The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces their nominees for the 89th Academy Awards tomorrow. I’m cutting it close, but I couldn’t let the very first Oscar season here at Alternate Ending go by without offering my predictions for what I expect to see get nominated
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
(I’m officially only predicting these nine, but if there’s a tenth, I would expect it to be: Florence Foster Jenkins}
Best Director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Best Actress
Amy Adams, Arrival
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Supporing Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival (Eric Heisserer)
Fences (August Wilson)
Hacksaw Ridge (Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight)
Lion (Luke Davies)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, Tarell McCraney)
Best Orignal Screenplay
Florence Foster Jenkins (Nicholas Martin)
Hell or High Water (Taylor Sheridan)
La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
The Lobster (Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos)
Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan)
Best Cinematography
Arrival (Bradford Young)
La La Land (Linus Sandgren)
Moonlight (James Laxton)
Nocturnal Animals (Seamus McGarvey)
Silence (Rodrigo Prieto)
Best Editing
Arrival (Joe Walker)
Hacksaw Ridge (John Gilbert)
La La Land (Tom Cross)
Manchester by the Sea (Jennifer Lame)
Moonlight (Joi McMillion, Nat Sanders)
Costume Design
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Colleen Atwood)
Florence Foster Jenkins (Consolata Boyle)
Jackie (Madeline Fontaine)
La La Land (Mary Zophres)
Live by Night (Jacqueline West)
Best Production Design
Arrival (Patrice Vermette; Paul Hotte)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Stuart Craig, James Hambige; Anna Pinnock)
Hail, Caesar! (Jess Gonchor; Nancy Haigh)
Jackie (Jean Rabasse;
La La Land (David Wasco; Sandy Reynolds-Wasco)
Best Hair and Makeup
Deadpool
Florence Foster Jenkins
Star Trek Beyond
Best Original Score
The BFG (John Williams)
Florence Foster Jenkins (Alexandre Desplat)
The Jungle Book (John Debney)
La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Michael Giacchino)
Best Original Song
From Hidden Figures: “Runnin'”
From La La Land: “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”
From La La Land: “City of Stars”
From Miss Sharon Jones: “I’m Still Here”
From Moana: “How Far I’ll Go”
Best Sound Mixing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Best Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
The Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Best Visual Effects
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Best Foreign Language Film
It’s Only the End of the World (Canada)
Land of Mine (Denmark)
A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
The Salesman (Iran)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
The Red Turtle
Your Name
Zootopia
Best Documentary Feature
13th
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
Weiner
Best Documentary Short
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
The Mute’s House
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
Best Animated Short
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Inner Workings
Piper
Sous tes doigts
Best Live-Action Short
La femme et le TGV
Graffiti
The Rifle, the Jackal, the Wolf, and the Boy
Silent Nights
Sing