It’s that time once more, to pat people on the back for doing a good job while everyone else debates whether that was the best picture of the year or not. Yes, the Oscars are here again. The nominations were announced last Thursday (14th Jan) and here are all the runners and riders for you to pick your winners. Leading the pack with 12 nominations is the western The Revenant while Mad Max: Fury Road isn’t too far behind with 10.

The Oscars are announced on Sunday 29th February

Highlighted in red are my predictions. Green star will be the actual winners.

 

Best picture

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight *

Best actor

Bryan Cranston – Trumbo

Matt Damon – The Martian

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant *

Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Best actress

Cate Blanchett – Carol

Brie Larson – Room *

Jennifer Lawrence – Joy

Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years

Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Best supporting actor

Christian Bale – The Big Short

Tom Hardy – The Revenant

Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight

Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies *

Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best supporting actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara – Carol

Rachel McAdams – Spotlight

Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl *

Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

Best director

Lenny Abrahamson – Room

Alejandro G Inarritu – The Revenant *

Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

Adam McKay – The Big Short

George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best adapted  screenplay

The Big Short *

Brooklyn

Carol

The Martian

Room

Best original screenplay

Bridge of Spies

Ex Machina

Inside Out

Spotlight *

Straight Outta Compton

Best animated film

Anomalisa

Boy and the World

Inside Out *

Shaun the Sheep Movie

When Marnie Was There

Best foreign language film

Embrace of the Serpent – Colombia

Mustang – France

Son of Saul – Hungary *

Theeb – Jordan

A War – Denmark

Best animated short

Bear Story *

Prologue

Sanjay’s Super Team

We Can’t Live without Cosmos

World of Tomorrow

Best cinematography

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant *

Sicario

Best costume design

Carol

Cinderella

The Danish Girl

Mad Max: Fury Road *

The Revenant

Best documentary feature

Amy *

Cartel Land

The Look of Silence

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best documentary short

Body Team 12

Chau, Beyond the Lines

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness *

Last Day of Freedom

Best editing

The Big Short

Mad Max: Fury Road *

The Revenant

Spotlight

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best live action short

Ave Maria

Day One

Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)

Shok

Stutterer *

Best make-up and hair

Mad Max: Fury Road *

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

The Revenant

Best original score

Bridge of Spies

Carol

The Hateful Eight *

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best original song

Earned It, The Weeknd – Fifty Shades of Grey

Manta Ray, J Ralph & Antony – Racing Extinction

Simple Song #3, Sumi Jo – Youth

Til It Happens To You, Lady Gaga – The Hunting Ground

Writing’s On the Wall, Sam Smith – Spectre *

Best production design

Bridge of Spies

The Danish Girl

Mad Max: Fury Road *

The Martian

The Revenant

Best sound editing

Mad Max: Fury Road *

The Martian

The Revenant

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best sound mixing

Bridge of Spies

Mad Max: Fury Road *

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best visual effects

Ex Machina *

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens