It’s almost time to uncover the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards. There’s bound to be plenty of shocks and snubs, but that’s what awards season is all about. Below are Filmotomy’s Awards Editor Doug Jamieson‘s final nomination predictions in all 23 categories. For more detailed coverage of each category, click the corresponding links for further analysis.
BEST PICTURE
1. The Brutalist (A24)
2. Conclave (Focus Features)
3. Anora (Neon)
4. Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
5. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
6. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
7. The Substance (MUBI)
8. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
9. A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
10. Sing Sing (A24)
Alternate: Nickel Boys
Possible shocker: Juror #2
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BEST DIRECTOR
1. Brady Corbet – The Brutalist (A24)
2. Sean Baker – Anora (Neon)
3. Edward Berger – Conclave (Focus Features)
4. Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
5. Coralie Fargeat – The Substance (MUBI)
Alternate: RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Possible shocker: Mohammad Rasoulof – The Seed of the Sacred Fig
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BEST ACTRESS
1. Demi Moore – The Substance (MUBI)
2. Mikey Madison – Anora (Neon)
3. Cynthia Erivo – Wicked (Universal Pictures)
4. Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
5. Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics)
Alternate: Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Possible shocker: Angelina Jolie – Maria
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BEST ACTOR
1. Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (A24)
2. Ralph Fiennes – Conclave (Focus Features)
3. Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
4. Colman Domingo – Sing Sing (A24)
5. Daniel Craig – Queer (A24)
Alternate: Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Possible shocker: Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
2. Ariana Grande – Wicked (Universal Pictures)
3. Isabella Rossellini – Conclave (Focus Features)
4. Felicity Jones – The Brutalist (A24)
5. Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl (Roadside Attractions)
Alternate: Selena Gomez – Emilia Pérez
Possible shocker: Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
2. Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
3. Yura Borislov – Anora (Neon)
4. Guy Pearce – The Brutalist (A24)
5. Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice (Briarcliff Entertainment)
Alternate: Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Possible shocker: Stanley Tucci – Conclave
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Anora – Sean Baker (Neon)
2. A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg (Searchlight Pictures)
3. The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (A24)
4. The Substance – Coralie Fargeat (MUBI)
5. Hard Truths – Mike Leigh (Bleeker Street)
Alternate: September 5
Possible shocker: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Conclave – Peter Straughan (Focus Features)
2. Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard (Netflix)
3. Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes (Amazon MGM Studios)
4. Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield (A24)
5. A Complete Unknown – Jay Cocks, James Mangold (Searchlight Pictures)
Alternate: Dune: Part Two
Possible shocker: Wicked
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. The Brutalist – Lol Crawley (A24)
2. Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine (Focus Features)
3. Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke (Focus Features)
4. Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser (Warner Bros.)
5. Maria – Edward Lachman (Netflix)
Alternate: Nickel Boys
Possible shocker: Wicked
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Wicked – Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures)
2. Conclave – Lisy Christi (Focus Features)
3. Nosferatu – Linda Muir (Focus Features)
4. Gladiator II – Janty Yates (Paramount Pictures)
5. Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West (Warner Bros.)
Alternate: A Complete Unknown
Possible shocker: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
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BEST FILM EDITING
1. Conclave – Nick Emerson (Focus Features)
2. Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker (Warner Bros.)
3. Anora – Sean Baker (Neon)
4. Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling (Netflix)
5. Challengers – Marco Costa (Amazon MGM Studios)
Alternate: The Brutalist
Possible shocker: Civil War
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BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. The Substance (MUBI)
2. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
3. Nosferatu (Focus Features)
4. A Different Man (A24)
5. Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
Alternate: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Possible shocker: Waltzing with Brando
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Conclave – Volker Bertelmann (Focus Features)
2. Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol (Netflix)
3. The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers (Universal Pictures)
4. The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg (A24)
5. Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Amazon MGM Studios)
Alternate: Wicked
Possible shocker: Blitz
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
2. “Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)
3. “Compress/Repress” – Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
4. “Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
5. “The Journey” – The Six Triple Eight (Netflix)
Alternate: “Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper
Possible shocker: “Tell Me It’s You” – Mufasa: The Lion King
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Wicked – Nathan Crowley (Universal Pictures)
2. Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette (Warner Bros.)
3. The Brutalist – Judy Becker (A24)
4. Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop (Focus Features)
5. Conclave – Suzie Davies (Focus Features)
Alternate: Gladiator II
Possible shocker: Blitz
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BEST SOUND
1. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
2. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
3. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
4. Emilia Pérez (Netflix)
5. Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)
Alternate: Blitz
Possible shocker: Joker: Folie à Deux
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)
3. Better Man (Paramount Pictures)
4. Wicked (Universal Pictures)
5. Alien: Romulus (20th Century Pictures)
Alternate: Twisters
Possible shocker: Mufasa: The Lion King
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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. The Wild Robot (DreamWorks)
2. Flow (Janus Films)
3. Inside Out 2 (Disney/Pixar)
4. Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films)
5. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
Alternate: Moana 2
Possible shocker: Transformers One
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. No Other Land (no U.S distribution)
2. Daughters (Netflix)
3. Porcelain War (Picturehouse)
4. Sugarcane (National Geographic Documentary Films)
5. Soundtrack to a Coup d’etat (Kino Lorber)
Alternate: Dahomey
Possible shocker: The Bibi Files
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. Emilia Pérez (France)
2. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)
3. I’m Still Here (Brazil)
4. The Girl with the Needle (Denmark)
5. Kneecap (Ireland)
Alternate: How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (Thailand)
Possible shocker: Armand
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BEST ANIMATED SHORT
1. A Bear Named Wojtek
2. Beautiful Men
3. Yuck!
4. Wander to Wonder
5. A Crab in the Pool
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
1. Once Upon a Time in Ukraine
2. I Am Ready, Warden
3. Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World
4. Death by Numbers
5. Incident
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
1. The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
2. The Masterpiece
3. Anuja
4. An Orange from Jaffa
5. Dovecote
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