Oscars Predictery

The Academy Awards prediction game for Twitter

The 2022 Academy Awards take place on Sunday 27 March 2022. 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 27 March 2022, 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

  • Belfast - Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers [4]
  • CODA - Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers [3]
  • Don't Look Up - Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers [2]
  • Drive My Car - Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer [1]
  • Dune - Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers [3]
  • King Richard - Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers [3]
  • Licorice Pizza - Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers [3]
  • Nightmare Alley - Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers [3]
  • The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers [5]
  • West Side Story - Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers [2]

2. Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Being the Ricardos - Javier Bardem [1]
  • The Power of the Dog - Benedict Cumberbatch [1]
  • tick, tick... BOOM! - Andrew Garfield [1]
  • King Richard - Will Smith [1]
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth - Denzel Washington [1]

3. Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • Belfast - Ciaran Hinds [1]
  • CODA - Troy Kotsur [1]
  • The Power of the Dog - Jesse Plemons [1]
  • Being the Ricardos - JK Simmons [1]
  • The Power of the Dog - Kodi Smit-McPhee [1]

4. Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye - Jessica Chastain [1]
  • The lost Daughter - Olivia Colman [1]
  • Parallel Mothers - Penelope Cruz [1]
  • Being the Ricardos - Nicole Kidman [1]
  • Spencer - Kristen Stewart [1]

5. Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • The lost Daughter - Jessie Buckley [1]
  • West Side Story - Ariana Debose [1]
  • Belfast - Judi Dench [1]
  • The Power of the Dog - Kirsten Dunst [1]
  • King Richard - Aunjanue Ellis [1]

6. Achievement in directing

  • Belfast - Kenneth Branagh [1]
  • Drive My Car - Ryusuke Hamaguchi [1]
  • Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson [1]
  • The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion [1]
  • West Side Story - Steven Spielberg [1]

7. Adapted screenplay

  • CODA - Screenplay by Sian Heder [1]
  • Drive My Car - Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe [2]
  • Dune - Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth [3]
  • The Lost Daughter - Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal [1]
  • The Power of the Dog - Written by Jane Campion [1]

8. Original screenplay

  • Belfast - Written by Kenneth Branagh [1]
  • Don't Look Up - Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota [2]
  • King Richard - Written by Zach Baylin [1]
  • Licorice Pizza - Written by Paul Thomas Anderson [1]
  • The Worst Person in the World - Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier [2]

9. Best animated feature film of the year

  • Encanto - Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer [4]
  • Flee - Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellstrom, Signe Byrge Sorensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie [4]
  • Luca - Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren [2]
  • The Mitchells vs the Machines - Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht [4]
  • Raya and the Last Dragon - Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho [4]

10. Best international feature film

  • Drive My Car - Japan [1]
  • Flee - Denmark [1]
  • The Hand of God - Italy [1]
  • Lunana: a Yak in the Classroom - Bhutan [1]
  • The Worst Person in the World - Norway [1]

11. Production Design

  • Dune - Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos [2]
  • Nightmare Alley - Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau [2]
  • The Power of the Dog - Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards [2]
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth - Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh [2]
  • West Side Story - Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo [2]

12. Achievement in cinematography

  • Dune - Greig Fraser [1]
  • Nightmare Alley - Dan Laustsen [1]
  • The Power of the Dog - Ari Wegner [1]
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth - Bruno Delbonnel [1]
  • West Side Story - Janusz Kaminski [1]

13. Achievement in costume design

  • Cruella - Jenny Beaven [1]
  • Cyrano - Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran [2]
  • Dune - Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan [2]
  • Nightmare Alley - Luis Sequeira [1]
  • West Side Story - Paul Tazewell [1]

14. Best documentary feature

  • Ascension - Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell [3]
  • Attica - Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry [2]
  • Flee - Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellstrom, Signe Byrge Sorensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie [4]
  • Summer of Soul - Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein [4]
  • Writing with Fire - Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh [2]

15. Best documentary short subject

  • Audible - Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean [2]
  • Lead Me Home - Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk [2]
  • The Queen of Basketball - Ben Proudfoot [1]
  • Three Songs for Benazir - Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei [2]
  • When We Were Bullies - Jay Rosenblatt [1]

16. Achievement in film editing

  • Don't Look Up - Hank Corwin [1]
  • Dune - Joe Walker [1]
  • King Richard - Pamela Martin [1]
  • The Power of the Dog - Peter Sciberras [1]
  • tick, tick... BOOM! - Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum [2]

17. Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

  • Coming 2 America - Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer [3]
  • Cruella - Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon [3]
  • Dune - Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr [3]
  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye - Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh [3]
  • House of Gucci - Goran Lundstrom, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras [3]

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

  • Don't Look Up - Nicholas Britell [1]
  • Dune - Hans Zimmer [1]
  • Encanto - Germaine Franco [1]
  • Parallel Mothers - Alberto Iglesias [1]
  • The Power of the Dog - Jonny Greenwood [1]

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

  • Be Alive - from King Richard; Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyonce Knowles-Carter [2]
  • Dos Oruguitas - from Encanto; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda [1]
  • Down to Joy - from Belfast; Music and Lyric by Van Morrison [1]
  • No Time to Die - from No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell [2]
  • Somehow You Do - from Four Good Days; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren [1]

20. Best animated short film

  • Affairs of the Art - Joanna Quinn and Les Mills [2]
  • Bestia - Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Diaz [2]
  • Boxballet - Anton Dyakov [1]
  • Robin Robin - Dan Ojari and Mikey Please [2]
  • The Windshield Wiper - Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez [2]

21. Best live action short film

  • Ala Kachuu - Take and Run - Maria Brendle and Nadine Luchinger [2]
  • The Dress - Tadeusz Lysiak and Maciej Slesicki [2]
  • The Long Goodbye - Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed [2]
  • On My Mind - Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson [2]
  • Please Hold - K.D. Davila and Levin Menekse [2]

22. Best sound

  • Belfast - Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri [4]
  • Dune - Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett [5]
  • No Time to Die - Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor [5]
  • The Power of the Dog - Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb [3]
  • West Side Story - Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy [5]

23. Achievement in visual effects

  • Dune - Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer [4]
  • Free Guy - Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick [4]
  • No Time to Die - Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould [4]
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver [4]
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home - Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick [4]