During the lead up to this year’s Oscars on February 22nd I covered a lot of the nominees for the upcoming Academy Awards. This was not your usual Oscar primer, but in fact more of a “catching up to speed” series. I dissected a few films in each instalment by going over what the nominees are, and what chances it stands to win. In the last instalment HERE I covered “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Two Days One Night” and “Still Alice”. While I couldn’t cover every single nominated film, I did a good chunk of them. If you listened to our Capsule Podcast where we broke down some of the big categories our LiL experts made their predictions. Here they have listed who they think will win all the categories. The only catch was the team can only vote on categories for ones where they saw at least 51% of the nominated films. Next to the persons name they have included what films (if any) they did not see in the given category in brackets. If a voter did not see 51% or more of the nominees they have been removed from that category.
Best Picture
Dakota- Boyhood
Andreas- Boyhood
Adriana- Boyhood
Sean- Boyhood
LiL consensus pick- Boyhood
Best Director
Dakota- Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman
Andreas- Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Adriana- Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Sean- Richard Linklater for Boyhood
LiL consensus pick- Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Best Actor
Dakota- Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
Andreas- Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
Adriana- Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
Sean- Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
LiL consensus pick- Eddie Redmayne
Best Actress
Dakota- Julianne Moore for Still Alice
Andreas- Julianne Moore for Still Alice
Adriana- Julianne Moore for Still Alice
Sean (Still Alice, Two Days, One Night)- Reese Witherspoon for Wild
LiL consensus pick- Julianne Moore
Best Supporting Actor
Dakota- J.K. Simmons for Whiplash
Andreas- J.K. Simmons for Whiplash
Adriana- J.K. Simmons for Whiplash
Sean (The Judge)- J.K. Simmons for Whiplash
LiL consensus pick- J.K. Simmons
Best Supporting Actress
Dakota- Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
Andreas (Into The Woods)- Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
Adriana- Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
Sean (Into The Woods)- Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
LiL consensus pick- Patricia Arquette
Best Original Screenplay
Dakota- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Andreas- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adriana- Birdman
Sean- The Grand Budapest Hotel
LiL consensus pick- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Adapted Screenplay
Dakota- The Imitation Game
Andreas- Whiplash
Adriana- Whiplash
Sean (Inherent Vice)- The Theory Of Everything
LiL consensus pick- Whiplash
Best Foreign Film
Dakota (Wild Tales and Tangerines)- Ida
Adriana (Timbuktu and Tangerines)- Ida
LiL consensus pick- Ida
Best Animated Feature
Dakota (Song of the Sea)- How To Train Your Dragon 2
LiL consensus pick- How To Train Your Dragon 2
Best Documentary Feature
Dakota (The Salt of the Earth)- CitzenFour
LiL consensus pick- CitzenFour
Best Cinematography
Dakota- Birdman
Andreas (Mr. Turner, Unbroken)- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adriana (Mr. Turner)- Birdman
LiL consensus pick- Birdman
Best Editing
Dakota- Boyhood
Andreas- Whiplash
Adriana- Boyhood
LiL consensus pick- Boyhood
Best Costume Design
Dakota- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Andreas (Mr. Turner and Into the Woods)- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adriana (Maleficent and Mr. Turner)- The Grand Budapest Hotel
LiL consensus pick- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Hair and Makeup
Dakota- Guardians of the Galaxy
Andreas- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adriana- The Grand Budapest Hotel
LiL consensus pick- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Production Design
Dakota- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Andreas (Mr. Turner and Into the Woods)- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adriana- The Grand Budapest Hotel
LiL consensus pick- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Original Score
Dakota- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Andreas (Mr. Turner)- The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adriana- The Theory of Everything
Sean (Mr. Turner)- Interstellar
LiL consensus pick- No consensus
Best Original Song*
Dakota- Glory from Selma
Adriana- Glory from Selma
Sean- Everything is Awesome from The Lego Movie
LiL consensus pick- Glory from Selma
Best Sound Editing
Dakota- American Sniper
Andreas (The Hobbit and Unbroken)- Birdman
Adriana- Birdman
LiL consensus pick- Birdman
Best Sound Mixing
Dakota- Whiplash
Andreas (Unbroken)- Whiplash
Adriana- Birdman
LiL consensus pick- Whiplash
Best Visual Effects
Dakota- Guardians of the Galaxy
Andreas- Interstellar
Adriana- Interstellar
LiL consensus pick- Interstellar
Best Live Action Short
Dakota- Boogaloo and Graham
Adriana- The Phone Call
LiL consensus pick- No consensus
Best Animated Short
Dakota- The Bigger Picture
Adriana- Feast
LiL consensus pick- No consensus
Best Documentary Short
Dakota (The Reaper, Crisis Hotline)- Joanna
Adriana- Crisis Hotline
LiL consensus pick- No consensus
*Voters only needed to listen to the nominated songs, not see the films.
