The Academy Awards are coming on Sunday April 25th 2021 and here is my full coverage of all the nominees, ballot sheets, watchlists and everything you’ll need to prepare for the Oscars!
The Nominees & My Predictions in Full:
Best Picture
- The Father – VOD
- Judas and the Black Messiah – VOD
- Mank – Netflix
- Minari – VOD – SECOND CHOICE
- Nomadland – HULU / Disney+ – PREDICTED WINNER
- Promising Young Woman – VOD
- Sound of Metal – Amazon Prime Video
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Netflix
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – PREDICTED WINNER
- Anthony Hopkins – The Father – SECOND CHOICE
- Gary Oldman – Mank
- Steven Yeun – Minari
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – PREDICTED WINNER
- Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
- Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
- Frances McDormand – Nomadland
- Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman – SECOND CHOICE
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah – PREDICTED WINNER
- Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami…
- Paul Raci – Sound of Metal – SECOND CHOICE
- Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – SECOND CHOICE
- Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
- Olivia Colman – The Father
- Amanda Seyfried – Mank
- Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Director
- Lee Isaac Chung – Minari – SECOND CHOICE
- Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
- David Fincher – Mank
- Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
- Chloé Zhao – Nomadland – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- The Father – PREDICTED WINNER
- Nomadland – SECOND CHOICE
- One Night in Miami…
- The White Tiger
Best Original Screenplay
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Minari
- Promising Young Woman – PREDICTED WINNER
- Sound of Metal
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – SECOND CHOICE
Best International Feature Film
- Another Round – Denmark – PREDICTED WINNER
- Better Days – Hong Kong
- Collective – Romania
- The Man Who Sold His Skin – Tunisia
- Quo Vadis, Aida? – Bosnia and Herzegovina – SECOND CHOICE
Best Original Song
- Fight For You – Judas and the Black Messiah
- Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Huskavik – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – PREDICTED WINNER
- Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead
- Speak Now – One Night in Miami… – SECOND CHOICE
Best Original Score
- Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
- Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – SECOND CHOICE
- Minari – Emile Mosseri
- News of the World – James Newton Howard
- Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Animated Feature
- Onward – Available on Disney+
- Over the Moon – Available on Netflix
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
- Soul – Available on Disney+ – PREDICTED WINNER
- Wolfwalkers – Available on Apple TV+ – SECOND CHOICE
Best Documentary Feature
- Collective – on BBC iPlayer in the UK
- Crip Camp – Netflix – SECOND CHOICE
- The Mole Agent – on BBC iPlayer in the UK
- My Octopus Teacher – on Netflix – PREDICTED WINNER
- Time – Amazon Prime Video
Best Cinematography
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Mank – SECOND CHOICE
- News of the World
- Nomadland – PREDICTED WINNER
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Costume Design
- Emma. – Alexandra Byrne – SECOND CHOICE
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth – PREDICTED WINNER
- Mank – Trish Summerville
- Mulan – Bina Daigeler
- Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
- Emma.
- Hillbilly Elegy
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – PREDICTED WINNER
- Mank
- Pinocchio – SECOND CHOICE
Best Production Design
- The Father
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – SECOND CHOICE
- Mank – PREDICTED WINNER
- News of the World
- Tenet
Best Visual Effects
- Love and Monsters
- The Midnight Sky – SECOND CHOICE
- Mulan
- The One and Only Ivan
- Tenet – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Film Editing
- The Father
- Nomadland
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal – SECOND CHOICE
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Sound
- Greyhound
- Mank
- News of the World
- Soul – SECOND CHOICE
- Sound of Metal – PREDICTED WINNER
Best Animated Short
- Burrow – SECOND CHOICE
- Genius Loci
- If Anything Happens I Love You – PREDICTED WINNER
- Opera
- Yes-People
Best Live Action Short
- Feeling Through
- The Letter Room – SECOND CHOICE
- The Present
- Two Distant Strangers – PREDICTED WINNER
- White Eye
Best Documentary Short
- Colette
- A Concerto is a Conversation – PREDICTED WINNER
- Do Not Split
- Hunger Ward
- A Love Song for Latasha – SECOND CHOICE
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