How did I do

Best picture

Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
Get Out
I, Tonya  Phantom Thread
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

The Big Sick (if 9)
Darkest Hour (if 10)

This category was hard. I didn't believe in I, Tonya in best picture but I didn't dare to leave it out. No love for The Big Sick but apparently they really loved Phantom Thread.

Best director

Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Guillermo Del Toro - The Shape of Water
Jordan Peele - Get Out
Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread

Best actor

Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day Lewis - Phantom Thread
James Franco - The Disaster Artist Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour


I should have followed my instinct... Anyway I would have probably chosen Tom Hanks instead of Denzel.

Best actress

Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Meryl Streep - The Post

Best supporting actor

Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World
Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

I was wrong about Christopher Plummer, he made it anyway.

Best supporting actress

Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Hong Chau - Downsizing Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
Holly Hunter - The Big Sick Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird


Both of these two I would never have predicted correctly. Octavia Spencer was one of my choices but I chose Hong Chau in the end instead of her.


Original screenplay

The Big Sick
Get Out
I, Tonya Three Bilboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water

Adapted screenplay

Call Me By Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly's Game
Mudbound

Film Editing

Dunkirk
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049 I, Tonya
Three Bilboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Shape of Water

Cinematography

Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water

Production Design

Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Post Darkest Hour
The Shape of Water

Sound Mixing

Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water

Sound Editing

Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water

Costume Design

Beauty and the Beast
Murder on the Orient Express Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Greates Showman Victoria & Abdul
The Shape of Water

Original Score

Darkest Hour Three Bilboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Post Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Shape of Water

Original Song

Beauty and the Beast - Evermore Marshall - Stand Up for Something
Call Me By Your Name - Mystery of Love
Coco - Remember Me
The Greatest Showman - This is Me
Mudbound - Mighty River

Foreign Language Film

Germany
Israel
Lebanon
Russia
Sweden

Documentary Feature

City of Ghosts Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Icarus
Jane Faces Places
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island

Animated Feature

Breadwinner
Coco
Despicable Me 3 The Boss Baby
Lego Batman Movie Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

Visual Effects

Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk Kong: Skull Island
Guardians of Galaxy Vol 2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War of Planet of the Apes

Live Action Short

The Eleven o'clock
Icebox Dekalb Elementary
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
Witnesses My Nephew Emmett

Animated Short

Cradle Garden Party
Dear Basketball
Lou
Negative Space
In a Heartbeat Revolting Rhymes

Documentary Short

Edith+Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Kayayo Knife Skills
Ten Meter Tower Traffic Stop

Make up and hair

Darkest Hour
I, Tonya Victoria & Abdul
Wonder

Pretty well. 94/122 overall with the short subjects (77, 049 %) and 85/107 (79,439 %) without them.

The big six 28/34 (82 %) and the big eight 37/44 (84 %). 

Oscar nominations 2017

Best Motion Picture of the Year
 
Call Me by Your Name Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito, Producers
Darkest Hour Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
Dunkirk Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
Get Out Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele, Producers
Lady Bird Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O’Neill, Producers
Phantom Thread JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi, Producers
The Post Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers

Achievement in Directing
 
Dunkirk Christopher Nolan
Get Out Jordan Peele
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro

Adapted Screenplay
 
Call Me by Your Name Screenplay by James Ivory
The Disaster Artist Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Logan Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold
Molly’s Game Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

Original Screenplay
 
The Big Sick Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out Written by Jordan Peele
Lady Bird Written by Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Written by Martin McDonagh

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
 
Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington in Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
 
Willem Dafoe in The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins in The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie in I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Meryl Streep in The Post

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
 
Mary J. Blige in Mudbound
Allison Janney in I, Tonya
Lesley Manville in Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer in The Shape of Water

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
 
The Boss Baby Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito
The Breadwinner Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
Coco Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
Ferdinand Carlos Saldanha
Loving Vincent Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart

Achievement in Cinematography
 
Blade Runner 2049 Roger A. Deakins
Darkest Hour Bruno Delbonnel
Dunkirk Hoyte van Hoytema
Mudbound Rachel Morrison
The Shape of Water Dan Laustsen

Achievement in Costume Design
 
Beauty and the Beast Jacqueline Durran
Darkest Hour Jacqueline Durran
Phantom Thread Mark Bridges
The Shape of Water Luis Sequeira
Victoria & Abdul Consolata Boyle

Best Documentary Feature
 
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
Faces Places Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
Icarus Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
Last Men in Aleppo Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen
Strong Island Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes

Best Documentary Short Subject
 
Edith+Eddie Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 Frank Stiefel
Heroin(e) Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
Knife Skills Thomas Lennon
Traffic Stop Kate Davis and David Heilbroner

Achievement in Film Editing
 
Baby Driver Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
Dunkirk Lee Smith
I, Tonya Tatiana S. Riegel
The Shape of Water Sidney Wolinsky
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Jon Gregory

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
 
A Fantastic Woman Chile
The Insult Lebanon
Loveless Russia
On Body and Soul Hungary
The Square Sweden

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
 
Darkest Hour Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick
Victoria & Abdul Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
Wonder Arjen Tuiten

Achievement in Music (Original Score)
 
Dunkirk Hans Zimmer
Phantom Thread Jonny Greenwood
The Shape of Water Alexandre Desplat
Star Wars: The Last Jedi John Williams
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Carter Burwell

Achievement in Music (Original Song)
 
