After many, many months of speculation, the Academy Awards will finally come to an end tonight, crowning the 91st Best Picture winner. Roma and The Favourite lead the nominations at 10, each, while Vice and A Star is Born trail closely behind at eight.
In what can only be described as a dull season, the films nominated for the major awards failed to leave the impression the selected films usually do, making for a very underwhelming race that further emphasises the fact that the best movies of the year will not be heard of in tonight’s ceremony.
With that, we bring you our final predictions:
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)
Will Win: Mahershala Ali
Should Win: Richard E. Grant (though Ali deserves it just the same)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice
Will Win: Vice
Should Win: Vice
Best Costume Design
Black Panther (Ruth E Carter)
The Favourite (Sandy Powell)
Mary Poppins Returns (Sandy Powell)
Mary Queen of Scots (Alexandra Byrne)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Mary Zophres)
Will Win: Sandy Powell for The Favourite
Should Win: Sandy Powell for The Favourite

Best Sound Editing
First Man
A Quiet Place
Bohemian Rhapsody
Black Panther
Will Win: First Man
Should Win: First Man
Best Sound Mixing
A Star Is Born
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
Black Panther
Will Win: Bohemian Rhapsody
Should Win: Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
Hale Country This Morning, This Evening
Of Fathers and Sons
Will Win: RBG
Should Win: Free Solo
Best Supporting Actress
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Amy Adams (Vice)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Marina De Tavira (Roma)
Will Win: Regina King
Should Win: Regina King
Best Foreign Language Film
Roma (Mexico)
Cold War (Poland)
Shoplifters (Japan)
Capharnaum (Lebanon)
Never Look Away (Germany)
Will Win: Roma
Should Win: Cold War
Best Animated Short
Animal Behaviour
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
Will Win: Bao
Should Win: Bao
Best Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Will Win: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Should Win: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

Best Production Design
The Favourite (Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton)
First Man (Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas)
Roma (Eugenio Caballero and Barbara Enriquez)
Mary Poppins Returns (John Myhre and Gordon Sim)
Black Panther (Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart)
Will Win: The Favourite
Should Win: The Favourite
Best Visual Effects
First Man
Avengers: Infinity War
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ready Player One
Christopher Robin
Will Win: Avengers: Infinity War
Should Win: Avengers: Infinity War
Best Film Editing
Bohemian Rhapsody (John Ottman)
Vice (Hank Corwin)
BlacKkKlansman (Barry Alexander Brown)
The Favourite (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)
Green Book (Patrick J Don Vito)
Will Win: Vice
Should Win: Vice
Best Documentary, Short Subject
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence.
Will Win: Period. End of Sentence.
Should Win: Period. End of Sentence.
Best Short Film, Live Action
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin
Will Win: Marguerite
Should Win: Marguerite
Best Cinematography
Roma (Alfonso Cuaron)
Cold War (Lukasz Zal)
Never Look Away (Caleb Deschanel)
The Favourite (Robbie Ryan)
A Star Is Born (Matty Libatique)
Will Win: Roma
Should Win: Roma
Best Original Score
If Beale Street Could Talk (Nicholas Britell)
Mary Poppins Returns (Marc Shaiman)
Isle of Dogs (Alexandre Desplat)
BlacKkKlansman (Terence Blanchard)
Black Panther (Ludwig Goransson)
Will Win: If Beale Street Could Talk
Should Win: If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Original Song
“Shallow” (A Star Is Born)
“All the Stars” (Black Panther)
“I’ll Fight” (RBG)
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” (Mary Poppins Returns)
“When a Cowboy Trades his Spurs for Wings” (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Will Win: “Shallow” (A Star is Born)
Should Win: “Shallow” (A Star is Born)

Best Original Screenplay
Green Book (Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga)
The Favourite (Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara)
Roma (Alfonso Cuarón)
Vice (Adam McKay)
First Reformed (Paul Schrader)
Will Win: The Favourite (with a slight edge over Green Book)
Should Win: The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters and Eric Roth)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty)
BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
Will Win: BlacKkKlansman
Should Win: BlacKkKlansman
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)
Will Win: Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
Should Win: Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
Best Actor
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Christian Bale (Vice)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)
Will Win: Rami Malek
Should Win: Bradley Cooper
Best Actress
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
Will Win: Glenn Close
Should Win: Olivia Colman (though this performance is more supporting than lead, in which case Close would be the deserving winner for a leading performance)
Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice
Will Win: Green Book
Should Win: The Favourite