89th Academy Awards: Nominations & Predictions

2017’s Academy Awards is set to be an exciting one, with quite a lot of controversy surrounding who will take Best Actor and also Best Picture, as well as significant amount of excitement about how Jimmy Kimmel will go hosting the night of nights for the first time.

Below is the complete 89th Academy Awards nominations list, coupled with our Oscars experts’ picks (in bold) for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress & Best Cinematography.

(Our expert would like to make mention of the fact that she has gotten 5/7 and 10/11 correct when predicting over the last two years. Just sayin’.)

If you’re in Australia and are wanting to watch the Oscars live, you’ll need to tune into Channel Nine at 12:30 pm AEDT on Monday, February 27th. If you, like most normal people, will be snoozing then, there will be a repeat in the evening at 7:40 pm on 9GEM.

And now; On with the show!

Best Picture

Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell Or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester By The Sea
Moonlight*
*Our Expert Says: Moonlight was one of the most visually stunning and emotionally affecting films I’ve seen in years, but at this stage it feels like the film we all want to win, but likely won’t (for a variety of deeply frustrating reasons).

Directing

Denis Villenueve – Arrival
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Damian Chazelle – La La Land
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Kenneth Lonegan – Manchester By The Sea

Actor In A Leading Role

Casey Affleck- Manchester By The Sea*
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington – Fences

*Our Expert Says: This decision was difficult. I’ll stick with Denzel Washington even though I know there’s every chance that Casey could (likely will) win instead. Frankly, I was captivated by Denzel’s complicated character from the outset and that didn’t cease until the credits. Also, the amount of effort that went into preparation was outstanding! The traits, the nuances, the sheer mass of lines to learn! It was fantastic. If not for this role alone, he also deserves an award for all prior powerful roles.

Actress In A Leading Role

Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Ruth Negga – Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Emma Stone – La La Land
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

Actor In A Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell Or High Water
Lucas Hedges – Manchester By The Sea
Dev Patel – Lion
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals

Actress In A Supporting Role

Viola Davis – Fences
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams – Manchester By The Sea

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Hell Or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester By The Sea
20th Century Women

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight

Cinematography

Arrival
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad

Costume Design

Allied
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land

Film Editing

Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight

Production Design

Arrival
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers

Sound Editing

Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully

Sound Mixing

Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi

Visual Effects

Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo And The Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Documentary (Feature)

Fire At Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made In America
13th

Documentary (Short Subject)

Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond The Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres Of The Shoah
A Girl In The River: The Price Of Forgiveness
Last Day Of Freedom
The White Helmets

Animated Feature Film

Kubo
Moana
My Life As A Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia

Foreign Language Film

Land Of Mine
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Tanna
Toni Erdmann

Music (Original Score)

Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers

Music (Original Song)

‘Audition’ – 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