2008 Oscar Predictions and Winners

Monday, February 25, 2008 | 20:38

Here are my predictions for and the winners of the 2008 Academy Awards.

As usual, I have only seen a few of the nominated movies, so my predictions were based on what I know about those movies, plus my instincts. This year, I actually did not exclude any categories.

  • Achievement in costume design
    • Prediction: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    • Winner: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • Best animated feature film of the year
    • Prediction: Ratatouille
    • Winner: Ratatouille
  • Achievement in makeup
    • Prediction: La Vie en Rose
    • Winner: La Vie en Rose
  • Achievement in visual effects
    • Prediction: Transformers
    • Winner: The Golden Compass
  • Achievement in art direction
    • Prediction: Atonement
    • Winner: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Performance by an actor in a supporting role
    • Prediction: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
    • Winner: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
  • Best live action short film
    • Prediction: Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
    • Winner: Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
  • Best animated short film
    • Prediction: Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
    • Winner: Peter & the Wolf
  • Performance by an actress in a supporting role
    • Prediction: Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
    • Winner: Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
  • Adapted screenplay
    • Prediction: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
    • Winner: No Country for Old Men
  • Achievement in sound editing
    • Prediction: The Bourne Ultimatum
    • Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Achievement in sound mixing
    • Prediction: Transformers
    • Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Performance by an actress in a leading role
    • Prediction: Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
    • Winner: Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
  • Achievement in film editing
    • Prediction: The Bourne Ultimatum
    • Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Best foreign language film of the year
    • Prediction: Mongol
    • Winner: The Counterfeiters
  • Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original song)
    • Prediction: "Falling Slowly" (Once)
    • Winner: "Falling Slowly" (Once)
  • Achievement in cinematography
    • Prediction: No Country for Old Men
    • Winner: There Will Be Blood
  • Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score)
    • Prediction: The Kite Runner
    • Winner: Atonement
  • Best documentary short subject
    • Prediction: Freeheld
    • Winner: Freeheld
  • Best documentary feature
    • Prediction: No End in Sight
    • Winner: Taxi to the Dark Side
  • Original screenplay
    • Prediction: Juno
    • Winner: Juno
  • Performance by an actor in a leading role
    • Prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
    • Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
  • Achievement in directing
    • Prediction: No Country for Old Men
    • Winner: No Country for Old Men
  • Best motion picture of the year
    • Prediction: No Country for Old Men
    • Winner: No Country for Old Men

13 correct predictions out of 24.