DH
- NEWS OF THE WORLD (Dariusz Wolski)
- NOMADLAND (Joshua James Richards) WW
- THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (Phedon Papamichael)
Best Film Editing
WINNER!
- THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 WW
- NOMADLAND
- PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
- SOUND OF METAL DH
- THE FATHER
Best Costume Design
WINNER!
- EMMA. DH
- MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM WW
- MANK
- MULAN
- PINOCCHIO
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
WINNER!
- EMMA.
- HILLBILLY ELEGY
- MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM WW
- MANK
- PINOCCHIO DH
Best Original Score
WINNER!
- DA 5 BLOODS (Terence Blanchard)
- MANK (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross) DH
- MINARI (Emile Mosseri)
- NEWS OF THE WORLD (James Newton Howard)
- SOUL (Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross) WW
Best Original Song
WINNER!
- EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA (‘Husavik’)
- JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (‘Fight for You’)
- ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI… (‘Speak Now’) WW
- THE LIFE AHEAD (‘Io Si (Seen)’) DH
- THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (‘Hear My Voice’)
Best Sound
WINNER!
- GREYHOUND
- MANK
- NEWS OF THE WORLD
- SOUL DH
- SOUND OF METAL WW
Best Visual Effects
WINNER!
- LOVE AND MONSTERS
- MULAN
- TENET WW
- THE MIDNIGHT SKY
- THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN DH
Best Live Action Short
WINNER!
- FEELING THROUGH
- THE LETTER ROOM
- THE PRESENT DH
- TWO DISTANT STRANGERS WW
- WHITE EYE
Best Animated Short
WINNER!
- BURROW
- GENIUS LOCI
- IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU WW
- OPERA DH
- YES-PEOPLE
Best Documentary Short
WINNER!
- A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION DH
- A LOVE SONG FOR LATASHA WW
- COLETTE
- DO NOT SPLIT
- HUNGER WARD