PLEASE KEEP IN MIND: This projection, set up by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Press reporter’s managing editor of honors insurance coverage, shows Scott’s finest effort to anticipate the habits of the Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences, not his individual choices. He comes to these projections by bring into play discussions with citizens and various other market experts, evaluation of advertising and honors projects, outcomes of honors events that come before the Oscars, and the background of the Oscars itself. There will certainly be normal updates to mirror new advancements.
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Finest Image
Frontrunners1. Barbie (Detector Bros.) 2. Oppenheimer (Universal) 3. Previous Lives (A24) 4. Awesomes of the Blossom Moon (Apple) 5. Poor Points (Searchlight) 6. The Holdovers (Emphasis) 7. American Fiction (Amazon/MGM) 8. The Area of Rate Of Interest (A24) 9. Genius (Netflix) 10. Composition of a Loss (Neon)
Significant Threats11. Culture of the Snow (Netflix) 12. May December (Netflix) 13. The Shade Purple (Detector Bros.) 14. Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse (Sony).
Possibilities15. Saltburn (Amazon/MGM) 16. Air (Amazon/MGM) 17. Ferrari (Neon) 18. Beginning (Neon)
Finest Supervisor
Frontrunners1. Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) 2. Greta Gerwig (Barbie)– podcast3. Martin Scorsese (Awesomes of the Blossom Moon) 4. Jonathan Glazer (The Area of Rate Of Interest) 5. Celine Track (Previous Lives)
Significant Threats6. Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Points) 7. Alexander Payne (The Holdovers) 8. Bradley Cooper (Genius) 9. Cable Jefferson (American Fiction) 10. Justine Triet (Composition of a Loss) 11. Todd Haynes (May December)– podcast
Possibilities12. J.A. Bayona (Culture of the Snow) 13. Strike Bazawule (The Shade Purple) 14. Hayao Miyazaki (The Child and the Heron) 15. Emerald Green Fennell (Saltburn) 16. Michael Mann (Ferrari) 17. Ava DuVernay (Beginning)
Finest Star
Frontrunners1. Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)– podcast2. Bradley Cooper (Genius) 3. Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) 4. Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) 5. Leonardo DiCaprio (Awesomes of the Blossom Moon)
Significant Threats6. Colman Domingo (Rustin) 7. Andrew Scott (All of United States Strangers) 8. Barry Keoghan (Saltburn) 9. Matt Damon (Air)
Possibilities10. Nicolas Cage (Fantasize Situation)– podcast11. Franz Rogowski (Flows) 12. Christian Friedel (The Area of Rate Of Interest) 13. Adam Vehicle Driver (Ferrari)– podcast.
Finest Starlet
Frontrunners1. Emma Rock (Poor Points)– podcast2. Lily Gladstone (Awesomes of the Blossom Moon) 3. Margot Robbie (Barbie)– podcast4. Carey Mulligan (Genius)– podcast5. Sandra Hüller (Composition of a Loss)
Significant Threats6. Greta Lee (Past Lives) 7. Annette Bening (Nyad) 8. Natalie Portman (May December)– podcast9. Helen Mirren (Golda)– podcast
Possibilities10. Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves) 11. Fantasia Barrino (The Shade Purple) 12. Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla) 13. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Beginning)– podcast14. Jessica Chastain (Memory)– podcast
Finest Sustaining Star
Frontrunners1. Ryan Gosling (Barbie) 2. Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) 3. Mark Ruffalo (Poor Points) 4. Willem Dafoe (Poor Points)– podcast5. Charles Melton (May December)
Significant Threats6. Robert De Niro (Awesomes of the Blossom Moon)– podcast7. Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)– podcast8. Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers) 9. Glenn Howerton (BlackBerry)
Possibilities10. Jesse Plemons (Awesomes of the Blossom Moon)– podcast11. Jamie Bell (All of United States Strangers) 12. Paul Mescal (All of United States Strangers) 13. Chris Messina (Air) 14. Peter Sarsgaard (Memory)
Finest Sustaining Starlet
Frontrunners1. Da’Vine Delight Randolph (The Holdovers) 2. Danielle Brooks (The Shade Purple)– podcast3. Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)– podcast4. Jodie Foster (Nyad)– podcast5. Julianne Moore (May December)– podcast
Significant Threats6. Rosamund Pike (Saltburn)– podcast7. Sandra Hüller (The Area of Rate Of Interest) 8. America Ferrera (Barbie) 9. Erika Alexander (American Fiction).
