Tuesday, March 10, 2026

MTFB Oscar Update: Seven Craft Categories / Predictions for Shorts Categories

Well, better a day late than never.  Here's what would have been yesterday's post if I weren't on the road.


MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SEVEN CRAFT CATEGORIES

TFF films indicated in Bold.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

1) One Battle After Another (2)
2) Sinners (1)
3) Train Dreams (3)
4) Marty Supreme (4)
5) Frankenstein (5)

EDITING

1) One Battle After Another (1)
2) F1 (2)
3) Sinners (3)
4) Marty Supreme (4)
5) Sentimental Value (5)

PRODUCTION DESIGN




1) Frankenstein (1)
2) Sinners (2)
3) Hamnet (3)
4) Marty Supreme (4)
5) One Battle After Another (5)

COSTUMES

1) Frankenstein (1)
2) Sinners (2)
3) Hamnet (3)
4) Marty Supreme (4)
5) Avatar: Fire and Ash (5)

MAKEUP/HAIR

1) Frankenstein (1)
2) Sinners (2)
3) The Smashing Machine (3)
4) Kokuho (5)
5) The Ugly Stepsisters (4) 


SOUND

1) F1 (1)
2) Sinners (2)
3) One Battle After Another (3)
4) Sirat (4)
5) Frankenstein (5)

VISUAL EFFECTS

1) Avatar: Fire and Ash (1)
2) Sinners (2)
3) F1 (3)
4) The Lost Bus (4)
5) Jurassic World Rebirth (5)



PREDICITONS FOR SHORTS CATEGORIES

ANIMATED SHORT

1) The Girl Who Cried Pearls
2) Butterfly
2) Retirement Plan
4) The Three Sisters 
5) Forevergreen


DOCUMENTARY SHORT




1) All the Empty Rooms
2) Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
3) The Devil Is Busy
4) Children No More: Were and Gone
5) Perfectly a Strangeness


LIVE ACTION SHORT

1) Two People Exchanging Saliva
2) The Singers
3) A Friend of Dorothy
4) Butcher's Stain
5) Jane Austen's Period Drama


This and That: Cinematography and editing are up in the air.  If MTFB's predictions are correct TFF films win two of the three shorts categories.



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