2018 Oscar Winner Predictions in ALL Categories
| ORIGINAL SCORE | ERIK ANDERSON |
BRYAN BONAFEDE | GREG HOWARD | EVAN KOST |
JASON OSIASON | KENNETH POLISHCHUK |
DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ | RICHARD ANTHONY |
ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT | MATT DINN | TOTAL POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shape of Water | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | Phantom Thread | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 88 |
| 3 | Dunkirk | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 81 |
| 4 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 70 |
| 5 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 61 |
| ORIGINAL SONG | ERIK ANDERSON |
BRYAN BONAFEDE | GREG HOWARD | EVAN KOST |
JASON OSIASON | KENNETH POLISHCHUK |
DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ | RICHARD ANTHONY |
ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT | MATT DINN | TOTAL POINTS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coco, “Remember Me” | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 95 |
| 2 | The Greatest Showman, “This Is Me” | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 93 |
| 3 | Call Me By Your Name, “Mystery of Love” | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 81 |
| 4 | Mudbound, “Mighty River” | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 71 |
| 5 | Marshall, “Stand Up For Something” | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 60 |
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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Film Independent to Honor Robbie Pickering, Alysa Nahmias, Harry Yoon with Changemaker Award at 23rd Artist Development Showcase 
46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival: World Premieres, Bay Area Filmmakers, Rachel Bloom to Receive Freedom of Expression Award 
8th African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) TV Honors: ‘Paradise,’ ‘Love Story’ and ‘Spider-Noir’ Among Top Winners