Mighty River from Mudbound
Music and Lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
Mystery of Love from Call Me by Your Name
Music and Lyrics by Sufjan Stevens
Remember Me from Coco
Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Stand Up for Something from Marshall
Music by Diane Warren; Lyrics by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren
This Is Me from The Greatest Showman
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Achievement in Production Design
 
Beauty and the Beast Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Blade Runner 2049 Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola
Darkest Hour Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Dunkirk Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
The Shape of Water Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin

Best Animated Short Film
 
Dear Basketball Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
Garden Party Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
Lou Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
Negative Space Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
Revolting Rhymes Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer

Best Live Action Short Film
 
DeKalb Elementary Reed Van Dyk
The Eleven O’Clock Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
My Nephew Emmett Kevin Wilson, Jr.
The Silent Child Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
Watu Wote/All of Us Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen

Achievement in Sound Editing
 
Baby Driver Julian Slater
Blade Runner 2049 Mark Mangini and Theo Green
Dunkirk Richard King and Alex Gibson
The Shape of Water Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce

Achievement in Sound Mixing
 
Baby Driver Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis
Blade Runner 2049 Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
Dunkirk Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo
The Shape of Water Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier
Star Wars: The Last Jedi David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in Visual Effects
 
Blade Runner 2049 John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick
Kong: Skull Island Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
War for the Planet of the Apes Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist

Predictions 2017

And here are my predictions for 2017:

Best picture

Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

The Big Sick (if 9)
Darkest Hour (if 10)

The last films were hard to choose. Often British films squeeze in with the Oscars and Darkest Hour might do that.

Best director

Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Guillermo Del Toro - The Shape of Water
Jordan Peele - Get Out
Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best actor

Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day Lewis - Phantom Thread
James Franco - The Disaster Artist
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour

I thought Tom Hanks (or Denzel Washington) would get nominated instead of James Franco even before the scandal. I had to include James Franco; he probably got too many votes before the scandal broke out.

Best actress

Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Meryl Streep - The Post

Best supporting actor

Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Michael Stuhlbarg could get in, but this is my list. Christopher Plummer could be a good choice but as he replaced afterwards another actor, I don't see it happening yet. In a few years it might be that these things won't matter anymore.

Best supporting actress

Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Hong Chau - Downsizing
Holly Hunter - The Big Sick
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird

I wonder how Mudbound will be received. With still many conservative views Mary J. Blige could be left out. Kristin Scott Thomas could get in, if Darkest Hour will be liked.

Original screenplay

The Big Sick
Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water

Adapted screenplay

Call Me By Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly's Game
Mudbound

Film Editing

Dunkirk
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Three Bilboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Shape of Water

Cinematography

Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water

Production Design

Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water

Sound Mixing

Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water

Sound Editing

Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water

Costume Design

Beauty and the Beast
Murder on the Orient Express
Phantom Thread
The Greates Showman
The Shape of Water

Original Score

Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Post
Shape of Water

Original Song

Beauty and the Beast - Evermore
Call Me By Your Name - Mystery of Love
Coco - Remember Me
The Greatest Showman - This is Me
Mudbound - Mighty River

Foreign Language Film

Germany
Israel
Lebanon
Russia
Sweden

Documentary Feature

City of Ghosts
Icarus
Jane
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island

Animated Feature

Breadwinner
Coco
Despicable Me 3
Lego Batman Movie
Loving Vincent

Visual Effects

Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Guardians of Galaxy Vol 2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War of Planet of the Apes

Live Action Short

The Eleven o'clock
Icebox
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
Witnesses

Animated Short

Cradle
Dear Basketball
Lou
Negative Space
In a Heartbeat

Documentary Short

Edith+Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Kayayo
Ten Meter Tower

Make up and hair

Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
Wonder

And here we go...

And the winners 2016

And here are the winners:

Picture: La La Land Moonlight
Director: Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Actor: Denzel Washington - Fences Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Actress: Emma Stone - La La Land
Supporting actor: Mahershala Ala - Moonlight
Supporting actress: Viola Davis - Fences
Foreign language film: The Salesman
Makeup and hairstyling: Star Trek: Beyond Suicide Squad
Cinematography: La La Land
Editing: La La Land Hacksaw Ridge
Short film, live action: Ennemis Interiours Sing
Sound mixing: La La Land Hacksaw Ridge
Visual effects: The Jungle Book
Original score: La La Land
Original song: City of Stars - La La Land
Sound editing: Hacksaw Ridge Arrival
Original screenplay: Manchester by the Sea
Adapted screenplay: Moonlight
Costume design: Jackie Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Documentary feature: OJ: Made in America
Documentary short subject: The White Helmets
Production design: La La Land
Animated feature: Zootopia
Animated short: Piper

My score: 16/24.

I had a feeling Casey Affleck is going to win, but I went with the general consensus. Others I could not have even guessed...

