And the winners are...

Here are the winners for 2013:

• Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave
  
• Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
• Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
• Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
• Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
• Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
• Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino
• Best Animated Feature: Frozen
• Best Documentary Feature: 20 Feet from Stardom
• Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
• Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, Her
• Best Cinematography: Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki


• Best Film Editing: Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger
• Best Original Score: Gravity, Steven Price
• Best Production Design: The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration)
• Best Costume Design:The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin
• Best Sound Editing: Gravity, Glenn Freemantle
• Best Sound Mixing: Gravity, Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
• Best Visual Effects: Gravity, Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk and Neil Corbould
• Best Makeup and Hair: Dallas Buyers Club, Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
• Best Original Song: “Let It Go,” FROZEN, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
• Best Documentary Short: The Lady in Number 6
• Best Animated Short: Mr Hublot
• Best Live Action Short: Helium

I made my new prediction record 21/24. I only missed editing (mine was Captain Phillips), animated short film (mine was Get a Horse!) and live action short film (mine was The Voorman Problem). I could have chosen correct ones with editing and live action short film; bad instinct! But the animated short film, never.

Anyway, this year was very easy year with predicting the winners. The consensus with the most categories was very strong and no surprises except animated short film. I am sure that there are many people with 23/24 correct and always there is someone with 24/24, which is always unbelievable!

Tomorrow is a great day to start a new season!

Final predictions for the Oscars 2013

There seems to be general consensus concerning the acting and directing awards; I do not disagree. In many other categories the general predictions are pretty much the same. We will see what happens.

Here are my final predictions with some comments in some categories:

Best animated feature film of the year
* Frozen *

Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club *

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club *

Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine *

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years A Slave *

Achievement in cinematography

* Gravity *

Achievement in costume design
* The Great Gatsby *

Achievement in directing
* Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity *

Best documentary feature
* 20 Feet From Stardom *

Best documentary short subject
* The Lady in Number Six: Music Saved My Life *

Achievement in film editing
* Captain Phillips *

This could be Gravity but I cannot disagree with the Ace Eddies. Therefore Captain Phillips.

Best foreign language film of the year
* Italy *

According to the recent years this award could go to anyone but Italy seems fine to me at the moment.

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
* Dallas Buyers Club *

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

* Gravity *

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* Frozen - Let it Go *

Best motion picture of the year
* 12 Years A Slave *

I think 12 Years A Slave suits to the Academy better than any of the competitors. American Hustle seems to be fading and Gravity would need a nomination in the screenplay category as the space films do not mix well with the Academy.

Achievement in production design
* The Great Gatsby *

Best animated short film
* Get a Horse! *



Best live action short film

* The Voorman Problem *

Achievement in sound editing
* Gravity *

Achievement in sound mixing
* Gravity *

Achievement in visual effects
* Gravity *

Adapted screenplay

* John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave *

This could be Captain Phillips as it won the WGA but this usually goes to the Best Picture winner and 12 Years a Slave won the Scripter award.

Original screenplay
* Spike Jonze - Her *

This could be American Hustle but I am sticking with Her as it won the WGA, the Golden Globe and the Critics Choice award. Of course if American Hustle wins the Best Picture this could be theirs but Her seems to be fine right now.