2023 Oscar Predictions, Part II

 

On March 12^th, the Academy will announce the 2022 Oscar winners. The ceremony itself has become
insufferable, but there were still plenty of good films made last year. Here’s what I would vote for if I was a member of the Academy:

 

Best Picture – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Director – Steven Spielberg, The Fablemans

Best Actor – Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Best Actress – Ana DeArmas, Blonde

Best Supporting Actor – Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Supporting Actress – Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Adapted Screenplay – Sara Polley, Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay – Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Animated Feature – Turning Red

Best Documentary Feature – Fire of Live

Best Foreign Language Feature – All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Cinematography – Elvis

Best Costume Design – Elvis

Best Art Direction – Elvis

Best Makeup – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Visual Effects – Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Film Editing – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Score – The Fablemans

Best Song – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Sound – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Animated Short Film – Unsure

Best Live Action Short Film – Unsure

Best Documentary Short Subject – Unsure

 

However, things don’t always pan out. Here are my actual predictions of who will win:

 

Best Picture – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director - Steven Spielberg, The Fablemans

Best Actor – Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Best Actress – Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor – Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress – Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Adapted Screenplay – Sara Polley, Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay – Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Animated Feature – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Documentary Feature – Navalny

Best Foreign Language Feature – All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Cinematography – Empire of Light

Best Costume Design – Elvis

Best Art Direction – Babylon

Best Makeup – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Visual Effects – Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Film Editing – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Score – Babylon

Best Song – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Sound – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Animated Short Film – Unsure

Best Live Action Short Film – Unsure

Best Documentary Short Subject – Unsure