It’s been a funny old year. What with Hollywood holding back many of its biggest titles, and the qualifying period being extended by two extra months, this year’s nominees make for a wonderfully bizarre, eclectic and inclusive bunch. Some categories have been locked seemingly since the beginning of the season, while others – most notably Best Actress – are still wide open. But it’s time to put my money where my mouth is, and make my final predictions:
Best Picture: Nomadland – WINNER
Best Director: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – WINNER
Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
WINNER – Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
WINNER – Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari – WINNER
Best Original Screenplay: Promising Young Woman – WINNER
Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomadland
WINNER – The Father
Best International Feature: Another Round – WINNER
Best Animated Feature: Soul – WINNER
Best Documentary Feature: My Octopus Teacher – WINNER
Best Editing: Sound of Metal – WINNER
Best Cinematography: Nomadland
WINNER – Mank
Best Production Design: Mank – WINNER
Best Costume Design: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNER
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – WINNER
Best Original Score: Soul – WINNER
Best Original Song: “Speak Now”, One Night in Miami
WINNER – “Fight for You”, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Sound: Sound of Metal – WINNER
Best Visual Effects: Tenet – WINNER
Best Live Action Short: Two Distant Strangers – WINNER
Best Animated Short: If Anything Happens I Love You – WINNER
Best Documentary Short: A Love Song for Latasha
WINNER – Colette
Final winners tally:
Nomadland – 3
The Father – 2
Judas and the Black Messiah – 2
Mank – 2
Sound of Metal – 2
Soul – 2
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – 2