It’s that time of year where the best of the British Film industry and our international brethren come to celebrate a year at the movies. So as the stars take to the red carpet right this minute, here are our predictions for the impending award ceremony.
Here’s the thing: I really don’t want La La Land to sweep the board. Granted, it’s a triumphant modern musical but I believe the diversity of movies this year including horror, drama, comedy, and science fiction all deserve a shot at the copious amount of awards. So while perhaps I believe that Emma Stone and Justin Horowitz deserve to collect the gong, I also am under the utmost belief that Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight should score the Best Film award because it is the most impeccable piece of
What do you think? Here are our predictions:
Best Film
Arrival
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land – Will Win
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight – Want to Win
Best British Film
Under the Shadow – Want to Win
I Daniel Blake – Will Win
American Honey
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Notes on Blindness
Denial
Best Supporting Actress
Hayley Squires – I Daniel Blake
Naomie Harris – Moonlight – Want to Win
Viola Davis – Fences – Will Win
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight – Will Win/Want to Win
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals
Dev Patel – Lion
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Best Leading Actress
Emma Stone – La La Land – Will Win
Emily Blunt – The Girl on the Train
Amy Adams – Arrival – Want to Win
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Leading Actor
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea – Will Win/Want to Win
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Outstading Debut by British Writer, Director, or Producer
Mike Carey & Camille Gatin – The Girl With All The Gifts
George Amponsah & Dionne Walker – The Hard Stop
Peter Middleton, James Spinney, and Jo-Jo Ellison – Notes on Blindness
John Donnelly & Ben A. WIlliams – The Pass
Babak Anvari, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, and Lucan Toh – Under the Shadow – Will Win/Want to Win
Film Not in the English Language
Dheepan
Julieta
Mustang
Son of Saul
Toni Erdmann – Will Win/Want to Win
Documentary
13th – Will Win/Want to Win
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
The Eagle Huntress
Notes on Blindness – Want to Win too
Weiner
Animated Film
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings – Want to Win
Moana
Zootropolis – Will Win
Director
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival – Want to Win
Ken Loach – I, Daniel Blake
Damien Chazelle – La La Land – Will Win
Kenneth Longergan – Manchester by the Sea
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Original Screenplay
Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
Paul Laverty – I, Daniel Blake
Damien Chazelle – La La Land – Will Win
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight – Want to Win
Adapted Screenplay
Eric Heisserer – Arrival
Robert Schenkkan & Andrew Knight – Hacksaw Ridge
Theodore Melfi & Allison Schroeder – Hidden Figures – Will Win/Want to Win
Luke Davies – Lion
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Best Original Music
Jjohan Johannsson – Arrival
Mica Levi – Jackie
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land – Will Win/Want to Win
Dustin O’Halloran, Huschka – Lion
Abel Korzeniowski – Nocturnal Animals
Cinematography
Bradford Young – Arrival
Giles Nuttgens – Hell or High Water
Linus Sandgren – La La Land – Will Win/Want to Win
Greig Fraser – Lion
Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal Animals
Editing
Joe Walker – Arrival – Want to Win
John Gilbert – Hacksaw Ridge
Tom Cross – La La Land – Will Win
Jennifer Lame – Manchester by the Sea
Joan Sobel – Nocturnal Animals
Production Design
John Bush & Charles Wood – Doctor Strange – Will Win/Want to Win
Stuart Craig & Anna Pinnock – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Jess Gonchor & Nancy Haigh – Hail, Caeser!
Sandy REynoldss-Wasco & David Wasco – Arrival
Shane Valentino & Meg Everist – Nocturnal Animals
Costume Design
Joanna Johnston – Allied
Colleen Atwood – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Want to Win
Consolata Boyle – Florence Foster Jenkins
Madeline Fontaine – Jackie
Mary Zophres – La La Land – Will Win
Make Up & Hair
Jeremy Woodhead – Doctor Strange
J. Roy Helland & Daniel Phillips – Florence Foster Jenkins
Shame Thomas – Hacksaw Ridge
Donald Mowat & Yolanda Toussieng – Nocturnal Animals
TBA – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Will Win/Want to Win
Sound
Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariepy Strobl, Sylvain Bellemare – Arrival – Want to Win
Mike Prestwood Smith, Dror Mohar, Wylie Stateman, David Wyman – Deepwater Horizon
Niv Adiri, Glenn Freemantle, Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Ian Tapp – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Peter Grace, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright – Hacksaw Ridge
Mildren Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Steve A. Marrow, Andy Nelson – La La Land – Will Win
Special Visual Effects
Louis Morin – Arrival – Want to Win
Richard Bluff, Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathon Fawkner – Doctor Strange – Will Win
Tim Burke, Pablo Grillo, Christian Manz, David Watkins – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Robert Legato, Dan Lemmon, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez – The Jungle Book
Neil Corbould, Hal Hickel, Mohen Leo, John Knoll, Nigel Summer – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
British Short Animation
The Alan Dimension
A Love Story – Will Win/Want to Win
Tough
Best Short Film
Consumed
Home – Will Win/Want to Win
Mouth of Hell
The Party
Standby
The EE Rising Star Award
Tom Holland
Ruth Negga – Will Win/Want to Win
Lucas Hedges
Laia Costa
Anya Taylor-Joy – Also Want to Win