It’s that time of year where the best of the film industry is supposedly honored as we celebrate this year in cinemas! As the stars take to the red carpet tonight 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. However, 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 Damien Chazelle 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 cinema.
Here is who we want to win and who’ll most likely win:
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land – Will Win
Lion
Moonlight – Could Win/REALLY REALLY WANT TO WIN
Manchester by the Sea
Hidden Figures
Best Director
Denis Villenuve (Arrival)
Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
Damien Chazelle (La La Land) – Will Win
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
Barry Jenkis (Moonlight) – Want to Win
Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) – Will Win/Want to Win
Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) – Will Win/Want to Win
Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
Dev Patel (Lion) – Might Win
Michaael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)
Actress In A Leading Role
Isabelle Huppert (Elle) – Will Win/Want To Win
Ruth Negga (Loving)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Emma Stone (La La Land) – Could Win
Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis (Fences) – Will Win/Want to Win
Naomie Harris (Moonlight) – Want to Win
Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
Nicole Kidman (Lion)
Animated Feature Film
Kubo and the Two Strings – Want to Win
Moana
Zootopia – Will Win
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Cinematography
Bradford Young (Arrival)
Linus Sandren (La La Land) – Will Win
Greig Fraser (Lion)
James Laxton (Moonlight)
Rodrigo Prieto (Silence) – Want to Win
Costume Design
Joanna Johnston (Allied)
Collen Atwood (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) – Will Win/Want to Win
Madeline Fontaine (Jackie)
Mary Zophres (La La Land)
Consolata Boyle (Florence Foster Jenkins)
Best Feature Documentary
Fire At Sea
I Am Not your Negro
Life, Animated
O,J: Made in America
13th – Will Win/Want to Win
Best Short Documentary
Extremis – Want to Win
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland – Will Win
The White Helmets
Best Film Editing
Joe Walker (Arrival)
John Gilbert (Hacksaw Ridge) – Will Win
Jake Roberts (Hell or High Water)
Tom Cross (La La Land)
Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon (Moonlight) – Want to Win
Best Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman – Will Win/Want to Win
Tanna
Toni Erdmann – Could Win
Best Make-Up and Hair-styling
Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson (Suicide Squad)
Best Original Music
Mica Levi (Jackie)
Justin Hurwitz (La La Land) – Win Win/Want to Win
Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka (Lion)
Nicholas Britell (Moonlight) – Want to Win
Thomas Newman (Passengers)
Best Original Song
Audition (The Fools who Dream) from La La Land; Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Can’t Stop The Feeling from Trolls; Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
The Empty Chair from Jim: The James Foley Story; Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
City of Stars from La La Land; Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul – Will Win
How Far I’ll Go from Moana; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda – Want to Win
Best Production Design
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) – Will Win
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena (Passengers)
Best Short Film (Animated)
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time – Want to Win
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper – Will Win
Best Short Film (Love Action)
Timecode
Ennemis Interieurs
La Femme Et Le TGV
Silent Nights – Will Win/Want to Win
Sing
Best Sound Editing
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman (Sully)
Best Sound Mixing
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth (13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi)
Best Visual Effects
Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon (The Jungle Book) – Will Win
John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)
Best Adapted Screenplay
August Wilson (Fences)
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi (Hidden Figures)
Luke Davies (Lion)
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight) – Will Win/Want to Win
Best Original Screenplay
Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)
Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou (The Lobster) – Want to Win
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea) – Will Win
Mike Mills (20th Century Women)
What do you think?
The Academy Awards screen tonight!
