29 April 2021

Oscar winners

 And the winners are:

Best motion picture of the year

  • “Nomadland” Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers

Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Anthony Hopkins in “The Father”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • Frances McDormand in “Nomadland”

Achievement in directing

  • “Nomadland” Chloé Zhao

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • Yuh-Jung Youn in “Minari”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • Daniel Kaluuya in “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Adapted screenplay

  • “The Father” Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller

Original screenplay

  • “Promising Young Woman” Written by Emerald Fennell

Achievement in cinematography

  • “Mank” Erik Messerschmidt

Achievement in production design

  • “Mank” Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale

Achievement in film editing

  • “Sound of Metal” Mikkel E. G. Nielsen

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

  • “Soul” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

Achievement in costume design

  • “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Ann Roth

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

  • “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson

Achievement in sound

  • “Sound of Metal” Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

Best documentary feature

  • “My Octopus Teacher” Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster

Best animated feature film of the year

  • “Soul” Pete Docter and Dana Murray

Best international feature film of the year

  • “Another Round” Denmark

Achievement in visual effects

  • “Tenet” Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

  • “Fight For You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”
    Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas

Best live action short film

  • “Two Distant Strangers” Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe

Best animated short film

  • “If Anything Happens I Love You” Will McCormack and Michael Govier

Best documentary short film

  • “Colette” Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard

 

My score: 17/23


25 April 2021

Oscar predictions

 And here are my predictions...

Best Picture- Nomadland
Best Director - Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Best Actor - Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Actress - Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Supporting Actor - Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting Actress - Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Best Original Screenplay - Promising Young Woman
Best Adapted Screenplay - Nomadland
Best Cinematography - Mank
Best Costume Design - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Editing - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Production Design - Mank
Best Original Score - Soul
Best Original Song - "Speak Now," One Night In Miami...
Best Sound - Sound of Metal
Best Visual Effects - Tenet
Animated Feature - Soul
Animated Short - If Anything Happens I Love You
Documentary Feature - My Octopus Teacher
Documentary Short - A Concerto Is a Conversation
International Feature - Another Round
Live Action Short- Two Distant Strangers

15 March 2021

Nominations are in

 Best motion picture of the year

  • “The Father” David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers
  • “Judas and the Black Messiah” Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers
  • “Mank” Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
  • “Minari” Christina Oh, Producer
  • “Nomadland” Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers
  • “Promising Young Woman” Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers
  • “Sound of Metal” Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers

Achievement in directing

  • “Another Round” Thomas Vinterberg
  • “Mank” David Fincher
  • “Minari” Lee Isaac Chung
  • “Nomadland” Chloé Zhao
  • “Promising Young Woman” Emerald Fennell

Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Riz Ahmed in “Sound of Metal”
  • Chadwick Boseman in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
  • Anthony Hopkins in “The Father”
  • Gary Oldman in “Mank”
  • Steven Yeun in “Minari”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • Sacha Baron Cohen in “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
  • Daniel Kaluuya in “Judas and the Black Messiah”
  • Leslie Odom, Jr. in “One Night in Miami…”
  • Paul Raci in “Sound of Metal”
  • Lakeith Stanfield in “Judas and the Black Messiah”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • Viola Davis in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
  • Andra Day in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
  • Vanessa Kirby in “Pieces of a Woman”
  • Frances McDormand in “Nomadland”
  • Carey Mulligan in “Promising Young Woman”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • Maria Bakalova in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
  • Glenn Close in “Hillbilly Elegy”
  • Olivia Colman in “The Father”
  • Amanda Seyfried in “Mank”
  • Yuh-Jung Youn in “Minari”

Adapted screenplay

  • “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
  • “The Father” Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
  • “Nomadland” Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao
  • “One Night in Miami…” Screenplay by Kemp Powers
  • “The White Tiger” Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani

Original screenplay

  • “Judas and the Black Messiah” Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
  • “Minari” Written by Lee Isaac Chung
  • “Promising Young Woman” Written by Emerald Fennell
  • “Sound of Metal” Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Written by Aaron Sorkin

Best international feature film of the year

  • “Another Round” Denmark
  • “Better Days” Hong Kong
  • “Collective” Romania
  • “The Man Who Sold His Skin” Tunisia
  • “Quo Vadis, Aida?” Bosnia and Herzegovina

Best animated feature film of the year

  • “Onward” Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
  • “Over the Moon” Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
  • “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon” Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
  • “Soul” Pete Docter and Dana Murray
  • “Wolfwalkers” Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants

Best documentary feature

  • “Collective” Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
  • “Crip Camp” Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
  • “The Mole Agent” Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
  • “My Octopus Teacher” Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
  • “Time” Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Achievement in cinematography

