Ever since I’ve gotten into film, I’ve always enjoyed watching the Oscars, if for nothing more than to see some of the coolest movies of the year highlighted. The 93rd Academy Awards are going down tonight, so I’d like to share my official Oscar predictions! 
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
My prediction: Chadwick Boseman
Best Actress
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
My prediction: Frances McDormand
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
My prediction: Daniel Kaluuya
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
My prediction: Youn Yuh-jung
Best Original Screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
My prediction: Minari
Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
The White Tiger
My prediction: One Night in Miami
Best Animated Feature Film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Wolfwalkers
My Prediction: Onward
Best International Feature Film
Another Round (Denmark) – directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Better Days (Hong Kong) – directed by Derek Tsang
Collective (Romania) – directed by Alexander Nanau
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) – directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – directed by Jasmila Žbanić
My prediction: Another Round
Best Original Score
Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Minari – Emile Mosseri
News of the World – James Newton Howard
Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
My prediction: Soul
Best Original Song
"Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah
"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7
"Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
"Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead
"Speak Now" from One Night in Miami
My prediction: Husavik
Best Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal
My prediction: Sound of Metal
Best Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
My prediction: Tenet
Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
News of the World – Dariusz Wolski
Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael
My prediction: Nomadland
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emma. – Laura Allen, Marese Langan and Claudia Stolze
Hillbilly Elegy – Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash and Matthew W. Mungle
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
Mank – Colleen LaBaff, Kimberley Spiteri and Gigi Williams
Pinocchio – Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier and Francesco Pegoretti
My prediction: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Costume Design
Emma. – Alexandra Byrne
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth
Mank – Trish Summerville
Mulan – Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini
My prediction: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Film Editing
The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten
My prediction: Promising Young Woman
Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters – Genevieve Camailleri, Brian Cox, Matt Everitt and Matt Sloan
The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
Mulan – Sean Andrew Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands and Seth Maury
The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
Tenet – Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, David Lee and Andrew Lockley
My prediction: Tenet
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
My prediction: Nomadland
There we have it! Keep in mind that these aren’t necessarily the winners I would pick, but who I think is most likely to actually win the respective awards. I’m going to check back in later to see just how accurate (or inaccurate I was).