Possibilities10. Penélope Cruz (Ferrari)– podcast11. Taraji P. Henson (The Shade Purple)– podcast12. Claire Foy (All of United States Strangers)– podcast13. Viola Davis (Air)
Finest Adjusted Movie Script
Frontrunners1. Barbie (Noah Baumbach & & Greta Gerwig)– podcast (Gerwig) 2. Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan) 3. Poor Points (Tony McNamara) 4. Awesomes of the Blossom Moon (Eric Roth & & Martin Scorsese) 5. American Fiction (Cable Jefferson)
Significant Threats6. The Area of Rate Of Interest (Jonathan Glazer) 7. Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse (Dave Callaham, Phil Lord & & Chris Miller) 8. Culture of the Snow (J.A. Bayona, Nicolás Casariego, Jaime Marques & & Bernat Vilaplana) 9. All of United States Unfamiliar People (Andrew Haigh)
Possibilities10. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Kelly Fremon Craig) 11. Priscilla (Sofia Coppola) 12. The Shade Purple (Marcus Gardley) 13. Beast (Yuji Sakamoto)
Finest Initial Movie Script
Frontrunners1. Previous Lives (Celine Track) 2. The Holdovers (David Hemingson) 3. Composition of a Loss (Arthur Harari & & Justine Triet) 4. Genius (Bradley Cooper & & Josh Vocalist) 5. May December (Samy Burch & & Alex Mechanik)
Significant Threats6. Saltburn (Emerald Green Fennell) 7. Air (Alex Convery) 8. Rustin (Dustin Lance Black & & Julian Breece)
Possibilities9. Planet City (Wes Anderson & & Roman Coppola) 10. Beginning (Ava DuVernay) 11. Fantasize Situation (Kristoffer Borgli)
Finest Worldwide Function
Frontrunners1. The Area of Rate Of Interest (UK) 2. Culture of the Snow (Spain) 3. The Preference of Points (France) 4. 4 Children (Tunisia) 5. The Educator’s Lounge (Germany).
Significant Threats6. Perfect Days (Japan) 7. 20 Days in Mariupol (Ukraine)
Can Not Yet CallGodland (Iceland) Symbol (Mexico) Io Capitano (Italy) Fallen Leaves (Finland) The Paradise (Denmark) The Mom of All Exists (Morocco) Amerikatsi (Armenia) The Monk and the Weapon (Bhutan)
Finest Docudrama Function
Frontrunners1. American Harmony (Netflix) 2. Still: A Michael J. Fox Motion Picture (Apple)– podcast (Davis Guggenheim) 3. Past Paradise (Roadside) 4. 20 Days in Mariupol (PBS) 5. 4 Children (Kino Lorber)
Significant Threats6. Marked from the Start (Netflix)– podcast (Roger Ross Williams) 7. The Timeless Memory (MTV) 8. Bobi A Glass Of Wine: Individual’s Head of state (Nat Geo) 9. To Eliminate a Tiger (still looking for united state circulation) 10. Hopeless Hearts, Dark City and the Tale of Twelve O’clock At Night Cowboy (Kino Lorber/Zeitgeist)
Can Not Yet Call32 Appears (Abramorama) Apolonia, Apolonia (still looking for united state circulation) Mosting likely to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Job (HBO) In the Rearview (Movie Activity) A Still Tiny Voice (Abramorama)
Finest Computer Animated Function
Frontrunners1. Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse (Sony) 2. The Child and the Heron (GKIDS) 3. Important (Pixar)– podcast (Pete Docter) 4. Nimona (Netflix) 5. The Super Mario Bros. Motion Picture (Lighting)
Significant Threats6. Teen Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Trouble (Paramount) 7. Hen Run: Dawn of the Nugget (Netflix) 8. Leo (Netflix) 9. Dream (Disney) 10. They Fire the Piano Gamer (Sony Standards)
Can Not Yet CallAmazing Maurice (Viva) Deep Sea (Viva) Ernest & & Celestine: A Journey to Gibbertia (GKIDS) The First Bang Dunk (GKIDS) Movement (Lighting) Robotic Desires (Neon) Stopmotion (IFC) Suzume (Toho) Trolls Group (DreamWorks).
