MY ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS 2017
Here are my picks:
Every year I watch the Academy Awards with my TIFF film festival Team and we do an Oscar Pool. I usually come in close to 3rd or 4th. We have some serious researchers and movie watchers.
Sometimes I choose what I think will win and sometimes it's what I think should win. So this list has both what I think the Academy will choose and what I would like to see win.
BEST
PICTURE
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures – Should Win
La La Land – WILL WIN
Lion
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
ACTOR
IN A LEADING ROLE
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw
Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land) – Should Win
Viggo Mortensen (Captain
Fantastic)
Denzel Washington (Fences) – WILL WIN
ACTOR
IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) – WILL WIN
Dev Patel (Lion)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
Michael Shannon (Nocturnal
Animals) Should Win
ACTRESS
IN A LEADING ROLE
Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Ruth Negga (Loving) - Should Win
Emma Stone (La La Land) WILL
WIN
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Meryl Streep (Florence Foster
Jenkins)
ACTRESS
IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis (Fences) – WILL WIN
Naomie Harris (Moonlight) Should Win
Nicole Kidman (Lion)
Octavia Spencer (Hidden
Figures)
Michelle Williams (Manchester
by the Sea)
BEST
DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle (La La Land) – WILL WIN & Should Win
Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester
by the Sea)
Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
ANIMATED
FEATURE FILM
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life As a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia – WILL WIN & Should Win
SHORT
FILM (ANIMATED)
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper - WILL WIN & Should Win
SHORT
FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Ennemis Intérieurs
La Femme et le TGV - WILL WIN
Silent Nights
Sing - Should Win
Timecode
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.:
Made In America - WILL WIN
13th - Should Win
DOCUMENTARY
SHORT
Extremis - WILL WIN & Should Win
4.1 Miles
Joe's Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE FILM
Land of Mine (Denmark)
A Man Called Ove (Sweden) - Should WIN
The Salesman (Iran) - WILL WIN
Tanna (Australia)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)
WRITING
(ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures - Should Win
Lion
Moonlight - WILL WIN
WRITING
(ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea - WILL WIN & Should Win
20th Century Women
MUSIC
(ORIGINAL SCORE)
Jackie
La La Land – WILL WIN & Should Win
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
ORIGINAL
SONG
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from La La Land
"Can't Stop The Feeling" from Trolls
"City of
Stars" from La La Land – WILL WIN & Should Win
"The Empty Chair" from Jim:
The James Foley Story
"How Far I'll Go" from Moana
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arrival
La La Land – WILL WIN & Should Win
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
FILM
EDITING
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land – WILL WIN & Should Win
Moonlight
COSTUME
DESIGN
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Should Win
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie - WILL WIN
La La Land
MAKEUP
AND HAIRSTYLING
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond - WILL WIN - Should Win
Suicide Squad
PRODUCTION
DESIGN
Arrival - Should Win
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land - WILL WIN
Passengers
SOUND
EDITING
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw
Ridge - WILL WIN- Should Win
La La Land
Sully
SOUND
MIXING
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge - WILL WIN & Should WIN
La La Land –
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Thirteen Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
VISUAL
EFFECTS
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book – WILL WIN & Should Win
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
