Academy Awards 2023 Nominations

Academy Awards 2023 Nominations - my predictions

The Academy Awards 2023 nominations were announced today and while I didn't post my predictions here, I did it on my Twitter account @Erib3004. The result? Well... not bad. I consider this year to be full of pleasant (and unpleasant) surprises in the nominees shortlists. Still, I was able to reach a 70% accuracy rating with "Best Short X" categories included (which I always s*ck at predicting every year). That being said, if I excluded the Best Shorts categories, my accuracy would go up to 75% overall with 79 correct picks in 105 possible nominees.

As expected, Everything Everywhere All At Once, All Quiet On the Western Front, The Banshees of Inisherin and Elvis are the most nominated movies at this year's edition - BAFTA have told this to us before. I am pretty happy for some nominations: Women Talking for Best Picture, Paul Dano (Aftersun) for Best Actor, Michelle Yeoh (EEAAO) for Best Actress, Stephanie Hsu (EEAAO) for Best Supporting Actress, "This Is a Life" from Son Lux for EEAAO gets in Best Original Song and the Portuguese Ice Merchants gets nominated for Best Animated Short and it becomes the first Portuguese production to ever be featured in the Academy Awards nominees shortlist!!!
The most outrageous shocks include the no Charlotte Wells, Sarah Polley or Park Chan-wook for Best Director, no Viola Davis (The Woman King) and Danielle Deadwyler (Till) and Paul Dano (The Fabelmans) is snubed once again, while Hildur Guðnadóttir also missed Best Original Score for Women Talking (seriously, one of the most beautiful scores you'll ever hear!).

So, here are my predictions in January 23, 2023:

NOTE: Sorry about having "Jessie Buckley" / "Women Talking" in the place for "Judd Hirsch" / "The Fabelmans" in the 6th spot of my Best Supporting Actor predictions.

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