By Cody Dericks
As this divisive and often headache-inducing awards season comes to a close, a recurring phrase uttered all year among the team at Next Best Picture was “if I voted for the Oscars…”
So, I decided to see what would happen not only if the Next Best Picture staff were all Oscar voters, but if we were the only Oscar voters. I polled our writers, and even did the famously-complicated preferential-style tally for Best Picture, just like the Academy.
I now present the Academy Awards if they were decided exclusively by our team!
BEST PICTURE
The Favourite
BEST DIRECTOR
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Favourite
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
If Beale Street Could Talk
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Free Solo
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Roma
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Black Panther
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roma
BEST FILM EDITING
BlacKkKlansman
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Vice
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
If Beale Street Could Talk
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
A Star is Born – “Shallow”
BEST SOUND MIXING
A Star is Born
BEST SOUND EDITING
First Man
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
First Man
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Bao
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Marguerite
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Period. End of Sentence.
What do you think of our winners? Personally, I prefer some of our picks to the ones we’re predicting the Academy to make. What would you vote for if you had an Oscar ballot? Let us know in the comments section below or on our Twitter account.
Also be sure to check out our final Oscar predictions podcast episode and be on the lookout for our Predict The 91st Academy Awards Contest tomorrow!
You can follow Cody and hear more of his thoughts on the Oscars and Film on Twitter at @codymonster91