My predictions 2016

My predictions are here:

Picture: La La Land
Director: Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Actor: Denzel Washington - Fences
Actress: Emma Stone - La La Land
Supporting actor: Mahershala Ala - Moonlight
Supporting actress: Viola Davis - Fences
Foreign language film: The Salesman
Makeup and hairstyling: Star Trek: Beyond
Cinematography: La La Land
Editing: La La Land
Short film, live action: Ennemis Interiours
Sound mixing: La La Land
Visual effects: The Jungle Book
Original score: La La Land
Original song: City of Stars - La La Land
Sound editing: Hacksaw Ridge
Original screenplay: Manchester by the Sea
Adapted screenplay: Moonlight
Costume design: Jackie
Documentary feature: OJ: Made in America
Documentary short subject: The White Helmets
Production design: La La Land
Animated feature: Zootopia
Animated short: Piper

My scores 2016

Picture
* La La Land
* Hell or High Water
* Moonlight
* Manchester By The Sea
* Arrival
* Fences
* Lion
* Silence 
* Hidden Figures
* (Hacksaw Rigde)

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

Actress
* Emma Stone - La La Land
* Natalie Portman - Jackie
* Amy Adams - Arrival Ruth Negga - Loving
* Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins
* Isabelle Huppert - Elle

Supporting actor
* Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
* Jeff Bridges - Hell of High Water
* Dev Patel - Lion
* Lucas Hedges - Manchester By The Sea
* Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Supporting actress
* Viola Davis - Fences
* Michelle Williams - Manchester By The Sea
* Naomie Harris - Moonlight
* Nicole Kidman - Lion
* Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Director
* Damien Chazelle - La La Land
* Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
* Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester By The Sea
* Garth Davis - Lion Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
* Denis Villeneuve - Arrival

Original Screenplay
* Manchester By the Sea
* La La Land
* Hell or High Water
* The Lobster
* Captain Fantastic 20th Century Women

Adapted Screenplay
* Moonlight
* Arrival
* Fences
* Lion
* Hidden Figures

Animated Feature
* Zootopia
* Moana
* Kubo and the Two Strings
* My Life as a Zucchini
* Red Turtle

Foreign Language Film
* Tanna - Australia
* Land of Mine - Denmark
* Toni Erdmann - Germany
* The Salesman - Iran
* A Man Called Ove - Sweden

Cinematography
* Arrival
* La La Land
* Lion
* Moonlight
* Silence

Costume Design
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
* Florence Foster Jenkins
* The Dressmaker Allied
* Jackie
* La La Land

Production Design
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
* Arrival
* Jackie Hail, Caesar!
* La La Land
* Silence Passengers

Film Editing
* Arrival
* Hacksaw Ridge
* Hell or High Water
* La La Land
* Moonlight

Visual Effects
* Deepwater Horizon
* The Jungle Book
* Rogue One
* Doctor Strange
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them Kubo and the Two Strings

Makeup and Hair
* Deadpool A Man Called Ove
* Florence Foster Jenkins Suicide Squad
* Star Trek Beyond

Original song
* La La Land - City of Stars
* La La Land - Audition
* Hidden Figures - Runnin' Jim: The James Foley Story - The Empty Chair 
* Moana - How Far I'll Go
* Trolls - Can't Stop The Feeling

Original Score
* Jackie
* La La Land
* Lion
* Moonlight
* The BFG Passengers

Sound Mixing
* Arrival
* Deepwater Horizon 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
* Hacksaw Ridge
* La La Land
* Rogue One

Sound Editing
* Arrival
* Deepwater Horizon
* Rogue One Sully
* Hacksaw Ridge
* La La Land

Doc Feature
* 13th
* Cameraperson Fire at Sea
* I am Not Your Negro
* Life Animated
* OJ: Made in America

Doc Short subject
* Extremis
* Joe's Violin
* The Mute's House Watani: My Homeland
* 4.1 Miles
* The White Helmets

Docmentary Short, Live action
* Ennemis Interieurs
* Graffiti Timecode
* Nocturne in Black La Femme et le TGV
* Silent Nights
* Sing

Documentary Short, animated
* Blind Vaysha
* Pearl
* The Head Vanishes Pear Cider and Cigarettes
* Inner Workings Borrowed Time
* Piper

It seems this was the best year ever: 101/122 (82,79 %) and without the short films 91/107 (85,05 %).

Pretty good scores as I haven't been following the buzz at all this season...

Nominations are here!

Best motion picture of the year

• “Arrival” Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers
• “Fences” Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers
• “Hacksaw Ridge” Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers
• “Hell or High Water” Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers
• “Hidden Figures” Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers
• “La La Land” Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers
• “Lion” Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers
• “Manchester by the Sea” Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers
• “Moonlight” Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers

Achievement in directing

• “Arrival” Denis Villeneuve
• “Hacksaw Ridge” Mel Gibson
• “La La Land” Damien Chazelle
• “Manchester by the Sea” Kenneth Lonergan
• “Moonlight” Barry Jenkins

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Casey Affleck in “Manchester by the Sea”
• Andrew Garfield in “Hacksaw Ridge”
• Ryan Gosling in “La La Land”
• Viggo Mortensen in “Captain Fantastic”
• Denzel Washington in “Fences”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Mahershala Ali in “Moonlight”
• Jeff Bridges in “Hell or High Water”
• Lucas Hedges in “Manchester by the Sea”
• Dev Patel in “Lion”
• Michael Shannon in “Nocturnal Animals”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Isabelle Huppert in “Elle”
• Ruth Negga in “Loving”
• Natalie Portman in “Jackie”
• Emma Stone in “La La Land”
• Meryl Streep in “Florence Foster Jenkins”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Viola Davis in “Fences”
• Naomie Harris in “Moonlight”
• Nicole Kidman in “Lion”
• Octavia Spencer in “Hidden Figures”
• Michelle Williams in “Manchester by the Sea”

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Kubo and the Two Strings” Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
• “Moana” John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
• “My Life as a Zucchini” Claude Barras and Max Karli
• “The Red Turtle” Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
• “Zootopia” Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

