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98th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2025/ Ceremony of 2026
For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog
AND THE NOMINEES ARE
OSCAR FINAL VOTING: February 11-18, 2025
OSCAR NIGHT: Sunday March 2, 2025
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ARCO wins: Annecy (Cristal), EFA, NBR, Lumière, NYFCO, FEFFS, La Roche-sur-yon plot: text
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wins: n/a plot: text |
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS wins: CCA, Globes, NYFCC, AAFCA, Astra, Austin, BOFCA, Capri, Chicago, Dallas, EDA, Georgia, GWNYFCA, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, North Texas, OAFFC, Oklahoma, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, SEFCA, WAFCA, WFCC plot: |
LITTLE AMELIE... GKIDS wins: Annecy (Audience), Animation is Film, Bucheon, LAFCA, Columbus, Florida, Manchester, San Sebastian, Utah plot: |
ZOOTOPIA 2 DISNEY wins: Heartland, Iowa, Las Vegas, St Louis, Phoenix plot: |
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The race narrowed down to these five very quickly though In Your Dreams received a CCA nomination, Demon Slayer Infinity Castle was noticed at the Globes, and Olivia and the Clouds and Dog of God were nominated at the EFAs Other eligible titles were...
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| My heart is with Little Amelie but surely KPop Demon Hunters has it in the bag. | ||||
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BEST ANIMATED SHORT You can see a finalist list in preference order here... (IN PROGRESS) stats reflected animated categories only. |
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BUTTERFLY France A man swimming in the ocean relives water-based memories from his life |
FOREVER GREEN US An evergreen tree raises an orphaned bear cub. Tragedy strikes. This creative pair previously worked on the teams of two Oscar winning features (Zootopia & Big Hero 6) |
THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS Canada Previously nominated for Madame Tutli-Putli (2007) their new visual jaw-dropper is about a homeless boy, a greedy pawn shop owner, and the miserable girl next door who as the title says. It's beautifully executed and we'll cheer loudly if it wins.. |
RETIREMENT PLAN Ireland A dryly funny short about a man fantastizing about his retirement. Though it's not as visually inventive as some of its competitors it gathers comic and dramatic momentum as it goes. The narration is by actor Domhnall Gleeson |
THE THREE SISTERS Russia Preivously nominated for the stunning We Can't Live Without Cosmos (2015). This short is about three sisters having to rent out one of their houses. It's very funny and wonderfully cleverly "flat" in visual presentation We're rooting for it to win the gold but we'd be very happy for Girl Who Cried Pearls too. |
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While it wasn't a particularly strong year for this category (at least in terms of the finalist list chosen), they definitely should have made room for Eiru (from Cartoon Saloon) and Hurikan (from the Czech Republic) in the actual nominee list. Other finalists were Night Boots, Shyness of Trees, Playing God, Quinta's Ghost, Snow Bear, Cardboard, I Died in Irpin, and Autokar Though the Academy doesn't officially announce an eligibility list anymore (such a shame) according to Cartoon Brew, 113 shorts were made available to Academy voters in this category... a record number!. |
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| SHOULD? I have yet to see Butterfly before deciding my final rank but both The Three Sisters and The Girl Who Cried Pearls would make very worthy winners. WILL? Who knows! Last season my least favourite among the five took the Oscar much to my surprise. | ||||
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THE ALABAMA SOLUTION 117 minutes Expose. Justice Doc. Incarcerated men expose a cover-up in a deadly prison system. Jarecki was previously up the Oscar in this category for Capturing the Friedmans (2003) |
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT Profile LGTBQ Doc. Two poet lovers face an incurable diagnosis. White previously made the popular archival doc Good Night, Oppy.
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CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS Mohammadezra Eyni & Sara Khaki Profile. Civil Rights Doc. The first female councillor in an Iranian village fights against child marriage and teaches girls how to ride motorcycles. |
MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN Contemporary Expose Doc. A teacher in Russia does undercover work to reveal the propaganda and violence of the regime. This was Denmark's Oscar Submission though it did not make the finals in that International category.
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THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR Contemporary Politics Doc. On bodycam footage and a fatal dispute in "Stand Your Ground" Florida.
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Apocalypse in the Tropics, Seeds, My Undesirable Friends, and Cover-Up all had ample buzz but it didn't pay off. Other finalists were: 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Folktales, Co-Existence My Ass, Holding Liat, Mistress Dispeller, and Yanuni High profile films that didn't make the finals included Afternoons of Solitude, BLKNWS Terms & Conditions, Deaf President Now, Endless Cookie, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, Reinfenstahl and more... |
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| The Perfect Neighbor seems to have the winners heat at this writing. But who knows. As to who should win. I usually abstain with documentary (as I rarely see all five) but I really loved Come See Me in the Good Light | ||||
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ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS US On the loss of children in US mass shootings. Sheftel was previously nominated for Stranger at the Gate three years ago.
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ARMED ONLY WITH A CAMERA: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BRENT RENAUD US A profile of a journalist killed in the war on Ukraine |
CHILDREN NO MORE: WERE AND ARE GONE Israel On Israeli peace activist vigils for children lost in Gaza |
THE DEVIL IS BUSY US A profile of a woman who protects women from protesters at an abortion clinic in Atlanta |
PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS Canada / Chile An experimental doc about donkeys discovering an astronomical observatory |
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| All the Walls Came Down, Classroom 4, Rovina's Choice, Bad Hostage, Last Days on Lake Trinity, Cashing Out, Heartbeat, We Were the Scenery, Chasing Time, and On Healing Lands Birds Perch were the other finalists. | ||||
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BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
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BUTCHER'S STAIN An Arab-Israeli supermarket worker is wrongly accused of tearing down hostage posters. no IMDb profile for director of film yet |
A FRIEND OF DOROTHY International treasure Miriam Margoyles stars in comic short about a widow and a teenage boy who kicks a ball into her garden. |
JANE AUSTEN'S PERIOD DRAMA A comedy spoof in which a young woman's marriage proposal is interrupted by bleeding. Her doctor suitor (Mr Dickley) mistakes it for an injury.
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THE SINGERS Sam A Davis (2nd nom) and Jack Piat (first nomination) A comic short about an impromptu sing-off in a bar. Davis was nominated two seasons ago for producing Nai Nai and Wai Po (in Doc Short)
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TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA A sci-fi drama about a future where kissing is punishable by death. Starry cast including Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider), Luàna Bajrimi (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), and narrated by Vicky Krieps! |
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| Popular award-winning horror short The Pearl Comb, BAFTA winner Rock Paper Scissors, and a slew of others like Ado, The Boy With White Skin, Beyond Silence, Yellow, Extremist, Panty Hose, Dad's Not Home, and Butterfly on a Wheel were the other finalists. | ||||
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