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    1. 2025 Oscar winner predictions

      Picture: Anora This is more of a fluid race than we have been used to this decade so far. Conclave could win here. PGA is the only guild that uses the voting system the Oscar's does, and Anora won...

      Picture: Anora

      This is more of a fluid race than we have been used to this decade so far. Conclave could win here. PGA is the only guild that uses the voting system the Oscar's does, and Anora won there. However, Conclave won SAG Ensemble and is guaranteed a screenplay win and that's all that Spotlight needed to win in a fractured field.

      Director: Sean Baker - Anora

      Again, director was split at this year's BAFTA and DGA. With Corbet (Brutalist) winning the former and Baker winning the latter. DGA has determined the race most of the time when the category is split like this.

      Original Screenplay: Anora written by Sean Baker

      It won WGA, and it's closest competition would be A Real Pain which did not receive a Best Picture nomination. Had The Substance won Original Screenplay in BAFTA this would be more in jeopardy.

      Adapted Screenplay: Conclave Screenplay by Peter Straughan. Based on the novel by Robert Harris.

      Swept.

      Lead Actor: Timothee Chalamet - A Complete Unknown

      I'm going with the SAG four. SAG and BAFTA have alternated these past few years and the Academy went with all the BAFTA winners last year (which is how Stone beat Gladstone). So I'm sticking with this pattern and saying Chalamet beats Brody. (fun fact: Chalamet would be the youngest winner in this category, Adrian Brody currently holds that title for his performance in The Pianist).

      Lead Actress: Demi Moore - The Substance

      Again, SAG. I think Moore has the narrative unlike Mikey Madison who is her closest competition.

      Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain

      Swept.

      Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana - Emilia Perez

      Swept.

      Cinematography: The Brutalist

      It won the BAFTA. Maria and Nosferatu are the only other films with wins but they're not Picture nominees and the winner in this category is usually a Picture nominee.

      Original Score: The Brutalist

      Original Song: "El Mal" from Emilia Perez

      Costume Design: Wicked

      Production Design: Wicked

      Hair and Make-up: The Substance

      VFX: Dune: Part Two

      Sound: Dune: Part Two

      BAFTA and CAS split here, with CAS going with A Complete Unknown. ACU just doesn't make much sense as a Sound winner to me. La La Land couldn't even win a sound award so I'm sticking with the bombastic sound here.

      Film Editing: Conclave

      Again, not a clear winner here. Conclave won BAFTA and the editors guild will announce winners after the Oscar ceremony. There used to be a correlation in this category with Sound, but since the merging of Sound Editing and Sound Mixing into one category this correlation has gotten weaker. EEAAO won here without a Sound nomination, and Oppenheimer won here despite losing Sound to Zone of Interest.

      International Feature: Emilia Perez

      Some people seem to think that I'm Still Here will win here due to the controversies surrounding Emilia Perez. It's clear that those controversies did not affect Saldana's chances so I don't see why it would ruin them here.

      Animated Feature: The Wild Robot

      Another split category. The Golden Globes went with Flow while the BAFTA's went with Wallace and Gromit. When the category is this split it goes to the PGA winner (Toy Story 4 won here having only won PGA).

      Documentary Feature: No Other Land

      I don't know much about this category, but this documentary has drummed up quite a bit of buzz. So I'll go with this.

      14 votes
    2. 2025 Oscar nominations predictions

      Picture: Emilia Perez Conclave The Brutalist Anora A Complete Unknown The Substance Wicked Dune Part Two A Real Pain Nickel Boys Director: Brady Corbet - The Brutalist Jacque Audiard - Emilia...

      Picture:

      1. Emilia Perez
      2. Conclave
      3. The Brutalist
      4. Anora
      5. A Complete Unknown
      6. The Substance
      7. Wicked
      8. Dune Part Two
      9. A Real Pain
      10. Nickel Boys

      Director:

      1. Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
      2. Jacque Audiard - Emilia Perez
      3. Edward Berger - Conclave
      4. Sean Baker - Anora
      5. Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

      Original Screenplay:

      1. Anora
      2. The Substance
      3. A Real Pain
      4. The Brutalist
      5. Challengers

      Adapted Screenplay:

      1. Conclave
      2. Emilia Perez
      3. A Complete Unknown
      4. Nickel Boys
      5. Dune Part Two

      Lead Actor:

      1. Adrian Brody - The Brutalist
      2. Timothee Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
      3. Ralph Fiennes - Conclave
      4. Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
      5. Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

      Lead Actress:

      1. Demi Moore - The Substance
      2. Sofia Gascon - Emilia Perez
      3. Mikey Madison - Anora
      4. Cynthia Erivo - Wicked
      5. Fernanda Torres - I’m Still Here

      Supporting Actor:

      1. Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
      2. Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
      3. Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
      4. Yuriy Borisov - Anora
      5. Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice

      Supporting Actress:

      1. Zoe Saldana - Emilia Perez
      2. Ariana Grande - Wicked
      3. Margaret Qualley - The Substance
      4. Isabella Rosellini - Conclave
      5. Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown

      Film Editing:

      1. Emilia Perez
      2. Conclave
      3. A Complete Unknown
      4. Wicked
      5. The Substance

      Cinematography:

      1. The Brutalist
      2. Dune: Part Two
      3. Emilia Perez
      4. Nosferatu
      5. Conclave

      Sound:

      1. Dune: Part Two
      2. Wicked
      3. A Complete Unknown
      4. Alien: Romulus
      5. Gladiator II

      Original Score:

      1. The Brutalist
      2. Conclave
      3. The Wild Robot
      4. Emilia Perez
      5. Challengers

      Original Song:

      1. El Mal from Emilia Perez
      2. Kiss the Sky from The Wild Robot
      3. Mi Camino from Emilia Perez
      4. The Journey from The Six Triple Eight
      5. Compress/Repress from Challengers

      Costume Design:

      1. Wicked
      2. Dune: Part Two
      3. Nosferatu
      4. A Complete Unknown
      5. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

      Hair & Make-up:

      1. The Substance
      2. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
      3. Wicked
      4. Nosferatu
      5. A Different Man

      Production Design:

      1. Wicked
      2. Dune: Part Two
      3. The Brutalist
      4. Conclave
      5. Nosferatu

      VFX:

      1. Dune: Part Two
      2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
      3. Wicked
      4. Alien: Romulus
      5. Twisters

      Animated Feature:

      1. Flow
      2. The Wild Robot
      3. Inside Out 2
      4. Memoir of a Snail
      5. Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

      International Feature:

      1. Emilia Perez
      2. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
      3. I'm Still Here
      4. Kneecap
      5. Flow
      13 votes