Poll Position: Below the Line

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Welcome to the final edition of Poll Position focused on the Oscars nominations. We are now just two weeks away from nominations being revealed, so we are about to turn our attention to SAWards-specific categories before those nominations come out in February.

But first, we have to tackle all the below-the-line categories that we haven’t touched on. This is going to be a major compilation of all the crafts and technical awards with less discussion, more predictions!

Best Score

Oscars

1. The Brutalist
2. Wicked
3. Conclave
4. The Wild Robot
5. Emilia Perez

SAWards

1. Challengers
2. Dune: Part Two (not Oscar-eligible)
3. A Different Man
4. Wicked
5. The Substance

Best Sound

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Wicked
3. Gladiator II
4. Emilia Perez
5. Blitz

Best Cinematography

Oscars

1. Nickel Boys
2. The Brutalist
3. Dune: Part Two

SAWards

1. Nosferatu
2. Dune: Part Two
3. The Substance

Best Visual Effects

Oscars

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3. Wicked
4. Gladiator II
5. Better Man

SAWards

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Hundreds of Beavers
3. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
4. Gladiator II
5. Alien Romulus

Best Production Design

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Wicked
3. The Brutalist
4. Conclave
5. Gladiator II

Best Costume Design

1. Wicked
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Gladiator II
4. Conclave
5. Nosferatu

Best Hair and Makeup

1. The Substance
2. Nosferatu
3. A Different Man
4. Wicked
5. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Best Film Editing

1. Conclave
2. Anora
3. Dune: Part Two
4. The Brutalist
5. Emilia Perez

Best Animated Feature

Oscars

1. The Wild Robot
2. Flow
3. Inside Out 2
4. Memoir of a Snail
5. Vengeance Most Fowl

SAWards

1. The Wild Robot
2. Transformers One
3. Inside Out 2
4. Vengeance Most Fowl
5. Moana 2