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Oscars 2017 winners: Find out who is winning at the 89th Academy Awards

Who will win big at Oscars 2017? Will La La Land managed to bag Best Picture or will it be Moonlight? Check out our predictions for the 89th Academy Awards.

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