Achievement in cinematography

• “Arrival” Bradford Young
• “La La Land” Linus Sandgren
• “Lion” Greig Fraser
• “Moonlight” James Laxton
• “Silence” Rodrigo Prieto

Achievement in costume design

• “Allied” Joanna Johnston
• “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Colleen Atwood
• “Florence Foster Jenkins” Consolata Boyle
• “Jackie” Madeline Fontaine
• “La La Land” Mary Zophres

Best documentary feature

• “Fire at Sea” Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
• “I Am Not Your Negro” Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
• “Life, Animated” Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
• “O.J.: Made in America” Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow
• “13th” Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish

Best documentary short subject

• “Extremis” Dan Krauss
• “4.1 Miles” Daphne Matziaraki
• “Joe’s Violin” Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
• “Watani: My Homeland” Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
• “The White Helmets” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Achievement in film editing

• “Arrival”Joe Walker
• “Hacksaw Ridge” John Gilbert
• “Hell or High Water” Jake Roberts
• “La La Land” Tom Cross
• “Moonlight” Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Land of Mine” Denmark
• “A Man Called Ove” Sweden
• “The Salesman” Iran
• “Tanna” Australia
• “Toni Erdmann” Germany

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• “A Man Called Ove” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
• “Star Trek Beyond” Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
• “Suicide Squad” Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “Jackie” Mica Levi
• “La La Land” Justin Hurwitz
• “Lion” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
• “Moonlight” Nicholas Britell
• “Passengers” Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land”
  Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
• “Can’t Stop The Feeling” from “Trolls”
  Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
• “City Of Stars” from “La La Land”
  Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
• “The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story”
  Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
• “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana”
  Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Achievement in production design

• “Arrival” Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
• “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “Hail, Caesar!” Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
• “La La Land” Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
• “Passengers” Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

Best animated short film

• “Blind Vaysha” Theodore Ushev
• “Borrowed Time” Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
• “Pear Cider and Cigarettes” Robert Valley and Cara Speller
• “Pearl” Patrick Osborne
• “Piper” Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Best live action short film

• “Ennemis Intérieurs” Sélim Azzazi
• “La Femme et le TGV” Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
• “Silent Nights” Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
• “Sing” Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy
• “Timecode” Juanjo Giménez

Achievement in sound editing

• “Arrival” Sylvain Bellemare
• “Deepwater Horizon” Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
• “Hacksaw Ridge” Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
• “La La Land” Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
• “Sully” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Achievement in sound mixing

• “Arrival” Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
• “Hacksaw Ridge” Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
• “La La Land” Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow
• “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
• “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth

Achievement in visual effects

• “Deepwater Horizon” Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
• “Doctor Strange” Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
• “The Jungle Book” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
• “Kubo and the Two Strings” Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
• “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

Adapted screenplay

• “Arrival” Screenplay by Eric Heisserer
• “Fences” Screenplay by August Wilson
• “Hidden Figures” Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
• “Lion” Screenplay by Luke Davies
• “Moonlight” Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Original screenplay

• “Hell or High Water” Written by Taylor Sheridan
• “La La Land” Written by Damien Chazelle
• “The Lobster” Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
• “Manchester by the Sea” Written by Kenneth Lonergan
• “20th Century Women” Written by Mike Mills

My predictions 2016

Here they are:

Picture
* La La Land
* Hell or High Water
* Moonlight
* Manchester By The Sea
* Arrival
* Fences
* Lion
* Silence
* Hidden Figures
* (Hacksaw Rigde)

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

Actress
* Emma Stone - La La Land
* Natalie Portman - Jackie
* Amy Adams - Arrival
* Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins
* Isabelle Huppert - Elle

Supporting actor
* Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
* Jeff Bridges - Hell of High Water
* Dev Patel - Lion
* Lucas Hedges - Manchester By The Sea
* Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins

Supporting actress
* Viola Davis - Fences
* Michelle Williams - Manchester By The Sea
* Naomie Harris - Moonlight
* Nicole Kidman - Lion
* Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Director
* Damien Chazelle - La La Land
* Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
* Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester By The Sea
* Garth Davis - Lion
* Denis Villeneuve - Arrival

Original Screenplay
* Manchester By the Sea
* La La Land
* Hell or High Water
* The Lobster
* Captain Fantastic

Adapted Screenplay
* Moonlight
* Arrival
* Fences
* Lion
* Hidden Figures

Animated Feature
* Zootopia
* Moana
* Kubo and the Two Strings
* My Life as a Zucchini
* Red Turtle

Foreign Language Film
* Tanna - Australia
* Land of Mine - Denmark
* Toni Erdmann - Germany
* The Salesman - Iran
* A Man Called Ove - Sweden

Cinematography
* Arrival
* La La Land
* Lion
* Moonlight
* Silence

Costume Design
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
* Florence Foster Jenkins
* The Dressmaker
* Jackie
* La La Land

Production Design
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
* Arrival
* Jackie
* La La Land
* Silence

Film Editing
* Arrival
* Hacksaw Ridge
* Hell or High Water
* La La Land
* Moonlight

Visual Effects
* Deepwater Horizon
* The Jungle Book
* Rogue One
* Doctor Strange
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them

Makeup and Hair
* Deadpool
* Florence Foster Jenkins
* Star Trek Beyond

Original song
* La La Land - City of Stars
* La La Land - Audition
* Hidden Figures - Runnin'
* Moana - How Far I'll Go
* Trolls - Can't Stop The Feeling

