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97th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2025 / 2026
For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog

FIRST PREDICTIONS OF YEAR

COSTUME DESIGN Tier 1 - Predictions

Paul Tazewell (2 noms / 1 win) WICKED: FOR GOOD	Colleen Atwood (12 noms / 4 wins) KISS OF THE SPIDER-WOMAN	Malgosia Turzanska (never nominated) HAMNET	Kate Hawley (never nominated) FRANKENSTEIN	Ruth E Carter (3 noms / 2 wins) SINNERS
Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Miyako Bellizzi (never nominated) MARTY SUPREME	Bina Daigeler (1 nom) MOTHER MARY	Milena Canonero (9 noms \| 4 wins) PHOENICIAN DREAMS	Alexandra Byrne (4 noms \| 1 win) FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS	Consolata Boyle (3 noms) BLUE MOON
Tier 3 Longer Shots
Previous Nominees *The Choral* Jenny Beavan (12 noms / 3 wins) *Snow White* - Sandy Powell (15 noms / 3 wins) Never nominated. When will it be their time? The Actor - Suzie Harman Ann Lee -UNKNOWN Caught Stealing- Amy Westcott *Couture* - Pascaline Chavanne *Dead Man's Wire* - Peggy Schnitzer *Deliver Me From Nowhere* - Brittany Loar & Kasia Walicka Maimone *Downton Abbey 3* - Anna Robbins *History of Sound* - Miyako Bellizi *How to Train Your Dragon* - Lindsay Pugh *Pressure* - Liza Bracey Train Dreams - Malgosia Turzanska *Tron Ares* - Christine Bieselin & Alix Friedberg

CINEMATOGRAPHY Tier 1 - Predictions

Lukasz Zal (2 noms) HAMNET	Dan Laustsen (2 noms) FRANKENSTEIN	Darius Khondji (2 noms) MARTY SUPREME	James Friend (1 nom / 1 win) BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER	Kasper Tuxen (never nominated) SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Claudio Miranda (2 noms / 1 win) F1: THE MOVIE	Autumn Durald Arkapaw (never nominated) SINNERS	Russell Carpenter (1 nom \| 1 win) AVATAR FIRE AND ASH	William Rexer (never nominated) ANN LEE	Alice Brooks (never nominated) WICKED FOR GOOD
Longer Shots
Previous nominees for Best Cinematography *Bugonia* Robbie Ryan (2 noms) *Caught Stealing* - Matthew Libatique (3 noms) *Eddington- Darius Khondji (2 noms) Ella McKay* - Robert Elswit (2 noms / 1 win) *The Phoenician Scheme* - Bruno Delbonnel (6 noms) *The Roses* - Florian Hoffmeister (1 nom) Never nominated. When will it be their time? *At the Sea -Yorick Le Saux Big Bold Beautiful Journey* - Benjamin Loeb *Deliver Me From Nowhere -* Masanobu Takayanagi *How To Train Your Dragon* - Bill Pope *Kiss of the Spider-Woman* - Tobias A Schliessler *Materialists* - Shabier Kirchner *One Battle After Another* - Michael Bauman *Roofman* - Andrij Parekh *Secret Agent* - Evgenia Alexandrova *Smashing Machine* - Maceo Bishop *Song Sung Blue* - Amy Vincent *Train Dreams* - Adolpho Veloso

PRODUCTION DESIGN Tier 1 - Predictions

Jack Fisk (3 noms) MARTY SUPREME	Tamara Deverell (1 nom) FRANKENSTEIN	Nathan Crowley (7 nom / 1 win) WICKED: FOR GOOD	Dylan Cole & Ben Procter (1 nom) AVATAR FIRE AND ASH	Fiona Crombie (1 nom) HAMNET
Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Hannah Beachler (1 nom \| 1 win) SINNERS	Florencia Martin (1 nom) ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER	Adam Stockhausen (4 noms \| 1 win) THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME	Scott Chambliss (never nominated) KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN	Rick Heinrichs (3 noms) WAKE UP DEAD MAN
Other Possibilities
Previous nominees for production design *The Choral* Peter Francis (1 nom) *Dead Man's Wire* - Stefan Dechant (1 nom) *Mickey 17* - Fiona Crombie (1 nom) Never nominated. When will it be their time? *Ann Lee -* Sam Bader *Ballad of a Small Time Player -* Jonathan Houlding *Caught Stealing -* Mark Friedberg *Deliver Me From Nowhere* - Stefania Cella F1 - Ben Munro & Mark Tildesley *How To Train Your Dragon* - Dominic Watkins *Mother Mary* - Francesca Di Mottola *Sentimental Value* - Jørgen Stangeby Larsen *Tron Ares* - Darren Gilford

FILM EDITING Somewhat randomly selecting half of the Best Picture nominees for this category's April Foolish guesswork.