  • “Judas and the Black Messiah” Sean Bobbitt
  • “Mank” Erik Messerschmidt
  • “News of the World” Dariusz Wolski
  • “Nomadland” Joshua James Richards
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Phedon Papamichael

Achievement in film editing

  • “The Father” Yorgos Lamprinos
  • “Nomadland” Chloé Zhao
  • “Promising Young Woman” Frédéric Thoraval
  • “Sound of Metal” Mikkel E. G. Nielsen
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Alan Baumgarten

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

  • “Da 5 Bloods” Terence Blanchard
  • “Mank” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
  • “Minari” Emile Mosseri
  • “News of the World” James Newton Howard
  • “Soul” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

Achievement in production design

  • “The Father” Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
  • “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
  • “Mank” Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
  • “News of the World” Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
  • “Tenet” Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Achievement in costume design

  • “Emma” Alexandra Byrne
  • “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Ann Roth
  • “Mank” Trish Summerville
  • “Mulan” Bina Daigeler
  • “Pinocchio” Massimo Cantini Parrini

Achievement in sound

  • “Greyhound” Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
  • “Mank” Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
  • “News of the World” Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
  • “Soul” Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
  • “Sound of Metal” Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

  • “Emma” Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
  • “Hillbilly Elegy” Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
  • “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
  • “Mank” Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
  • “Pinocchio” Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti

Achievement in visual effects

  • “Love and Monsters” Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
  • “The Midnight Sky” Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
  • “Mulan” Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
  • “The One and Only Ivan” Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
  • “Tenet” Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

Best documentary short film

  • “Colette” Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard
  • “A Concerto Is a Conversation” Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
  • “Do Not Split” Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
  • “Hunger Ward” Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman
  • “A Love Song for Latasha” Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan

Best animated short film

  • “Burrow” Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
  • “Genius Loci” Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
  • “If Anything Happens I Love You” Will McCormack and Michael Govier
  • “Opera” Erick Oh
  • “Yes-People” Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

Best live action short film

  • “Feeling Through” Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
  • “The Letter Room” Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
  • “The Present” Farah Nabulsi
  • “Two Distant Strangers” Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
  • “White Eye” Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

  • “Fight For You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”
    Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
  • “Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
    Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
  • “Husavik” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”
    Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
  • “Io Sì (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)”
    Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
  • “Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami…”
    Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

How did I do? 87/118 - 73,7 % overall 

Big six: 27/33 - 81,81 %

Big eight: 34/43 - 79,07 %

14 March 2021

Predictions are here!

Best picture

Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Minari
Mank
Promising Young Woman
One Night in Miami...
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
The Father

Sound of Metal
Judas and the Black Messiah

Actor

Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
Gary Oldman - Mank
Antony Hopkins - The Father
Steven Yeun - Minari

Actress

Frances McDormand - Nomadland
Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman
Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman
Amy Adams - Hillbilly Elegy

Supporting actor

Chadwick Boseman - Da 5 Bloods
Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr - One Night in Miami
Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of Chicago 7
Jared Leto - The Little Things

Supporting actress

Olivia Colman - The Father
Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy
Jodie Foster - Mauritanian
Youn Yuh-jung - Minari
Ellen Burstyn - Pieces of a Woman

Director

Chloe Zhao - Nomadland
Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7
David Fincher - Mank
Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman

Original Screenplay

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Promising Young Woman
Minari
Mank
Sound of Metal

Adapted Screenplay

Nomadland
The Father
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
One Night in Miami...
News of the World

International Film

Bosnia & Herzegovina
Denmark
Ivory Coast
Romania
Russia

Documentary Feature

Boys State
Collective
Crip Camp
Time
Welcome to Chechnya

Cinematography

Mank
The Trial of Chicago 7
Nomadland
Minari
News of the World

Film Editing

Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Sound of Metal
The Trial of Chicago 7

Makeup and Hairstyling

Birds of Prey
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Pinocchio

Costume Design

Emma
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
News of the World

Production Design

Emma
Mank
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
News of the World
Birds of Prey

Original Score

Midnight Sky
Minari
News of the World
Soul
Mank

Original Song

All In - Turntables
Judas and the Black Messiah - Fight for You
Eurovision - Husavik
The Life Ahead - Io Si (Seen)
One Night in Miami - Speak Now

Sound
 

Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
Sound of Metal
Trial of Chicago 7

Animated Film

Onward
Over the Moon
Shaun the Sheep
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Visual Effects

Tenet
Mank
Mulan
Midnight Sky
Love and Monsters

Documentary Short Subject

Colette
Concerto is a
Do not Split
Hunger Ward
Speed Cubers

Documentary Short Live Action

Bittu
Feeling Through
Human Voice
Kicksled Choir
Two Distant Strangers

Short Film Animated

If anything happens I love you
Kapamahu
Opera
Snail and Whale
Yes People