 Hello, everyone, and welcome back to The Friendly Film Fan! It’s been quite some time since we reflected on where the Oscar nominations are going to be by the end of February, so I thought that with the delayed awards season now in full swing (in early January 2021, if you can believe it), we could all take stock of what those Oscar races look like. Some films, such as Judas and the Black Messiah and the upcoming Netflix quarantine film Malcolm & Marie (the latter having screened for critics to rave reviews) have picked up serious momentum, whereas others like Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy or the Russo brothers’ Tom Holland-led Apple project, Cherry (which has had a fairly poor reception thus far), have fallen off the map all but entirely. Other films, too, have managed to pick up momentum in select categories, though they don’t seem quite strong enough outside of those categories to be true Academy favorites – there’s a lot of buzz around Tahar Rahim’s performance in the upcoming Jodie Foster film The Mauritanian. All that said, things mostly look the same for many of these categories; the favorites are still there in most of the same spots, and those new predictions don’t seem to be big enough to pull off wins in their respective categories…at least, not yet. This will go just about the same way as it did last time: I will list, in full, my list of predicted nominees in each category, including up to three wildcard picks that could potentially also snag nominations if those categories are campaigned well enough for them to break through into the coveted 5 spots. Because the Academy has altered some categories a bit (such as guaranteeing the Best Picture category will have 10 nominees this year and combining both Sound Mixing and Sound Editing), the predictions may look a bit different than previous years. However, the one constant similarity – at least as far as nomination predictions are concerned – is that I don’t predict the short films until the final list, as I have not seen enough of them (or seen any shortlists of submissions) to truly be confident that any 5 picks in those categories would be any more meaningful than a different 5. With all that out of the way, let’s dive right into it, shall we? Here are my updated predictions for the nominations at the 2021 Oscars. Best Picture:
Best Director:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Animated Feature:
Best International Feature Film:
Best Documentary Feature:
Best Cinematography:
Best Film Editing:
Best Production Design:
Best Costume Design:
Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
Best Original Score:
Best Original Song:
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Best Original Screenplay:
Best Visual Effects:
Best Sound:
Do you agree with these assessments? What do you think will be nominated for the Oscars this year? Are you anticipating any late-race upsets or surges? Let me know in the comments section below. Thanks for reading!
- The Friendly Film Fan
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