With the Oscars just around the corner and the excitement building as award season heats up, here are W Spotlight’s current predictions for the upcoming ceremony.
Feature Film
Winner : The Brutalist
Runner up : Anora
- Conclave
- The Substance
- A Complete Unknown
- I'm Still Here
- Wicked
- Nickel Boys
- Dune: Part 2
- Emilia Pérez
Best Director
Winner : Brady Corbett (The Brutalist)
Runner up : Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)
- Sean Baker (Anora)
- James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
- Jacques Audiard (Emilie Pérez)
Best Actress
Winner : Demi Moore (The Substance)
Runner up : Mikey Madison (Anora)
- Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here)
- Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
- Karla Sofia Gascòn (Emilia Pérez)
Best Actor
Winner : Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
Runner up : Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
- Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
- Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
- Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)
Supporting Actress
Winner : Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Runners up : Isabella Rossellini (Conclave) and Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
- Ariana Grande (Wicked)
- Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
Supporting Actor
Winner : Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Runner up : Yura Borisov (Anora)
- Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
- Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
- Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
Animated Feature Film
Winner : The Wild Robot
Runner up : Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Original Screenplay
Winner : The Brutalist (Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold)
Runners up : The Substance (Written by Coralie Fargeat) and Anora (Written by Sean Baker)
- A Real Pain (Written by Jesse Eisenberg)
- September 5 (Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David)
Adapted Screenplay
Winner : Conclave (Screenplay by Peter Straughan)
Runner up : A Complete Unknown (Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks)
- Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi)
- Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes)
- Sing Sing (Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield)
Cinematography
Winner : The Brutalist (Lol Crawley)
Runner up : Dune: Part Two (Greig Fraser)
- Maria (Ed Lachman)
- Nosferatu (Jarin Blaschke)
- Emilia Pérez (Paul Guilhaume)
Visual Effects
Winner : Dune: Part Two (Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer)
Runner up : Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke)
- Alien: Romulus (Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan)
- Better Man (Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs)
- Wicked (Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould)
International Feature
Runner up : Emilia Pérez
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
- The Girl with the Needle
- Flow
Sound
Winner : A Complete Unknown (Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco)
Runner up : Wicked (Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis)
- Dune: Part Two (Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill)
- Emilia Pérez (Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta)
- The Wild Robot (Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts)
Film Editing
Winner : The Brutalist (David Jancso)
Runner up :Anora (Sean Baker)
- Conclave (Nick Emerson)
- Wicked (Myron Kerstein)
- Emilia Pérez (Juliette Welfling)
Production Design
Winner : The Brutalist (Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia)
Runner up : Nosferatu (Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová)
- Dune: Part Two (Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau)
- Conclave (Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter)
- Wicked (Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales)
Costume Design
Winner : Nosferatu (Linda Muir)
Runners up :Wicked (Paul Tazewell) and Conclave (Lisy Christl)
- A Complete Unknown (Arianne Phillips)
- Gladiator II (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman)
Make-up and Hairstyling
Winner : The Substance (Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli)
Runner up : -
- A Different Man (Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado)
- Emilia Pérez (Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini)
- Nosferatu (David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton)
- Wicked (Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth)
Original Song
Winner : “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard)
Runner up : “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez (Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol)
- “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight (Music and Lyric by Diane Warren)
- “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing (Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada)
- “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late (Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin)
Original Score
Winner : The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)
Runner up : Conclave (Volker Bertelmann)
- Wicked (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz)
- The Wild Robot (Kris Bowers)
- Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol and Camille)Emilia Pérez
Documentary Feature
Winner : No Other Land
Runner up : -
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
- Sugarcane
- Black Box Diaries
The ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Stay tuned for our updated predictions at the end of the month!
Please note that apart from the winner and the runners up, the lists aren't necessarily in order.
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