As the newly appointed Awards Editor for InSession Film, I figured it would be a great opportunity to share my current predictions for what will get nominated at the 2022 Academy Awards. This first update comes before the announcement of the SAG nominations and the BAFTA shortlist, so we are still in a place where the race is fluid and anything can change.
The predictions are listed alphabetically, not on a basis of ranking. Additionally, the shorts categories are not included as of yet, but will be included in a later predictions update. As with predictions, these are the nominees that I am expecting to get in and not necessarily what I am hoping to get in. Without further ado, here are my current nomination predictions.
BEST PICTURE
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick… Boom!
West Side Story
BEST DIRECTOR
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune)
BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Lady Gaga (House of Gucci)
Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
BEST ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Peter Dinklage (Cyrano)
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick… Boom!)
Will Smith (King Richard)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
Ruth Negga (Passing)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jamie Dornan (Belfast)
Ciaran Hinds (Belfast)
Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Jared Leto (House of Gucci)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA
Drive My Car
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast
C’mon C’mon
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
King Richard
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Belfast
Dune
Spencer
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella
Dune
House of Gucci
Spencer
West Side Story
BEST FILM EDITING
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Tick, Tick… Boom!
West Side Story
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
The Suicide Squad
West Side Story
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
BEST SCORE
Don’t Look Up
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Be Ready (King Richard)
Beyond the Shore (CODA)
Don’t Look Up (Don’t Look Up)
Dos Oruguitas (Encanto)
No Time to Die (No Time to Die)
BEST SOUND
A Quiet Place: Part II
Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
West Side Story
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune
Godzilla vs. Kong
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
Spider-Man: No Way Home
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
A Hero
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
The Worst Person in the World
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The First Wave
Flee
President
The Rescue
Summer of Soul
