JFF: Your Oscars 2022 Winner Predictions?

Best Picture:

Should win - The Power of the Dog

Will win - The Power of the Dog

Best Actor: 

Should win - Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)

Will win - Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog

Best Actress:

Should win: Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)

Will win: Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Best Supporting Actor:

Should win: Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

Will win: Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

Best Supporting Actress:

Should win: Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)

Will win: Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)

Best Director: 

Should win: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Will win: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Best Original Screenplay:

Should win: Belfast

Will win: Belfast

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Should win: The Power of the Dog

Will win: The Power of the dog

Best Cinematography: 

Should win: Dune

Will win: Dune

Best Film Editing:

Should win: Dune

Will win: Dune

Best Production Design:

Should win: The Power of the Dog

Will win: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Costume Design:

Should win: Cruella

Will win: Cruella

Best Sound: 

Should win: Dune

Will win: Dune

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Should win: Dune

Will win: Cruella

Best Music:

Should win: The Power of the Dog

Will win: The Power of the Dog

PS: Why didn't they nominate Annette? Are they mad?

Best Song:

Should win: Belfast

Will win: Encanto

Best Visual Effects:

Should win: Dune

Will win: Dune

Best Documentary:

Will win: Flee

Best Documentary Short Subject:

Will win: When We Were Bullies

Best Animated Film:

Will win: Encanto

Best Animated Short:

Will win: Boxballet

Best Live Action Short:

Will win: Please Hold

Best International Film:

Will win: Drive My Car

Summary (biggest winner):

The Power of the Dog: 

Will win: 7 Oscars

Should win: 7 Oscars

Dune: 

Will win: 4 Oscars

Should win: 5 Oscars

1. Best Motion Picture of the Year: Belfast (Producers - Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas)

2. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Will Smith (King Richard)

3. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)

4. Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

5. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)

6. Best Achievement in Directing: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)

7. Best Original Screenplay: Belfast (Kenneth Branagh)

8. Best Adapted Screenplay: The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)

9. Best Achievement in Cinematography: West Side Story (Janusz Kaminski)

10. Best Achievement in Film Editing: The Power of the Dog (Peter Sciberras)

11. Best Achievement in Production Design: West Side Story (Rena DeAngelo, Adam Stockhausen)

12. Best Achievement in Costume Design: Dune (Jacqueline West, Bob Morgan)

13. Best Sound: Dune (Mac Ruth, Mark A. Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Ron Bartlett)

14. Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: House of Gucci (Göran Lundström, AnnaCarin Lock, Frederic Aspiras)

15. Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

16. Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): No Time to Die (Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell) "No Time to Die"

17. Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Dune (Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, Gerd Nefzer)

18. Best Documentary Feature: Attica (Stanley Nelson, Traci Curry)

19. Best Documentary Short Subject: Lead Me Home ( Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk)

20. Best Animated Feature Film: Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellstrøm, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte de La Gournerie)

21. Best Animated Short Film: Robin Robin (Daniel Ojari, Michael Please)

22. Best Live Action Short Film: Ala Kachuu - Take and Run (Maria Brendle, Nadine Lüchinger)

23. Best International Feature Film: The Hand of God (Italy)

Bump!

bump.

Best Picture:

Should win - The Power of the Dog (or West Side Story)

Will win - CODA (which will be remembered as a terrible mistake)

Best Actor: 

Should win - Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)

Will win - Will Smith (King Richard)

Best Actress:

Should win: Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)

Will win: Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

Best Supporting Actor:

Should win: Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

Will win: Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Best Supporting Actress:

Should win: Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)

Will win: Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Best Director: 

Should win: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Will win: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Best Original Screenplay:

Should win: The Worst Person in the World

Will win: Belfast

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Should win: The Power of the Dog

Will win: CODA

Best Cinematography: 

Should win: West Side Story

Will win: Dune

Best Film Editing:

Should win: Tick, Tick... Boom!

Will win: Dune

Best Production Design:

Should win: Nightmare Alley

Will win: Dune

Best Costume Design:

Should win: Cruella

Will win: Cruella

Best Sound: 

Should win: Dune

Will win: Dune

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Should win: Dune

Will win: Dune

Best Music:

Should win: Parallel Mothers

Will win: The Power of the Dog

Best Song:

Should win: Belfast

Will win: Encanto

Best Visual Effects:

Should win: Dune

Will win: Dune

Best Documentary:

Will win: Summer of Soul

Best Documentary Short Subject:

Will win: Three Songs for Benazir

Best Animated Film:

Will win: Encanto

Should win: The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Best Animated Short:

Will win: Affairs of the Art

Best Live Action Short:

Will win: The Long Goodbye

Best International Film:

Will win: Drive My Car

I will watch Belfast tonight and may see some shorts tomorrow so I could still change some favorites.

Overall I saw 21 films and 1 short, including 9 Best Picture nominees.

Best Picture:

The Power of the Dog

Best Actor: 

Will Smith - King Richard

Best Actress:

Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos

Best Supporting Actor:

Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress:

Ariana DeBose - West Side Story

Best Director: 

Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog

Best Original Screenplay:

Belfast

Best Adapted Screenplay:

The Power of the Dog

Best Cinematography: 

Dune

Best Film Editing:

Dune

Best Production Design:

Dune

Best Costume Design:

Cruella

Best Sound: 

Dune

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Cruella

Best Music:

Hans Zimmer - Dune

Best Song:

No Time to Die

Best Visual Effects:

Dune

Best Documentary:

Flee

Best Documentary Short Subject:

Three Songs for Benazir

Best Animated Film:

Encanto

Best Animated Short:

Affairs of the Art

Best Live Action Short:

The Long Goodbye

Best International Film:

Drive My Car

No specific "should win"s but I'm rooting for Drive My Car and Dune (except for Score, where I favor Alberto Iglesias - Parallel Mothers).

Ranking:

1st position:@urbanemovies 20/23

2nd position: @Pencho15 18/23

3rd position: @albstein 15/23

4th position: @cinephile 9/23

5th position: @dibyayan_chakravorty  5/23

The Power of the Dog got snubbed solidly this night winning only 1 award out of 12 nominations. It got robbed. I think we will remember it.