It can be a bit tricky to choose the winners when not all the films have been available to view, however, sometimes a film is so good or a performance that you just cant see anything beating it.

*MC choice for award / +what we think will win.

If the films have yet to screen or we have not seen enough of the nominees or we can’t agree, we have marked with what we think will win only. +

Film

Best film – musical or comedy
Cyrano
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
tick, tick … Boom!
West Side Story * +

On the face of it, I can’t see anything topping West Side Story but there is still Cyrano to see this week. Update on Friday.

Best supporting actress in a film
Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog *
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing

Best film – foreign language
Compartment No. 6
Drive My Car
The Hand of God
A Hero +
Parallel Mothers

Best screenplay – film
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog *
Adam McKay, Don’t Look Up +
Aaron Sorkin, Being the Ricardos

Best director – film
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story +*
Denis Villeneuve, Dune

Best actress in a film – musical or comedy
Marion Cotillard, Annette +*
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Jennifer Lawrence, Don’t Look Up
Emma Stone, Cruella
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

Best actor in a film – drama
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog +*
Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best original song – film
Be Alive, King Richard
Dos Orugitas, Encanto
Down to Joy, Belfast
Here I Am (Singing My Way Home), Respect
No Time to Die, No Time to Die

Best film – animated
Encanto
Flee +
Luca
My Sunny Maad
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best actor in a film – musical or comedy
Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick … Boom! *
Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
Anthony Ramos, In the Heights

Garfield gave one of his best performances showing himself to be a fully rounded actor. Drama, comedy and musically. Cyrano has still be seen. We are expecting great things from Peter Dinklage though. Why is no-one from West Side Story nominated in this?

Best actress in a film – drama
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci +
Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Possibly the most difficult category to predict. We had a split opinion in the office.

Best film – drama
Belfast
CODA
Dune
King Richard
The Power of the Dog

We will have to come back to this one.

Best supporting actor in a film
Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Best score – film
Dune +
Encanto
The French Dispatch
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog