It’s awards season in Hollywood and in about a couple of weeks, the Oscars will be awarded! It’s hands down the most prestigious award anyone in the film industry can get, and being the movie buff wannabe that I am, I shall post my predictions on who I think will win. Yes, I haven’t watched some of the films nominated like The Artist, The Tree of Life and The Descendants (blame that on New Zealand being late in just about everything), but I shall do my best… Here goes…

BEST PICTURE:

The Artist

The Help

The Descendants

Moneyball

Hugo

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Midnight In Paris

War Horse

The Tree Of Life

BEST DIRECTOR:

Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris

Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist

Terrence Malick - The Tree Of Life

Alexander Payne - The Descendants

Martin Scorsese - Hugo

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

Demián Bichir - A Better Life

George Clooney - The Descendants

Jean Dujardin - The Artist

Brad Pitt - Moneyball

Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:

Viola Davis - The Help

Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs

Rooney Mara - The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo

Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn

Jonah Hill - Moneyball

Nick Nolte - Warriors

Christopher Plummer - Behinners

Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Jessica Chastain - The Help

Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids

Octavia Spencer - The Help

Berenice Bejo - The Artist

Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Rango

Kung Fu Panda 2

Chico & Rita

Puss in Boots

A Cat in Paris

BEST ART DIRECTION:

The Artist

Harry Potter and the Deatly Hallows: Part Two

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

War Horse

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

The Artist

Hugo

War Horse

The Tree of Life

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

BEST IN COSTUME DESIGN:

Anonymous

The Artist

Hugo

Jane Eyre

W.E.

BEST FILM EDITING:

The Artist

The Descendants

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Moneyball

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

Bullhead (Belgium)

Footnote (Israel)

In Darkness (Poland)

Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)

A Separation (Iran)

BEST MAKEUP:

Albert Nobbs

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two

The Iron Lady

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

The Adventures of Tintin

Hugo

The Artist

War Horse

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

Man or Muppet - The Muppets

Real in Rio - Rio

BEST SOUND EDITING:

Drive

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

War Horse

BEST SOUND MIXING:

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Hugo

Moneyball

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

War Horse

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Hugo

Real Steel

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

The Descendants

Hugo

The Ides of March

Moneyball

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Bridesmaids

The Artist

Margin Call

A Separation

Midnight in Paris

I can’t wait to tune in for the awards ceremony airing on Feb. 26, 2012 (the 27th here in NZ) to see if my predictions come true. I hope Harry Potter gets to win one last Oscar!

PS. I left out the documentaries and the short animated films cause how the hell could I predict that one when I haven’t got the faintest idea what the nominees were.