Original Score
* Jackie
* La La Land
* Lion
* Moonlight
* The BFG

Sound Mixing
* Arrival
* Deepwater Horizon
* Hacksaw Ridge
* La La Land
* Rogue One

Sound Editing
* Arrival
* Deepwater Horizon
* Rogue One
* Hacksaw Ridge
* La La Land

Doc Feature
* 13th
* Cameraperson
* I am Not Your Negro
* Life Animated
* OJ: Made in America

Doc Short subject
* Extremis
* Joe's Violin
* The Mute's House
* 4.1 Miles
* The White Helmets

Docmentary Short, Live action
* Ennemis Interieurs
* Graffiti
* Nocturne in Black
* Silent Nights
* Sing

Documentary Short, animated
* Blind Vaysha
* Pearl
* The Head Vanishes
* Inner Workings
* Piper

And the winners 2015 are

Best motion picture of the year

• “Spotlight” Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers

Achievement in directing

• “The Revenant” Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Brie Larson in “Room”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Mark Rylance in “Bridge of Spies”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Alicia Vikander in “The Danish Girl”

Adapted screenplay

• “The Big Short” Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay

Original screenplay

• “Spotlight” Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy

Achievement in film editing

• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Margaret Sixel

Achievement in cinematography

• “The Revenant” Emmanuel Lubezki

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Son of Saul” Hungary

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Inside Out” Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera

Best documentary feature

• “Amy” Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “The Hateful Eight” Ennio Morricone

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre”
  Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

Achievement in production design

• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson

Achievement in costume design

• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Jenny Beavan

Achievement in sound editing

• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Mark Mangini and David White

Achievement in sound mixing

• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo

Achievement in visual effects

• “Ex Machina” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin

Best animated short film

• “Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala

Best documentary short subject

• “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Best live action short film

• “Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage

I got 16/24. I missed the picture, supporting actor, documentary short, original song, live action short, sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects. Picture, sound editing and mixing I could picked correctly but the rest never. Here we go; let's start a new one!

My predictions 2015

My predictions are here:

Best Picture The Revenant
Best Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Best Actress Brie Larson, Room
Best Supporting Actor Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay The Big Short
Best Original Screenplay Spotlight
Best Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant
Best Film Editing Mad Max
Best Animated Feature Inside Out
Best Foreign Language Film Son of Saul (Hungary)
Best Documentary Feature Amy
Best Documentary Short Body Team 12
 Best Live Action Short Shok
Best Animated Short Bear Story
Best Original Score The Hateful Eight
Best Original Song SongTil it Happens to you, The Hunting Ground (Lady Gaga)
Best Sound Mixing The Revenant
Best Sound Editing The Revenant
Best Production Design Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Visual Effects The Revenant
Best Costume Design Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Mad Max: Fury Road

Critics Choice winners

• BEST PICTURE – Spotlight
  
• BEST DIRECTOR – George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
  
• BEST ACTOR – Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
  
• BEST ACTRESS – Brie Larson – Room
  
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Sylvester Stallone – Creed
  
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
  
• BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS – Jacob Tremblay – Room
  
• BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE – Spotlight
  
• BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
  
• BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short
  
• BEST EDITING – Mad Max: Fury Road
  
• BEST SCORE – Ennio Morricone – Hateful Eight
  
• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – The Revenant
  
• BEST COMEDY – The Big Short
  
• BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY – Christian Bale – The Big Short
  
• BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY – Amy Schumer – Trainwreck
  

• BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE – Ex Machina
  
• BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – Son of Saul
  
• BEST ANIMATED FEATURE – Inside Out
  
• BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – Amy
  
• BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Mad Max: Fury Road
  
• BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Mad Max: Fury Road
  
• BEST HAIR & MAKEUP – Mad Max: Fury Road
  
• BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – Mad Max: Fury Road
  
• BEST ACTION MOVIE – Mad Max: Fury Road
  
• BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE – Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road
  
• BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE – Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
  
• BEST SONG – Furious 7 – See You Again

And my scores 2015

Best animated feature film of the year
* Inside Out
* Anomalisa
* Shaun the Sheep Movie
* The Peanuts Movie Boy and the World
* The Good Dinosaur When Marnie Was Here

Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
* Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
* Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
* Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
* Matt Damon - The Martian



Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
* Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
* Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation Tom Hardy - The Revenant
* Christian Bale - The Big Short
* Michael Shannon - 99 Homes Sylvester Stallone - Creed

So Sylvester Stallone got nominated after all. Idris Elba I should have seen coming; I was very doubtful earlier but as he was everywhere, I thought it would happen. I really like him but this was not his year and probably the Academy still prefers the big screen.

Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Cate Blanchett - Carol
* Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
* Brie Larson - Room
* Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
* Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl Jennifer Lawrence - Joy

The golden girl got nominated again. This was my own risk that I took and for the fifth place I could have chosen Jennifer Lawrence; but I didn't.


Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
* Helen Mirren - Trumbo Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
* Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
* Rooney Mara - Carol
* Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight

And this could have been the Danish Girl but I chose otherwise. Rachel McAdams I didn't see coming.

