Oscars Predictery

The Academy Awards prediction game for Twitter

The 2017 Academy Awards take place on Sunday 26 February 2017. How many winners can you predict? The game is simple: select your predicted winner in all 23 categories (see below) and you get a point for each correct forecast. In the incredibly likely event that multiple players share the top score at the end, determining our outright winner(s) will use the following tie-breaker procedure:

  1. in memory of @jonjonnyp a correct prediction for the colour of the Best Actress's dress (as determined by @kirstieh)
  2. from those remaining after the dress colour tie-breaker, the best prediction(s) of the total number of people winning Oscars
  3. anyone still inseparable after that will get a share of the prizes

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When does the Oscars ceremony take place?

In the States, ABC's coverage of the Academy Awards ceremony begins at 8e|5p on Sunday 26 February 2017, which translates to 1am Monday morning in the UK. Sky Cinema usually have coverage of the ceremony for UK television from 00.30-04.00am GMT, but there may be livestreams available.

The Nominations in full

Number of nominees for each nomination in square brackets.

1. Best motion picture of the year

  • Arrival - Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde [4]
  • Fences - Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, and Todd Black [3]
  • Hacksaw Ridge - Bill Mechanic and David Permut [2]
  • Hell or High Water - Carla Hacken and Julie Yarn [2]
  • Hidden Figures - Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi [5]
  • La La Land - Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt [3]
  • Lion - Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder [3]
  • Manchester by the Sea - Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh [5]
  • Moonlight - Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner [3]

2. Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Manchester by the Sea - Casey Affleck [1]
  • Hacksaw Ridge - Andrew Garfield [1]
  • La La Land - Ryan Gosling [1]
  • Captain Fantastic - Viggo Mortensen [1]
  • Fences - Denzel Washington [1]

3. Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • Moonlight - Mahershala Ali [1]
  • Hell or High Water - Jeff Bridges [1]
  • Manchester by the Sea - Lucas Hedges [1]
  • Lion - Dev Patel [1]
  • Nocturnal Animals - Michael Shannon [1]

4. Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • Elle - Isabelle Huppert [1]
  • Loving - Ruth Negga [1]
  • Jackie - Natalie Portman [1]
  • La La Land - Emma Stone [1]
  • Florence Foster Jenkins - Meryl Streep [1]

5. Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • Fences - Viola Davis [1]
  • Moonlight - Naomie Harris [1]
  • Lion - Nicole Kidman [1]
  • Hidden Figures - Octavia Spencer [1]
  • Manchester by the Sea - Michelle Williams [1]

6. Achievement in directing

  • Arrival - Denis Villeneuve [1]
  • Hacksaw Ridge - Mel Gibson [1]
  • La La Land - Damien Chazelle [1]
  • Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan [1]
  • Moonlight - Barry Jenkins [1]

7. Adapted screenplay

  • Arrival - Screenplay by Eric Heisserer [1]
  • Fences - Screenplay by August Wilson [1]
  • Hidden Figures - Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi [2]
  • Lion - Screenplay by Luke Davies [1]
  • Moonlight - Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney [2]

8. Original screenplay

  • Hell or High Water - Written by Taylor Sheridan [1]
  • La La Land - Written by Damien Chazelle [1]
  • The Lobster - Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou [2]
  • Manchester by the Sea - Written by Kenneth Lonergan [1]
  • 20th Century Women - Written by Mike Mills [1]

9. Best animated feature film of the year

  • Kubo and the Two Strings - Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner [2]
  • Moana - John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer [3]
  • My Life as a Zucchini - Claude Barras and Max Karli [2]
  • The Red Turtle - Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki [2]
  • Zootopia - Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer [3]

10. Best foreign language film of the year

  • Land of Mine, Denmark - Directed by Martin Zandvliet [1]
  • A Man Called Ove, Sweden - Directed by Hannes Holm [1]
  • The Salesman, Iran - Directed by Asghar Farhadi [1]
  • Tanna, Australia - Directed by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler [2]
  • Toni Erdmann, Germany - Directed by Maren Ade [1]

