Academy Award Predictions 2017

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

13^{th -   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