Achievement in cinematography
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Carol
* The Revenant
* Sicario
* Bridge of Spies The Hateful Eight

Achievement in costume design
* Carol
* Cinderella
* The Danish Girl
* Brooklyn The Revenant
* Mad Max: Fury Road

Achievement in directing
* Alejandro Inarritu - The Revenant
* Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
* Adam McKay - The Big Short
* George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
* Ridley Scott - The Martian Lenny Abrahamson - Room

Best documentary feature
* Amy
* The Look of Silence
* Cartel Land
* He Named Me Malala What Happened, Miss Simone?
* Listen To Me Marlon Winter on Fire

Achievement in film editing
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Big Short
* The Revenant
* The Martian Spotlight
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best foreign language film of the year
* Hungary - Son of Saul
* Germany - Labyrinth of Lies Embrace of the Serpent - Colombia
* Mustang - France
* Viva - Ireland Theeb - Jordan
* The Brand New Testament - Belgium A War - Denmark


Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Mr Holmes The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
* The Revenant

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
* Bridge of Spies
* The Danish Girl Carol
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Hateful Eight
* Spotlight Sicario

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* Furious 7 - See You Again Earned It Fifty Shades of Grey
* The Hunting Ground - Til It Happens To You
* I'll See You In My Dreams - I'll See You In My Dreams Manta Ray - Racing Extinction
* Shaun the Sheep Movie - Feels Like Summer Writing’s On The Wall - Spectre
* Youth - Simple Song #3

Best motion picture of the year
* Spotlight
* The Martian
* The Revenant
* The Big Short
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Bridge of Spies
* Carol Room
* Brooklyn
* (Straight Outta Compton)
* (Inside Out)

Achievement in production design*
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Bridge of Spies
* The Martian
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* The Danish Girl

Achievement in sound editing
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Revenant

* The Martian
* The Revenant
* Sicario

Achievement in sound mixing
* Bridge of Spies
* The Hateful Eight The Martian
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Revenant
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Achievement in visual effects
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Martian
* Ex Machina
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* The Revenant

Adapted screenplay
* Steve Jobs Brooklyn
* The Big Short
* The Martian
* Room
* Carol

Original screenplay
* Spotlight
* Bridge of Spies
* Inside Out
* Straight Outta Compton
* Hateful Eight Ex Machina

My scores: 78/106 (73,6 %)

Not good, not bad; let's called it ok year.

Nominations are here

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Bryan Cranston in “Trumbo”
• Matt Damon in “The Martian”
• Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant”
• Michael Fassbender in “Steve Jobs”
• Eddie Redmayne in “The Danish Girl”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Christian Bale in “The Big Short”
• Tom Hardy in “The Revenant”
• Mark Ruffalo in “Spotlight”
• Mark Rylance in “Bridge of Spies”
• Sylvester Stallone in “Creed”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Cate Blanchett in “Carol”
• Brie Larson in “Room”
• Jennifer Lawrence in “Joy”
• Charlotte Rampling in “45 Years”
• Saoirse Ronan in “Brooklyn”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Jennifer Jason Leigh in “The Hateful Eight”
• Rooney Mara in “Carol”
• Rachel McAdams in “Spotlight”
• Alicia Vikander in “The Danish Girl”
• Kate Winslet in “Steve Jobs”

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Anomalisa” Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
• “Boy and the World” Alê Abreu
• “Inside Out” Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
• “Shaun the Sheep Movie” Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
• “When Marnie Was There” Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura

Achievement in cinematography

• “Carol” Ed Lachman
• “The Hateful Eight” Robert Richardson
• “Mad Max: Fury Road” John Seale
• “The Revenant” Emmanuel Lubezki
• “Sicario” Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design

• “Carol” Sandy Powell
• “Cinderella” Sandy Powell
• “The Danish Girl” Paco Delgado
• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Jenny Beavan
• “The Revenant” Jacqueline West

Achievement in directing

• “The Big Short” Adam McKay
• “Mad Max: Fury Road” George Miller
• “The Revenant” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
• “Room” Lenny Abrahamson
• “Spotlight” Tom McCarthy

Best documentary feature

• “Amy” Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
• “Cartel Land” Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
• “The Look of Silence” Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
• “What Happened, Miss Simone?” Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
• “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor

Best documentary short subject

• “Body Team 12” David Darg and Bryn Mooser
• “Chau, beyond the Lines” Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
• “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” Adam Benzine
• “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
• “Last Day of Freedom” Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman

Achievement in film editing

• “The Big Short” Hank Corwin
• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Margaret Sixel
• “The Revenant” Stephen Mirrione
• “Spotlight” Tom McArdle
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Embrace of the Serpent” Colombia
• “Mustang” France
• “Son of Saul” Hungary
• “Theeb” Jordan
• “A War” Denmark

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
• “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared” Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
• “The Revenant” Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “Bridge of Spies” Thomas Newman
• “Carol” Carter Burwell
• “The Hateful Eight” Ennio Morricone
• “Sicario” Jóhann Jóhannsson
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” John Williams

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Earned It” from “Fifty Shades of Grey”
  Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
• “Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction”
  Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty
• “Simple Song #3” from “Youth”
  Music and Lyric by David Lang
• “Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground”
  Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
• “Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre”
  Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

Best motion picture of the year

• “The Big Short” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
• “Bridge of Spies” Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
• “Brooklyn” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers
• “The Martian” Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers
• “The Revenant” Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers
• “Room” Ed Guiney, Producer
• “Spotlight” Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers

Achievement in production design

• “Bridge of Spies” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
• “The Danish Girl” Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
• “The Martian” Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
• “The Revenant” Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy

