Fellow film blogger Shane Slater from Film Actually is hosting his annual contest in honor of the upcoming Oscars. While the real nominations will be announced tomorrow, I will do my best to predict the results today.
BEST PICTURE
• Arrival
• Fences
• Hell or High Water
• La La Land
• Lion
• Manchester By The Sea
• Moonlight
BEST DIRECTOR
• Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
• Damien Chazelle, La La Land
• Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
• Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea
• Martin Scorcese, Silence
BEST ACTOR
• Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
• Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea
• Denzel Washington, Fences
• Ryan Gosling, La La Land
• Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
BEST ACTRESS
• Amy Adams, Arrival
• Emma Stone, La La Land
• Isabelle Huppert, Elle
• Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
• Natalie Portman, Jackie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
• Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals
• Dev Patel, Lion
• Lucas Hedges, Manchester By The Sea
• Jeff Bridges, Hell Or High Water
• Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea
• Naomi Harris, Moonlight
• Nicole Kidman, Lion
• Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
• Viola Davis, Fences
BEST EDITING
• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Moonlight
• Silence
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• Hell or High Water
• Jackie
• La La Land
• The Lobster
• Manchester By The Sea
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
• Arrival
• Fences
• Hidden Figures
• Moonlight
• Nocturnal Animals
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Arrival
• Jackie
• La La Land
• Moonlight
• Silence
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
• Land of Mine (Denmark)
• A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
• My Life as a Zucchini (Switzerland)
• The Salesman (Iran)
• Toni Erdmann (Germany)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• 13th
• Cameraperson
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Life, Animated
• O.J.: Made in America
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
• Finding Dory
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Moana
• The Red Turtle
• Zootopia
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Hidden Figures
• Jackie
• La La Land
• Silence
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
• Arrival
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Hail, Ceasar!
• Jackie
• La La Land
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
• Arrival
• Doctor Strange
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• The Jungle Book
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
• Deadpool
• Florence Foster Jenkins
• Hail, Caesar!
BEST SOUND MIXING
• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• The Jungle Book
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
BEST SOUND EDITING
• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• The Jungle Book
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
• Jackie
• The Jungle Book
• La La Land
• Lion
• Moonlight
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
• “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”, La La Land
• “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”, Trolls
• “City of Stars”, La La Land
• “How Far I’ll Go”, Moana
• “Runnin'”, Hidden Figures