The Oscar Narrative: Pre-Guild Nomination Predictions - Animated, Documentary, and International Feature

Best Animated Feature

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon

Other Contenders - Belle, Sing 2, The Summit of the Gods, Cyrptozoo, Vivo, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, My Sunny Maad, Ron's Gone Wrong

Best Documentar Feature

Faya Dayi 

Flee

Procession

The Rescue

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Other Contenders - The First Wave, Ascension, Attica, The Velvet Underground, Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blury, In the Same Breath, Julia, President, Simple as Water, Writing with Fire

Best International Feature

Drive My Car (Japan)

Flee (Denmark)

The Hand of God (Italy)

A Hero (Iran) 

The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

Other Contenders - Lamb (Iceland), Finland (Compartment No. 6), Prayers for the Stolen (Mexico), I'm Your Man (Germany), The Good Boss (Spain), Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan), Great Freedom (Austria), Plaza Catedral (Panama), Hive (Kosovo)