The 89th Annual Academy Awards are to be held on the fateful night of February 26 and it has us all in a tizzy. The ceremony, which is to be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles where we will finally get to see who wins what after much speculation. Will La La Land prove itself to be the best film of 2016 or will it waste the 14 nods it got by The Academy? Can’t wait to find out who is gonna take the coveted Oscars statuette? Check out our predictions for Oscars 2017.
BEST PICTURE
La La Land
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Arrival
Fences
Lion
Hidden Figures
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Our Prediction: Moonlight
Moonlight
BEST ACTRESS
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Our Prediction: Emma Stone
Emma Stone (Photo: Twitter)
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Our Prediction: Denzel Washington
Fences
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester By The Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Our Prediction: Mahershala Ali
Moonlight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea
Our Prediction: Viola Davis
Viola Davis in Fences
BEST DIRECTOR
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Our Prediction: Damien Chazelle
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
La La Land – Damien Chazelle
The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
20th Century Women – Mike Mills
Our Prediction: Manchester by the Sea
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Arrival – Eric Heisserer from “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang
Fences – August Wilson from Fences by August Wilson (posthumous nomination)
Hidden Figures – Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi from Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Lion – Luke Davies from A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose
Moonlight – Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney from In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Our Prediction: Moonlight
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arrival – Bradford Young
La La Land – Linus Sandgren
Lion – Greig Fraser
Moonlight – James Laxton
Silence – Rodrigo Prieto
Our Prediction: Silence
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Mica Levi, Jackie
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka, Lion
Nicholas Britell, Moonlight
Thomas Newman, Passengers
Our Prediction: La La Land
La la land (Photo: Twitter/La La Land)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” La La Land
“Can’t Stop The Feeling,” Trolls
“City of Stars,” La La Land
“The Empty Chair,” Jim: The James Foley Story
“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana
Our Prediction: City of Stars
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Our Prediction: Moana
Moana
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper
Our Prediction: Borrowed Time
Borrowed Time
