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97th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2025 / 2026
 For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog

  

 

FIRST PREDICTIONS OF YEAR

 

COSTUME DESIGN

Tier 1 - Predictions

Paul Tazewell
2 noms / 1 win
WICKED: FOR GOOD

 Colleen Atwood
12 noms / 4 wins
KISS OF THE SPIDER-WOMAN
Malgosia Turzanska
never nominated
HAMNET
Kate Hawley
never nominated
FRANKENSTEIN

Ruth E Carter
3 noms / 2 wins
SINNERS

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Miyako Bellizzi
never nominated
MARTY SUPREME

Bina Daigeler
1 nom
MOTHER MARY

 Milena Canonero
9 noms | 4 wins
PHOENICIAN DREAMS		 Alexandra Byrne
4 noms | 1 win
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Consolata Boyle
3 noms
BLUE MOON

 

Tier 3 Longer Shots

Previous Nominees

  • The Choral Jenny Beavan (12 noms / 3 wins)
  • Snow White - Sandy Powell (15 noms / 3 wins)

Never nominated. When will it be their time?

  • The Actor - Suzie Harman
  • Ann Lee -UNKNOWN
  • Caught Stealing- Amy Westcott
  • Couture - Pascaline Chavanne
  • Dead Man's Wire - Peggy Schnitzer
  • Deliver Me From Nowhere - Brittany Loar & Kasia Walicka Maimone
  • Downton Abbey 3 - Anna Robbins
  • History of Sound - Miyako Bellizi
  • How to Train Your Dragon - Lindsay Pugh
  • Pressure - Liza Bracey
  • Train Dreams - Malgosia Turzanska
  • Tron Ares - Christine Bieselin & Alix Friedberg
 

 

 

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Tier 1 - Predictions
Lukasz Zal
2 noms
HAMNET		 Dan Laustsen
2 noms
FRANKENSTEIN		 Darius Khondji
2 noms
MARTY SUPREME		 James Friend
1 nom / 1 win
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER

Kasper Tuxen
never nominated
SENTIMENTAL VALUE

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Claudio Miranda
2 noms / 1 win
F1: THE MOVIE

 

Autumn Durald Arkapaw
never nominated
SINNERS

 

 

Russell Carpenter
1 nom | 1 win
AVATAR FIRE AND ASH

 
William Rexer
never nominated
ANN LEE

Alice Brooks
never nominated
WICKED FOR GOOD

Longer Shots

Previous nominees for Best Cinematography

  • Bugonia Robbie Ryan (2 noms)
  • Caught Stealing - Matthew Libatique (3 noms)
  • Eddington- Darius Khondji (2 noms)
  • Ella McKay - Robert Elswit (2 noms / 1 win)
  • The Phoenician Scheme - Bruno Delbonnel (6 noms)
  • The Roses - Florian Hoffmeister (1 nom)

Never nominated. When will it be their time?

  • At the Sea -Yorick Le Saux
  • Big Bold Beautiful Journey - Benjamin Loeb
  • Deliver Me From Nowhere - Masanobu Takayanagi
  • How To Train Your Dragon - Bill Pope
  • Kiss of the Spider-Woman - Tobias A Schliessler
  • Materialists - Shabier Kirchner
  • One Battle After Another - Michael Bauman
  • Roofman - Andrij Parekh
  • Secret Agent - Evgenia Alexandrova
  • Smashing Machine - Maceo Bishop
  • Song Sung Blue - Amy Vincent
  • Train Dreams - Adolpho Veloso
 

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Tier 1 - Predictions
Jack Fisk
3 noms
MARTY SUPREME		 Tamara Deverell
1 nom
FRANKENSTEIN		 Nathan Crowley
7 nom / 1 win
WICKED: FOR GOOD		 Dylan Cole & Ben Procter
1 nom
AVATAR FIRE AND ASH		 Fiona Crombie
1 nom
HAMNET

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Hannah Beachler
1 nom | 1 win
SINNERS

 Florencia Martin
1 nom
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER		 Adam Stockhausen
4 noms | 1 win
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME		 Scott Chambliss
never nominated
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN		 Rick Heinrichs
3 noms
WAKE UP DEAD MAN
Other Possibilities

Previous nominees for production design

  • The Choral Peter Francis (1 nom)
  • Dead Man's Wire - Stefan Dechant (1 nom)
  • Mickey 17 - Fiona Crombie (1 nom)

Never nominated. When will it be their time?