Andy Jurgensen (never nominated) ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER	Pamela Martin (2 noms) DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE	Stephen Mirrione (3 noms / 1 win) F1	Ronald Bronstein (never nominated) MARTY SUPREME	Michael P Shawyer (never nominated) SINNERS
Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Myron Kerstein (1 nom) WICKED FOR GOOD	Evan Schiff FRANKENSTEIN	Olivier Bugge Coutté (never nominated) SENTIMENTAL VALUE	Marco Costa (never nominated) AFTER THE HUNT	Eddie Hamilton (1 nom) MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FINAL RECKONING
Tier 3 - Other Possibilities
Previous nominees for editing *Ballad of a Small Player* -Nick Emerson (1 nom) *The Lost Bus* - William Goldenberg (5 noms / 1 win) & Paul Rubell (2 noms) *Running Man- Paul Machliss (1 nom) Never nominated. When will it be their time? Ann Lee -* Sofia Subercaseaux *Avatar Fire and Ash* - various editors *Kiss of the Spider Woman* - Brian A Kates *Roofman* Ron Patane *The Roses* - Jon Poll *Secret Agent* - Matheus Farias & Eduardo Serrano *Smashing Machine* - Benny Safdie *Song Sung Blue* - Billy Fox *Train Dreams* - Parker Laramie UNKNOWN EDITORS AT THIS WRITING *Bugonia* *Hamnet*

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING Tier 1 - Predictions

WICKED FOR GOOD Mark Coulier (5 noms / 3 wins)	FRANKENSTEIN Michael Hill, Jordan Samuel, Steve Newburn (never nominated)	THE SMASHING MACHINE Kazu Hiro (5 noms / 2 wins)	SINNERS Ken Diaz (2 noms)	KISS OF THE SPIDER-WOMAN Michelle Johnson, Josh Turi (never nominated)
Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

HAMNET Nicole Stafford (never nominated)	MARTY SUPREME Michael Fontaine (1 nom)	MOTHER MARY Heike Merker (1 nom)	DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE Jackie Risotto (never nominated)	THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME Mark Coulier (5 noms / 3 wins) , Heike Merker (1 nom)
Other Possibilities - Which films will make the bake-offs?
Previous Nominees *Ballad of a Small Player* - Heike Merker (1 nom) *Caught Stealing* - Judy Chin (1 nom / 1 win) *Fantastic Four: The First Steps* - Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou (1 nom) *How To Train Your Dragon* - Alessandro Bertolazzi (1 nom \| 1 win) *Snow White-Nadia Stacey (2 noms / 1 win), Mark Coulier (5 noms / 3 wins) Tron Ares* - Camille Friend (1 nom) Never Nominated. *Ann Lee* - Stephanie Pasicov *Blue Moon* - Liz Byrne & Linda Gannon Bugonia - Torsten Witte *Dead Man's Wire* - Debbie Zoller & Vito Trotta *Downton Abbey Grand Finale* - Julia Plant *Mickey 17* - Anita Burger & Uxue Laguardia *One Battle After Another* - Heba Thorisdottir & Ahou Mofid *Roofman* - Stephanie Pasicov

VISUAL EFFECTS Tier 1 - Predictions

AVATAR FIRE AND ASH	TRON ARES	JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH	HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON	FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

MICKEY 17	WICKED FOR GOOD	MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FINAL RECKONING	SUPERMAN	F1 THE MOVIE
Other Possibilities
What will make the finalist and semi-finalist lists? 28 Years Later Animal Friends Bugonia Captain America: Brave New World *Frankenstein* *Lilo & Stitch* *Mercy* *Minecraft Movie* *The Running Man* Snow White *Thunderbolts**

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