93rd Academy Awards - Predictions

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The 93rd Academy Awards are right around the corner, and it’s time to share my predictions! I’ve been very lucky in the last few years, so let’s hope I get all of the categories right in 2021 (I’ll definitely won’t). This year, there are only 23 categories since Sound Editing and Sound Mixing were joined together, and there are many races completely open!

I will share two types of predictions: one with the nominee that WILL WIN (also the one that counts to the ballot) and another with the nominee that SHOULD WIN based on my personal preferences (if I didn’t watch some of the nominees or if I don’t have a favorite, I won’t give my opinion).

Without further ado, here we go!

Score: 18/23

Best Picture

  • "The Father" David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers - SHOULD WIN

  • "Judas and the Black Messiah" Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers

  • "Mank" Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers

  • "Minari" Christina Oh, Producer

  • WINNER - "Nomadland" Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers - WILL WIN

  • "Promising Young Woman" Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers

  • "Sound of Metal" Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers

  • "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers

Best Actor

  • Riz Ahmed in "Sound of Metal"

  • Chadwick Boseman in "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" - WILL WIN

  • WINNER - Anthony Hopkins in "The Father" - SHOULD WIN

  • Gary Oldman in "Mank"

  • Steven Yeun in "Minari"

Best Actress

  • Viola Davis in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - WILL WIN

  • Andra Day in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"

  • Vanessa Kirby in "Pieces of a Woman"

  • WINNER - Frances McDormand in "Nomadland"

  • Carey Mulligan in "Promising Young Woman" - SHOULD WIN


Best Supporting Actor

  • Sacha Baron Cohen in "The Trial of the Chicago 7"

  • WINNER - Daniel Kaluuya in "Judas and the Black Messiah" - WILL/SHOULD WIN

  • Leslie Odom, Jr. in "One Night in Miami..."

  • Paul Raci in "Sound of Metal"

  • Lakeith Stanfield in "Judas and the Black Messiah"


Best Supporting Actress

  • Maria Bakalova in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" - SHOULD WIN

  • Glenn Close in "Hillbilly Elegy"

  • Olivia Colman in "The Father"

  • Amanda Seyfried in "Mank"

  • WINNER - Yuh-Jung Youn in "Minari" - WILL WIN

Best Director

  • "Another Round" Thomas Vinterberg

  • "Mank" David Fincher

  • "Minari" Lee Isaac Chung

  • WINNER - "Nomadland" Chloé Zhao - WILL/SHOULD WIN

  • "Promising Young Woman" Emerald Fennell


Best Animated Feature Film

  • "Onward" Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae

  • "Over the Moon" Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou

  • "A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon" Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley

  • WINNER - "Soul" Pete Docter and Dana Murray - WILL/SHOULD WIN

  • "Wolfwalkers" Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants

Best Animated Short Film

  • "Burrow" Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat

  • "Genius Loci" Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise

  • WINNER - "If Anything Happens I Love You" Will McCormack and Michael Govier - WILL WIN

  • "Opera" Erick Oh

  • "Yes-People" Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad

  • WINNER - "The Father" Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller - WILL/SHOULD WIN

  • "Nomadland" Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao

  • "One Night in Miami..." Screenplay by Kemp Powers

  • "The White Tigers" Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani


Best Original Screenplay

  • "Judas and the Black Messiah" Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas

  • "Minari" Written by Lee Isaac Chung

  • WINNER - "Promising Young Woman" Written by Emerald Fennell - WILL/SHOULD WIN

  • "Sound of Metal" Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance

  • "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Written by Aaron Sorkin


Best Cinematography

  • "Judas and the Black Messiah" Sean Bobbitt

  • WINNER - "Mank" Erik Messerschmidt - SHOULD WIN

  • "News of the World" Dariusz Wolski

  • "Nomadland" Joshua James Richards - WILL WIN

  • "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Phedon Papamichael

Best Documentary Feature

  • "Collective" Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana

  • "Crip Camp" Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder

  • "The Mole Agent" Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez

  • WINNER - "My Octopus Teacher" Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster - WILL WIN

  • "Time" Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn


Best Documentary Short Subject

  • WINNER - "Colette" Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard

  • "A Concerto Is a Conversation" Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers - WILL WIN

  • "Do Not Split" Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook

  • "Hunger Ward" Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman

  • "A Love Song for Latasha" Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan

Best Live Action Short Film

  • "Feeling Through" Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski

  • "The Letter Room" Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan

  • "The Present" Farah Nabulsi

  • WINNER - "Two Distant Strangers" Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe - WILL WIN

  • "White Eye" Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

Best International Feature Film

  • WINNER - "Another Round" Denmark - WILL/SHOULD WIN

  • "Better Days" Hong Kong

  • "Collective" Romania

  • "The Man Who Sold His Skin" Tunisia

  • "Quo Vadis, Aida?" Bosnia and Herzegovina

Best Film Editing

  • "The Father" Yorgos Lamprinos

  • "Nomadland" Chloé Zhao

  • "Promising Young Woman" Frédéric Thoraval

  • WINNER - "Sound of Metal" Mikkel E. G. Nielsen - WILL WIN

  • "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Alan Baumgarten - SHOULD WIN

Best Sound

  • "Greyhound" Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman

  • "Mank" Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin

  • "News of the World" Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett

  • "Soul" Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker

  • WINNER - "Sound of Metal" Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh - WILL/SHOULD WIN

Best Production Design

  • "The Father" Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone

  • "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton

  • WINNER - "Mank" Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale - WILL/SHOULD WIN

  • "News of the World" Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan

  • "Tenet" Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Best Original Score

  • "Da 5 Bloods" Terence Blanchard

  • "Mank" Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

  • "Minari" Emile Mosseri

  • "News of the World" James Newton Howard

  • WINNER - "Soul" Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste - WILL/SHOULD WIN


Best Original Song

  • WINNER - "Fight For You" from "Judas and the Black Messiah" Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas

  • "Hear My Voice" from "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite

  • "Husavik" from "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson

  • "Io Sì (Seen)" from "The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)" Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini - WILL WIN

  • "Speak Now" from "One Night in Miami..." Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth - SHOULD WIN

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • "Emma" Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze

  • "Hillbilly Elegy" Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney

  • WINNER - "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson - WILL/SHOULD WIN

  • "Mank" Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff

  • "Pinocchio" Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti


Best Costume Design

  • "Emma" Alexandra Byrne - SHOULD WIN

  • WINNER - "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" Ann Roth - WILL WIN

  • "Mank" Trish Summerville

  • "Mulan" Bina Daigeler

  • "Pinocchio" Massimo Cantini Parrini


Best Visual Effects

  • "Love and Monsters" Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox

  • "The Midnight Sky" Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins

  • "Mulan" Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram

  • "The One and Only Ivan" Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez

  • WINNER - "Tenet" Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher - WILL/SHOULD WIN