Oscars Predictery

The Academy Awards prediction game for Twitter

The 2018 Academy Awards take place on Sunday 4 March 2018. 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 4 March 2018, 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

  • Call Me By Your Name - Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito [4]
  • Darkest Hour - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski [5]
  • Dunkirk - Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan [2]
  • Get Out - Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele [4]
  • Lady Bird - Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O'Neill [3]
  • Phantom Thread - JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi [4]
  • The Post - Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger [3]
  • The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale [2]
  • Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh [3]

2. Performance by an actor in a leading role

  • Call Me By Your Name - Timothée Chalamet [1]
  • Phantom Thread - Daniel Day-Lewis [1]
  • Get Out - Daniel Kaluuya [1]
  • Darkest Hour - Gary Oldman [1]
  • Roman J Israel - Denzel Washington [1]

3. Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  • The Florida Project - Willem Dafoe [1]
  • Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - Woody Harrelson [1]
  • The Shape of Water - Richard Jenkins [1]
  • All The Money In The World - Christopher Plummer [1]
  • Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - Sam Rockwell [1]

4. Performance by an actress in a leading role

  • The Shape of Water - Sally Hawkins [1]
  • Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - Frances McDormand [1]
  • I, Tonya - Margot Robbie [1]
  • Lady Bird - Saoirse Ronan [1]
  • The Post - Meryl Streep [1]

5. Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  • Mudbound - Mary J Blige [1]
  • I, Tonya - Allison Janney [1]
  • Phantom Thread - Lesley Manville [1]
  • Lady Bird - Laurie Metcalf [1]
  • The Shape of Water - Octavia Spencer [1]

6. Achievement in directing

  • Dunkirk - Christopher Nolan [1]
  • Get Out - Jordan Peele [1]
  • Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig [1]
  • Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson [1]
  • The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro [1]

7. Adapted screenplay

  • Call Me By Your Name - Screenplay by James Ivory [1]
  • The Disaster Artist - Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber [2]
  • Logan - Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold [3]
  • Molly's Game - Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin [1]
  • Mudbound - Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees [2]

8. Original screenplay

  • The Big Sick - Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani [2]
  • Get Out - Written by Jordan Peele [1]
  • Lady Bird - Written by Greta Gerwig [1]
  • The Shape of Water - Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro [2]
  • Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - Written by Martin McDonagh [1]

9. Best animated feature film of the year

  • The Boss Baby - Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito [2]
  • The Breadwinner - Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo [2]
  • Coco - Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson [2]
  • Ferdinand - Carlos Saldanha and Lori Forte [2]
  • Loving Vincent - Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart [3]

10. Best foreign language film of the year

  • A Fantastic Woman - Chile; Directed by Sebastián Lelio [1]
  • The Insult - Lebanon; Directed by Ziad Doueiri [1]
  • Loveless - Russia; Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev [1]
  • On Body and Soul - Hungary; Directed by Ildikó Enyedi [1]
  • The Square - Sweden; Directed by Ruben Östlund [1]

11. Production Design

  • Beauty and the Beast - Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration) [2]
  • Blade Runner 2049 - Dennis Gassner (Production Design); Alessandra Querzola (Set Decoration) [2]
  • Darkest Hour - Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration) [2]
  • Dunkirk - Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration) [2]
  • The Shape of Water - Paul Denham Austerberry (Production Design); Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (Set Decoration) [3]

12. Achievement in cinematography

  • Blade Runner 2049 - Roger A. Deakins [1]
  • Darkest Hour - Bruno Delbonnel [1]
  • Dunkirk - Hoyte van Hoytema [1]
  • Mudbound - Rachel Morrison [1]
  • The Shape of Water - Dan Laustsen [1]

13. Achievement in costume design

  • Beauty and the Beast - Jacqueline Durran [1]
  • Darkest Hour - Jacqueline Durran [1]
  • Phantom Thread - Mark Bridges [1]
  • The Shape of Water - Luis Sequeira [1]
  • Victoria & Abdul - Consolata Boyle [1]

14. Best documentary feature

  • Abacus: Small Enough to Jail - Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman [3]
  • Faces Places - Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda [3]
  • Icarus - Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan [2]
  • Last Men in Aleppo - Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen [3]
  • Strong Island - Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes [2]

15. Best documentary short subject

  • Edith+Eddie - Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright [2]
  • Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 - Frank Stiefel [1]
  • Heroin(e) - Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon [2]
  • Knife Skills - Thomas Lennon [1]
  • Traffic Stop - Kate Davis and David Heilbroner [2]

16. Achievement in film editing

  • Baby Driver - Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos [2]
  • Dunkirk - Lee Smith [1]
  • I, Tonya - Tatiana S. Riegel [1]
  • The Shape of Water - Sidney Wolinsky [1]
  • Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - Jon Gregory [1]

17. Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

  • Darkest Hour - Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick [3]
  • Victoria & Abdul - Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard [2]
  • Wonder - Arjen Tuiten [1]

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

  • Dunkirk - Hans Zimmer [1]
  • Phantom Thread - Jonny Greenwood [1]
  • The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat [1]
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi - John Williams [1]
  • Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - Carter Burwell [1]

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

  • "Mighty River", Mudbound - Music and Lyric by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson [3]
  • "Mystery Of Love", Call Me by Your Name - Music and Lyric by Sufjan Stevens [1]
  • "Remember Me", Coco - Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez [2]
  • "Stand Up For Something", Marshall - Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren [2]
  • "This Is Me", The Greatest Showman - Music and Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul [2]

20. Best animated short film

  • Dear Basketball - Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant [2]
  • Garden Party - Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon [2]
  • Lou - Dave Mullins and Dana Murray [2]
  • Negative Space - Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata [2]
  • Revolting Rhymes - Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer [2]

21. Best live action short film

  • DeKalb Elementary - Reed Van Dyk [1]
  • The Eleven O'Clock - Derin Seale and Josh Lawson [2]
  • My Nephew Emmett - Kevin Wilson, Jr. [1]
  • The Silent Child - Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton [2]
  • Watu Wote/All of Us - Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen [2]

22. Achievement in sound editing

  • Baby Driver - Julian Slater [1]
  • Blade Runner 2049 - Mark Mangini and Theo Green [2]
  • Dunkirk - Richard King and Alex Gibson [2]
  • The Shape of Water - Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira [2]
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce [2]

23. Achievement in sound mixing

  • Baby Driver - Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis [3]
  • Blade Runner 2049 - Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth [3]
  • Dunkirk - Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo [3]
  • The Shape of Water - Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier [3]
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson [4]

24. Achievement in visual effects

  • Blade Runner 2049 - John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover [4]
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick [4]
  • Kong: Skull Island - Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus [4]
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould [4]
  • War for the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri. Daniel Barratt, Dan Lemmon and Josel Whist [4]