Academy Awards Project: Predicting Every Single Winner
I’m likely going to shoot myself in the foot for this, but let’s try and make some predictions. I’ve seen literally every single nominee. I’ve ranked everything in order to ad nauseam proportions. We might as well do the last dodgy thing and see how incorrect we might be in front of the entire information super highway. Without explanations (these are provided in each and every single article based on each category), let’s quickly and briefly predict every single winner.
Disclaimer; If any of these predictions are different than the ones I made in each category’s article, this is likely based on a shifting tide in the awards race that has occurred between then and now.
Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice
Best Director
Spike Lee-BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski-Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos-The Favourite
Alfonso Cuarón-Roma
Adam McKay-Vice
Best Actor
Christian Bale-Vice
Bradley Cooper-A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe-At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek-Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen-Green Book
Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio-Roma
Glenn Close-The Wife
Olivia Coleman-The Favourite
Lady Gaga-A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy-Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali-Green Book
Adam Driver-BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott-A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant-Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell-Vice
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams-Vice
Marina De Tavira-Roma
Regina King-If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone-The Favourite
Rachel Weisz-The Favourite
Best Foreign Language Film
Capernaum-Lebanon
Cold War-Poland
Never Look Away-Germany
Roma-Mexico
Shoplifters-Japan
Best Live Action Short Film
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin
Best Animated Feature Film
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Animated Short Film
Animal Behaviour
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG
Best Documentary Short Subject
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence.
Best Original Screenplay
The Favourite-Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed-Paul Schrader
Green Book-Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
Roma-Alfonso Cuarón
Vice-Adam McKay
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs-Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
BlacKkKlansman-Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
Can You Ever Forgive Me?-Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
If Beatle Street Could Talk-Barry Jenkins
A Star Is Born-Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters
Best Film Editing
BlacKkKlansman-Barry Alexander Brown
Bohemian Rhapsody-John Ottman
The Favourite-Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Green Book-Patrick J. Don Vito
Vice-Hank Corwin
Best Cinematography
Cold War-Lukasz Źal
The Favourite-Robbie Ryan
Never Look Away-Caleb Deschanel
Roma-Alfonso Cuaròn
A Star is Born-Matthew Libatique
Best Production Design
Black Panther-Hannah Beachler, Jay Hart
The Favourite-Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
First Man-Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
Mary Poppins Returns-John Myre, Gordon Sim
Roma-Eugenio Caballero, Barbara Enríquez
Best Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs-Mary Zophres
Black Panther-Ruth Carter
The Favourite-Sandy Powell
Mary Poppins Returns-Sandy Powell
Mary Queen of Scots-Alexandra Byrne
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Border-Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer
Mary Queen of Scots-Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks
Vice-Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia Dehaney
Best Original Score
Black Panther-Ludwig Goransson
BlacKkKlansman-Terence Blanchard
If Beale Street Could Talk-Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs-Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns-Marc Shaiman
Best Original Song
”All the Stars” from Black Panther-Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tiffith and Solana Rowe
”I’ll Fight” from RBG-Diane Warren
”The Place Where Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns-Marc Shaiman and Scott Whittman
”Shallow” from A Star is Born-Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
”When a Cowboy Trades his Spurs for Wings” from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs-David Rawlings and Gillian Welch
Best Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War-Dan Deleeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick
Christopher Robin-Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones and Chris Corbould
First Man-Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm
Ready Player One-Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and David Shirk
Solo: A Star Wars Story-Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy
Best Sound Editing
Black Panther-Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker
Bohemian Rhapsody-John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone
First Man-Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
A Quiet Place-Ethan van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
Roma-Sergio Diaz and Skip Lievsay
Best Sound Mixing
Black Panther-Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin
Bohemian Rhapsody-Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali
First Man-Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis
Roma-Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and José Antonio García
A Star is Born-Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow
Enjoy the Academy Awards tonight! Let’s hope this article wasn’t a mistake. Thank you for tuning in to the entire Academy Awards Project. We’ve made it!
Andreas Babiolakis has a Masters degree in Film and Photography Preservation and Collections management from Ryerson University, as well as a Bachelors degree in Cinema Studies from York University. His favourite times of year are the Criterion Collection flash sales and the annual Toronto International Film Festival.