As with past years I am picking who I think will win, not who I want to win. I will also give you a possible winner if I feel that the category isn’t a lock. Actual winners highlighted in green.
Best Picture: Nomadland
Best Achievement in Directing: Chloé Zhao - Nomadland
Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Could win: Anthony Hopkins - The Father
Best Actress: Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Could win: Frances McDormand - Nomadland
Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah Could win: Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Supporting Actress: Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari Could win: Olivia Coleman - The Father
Best Original Screenplay: Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell Could win: Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Father - Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
Could win: Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
Best Animated Feature: Soul Could win: Wolfwalkers
Best Production Design: Mank - Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
Best Cinematography: Nomadland - Joshua James Richards Could win: Mank - Erik Messerschmidt
Best Costume Design: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Ann Roth Could Win: Mank - Trish Summerville
Best Film Editing: Sound of Metal - Mikkell E. G. Nielsen
Best Makeup and Hair: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Mia Neal, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Jamika Wilson
Best Sound: Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés, Phillip Bladh Could win: Soul – Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
Best Visual Effects: Tenet – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley, Santiago Colomo Martinez
Best Original Score: Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Best Original Song: Speak Now from One Night in Miami – Leslie Odom Jr., Sam Ashworth Could win: Húsavík from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga - Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson (Fight For You - Judas and the Black Messiah)
Best Documentary Feature: My Octopus Teacher Could win: Collective
Best International Feature: Another Round Could win: Quo Vadis, Aida
Best Live Action Short: Two Distant Strangers Could win: Feeling Through
Best Animated Short: If Anything Happens I Love You Could win: Opera
Best Documentary Short: A Concerto Is a Conversation Could win: Colette
