2015 Academy Awards Nominations - Predictions

With the Oscar nominations a little over 24 hours away (always one of my favourite events of the year), I may as well try my hand at prognosticating (though not having seen most of the contenders, I'm likely to be way out)...




Best Picture

• Bridge of Spies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian 
• The Revenant
• Spotlight

 If more than five:

• The Big Short
• Straight Outta Compton
• Carol
• Inside Out
• Sicario

Should be nominated: Inside Out

Best Director

• Adam McKay - The Big Short
• George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
• Ridley Scott - The Martian 
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inaritu - The Revenant
• Thomas McCarthy - Spotlight

Best Actor

• Steve Carell - The Big Short
• Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
• Matt Damon - The Martian 
• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
• Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett - Carol
• Brie Larson - Room 
• Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
• Saorise Ronan - Brooklyn 
• Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

Best Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
• Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
• Kristen Stewart - Clouds of Sils Maria
• Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
• Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale - The Big Short
• Paul Dano - Love and Mercy
• Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
• Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
• Sylvester Stallone - Creed

Best Original Screenplay

• Bridge of Spies
• The Hateful Eight
• Inside Out
• Spotlight
• Straight Outta Compton

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Big Short
• Carol 
• The Martian
• Room
• Steve Jobs

Best Animated Feature

• Anomalisa
• Boy and the World
• Inside Out
•  The Peanuts Movie
• Shaun the Sheep

Best Foreign Language Film

• Embrace of the Serpent
• Mustang
• Son of Saul
• Viva
• A War

Best Documentary Feature

• Amy
• Cartel Land
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief 
• The Look of Silence
• Where to Invade Next

Best Art Direction

• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Carol
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Cinematography

• Bridge of Spies 
• Carol
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant

Best Costume Design

• Brooklyn
• Carol
• Cinderella
• The Danish Girl 
• Sufragette

Best Film Editing

• The Big Short
• Bridge of Spies 
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenent

If documentaries got their due: Kurt Cobain: A Montage of Heck

Best Makeup and Hair

• Black Mass
• Mr Holmes
• The Revenant

Best Original Score

• Carol
• The Hateful Eight
• Inside Out 
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Original Song

• “See You Again” - Furious 7
• "Til It Happens To You" - The Hunting Ground 
• "Feels Like Summer" - Shaun the Sheep
• “Writing’s On The Wall”  - Spectre
• "Simple Song #3" - Youth

Best Sound Editing

• Bridge of Spies 
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenent
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Mixing

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenent
• Sicario
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Straight Outta Compton

Best Visual Effects

• Jurassic World 
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• The Walk

Most common themes in the Australian media 

1. Australian's George Miller and Cate Blanchett nominated/snubbed for Oscar nominations
2. Star Wars misses out on Best Picture nomination despite huge box office
3. Leonardo DiCaprio has a chance to win his first Oscar