It’s that time of the year, the Academy Awards 2022 are due in less than 48 hours!
Having watched all the nominated films, with some really great ones, and some not so much, some being the popular frontrunners and some still not known on a mass level…
Here are my predictions for the Oscars 2022 –
• Best Picture – CODA / Belfast
(While The Power of the Dog seems to be the frontrunner in this category, amongst the ten nominated films in the category, Belfast and CODA stand out far higher than the rest, for me. Either of those wins, I’ll be glad)
• Best Actor – Andrew Garfield
(Every performance in this category is simply incredible, Will Smith in King Richard may win here and will be second in my list, but Andrew Garfield was exceptional in tick, tick… BOOM and I loved that film, so personally biased to predict his win here)
• Best Actress – Jessica Chastain
(A bunch of power-packed performances in this category… do we really have to choose? One that stood out and I would pick for the win is Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, her role was fantastic in that one, just wow!)
• International Feature Film – Drive My Car
(While it already is a great film, if it has been nominated for the Best Picture category, there should be no surprises it would win here too)
• Best Original Song – No Time to Die (Billie Eilish, FINNEAS) [No Time to Die]
• Best Animated Feature – Luca
(The Best Animated Category is such a tough one this year, usually, there seems to be a frontrunner here, and I’m predicting Luca for the win… But highly likely Encanto could be the one or any of the others too)
• Best Supporting Actress – Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
• Best Supporting Actor – Troy Kotsur (CODA)
(Kodi Smit-McPhee is another favourite in this category, but all my bet’s on Troy Kotsur for the win, what a performance in CODA)
• Best Director – Sir Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
(I wouldn’t be surprised to see Jane Campion take this award, and she seems to be the favourite in this category too, but I’m hoping for a surprise here)
• Best Original Screenplay – Belfast
(No doubts about this one, Belfast is far ahead in this category and taking the award)
• Best Adapted Screenplay – CODA (Sian Heder)
• Best Visual Effects – Spiderman: No Way Home
(While Dune is an equal match for the win, Spiderman: No Way Home is all visual effects and would be a surprise if it doesn’t win here))
• Best Cinematography – Dune (Greig Fraser)
• Best Original Score – Dune (Hans Zimmer has created magic here, and it’s a riot if anyone else wins here ;))
• Best Makeup and Hairstyling – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• Best Costume Design – Cruella
• Best Film Editing – tick, tick… BOOM (Andrew Weisblum, Myron I. Kerstein)
• Best Production Design – West Side Story
• Best Sound – Dune (All bets on Hans Zimmer)
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