Finest Cinematography
Frontrunners1. Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema) 2. Awesomes of the Blossom Moon (Rodrigo Prieto) 3. Poor Points (Robbie Ryan) 4. The Area of Rate Of Interest (Lukasz Zal) 5. Genius (Matthew Libatique)
Significant Threats6. Barbie (Rodrigo Prieto) 7. Saltburn (Linus Sandgren) 8. The Shade Purple (Dan Laustsen) 9. Culture of the Snow (Pedro Luque) 10. Ferrari (Erik Messerschmidt) 11. Napoleon (Dariusz Wolski)
Possibilities12. Previous Lives (Shabier Kirchner) 13. May December (Christopher Blauvelt) 14. The Preference of Points (Jonathan Ricquebourg) 15. The Holdovers (Eigil Byrid) 16. Air (Robert Richardson) 17. The Awesome (Erik Messerschmidt)
Finest Outfit Layout
Frontrunners1. Barbie (Jacqueline Durran) 2. Poor Points (Holly Waddington) 3. Awesomes of the Blossom Moon (Jacqueline West) 4. The Shade Purple (Francine Jamison-Tanchuck) 5. Wonka (Lindy Hemming)
Significant Threats6. Napoleon (David Crossman & & Janty Yates) 7. Genius (Mark Bridges) 8. The Little Mermaid (Colleen Atwood) 9. Oppenheimer (Ellen Mirojnick) 10. Priscilla (Stacey Battat)
Possibilities11. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Ann Roth) 12. Ferrari (Massimo Cantini Parrini) 13. Planet City (Milena Canonero) 14. Saltburn (Sophie Canale) 17. The Cravings Gamings: The Ballad of Songbirds & & Snakes (Trish Summerville)
Best Movie Modifying
Frontrunners1. Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame) 2. Awesomes of the Blossom Moon (Thelma Schoonmaker) 3. Poor Points (Yorgos Mavropsaridis) 4. Barbie (Nick Houy) 5. The Holdovers (Kevin Camping Tent).
Significant Threats6. Genius (Michelle Tesoro) 7. Ferrari (Pietro Scalia) 8. The Awesome (Kirk Baxter) 9. Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse (Michael Andrews) 10. Previous Lives (Keith Fraase)
Possibilities11. Air (William Goldenberg) 12. American Fiction (Hilda Rasula) 13. The Area of Rate Of Interest (Paul Watts) 14. Objective: Difficult: Dead Projection Component One (Eddie Hamilton) 15. The Shade Purple (Jon Survey)
Finest Make-up & & Hairstyling
Frontrunners1. Genius (Kay Georgiou, Sian Grigg, Kazu Hiro & & Lori McCoy-Bell) 2. Poor Points (Mark Couler, Nadia Stacey & & Josh Weston) 3. Awesomes of the Blossom Moon (Kay Georgiou & & Thomas Nellen) 4. Golda (Suzi Battersby, Ashra Kelly-Blue & & Karen Hartley Thomas) 5. Culture of the Snow (Ana López-Puigcerver, Belén López-Puigcerver, David Martí & & Montse Ribé)
Significant Threats6. Oppenheimer (Luisa Abel, Jason Hamer, Jaime Leigh McIntosh & & Ahou Mofid) 7. Ferrari (Elisabetta Arlotti, Nicolas Iles, Feredrico Martellacci & & Leonardo Signoretti) 8. Napoleon (Jana Carboni & & Francesco Pegoretti) 9. Beloved Hesitates (Félix Larivière & & Colin Penman) 10. The Last Trip of the Demeter (TBD)
Finest Initial Rating
Frontrunners1. Awesomes of the Blossom Moon (Robbie Robertson) 2. Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson) 3. Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton) 4. Poor Points (Jerskin Fendrix) 5. Barbie (Mark Ronson & & Andrew Wyatt)
Significant Threats6. The Area of Rate Of Interest (Mica Levi) 7. The Holdovers (Mark Orton) 8. Important (Thomas Newman) 9. American Fiction (Laura Karpman) 10. Culture of the Snow (Michael Giacchino).
Possibilities11. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate (John Williams) 12. American Harmony (Jon Batiste) 13. The Child and the Heron (Joe Hisaishi) 14. The Shade Purple (Kris Bowers) 15. Saltburn (Anthony Willis)
Finest Initial Track
Frontrunners1. “What Was I Made For?” (Barbie), Billie Eilish & & Finneas– podcast2. “I’m Just Ken” (Barbie), Mark Ronson & & Andrew Wyatt– podcast (Ronson) 3. “Road to Freedom” (Rustin), Lenny Kravitz– podcast4. “It Never Went Away” (American Harmony), Jon Batiste & & Dan Wilson5. “The Fire Inside” (Flamin’ Warm), Diane Warren– podcast
Significant Threats6. “Dance the Night” (Barbie), Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & & Andrew Wyatt– podcasts (Lipa & & Ronson) 7. “High Life” (Vegetation and Kid), John Carney & & Gary Clark8. “Meet in the Middle” from Vegetation and Kid, John Carney, Gary Clark & & Eve Hewson9. “Keep It Movin’” (The Shade Purple), Denisia Andrews, Halle Bailey, Brittany Coney & & Morten Ristorp10. “Can’t Catch Me Now” (The Cravings Gamings: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), Dan Nigro & & Olivia Rodrigo– podcast (Rodrigo)
Possibilities11. “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Blossom Moon, Scott George12. “Quiet Eyes” (Previous Lives), Zach Dawes & & Sharon Von Etten13. “Am I Dreaming” (Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse), Michael Dean, Peter Lee Johnson, Rakim Mayers, Landon Wayne & & Leland Wayne14. “Superpower (I)” (The Shade Purple), Terius Gesteelde-Diamant15. “Dear Alien (Who Art in Heaven)” from Planet City, Wes Anderson & & Jarvis Cocker.
