As per tradition, here are my predictions for the Oscars 2022!
WW: Will Win
DH: Dark Horse
Prediction Results (updating): 19/23 (22/23 including dark horses)
Best Picture

- BELFAST
- CODA WW
- DON’T LOOK UP
- DRIVE MY CAR
- DUNE
- KING RICHARD
- LICORICE PIZZA
- NIGHTMARE ALLEY
- THE POWER OF THE DOG DH
- WEST SIDE STORY
Best International Feature

- DRIVE MY CAR (Japan) WW
- FLEE (Denmark)
- LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (Bhutan)
- THE HAND OF GOD (Italy)
- THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Norway) DH
Best Animated Feature

- ENCANTO WW
- FLEE DH
- LUCA
- RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
- THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
Best Director

- Jane Campion – THE POWER OF THE DOG WW
- Kenneth Branagh – BELFAST
- Paul Thomas Anderson – LICORICE PIZZA
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi – DRIVE MY CAR
- Steven Spielberg – WEST SIDE STORY DH
Best Leading Actor

- Andrew Garfield – TICK, TICK… BOOM! DH
- Benedict Cumberbatch – THE POWER OF THE DOG
- Denzel Washington – THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
- Javier Bardem (BEING THE RICARDOS)
- Will Smith (KING RICHARD) WW
Best Leading Actress

- Jessica Chastain – THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE WW
- Kristen Stewart – SPENCER
- Nicole Kidman – BEING THE RICARDOS
- Olivia Colman – THE LOST DAUGHTER
- Penelope Cruz – PARALLEL MOTHERS DH
Best Supporting Actor

- Ciaran Hinds – BELFAST
- J.K. Simmons – BEING THE RICARDOS
- Jesse Plemons – THE POWER OF THE DOG
- Kodi Smit-McPhee – THE POWER OF THE DOG DH
- Troy Kotsur – CODA WW
Best Supporting Actress

- Ariana DeBose – WEST SIDE STORY WW
- Aunjanue Ellis – KING RICHARD
- Jessie Buckley – THE LOST DAUGHTER
- Judi Dench – BELFAST
- Kirsten Dunst – THE POWER OF THE DOG DH
Best Original Screenplay

- BELFAST DH
- DON’T LOOK UP
- KING RICHARD
- LICORICE PIZZA WW
- THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Best Adapted Screenplay

- CODA WW
- DRIVE MY CAR
- DUNE
- THE LOST DAUGHTER
- THE POWER OF THE DOG DH
Best Cinematography

- DUNE – Greig Fraser WW
- NIGHTMARE ALLEY – Dan Laustsen
- THE POWER OF THE DOG – Ari Wegner DH
- THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH – Bruno Delbonnel
- WEST SIDE STORY – Janusz Kaminski
Best Film Editing

- DON’T LOOK UP
- DUNE DH
- KING RICHARD
- THE POWER OF THE DOG
- TICK, TICK… BOOM! WW
Best Production Design

- DUNE WW
- NIGHTMARE ALLEY DH
- THE POWER OF THE DOG
- THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
- WEST SIDE STORY
Best Costume Design

- CRUELLA WW
- CYRANO
- DUNE
- NIGHTMARE ALLEY DH
- WEST SIDE STORY
Best Makeup & Hairstyling

- COMING 2 AMERICA
- CRUELLA DH
- DUNE
- HOUSE OF GUCCI
- THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE WW
Best Original Score

- DON’T LOOK UP – Nicholas Britell
- DUNE – Hans Zimmer WW
- ENCANTO – Germaine Franco
- PARALLEL MOTHERS – Alberto Iglesias
- THE POWER OF THE DOG – Jonny Greenwood DH
Best Original Song

- “Down to Joy” – BELFAST
- “Dos Oruguitas” – ENCANTO DH
- “Somehow You Do” – FOUR GOOD DAYS
- “Be Alive” – KING RICHARD
- “No Time to Die” – NO TIME TO DIE WW
Best Sound

- BELFAST
- DUNE WW
- NO TIME TO DIE DH
- THE POWER OF THE DOG
- WEST SIDE STORY
Best Visual Effects

- DUNE WW
- FREE GUY
- NO TIME TO DIE
- SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
- SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME DH
Best Live Action Short

- ALA KACHUU – TAKE AND RUN DH
- ON MY MIND
- PLEASE HOLD
- THE DRESS
- THE LONG GOODBYE WW
Best Animated Short

- AFFAIRS OF THE ART
- BEAST
- BOX BALLET
- ROBIN ROBIN WW
- THE WINDSHIELD WIPER DH
Best Documentary Short

- AUDIBLE WW
- LEAD ME HOME DH
- THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL
- THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR
- WHEN WE WERE BULLIES