  • Ann Lee - Sam Bader
  • Ballad of a Small Time Player - Jonathan Houlding
  • Caught Stealing - Mark Friedberg
  • Deliver Me From Nowhere - Stefania Cella
  • F1 - Ben Munro & Mark Tildesley
  • How To Train Your Dragon - Dominic Watkins
  • Mother Mary - Francesca Di Mottola
  • Sentimental Value - Jørgen Stangeby Larsen
  • Tron Ares - Darren Gilford
 

 

FILM EDITING

Somewhat randomly selecting half of the Best Picture nominees for this category's April Foolish guesswork. 

 

 
Andy Jurgensen
never nominated
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER		 Pamela Martin
2 noms
DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE		 Stephen Mirrione
3 noms / 1 win
F1		 Ronald Bronstein
never nominated
MARTY SUPREME		 Michael P Shawyer
never nominated
SINNERS 

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...
Myron Kerstein
1 nom
WICKED FOR GOOD		 Evan Schiff
FRANKENSTEIN

Olivier Bugge Coutté
never nominated
SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Marco Costa
never nominated
AFTER THE HUNT

Eddie Hamilton
1 nom
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FINAL RECKONING

 

Tier 3 - Other Possibilities

Previous nominees for editing

  • Ballad of a Small Player -Nick Emerson (1 nom)
  • The Lost Bus - William Goldenberg (5 noms / 1 win) & Paul Rubell (2 noms)
  • Running Man- Paul Machliss (1 nom)

Never nominated. When will it be their time?

  • Ann Lee - Sofia Subercaseaux
  • Avatar Fire and Ash - various editors
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman - Brian A Kates
  • Roofman Ron Patane
  • The Roses - Jon Poll
  • Secret Agent - Matheus Farias & Eduardo Serrano
  • Smashing Machine - Benny Safdie
  • Song Sung Blue - Billy Fox
  • Train Dreams - Parker Laramie

UNKNOWN EDITORS AT THIS WRITING

  • Bugonia
  • Hamnet
 

 

 

 

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Tier 1 - Predictions
WICKED FOR GOOD
Mark Coulier (5 noms / 3 wins)		 FRANKENSTEIN
Michael Hill, Jordan Samuel, Steve Newburn (never nominated)

THE SMASHING MACHINE

Kazu Hiro (5 noms / 2 wins)
SINNERS
Ken Diaz (2 noms)

 
KISS OF THE SPIDER-WOMAN

Michelle Johnson, Josh Turi (never nominated)

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...
HAMNET
Nicole Stafford
(never nominated)

MARTY SUPREME
Michael Fontaine (1 nom)

 
MOTHER MARY

Heike Merker (1 nom)
DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
Jackie Risotto (never nominated)
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
Mark Coulier (5 noms / 3 wins) , Heike Merker (1 nom)
Other Possibilities - Which films will make the bake-offs?

Previous Nominees

  • Ballad of a Small Player - Heike Merker (1 nom)
  • Caught Stealing - Judy Chin (1 nom / 1 win)
  • Fantastic Four: The First Steps - Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou (1 nom)
  • How To Train Your Dragon - Alessandro Bertolazzi (1 nom | 1 win)
  • Snow White-Nadia Stacey (2 noms / 1 win), Mark Coulier (5 noms / 3 wins)
  • Tron Ares - Camille Friend (1 nom)

Never Nominated.

  • Ann Lee - Stephanie Pasicov
  • Blue Moon - Liz Byrne & Linda Gannon
  • Bugonia - Torsten Witte
  • Dead Man's Wire - Debbie Zoller & Vito Trotta
  • Downton Abbey Grand Finale - Julia Plant
  • Mickey 17 - Anita Burger & Uxue Laguardia
  • One Battle After Another - Heba Thorisdottir & Ahou Mofid
  • Roofman - Stephanie Pasicov
 

 

 

VISUAL EFFECTS

Tier 1 - Predictions
AVATAR FIRE AND ASH TRON ARES JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 		FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

MICKEY 17

 

 WICKED FOR GOOD

 

 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FINAL RECKONING SUPERMAN
F1 THE MOVIE
 

 

Other Possibilities

What will make the finalist and semi-finalist lists?

  • 28 Years Later
  • Animal Friends
  • Bugonia
  • Captain America: Brave New World
  • Frankenstein
  • Lilo & Stitch
  • Mercy
  • Minecraft Movie
  • The Running Man
  • Snow White
  • Thunderbolts*
 

 

 

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