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Academy Awards 2026 winners predictions

The short categories have always been quite a hit or miss with me, because there are few big precursor that indicate what could be the AMPAS intentions - my picks are solely based on my perception when I watched them. Having watched all the shorts, I must say: All the Empty Rooms was the one who left me thinking about it the most from the Best Documentary Short Film slate and I believe voters will feel the same and go for it as well; A Friend of Dorothy is a luminous tearjerker that can be manipulative sometimes, but I think its charming nature and irresistible leads will please Oscar voters better than the dystopian queer drama Two People Exchanging Saliva (my personal favorite from the Best Live Action Short Film lineup), since it can be unconfortable at times, but it hides an alarming message; as for my pick for Best Animated Short Film... Papillon (Butterfly) is said to be a favorite, but I found it difficult to love the animation personally, while The Girl Who Cried Pearls was the perfect balance between beautiful animation craft and an emotionally ressonant tale. As for Best Documentary Feature Film... The Perfect Neighbor mirrors an inconvenient reality in America, it has been collecting tons of prizes during awards season and it has the powerful Netflix machine running a campaign... but Mr. Nobody Againts Putin still managed to win the BAFTA for Best Documentary - an important precursor since BAFTA has become a relevant predictor for the Oscar race in this category - and its anti-Putin moto sure will appeal to the same voters who gave Navalny (2022) and  20 Days in Mariupol (2023) the Oscar in this exact same category. Will it be too much? Well... I would say "yes", but the previously mentioned documentaries told the narrative of the leader of the political Russian opposition (Navalny) and the horrors of war in Uckraine (Mariupol), Mr. Nobody shows the world the story of a teacher who is not conformed with being a vessel for political propaganda as it states the importance of education for the younger ones - something that should be applied in Russia, USA and the whole world. 
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