Best animated short film

• “Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
• “Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
• “Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
• “We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
• “World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt

Best live action short film

• “Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
• “Day One” Henry Hughes
• “Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
• “Shok” Jamie Donoughue
• “Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage

Achievement in sound editing

• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Mark Mangini and David White
• “The Martian” Oliver Tarney
• “The Revenant” Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
• “Sicario” Alan Robert Murray
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Matthew Wood and David Acord

Achievement in sound mixing

• “Bridge of Spies” Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
• “The Martian” Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
• “The Revenant” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in visual effects

• “Ex Machina” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
• “Mad Max: Fury Road” Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
• “The Martian” Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
• “The Revenant” Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould

Adapted screenplay

• “The Big Short” Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
• “Brooklyn” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
• “Carol” Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
• “The Martian” Screenplay by Drew Goddard
• “Room” Screenplay by Emma Donoghue

Original screenplay

• “Bridge of Spies” Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
• “Ex Machina” Written by Alex Garland
• “Inside Out” Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
• “Spotlight” Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
• “Straight Outta Compton” Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

Predictions are in

My predictions are here. I haven't been following the buzz that much this year either, but here are my predictions anyway.


Best animated feature film of the year
* Inside Out
* Anomalisa
* Shaun the Sheep Movie
* The Peanuts Movie
* The Good Dinosaur

Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
* Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
* Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
* Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
* Matt Damon - The Martian







Hopefully Leo will eventually get nominated. He has been snubbed a couple of times before and therefore he's never a lock until the nominations have been announced.

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
* Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
* Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
* Christian Bale - The Big Short
* Michael Shannon - 99 Homes

Sylvester Stallone could get nominated but I did not feel like it. I chose Michael Shannon.

Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Cate Blanchett - Carol
* Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
* Brie Larson - Room
* Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
* Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl





The fifth spot was hard. Maybe Alicia Vikander will be nominated twice therefore The Danish Girl is leading and Ex Machina supporting.

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
* Helen Mirren - Trumbo
* Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
* Rooney Mara - Carol
* Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight

Achievement in cinematography
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Carol
* The Revenant
* Sicario
* Bridge of Spies

Achievement in costume design
* Carol
* Cinderella
* The Danish Girl
* Brooklyn
* Mad Max: Fury Road

Achievement in directing
* Alejandro Inarritu - The Revenant
* Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
* Adam McKay - The Big Short
* George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
* Ridley Scott - The Martian

Best documentary feature
* Amy
* The Look of Silence
* Cartel Land
* He Named Me Malala
* Listen To Me Marlon

Achievement in film editing
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Big Short
* The Revenant
* The Martian
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best foreign language film of the year
* Hungary - Son of Saul
* Germany - Labyrinth of Lies
* Mustang - France
* Viva - Ireland
* The Brand New Testament - Belgium

Hopefully Finland's entry will be nominated but as this category is a wild game, you will never know.  

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Mr Holmes
* The Revenant

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
* Bridge of Spies
* The Danish Girl
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Hateful Eight
* Spotlight

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* Furious 7 - See You Again
* The Hunting Ground - Til It Happens To You
* I'll See You In My Dreams - I'll See You In My Dreams
* Shaun the Sheep Movie - Feels Like Summer
* Youth - Simple Song #3

Best motion picture of the year
* Spotlight
* The Martian
* The Revenant
* The Big Short
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Bridge of Spies
* Carol
* Brooklyn
* (Straight Outta Compton)
* (Inside Out)

Achievement in production design* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Bridge of Spies
* The Martian
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* The Danish Girl

Achievement in sound editing
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* The Martian
* The Revenant
* Sicario

Achievement in sound mixing
* Bridge of Spies
* The Hateful Eight
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Revenant
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Achievement in visual effects
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Martian
* Ex Machina
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* The Revenant

Adapted screenplay
* Steve Jobs
* The Big Short
* The Martian
* Room
* Carol

Original screenplay
* Spotlight
* Bridge of Spies
* Inside Out
* Straight Outta Compton
* Hateful Eight

CAS nominations

Bridge of Spies
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

VES nominations

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

“Furious 7”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
“San Andreas”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

“Bridge of Spies”
“Everest”
“In the Heart of the Sea”
“The Revenant”
“The Walk”


Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

“Anomalisa”
“The Good Dinosaur”
“Hotel Transylvania 2”
“Inside Out”
“The Peanuts Movie”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

“Assassin’s Creed Syndicate”
“Destiny: The Taken King”
“Halo 5: Guardians”
“The Hobbit: A Thief in the Shadows”
“The Order: 1886”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

“Childhood’s End” — “Night Three”
“Game of Thrones” — “The Dance of Dragons”
“Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” — “Arabella”
“Nezlamna” — “Sea Dogfight”
“The Strain” — “Identity”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

Audi — “Birth”
“Halo 5” — “The Hunt Begins”
Ikea — “T-shirts”
SSE — “Pier”
“Game of War” — “Rooftop Alliance”
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
“Fast and Furious: Supercharged”
“Goosebumps” VR Adventure
Nike — “The Neymar Jr. Effect”
“Kaka’s Great Adventure”
“SpongeBob SubPants”

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

“Ant-Man” — The Microverse
“Jurassic World” — Jungle Chase
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — Falcon Chase/Graveyard
“Tomorrowland” — Tomorrowland Center
“The Walk” — World Trade Center

