The writers of InSession Film have individually submitted their ballot for what they would vote for in this year’s Academy Awards, and the results are in. These are not our predictions, simply what we as a group would like to see win on Sunday night. We have left off the Shorts category, and are simply voting for the 20 other categories. The Best Picture category was decided through a preferential ballot, while the other categories were decided by the top vote. Scroll down to see the full results.
BEST PICTURE
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car – WINNER
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog – RUNNER UP
West Side Story
BEST DIRECTOR
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Ryusake Hamaguchi, Drive My Car – RUNNER UP
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog – WINNER
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch ,The Power of the Dog – WINNER
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick… Boom! – RUNNER UP
Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers – RUNNER UP
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer – WINNER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA – WINNER
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog – RUNNER UP
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story – WINNER
Judi Dench, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog – RUNNER UP
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza – RUNNER UP
The Worst Person in the World – WINNER
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA
Drive My Car – RUNNER UP TIE
Dune – RUNNER UP TIE
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog – WINNER
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Encanto – RUNNER UP TIE
Flee – WINNER
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines – RUNNER UP TIE
Raya and the Last Dragon
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Drive My Car – WINNER
Flee – RUNNER UP
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Ascension
Attica
Flee – WINNER
Summer of Soul – RUNNER UP
Writing with Fire
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Don’t Look Up
Dune – WINNER
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog – RUNNER UP
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Be Alive, King Richard
Dos Origuitas, Encanto – RUNNER UP
Down to Joy, Belfast
No Time to Die, No Time to Die – WINNER
Somehow You Do, Four Good Days
BEST SOUND
Belfast
Dune – WINNER
No Time to Die – RUNNER UP
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune – RUNNER UP
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth – WINNER
West Side Story
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog – RUNNER UP
The Tragedy of Macbeth – WINNER
West Side Story
BEST MAKE UP AND HAIRSTYLING
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune – WINNER
The Eyes of Tammy Faye – RUNNER UP
House of Gucci
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella – WINNER
Cyrano
Dune – RUNNER UP TIE
Nightmare Alley – RUNNER UP TIE
West Side Story – RUNNER UP TIE
BEST FILM EDITING
Don’t Look Up
Dune – RUNNER UP TIE
King Richard
The Power of the Dog – WINNER
Tick, Tick… Boom! – RUNNER UP TIE
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune – WINNER
Free Guy
No Time to Die – RUNNER UP
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