Finest Manufacturing Layout
Frontrunners1. Barbie (Sarah Greenwood & & Katie Spencer) 2. Oppenheimer (Ruth De Jong & & Claire Kaufman) 3. Awesomes of the Blossom Moon (Jack Fish & & Adam Willis) 4. Poor Points (Shona Health, James Rate & & Szusza Mihalek) 5. Genius (Rena DeAngelo & & Kevin Thompson)
Significant Threats6. Saltburn (Suzie Davis & & Charlotte Diricks) 7. Planet City (Kris Moran & & Adam Stockhausen) 8. Wonka (Nathan Crowley & & Lee Sandales) 9. The Shade Purple (Paul D. Austerberry & & Larry Dias) 10. Napoleon (Elli Griff & & Arthur Max) 11. Culture of the Snow (Alain Bainée & & Angela Nahum)
Possibilites12. The Area of Rate Of Interest (Joanna Kus, Chris Oddy & & Katarzyna Sikora) 13. Ferrari (Maria Djurkovic & & Sophie Phillips) 14. Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse (Patrick O’Keefe) 15. Priscilla (Patricia Cuccia & & Tamara Deverell) 16. Air (François Audouy & & Jan Pascale) 17. May December (Sam Lisenco & & Jess Royal)
Finest Noise
Frontrunners1. Oppenheimer (Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell & & Gary A. Rizzo) 2. Genius (Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder & & Dean Zupancic) 3. Ferrari (Tony Lamberti, Lee Orloff, Andy Nelson & & Bernard Weiser) 4. Awesomes of the Blossom Moon (John Pritchett, Philip Stockton & & Mark Ulano) 5. Barbie (Dan Kenyon, Ai-Ling Lee, Kevin O’Connell & & Nina Rice)
Significant Threats6. The Area of Rate Of Interest (Johnnie Burn) 7. Napoleon (Stephane Bucher, James Harrison, Paul Massey, William Miller & & Oliver Tarney) 8. The Awesome (Ren Klyce, Drew Kunin, Jeremy Molod & & Stephen Urata) 9. The Developer (Erik Aadahl, Tom Ozanich, Ethan Van Der Ryn, Ian Voigt & & Dean Zupancic) 10. Objective: Difficult– Dead Projection, Component One (Chris Burdon, James H. Mather & & Chris Munro).
Finest Aesthetic Impacts
Frontrunners1. Poor Things2. Culture of the Snow3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 34. The Creator5. Objective: Difficult– Dead Projection, Component One
Significant Threats6. Napoleon7. Godzilla: Minus One8. Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse9. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny10. Rebel Moon: Component One– A Kid of Fire
Finest Computer Animated Brief
Can Not Yet Call27 (ARTE Mediathek) BoomEeva (Miyu) Humo (Smoke) I’m HipA Kind of TestamentKoerkorter (Pet House) Letter to a Pig (Miyu) Ninety-Five SensesOnce Upon a Workshop (Disney) Our UniformPachydermePete (The Requirement Network) Battle Mores Than! Motivated by the Songs of John & & YokoWild Summon
Finest Docudrama Brief
Frontrunners1. The ABCs of Schedule Banning (MTV)– podcast (Sheila Nevins) 2. Camp Nerve (Netflix) 3. Making A Decision Ballot (The New Yorker) 4. The Barber of Little Rock (The New Yorker) 5. Last Track from Kabul (MTV)
Significant ThreatsThe Last Service Center (L.A. Times/Searchlight) Nǎi Nai & & Wài Pó (Hulu)
Can Not Yet CallBearBetween Planet & & Skies (POV) Black Ladies Play: The Tale of Hand GamesHow We Obtain FreeIf Desires Were Lightning: Rural Health Care CrisisIsland in BetweenOasis (New York Times Op-Docs) Wings of Dirt (still looking for united state circulation)
Finest Live-Action Brief
Frontrunners1. The Remarkable Tale of Henry Sugar (Netflix) 2. Odd Method of Life (Sony Standards)– podcast (Pedro Almodóvar) 3. The After (Netflix)– podcast (David Oyelowo)
Can Not Yet CallThe Anne Frank Present Store (Reboot) An Avocado PitBienvenidos a Los AngelesDead CatGood BoyInvincibleInvisible BorderKnight of Ton Of Money (The New Yorker) The One Note ManRed, White and BlueThe Guard (Disney) Yellow.