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

“Agent Carter” — “Now is Not the End”
“Black Sails” — “XVIII”
“Daredevil” — “Speak of the Devil”
“Penny Dreadful” — “And They Were Enemies”
“Vikings” — “To the Gates”

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” — Hulk
“Chappie” — Chappie
“The Revenant” — The Bear
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — Maz

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature

“The Good Dinosaur” — Spot
“Inside Out” — Joy
“The Peanuts Movie” — Charlie Brown
“The Peanuts Movie” — Snoopy

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

“The Good Dinosaur” — The Farm
“Inside Out” — Imagination Land
“The Peanuts Movie” — Charlie Brown’s Neighborhood
“Shaun the Sheep Movie” — Under the Arches

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

“Game of Thrones” — “The Dance of Dragons” — Drogon Arena Rescue
“Game of Thrones” — “Mother’s Mercy” — Wounded Drogon
SSE — “Pier” — Orangutan
Sainsbury’s — Mog

Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

“Black Sails” — Charles Town Harbor
Game of Thrones” — City of Volantis
“Game of Thrones” — Drogon Arena
“Vikings” — Paris

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

“Ant-Man” — Macro Action
“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” — Underwater Torus Chamber
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — Falcon Chase/Graveyard
“The Walk” — Towers Walk

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

“Game of Thrones” — “Hardhome”
“Halo 5” — “The Hunt Begins”
Lipton — “The Revolution in Tea”
SSE — “Pier”

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Revenant” — Bear Attack
“San Andreas” — Los Angeles Destruction
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
“Tomorrowland”

Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” — Hulkbuster
“Everest” — Mt. Everest
“Jurassic World” — Indominus Rex
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — BB-8

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” — Hulk vs. Hulkbuster
“Mad Max: Fury Road” — Toxic Storm
“San Andreas” — Hoover Dam/San Francisco Tsunami
“San Andreas” — Los Angeles Destruction
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — Starkiller Base

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode

“Game of Thrones” — Drogon Arena
“Game of Thrones” — Drogon Lair
“Game of Thrones” — “Hardhome”
“Vikings” — “To the Gates”

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

“The Good Dinosaur”
“Home”
“Inside Out”
“The Peanuts Movie”

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial

“Game of War” — “Rooftop Alliance”
“Halo 5” — “The Hunt Begins”
SSE — “Pier”
Under Armour — “Rule Yourself

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

“Citipati”
“Jagon”
“Korser”
“Skål”

DGA noms

• Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
• Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
• Adam McKay, The Big Short
• George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
• Ridley Scott, The Martian

ACE Eddies

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):

Mad Max: Fury Road
Margaret Sixel

The Martian
Pietro Scalia, ACE

The Revenant
Stephen Mirrione, ACE

Sicario
Joe Walker, ACE

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Maryann Brandon, ACE & Mary Jo Markey, ACE

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Anomalisa
Garret Elkins

Inside Out
Kevin Nolting, ACE

The Good Dinosaur
Stephen Schaffer, ACE

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):

Amy
Chris King

Cobain: Montage of Heck
Joe Beshenkovsky & Brett Morgen

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Andy GrieveHe Named Me Malala
Greg Finton, ACE, Brian Johnson & Brad Fuller

The Wrecking Crew
Claire Scanlon

ADG nominations

1. PERIOD FILM

BRIDGE OF SPIES
Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN

CRIMSON PEAK
Production Designer: THOMAS E. SANDERS

THE DANISH GIRL
Production Designer: EVE STEWART

THE REVENANT
Production Designer: JACK FISK

TRUMBO
Production Designer: MARK RICKER

2. FANTASY FILM

CINDERELLA
Production Designer: DANTE FERRETTI

JURASSIC WORLD
Production Designer: EDWARD VERREAUX

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Production Designer: COLIN GIBSON

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Production Designers: RICK CARTER, DARREN GILFORD

TOMORROWLAND
Production Designer: SCOTT CHAMBLISS

3. CONTEMPORARY FILM

EX MACHINA
Production Designer: MARK DIGBY

JOY
Production Designer: JUDY BECKER

THE MARTIAN
Production Designer: ARTHUR MAX

SICARIO
Production Designer: PATRICE VERMETTE

SPECTRE
Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER

PGA noms

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:

Ø  The Big Short

Producers: Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner

Ø  Bridge of Spies

Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger

Ø  Brooklyn

Producers: Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey

Ø  Ex Machina

This film is in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility

Ø  Mad Max: Fury Road 

Producers: Doug Mitchell & George Miller

Ø  The Martian

Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam

Ø  The Revenant

Producers: Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon

Ø  Sicario

Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Edward L. McDonnell, Molly Smith

Ø  Spotlight

Producers: Michael Sugar & Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust

Ø  Straight Outta Compton

Producers: Ice Cube & Matt Alvarez, F. Gary Gray, Dr. Dre, Scott Bernstein

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

Ø  Anomalisa

Producers: Rosa Tran, Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman

Ø  The Good Dinosaur

Producer: Denise Ream

Ø  Inside Out

Producer: Jonas Rivera

Ø  Minions

Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy

Ø  The Peanuts Movie

Producers: Craig Schulz, Michael J. Travers

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:

Ø  Amy

Producer: James Gay-Rees

Ø  The Hunting Ground

Producer: Amy Ziering

Ø  The Look of Silence

Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen

Ø  Meru

Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

Ø  Something Better to Come

Producers: Sigrid Dyekjær, Hanna Polak