The Oscar Narrative: Pre-Festival Predictions: Best Animated Feature and Techs

Best Animated Feature
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Missing Link
Okko's Inn
Toy Story 4

Other Contenders - The Addams Family, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Call of the Wild, Abominable, Spies in Disguise, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmaggedon, The Angry Birds Movie 2, Funan, Wish Dragon, The Secret Life of Pets 2

Best Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto "The Irishman"
Bobby Bukowski "The Last Thing He Wanted"
Steven Soderbergh "The Laundromat"
Roger Deakins "1917"
Robert Richardson "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"

Other Contenders - John Toll "Harriet", Roger Deakins "The Goldfinch", Dion Beebe "Gemini Man", Hoyte Van Hoytema "Ad Astra", Caleb Deschanel "The Lion King", Phedon Papamichael "Ford v Ferrari", Sean Bobbitt "The Rhythm Section", Dan Mindel "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker", Steven Yedlin "Knives Out", Christopher Ross "Cats", Dick Pope "Motherless Brooklyn", Ben Smithard "Downton Abbey", Dick Pope "Peterloo"

Best Costume Design
Aladdin
Downton Abbey
Little Women
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman

Other Contenders - 1917, The Irishman, Dumbo, Dolemite is My Name, Harriet, Cats, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Captain Marvel, The Last Thing He Wanted, The King, The Goldfinch, Judy, The King

Best Film Editing
The Goldfinch
The Irishman
The Laundromat
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Other Contenders - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Wendy, Ad Astra, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Ford v. Ferrari, Harriet, Downton Abbey, Little Women, Avengers: Endgame, Knives Out, The King, Queen & Slim, The Report, Marriage Story, The Farewell, Judy, The Lion King, Aladdin

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Aladdin
Downton Abbey
Dumbo
Joker
Rocketman

Other Contenders -  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 1917, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Cats, Little Women, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, The Goldfinch, The Report, The King, Judy, Us, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Best Original Score
Nate Heller "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"
Marco Beltrami "Ford v Ferrari"
Terence Blanchard "Harriet"
Thomas Newman "1917"
John Williams "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"

Other Contenders - Randy Newman "Toy Story 4", Trevor Gureckis "The Goldfinch", Carter Burwell "The Good Liar", Max Richter "Ad Astra", Alan Silvestri "Avengers: Endgame", Matthew Margeson "Rocketman", Jeff Russo "Lucy in the Sky", Marco Beltrami "Gemini Man", Hans Zimmer "The Lion King", Alan Menkin "Aladdin"

Best Original Song
TBA

Best Production Design
Aladdin
Downton Abbey
The Irishman
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Other Contenders - 1917, Little Women, Rocketman, The Lion King, Gemini Man, Dumbo, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Ford v. Ferrari, Cats, Ad Astra, The King, The Last Thing He Wanted, Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, The Goldfinch, Lucy in the Sky, Judy

Best Sound Mixing
Ford v. Ferrari
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Other Contenders - The Irishman, Ad Astra, Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, The Lion King, Aladdin, Dumbo, Gemini Man, The Goldfinch, Harriet, Cats, The King, Us, Shazam, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Knives Out, The Rhythm Section, Godzilla: King of Monsters, Motherless Brooklyn

Best Sound Editing
Ford v. Ferrari
The Irishman
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Other Contenders - Rocketman, Ad Astra, Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, The Lion King, Aladdin, Dumbo, Gemini Man, The Goldfinch, Harriet, Cats, The King, Us, Shazam, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Knives Out, The Rhythm Section, Godzilla: King of Monsters, Motherless Brooklyn

Best Visual Effects
Ad Astra
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Other Contenders - Aladdin, Dumbo, Gemini Home, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Godzilla: King of Monsters, X-Men: Dark Phoenix