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 MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: BEST PICTURE AND MORE

Here are updated nomination predictions for the Best Picture Direction, International, Animated and Documentary Features.  These categories were last predicted on Dec. 16th.  A film's previous rank appears to the right of their names in parentheses.  TFF #51 actors/films are in Bold. 

BEST PICTURE

1) Conclave  (2)

2) Anora (1)

3) Emilia Perez (5)

4) The Brutalist (4)

5) Wicked Part 1 (3)

6) Dune Part Two (6)

7) A Complete Unknown (8)

8) Sing Sing (9)

9) A Real Pain (7)

10) Nickel Boys (10)

Others: The Substance, September 5 and Gladiator II.

Comment: Conclave moves to the top spot for the first time.  Sensing some momentum.  Wicked's surge driven by its release and huge success seems to have paled a bit over the last two weeks.

BEST DIRECTION

1) Brady Corbet/The Brutalist (1)

2) Sean Baker/Anora (2)

3) Edward Berger/Conclave (3)

4) Jacques Audiard/Emilia Perez (4)

5) RaMell Ross/Nickel Boys (5)

Others: Jon M. Chu/Wicked, Coralie Fargeat/The Substance and Denis Villenueve/Dune Part Two.

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

1) Emilia Perez (1)

2) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2)

3) I'm Still Here (3)

4) The Girl with the Needle (4)

5) Vermiglio (-)

Others: Flow, Kneecap and Dahomey.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1) The Wild Robot (1)

2) Inside Out 2 (2)

3) Flow (3)

4) Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (4)

5) Memoir of a Snail (5)

Others: Moana 2, Piece by Piece and Chicken for Linda

BEST DOCUMENTARY

1) Sugarcane (3)

2) No Other Land (1)

3) Daughters (2)

4) Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (-)

5) Dahomey (-)

Others: Will & Harper, Black Box Diaries and Union.

GOLD DERBY BEST PICTURE BREAKDOWN AND TFF

Oscar prediction website Gold Derby has a fairly lengthy piece focusing on assessing the strngths and weaknesses of what they perceive as the films with the best chances of landing a Best Picture nomination on Jan. 17th.  Their analysis was posted on Dec. 26th.  TFF films that are included in the article include:

Anora

Conclave

Emilia Perez

Nickel Boys

A Real Pain

September 5

Check our the entire rundown here.

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain from The Playlist.

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