I pick the Oscars

Best Picture:
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari (my pick)
Nomadland –
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
(Highly recommend all except Mank, Promising Young Woman, and Trail of Chicago 7)

Best Director:
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (my pick)
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Best Actor
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone
Chadwick Boseman (posthumous) – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green
Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony (my pick)
Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz
Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi

Best Actress
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss
Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern (my pick)
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas

Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton (my pick even though he did not look like a 21 year old)
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe
Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah as William "Bill" O'Neal

Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance (my pick, stood out hard in that bad movie)
Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne
Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja

Best Original Screenplay
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennelldouble-dagger
Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Berson, King, Keith Lucas and Kenny Lucas
Minari – Lee Isaac Chung (my pick)
Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Abraham Marder and Darius Marder; Story by Derek Cianfrance and D. Marder
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Father – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zellerdouble-dagger (my pick)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja and Dan Swimer; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Nina Pedrad and Swimer; Based on the character by Baron Cohen
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder
One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers, based on his play
The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani, based on the novel by Aravind Adiga

Best Animated Feature Film
Onward – Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
Over the Moon – Peilin Chou, Glen Keane and Gennie Rin
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Will Becher, Paul Kewley and Richard Phelan
Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray
Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants, Ross Stewart and Paul Young (my pick)

Best Documentary Feature
Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana (my pick)
Crip Camp – Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham
The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, Craig Foster and James Reed
Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Best Documentary Short Subject
Colette – Alice Doyard and Anthony Giacchino
A Concerto Is a Conversation – Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot
Do Not Split – Charlotte Cook and Anders Hammer (my pick)
Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman
A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahali Allison and Janice Duncan

Best Live Action Short Film
Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan (my pick)
The Present – Ossama Bawardi and Farah Nabulsi
Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
White Eye – Shira Hochman and Tomer Shushan

Best Animated Short Film
Burrow – Michael Capbarat and Madeline Sharafian
Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
If Anything Happens I Love You – Michael Govier and Will McCormack (my pick)
Opera – Erick Oh
Yes-People – Arnar Gunnarsson and Gísli Darri Halldórsson

Best Original Score
Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Minari – Emile Mosseri (my pick)
News of the World – James Newton Howard
Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

Best Original Song
"Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by D'Mile and H.E.R.; lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; lyric by Celeste and Pemberton
"Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Music and lyric by Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus and Savan Kotecha
"Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; lyric by Laura Pausini and Warren
"Speak Now" from One Night in Miami... – Music and lyric by Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr. (my pick)

Best Sound
Greyhound – Beau Borders, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw and David Wyman
Mank – Ren Klyce, Drew Kunin, Jeremy Molod, Nathan Nance and David Parker
News of the World – William Miller, John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith and Oliver Tarney
Soul – Coya Elliot, Ren Klyce and David Parker
Sound of Metal – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Philip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc (my pick)

Best Production Design
The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Sroughton
Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale (my pick)
News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Best Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
News of the World – Dariusz Wolski (my pick)
Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael

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 pick)

Best Costume Design
Emma. – Alexandra Byrne
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth
Mank – Trish Summerville
Mulan – Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini (my pick)

Best Film Editing
The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen (my pick)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Best Visual Effects
Love and Monsters – Genevieve Camailleri, Brian Cox, Matt Everitt and Matt Sloan (my pick)
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