11. Production Design

  • Arrival - Patrice Vermette (Production Design); Paul Hotte (Set Decoration) [2]
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Stuart Craig (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) [2]
  • Hail, Caesar! - Jess Gonchor (Production Design); Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) [2]
  • La La Land - David Wasco (Production Design); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (Set Decoration) [2]
  • Passengers - Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design); Gene Serdena (Set Decoration) [2]

12. Achievement in cinematography

  • Arrival - Bradford Young [1]
  • La La Land - Linus Sandgren [1]
  • Lion - Greig Fraser [1]
  • Moonlight - James Laxton [1]
  • Silence - Rodrigo Prieto [1]

13. Achievement in costume design

  • Allied - Joanna Johnston [1]
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Coleen Atwood [1]
  • Florence Foster Jenkins - Consolata Boyle [1]
  • Jackie - Madeline Fontaine [1]
  • La La Land - Mary Zophres [1]

14. Best documentary feature

  • Fire at Sea - Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo [2]
  • I am Not Your Negro - Raoul Peck, Remi Grellety and Hebert Peck [3]
  • Life Animated - Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman [2]
  • OJ: Made in America - Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow [2]
  • 13th - Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish [3]

15. Best documentary short subject

  • Extremis - Dan Krauss [1]
  • 4.1 Miles - Daphne Matziaraki [1]
  • Joe's Violin - Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen [2]
  • Watani: My Homeland - Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis [2]
  • The White Helmets - Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara [2]

16. Achievement in film editing

  • Arrival - Joe Walker [1]
  • Hell or High Water - Jake Roberts [1]
  • Hacksaw Ridge - John Gilbert [1]
  • La La Land - Tom Cross [1]
  • Moonlight - Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon [2]

17. Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

  • A Man Called Ove - Eva von Bahr and Love Larson [2]
  • Star Trek Beyond - Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo [2]
  • Suicide Squad - Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson [3]

18. Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score)

  • Jackie - Mica Levi [1]
  • La La Land - Justin Hurwitz [1]
  • Lion - Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka [2]
  • Moonlight - Nicholas Britell [1]
  • Passengers - Thomas Newman [1]

19. Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original song)

  • Audition (The Fools Who Dream) from La La Land - Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul [3]
  • Can't Stop The Feeling from Trolls - Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster [3]
  • City of Stars from La La Land - Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul [3]
  • The Empty Chair from Jim: the James Foley Story - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting [2]
  • How Far I'll Go from Moana - Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda [1]

20. Best animated short film

  • Blind Vaysha - Theodore Ushev [1]
  • Pear Cider and Cigarettes - Robert Valley and Cara Speller [2]
  • Borrowed Time - Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj [2]
  • Pearl - Patrick Osborne [1]
  • Piper - Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer [2]

21. Best live action short film

  • Ennemis Interieurs - Selim Azzazi [1]
  • Silent Nights - Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson [2]
  • La Femme et le TGV - Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff [2]
  • Sing - Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy [2]
  • Timecode - Juanjo Gimenez [1]

22. Achievement in sound editing

  • Arrival - Sylvain Bellemare [1]
  • Hacksaw Ridge - Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright [2]
  • Deepwater Horizon - Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli [2]
  • La La Land - Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan [2]
  • Sully - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman [2]

23. Achievement in sound mixing

  • Arrival - Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye [2]
  • Hacksaw Ridge - Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace [4]
  • La La Land - Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow [3]
  • Rogue One: a Star Wars Story - David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson [3]
  • 13 Hours: the Secret Soldiers of Benghazi - Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth [3]

24. Achievement in visual effects

  • Deepwater Horizon - Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton [4]
  • Doctor Strange - Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould [4]
  • The Jungle Book - Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon [4]
  • Kubo and the Two Strings - Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff [4]
  • Rogue One: a Star Wars Story - John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould [4]