MTFB OSCAR TAKE: THIRD PREDICTIONS FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN, COSTUMES, MAKEUP/HAIR, SOUND AND VISUAL EFFECTS
Today we update the final five feature categories with new predictions for Production Design, Makeup/Hair, Costumes, Sound and Visual Effects. A film's previous ranking is to he right of the title in parentheses. All TFF #52 films are in Bold. Here they are:
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1) Frankenstein (1)
2) Sinners (2)
3) Hamnet (3)
4) Wicked: For Good (4)
5) Marty Supreme (5)
Others: Avatar: Fire and Ash, One Battle After Another and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
COSTUME DESIGN
1) Frankenstein (1)
2) Wicked: For Good (2)
3) Sinners (3)
4) Hamnet (4)
5) Hedda (NR)
Others: The Testament of Ann Lee, Marty Supreme and Kiss of the Spiderman.
MAKEUP AND HAIR
1) Frankenstein (1)
2) Wicked: For Good (2)
3) Sinners (3)
4) The Smashing Machine (4)
5) Kokuho (NR)
Others: One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme and Nuremburg.
SOUND DESIGN
1) F1 (2)
2) Sinners (1)
3) One Battle After Another (3)
4) Avatar: Fire and Ash (NR)
5) Wicked: For Good (4)
Others: Sirat, Frankenstein and Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.
VISUAL EFFECTS
1) Avatar: Fire and Ash (2)
2) F1 (1)
3) Sinners (5)
4) Frankenstein (3)
5) Superman (4)
Others: Wicked: For Good, Jurassic World Rebirth and The Lost Bus.
As of this morning's post if the MTFB Oscar Take is 100% accurate, ten TFF films will earn 41 nominations on announcement morning-Jan. 22nd. Hamnet will lead TFF films with 11 nominations. TFF #52 could also a year where five of the films that screened their earn Best Picture nominations which would be a record for the fest.
Here's how that could shake out:
Hamnet (11): Best Picture, Direction, Actress (Buckley). Supporting Actor (Mescal), Adapted Screenplay, Casting, Costumes, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score and Production Design.
Frankenstein (9): Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Elordi), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Original Score, Production Design, Costumes, Makeup/Hair and Visual Effects.
Sentimental Value (8): Best Picture, Direction, Actress (Reinsve), Supporting Actress (Fanning and Lilleaas), Supporting Actor (Skarsgard), Original Screenplay and International Feature.
It Was Just an Accident (4): Best Picture, Direction, International Feature and Original Screenplay.
Bugonia (3): Best Picture, Best Actress (Stone) and Adapted Screenplay.
The Secret Agent (2): Best Actor (Moura) and International Feature.
Blue Moon (1): Best Actor (Hawke).
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (1): Best Actress (Byrne).
Jay Kelly (1): Best Original Screenplay.
Cover-Up (1) Best Documentary.
GOLDEN GLOBES '26 AND TFF #52
Telluride films had a better than fair night at the Golden Globes with a win for Best Film/Drama for Chole Zhao. Here are all the winners from TFF #52 films from last night's Golden Globes:
Best Film/Drama-Hamnet
Best Actor/Drama-Wagner Moura/The Secret Agent
Best Actress/Drama-Jesse Buckley
Best Actress/Comedy or Musical-Rose Byrne/If I Had legs I'd Kick You
Best Supporting Actor-Stellan Skarsgard/Sentimental Value
Best Motion Picture-Not in the English Language-The Secret Agent
Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another won the most hardware of the evening with four trophies: Best Film/Comedy or Musical, Best Supporting Actress (Taylor, Best Direction and Best Screenplay.
BAFTA LONGLISTS AND TFF #52
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (The Brit Oscars, if you will) its "longlists" for its Film categories for 2025 last week. The longlists serve as a first cut in BAFTA's nominating process. Films have to make the longlists in various categories to be voted on for actual nominations.
19 TFF #52 (and #51) films drew 73 "mentions" in this winnowing process. Chloe Zhao's Hamnet lead the TFF parade. Here is the list of TFF films making BAFTA's longlists:
Hamnet (14): Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Direction, Adapted Screenplay, Actress (Buckley), Supporting Actress (Watson), Supporting Actor (Mescal), Cast, Cinematography, Costumes, Editing, Makeup/Hair, Score, Production Design.
Bugonia (12): Best Film, Direction, Adapted Screenplay, Actress (Stone), Actor (Plemons), Cinematography, Costumes, Editing, Makeup/Hair, Score, Production Design and Sound.
Frankenstein (12): Best Film, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Elordi), Cast, Cinematography, Costumes, Editing, Makeup/Hair, Score, Production Design, Special Visual Effects and Sound.
Sentimental Value (8): Best Film, Best Film Not in the English Language, Direction, Original Screenplay, Actress (Reinsve), Supporting Actress (Lilleaas), Supporting Actor (Skarsgard), Costumes.
Pillion (6): Outstanding British Film, Outstanding Debut, Adapted Screenplay, Actor Melling), Supporting Actor (Skarsgard), Cast.
Ballad of a Small Player (3): Outstanding British Film, Production Design, Cinematography.
Blue Moon (3): Best Original Screenplay, Actor (Hawke), Supporting Actor (Scott).
It Was Just an Accident (2): Best Film Not in the English Language, Original Screenplay.
Nouvelle Vague (2): Best film Not in the English Language, Costumes.
Single Mentions for:
H Is for Hawk: Outstanding British Film.
Urchin: Outstanding Debut.
La Grazia: Outstanding Film Not in the English Language.
Cover-Up: Documentary.
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You: Best Leading Actress (Byrne).
Jay Kelly: Best Supporting Actor (Sandler).
Apocalypse in the Tropics (TFF #51): Documentary.
Riefenstahl (TFF #51): Documentary.
One to One: john and Yoko (TFF #51): Documentary.
PGA AND TFF #52
The Producers Guild of America announced its ten choices/nominees for their Best Film award for 2025. The list includes four films from TFF #52> Here's the list with TFF #52 films in Bold:
“Bugonia” (Focus Features)
Ed Guiney, p.g.a., Andrew Lowe, p.g.a., Yorgos Lanthimos, p.g.a., Emma Stone, p.g.a., Lars Knudsen, p.g.a.
“F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
Nominees to be determined
“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
Guillermo Del Toro, p.g.a., J. Miles Dale, p.g.a., Scott Stuber, p.g.a.
“Hamnet” (Focus Features)
Liza Marshall, p.g.a., Pippa Harris, p.g.a., Sam Mendes, p.g.a., Steven Spielberg, p.g.a., Nicolas Gonda, p.g.a.
“Marty Supreme” (A24)
Nominees to be determined
“One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
“Sentimental Value” (Neon)
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler, p.g.a., Zinzi Coogler, p.g.a., Sev Ohanian, p.g.a.
“Train Dreams” (Netflix)
Marissa McMahon, p.g.a., Teddy Schwarzman, p.g.a., William Janowitz, p.g.a., Ashley Schlaifer, p.g.a., Michael Heimler, p.g.a.
“Weapons” (Warner Bros.)
Zach Cregger, p.g.a., Miri Yoon, p.g.a.
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