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2022 OSCARS PREDICTIONS:
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
UPDATED: Dec 23, 2021
AWARDS PREDICTION COMMENTARY: It always helps to have one of the best working actors today with a prominent role in your short film to garner attention (see: Oscar Isaac’s turn in last year’s nominee “The Letter Room”). That’s the case with Oscar-nominee Riz Ahmed, who stars and co-wrote “The Long Goodbye” from Aneil Karia.
The shorts also love the birth of an artist, and Phumi Morare’s “When the Sun Sets,” which is getting a palpable push from distributor HBO, is a Student Academy Award winner. It continues and highlights the Academy’s goals of focusing on the talent pool of Hollywood. That’s going to carry weight when voters fill out their ballots.
The rest of the contenders are up-in-the-air and it largely depends on what they respond to in the next few weeks as omicron cancels events and strikes fear into the industry. However, the New Yorker has a significant presence from the announced shortlists with “Les Grandes Claques” and “Under the Heavens,” one of which is bound to break through.
Oscar nominations voting begins on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, and will end on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. The official Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, with the ceremony taking place on Sunday, Mar. 27, 2022.
Precursor Awards Leader: None
Awards Season Calendar
ALL AWARDS CONTENDERS AND RANKINGS:
| AND THE PREDICTED NOMINEES ARE: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| RANK | FILM | DISTRIBUTOR | DIRECTOR |
| 1 | “The Long Goodbye” | WePresent | Aniel Karia |
| 2 | “When the Sun Sets” | HBO | Phumi Morare |
| 3 | “Under the Heavens” | The New Yorker | Gustavo Milan |
| 4 | “Ala Kachuu – Take and Run” | Salaud Morisset | Maria Brendle |
| 5 | “Censor of Dreams” | Salaud Morisset | Raphaël Rodriguez, Léo Berne |
| NEXT IN LINE | |||
| 6 | “You’re Dead Helen” | Daylight Films and Formosa Productions | Michiel Blanchart |
| 7 | “Frimas” | H264 Distribution | Marianne Farley |
| 8 | “The Criminals” | Lights On | Serhat Karaaslan |
| 9 | “Tala’vision” | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg | Murad Abu Eisheh |
| 10 | “Distances” | Cine Comunidad de Madrid | Susan Bejar |
| OTHER TOP-TIER CONTENDERS | |||
| 11 | “The Dress” | DOBRO, MIŁO and GŁOSNO | Tadeusz Lysiak |
| 12 | “Les Grandes Claques” | The New Yorker | Annie St. Pierre |
| 13 | “Please Hold” | Scavenger Entertainment | KD Davila |
| 14 | “Stenofonen” | M&M Productions | Nicolaj Kopernikus |
| 15 | “On My Mind” | Benzona Film | Martin Strange-Hansen |
2022 Academy Awards Predictions
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About the Academy Awards (Oscars)
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, is Hollywood’s most prestigious artistic award in the film industry. Since 1927, nominees and winners have been selected by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Seventeen branches are represented within the near 10,000 person membership. The branches are actors, associates, casting directors, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, documentary, executives, film editors, makeup and hairstylists, marketing and public relations, members-at-large, members-at-large (artists’ representatives), music, producers, production design, short films and feature animation, sound, visual effects and writers.
- The date for the 94th Oscars will be held on Sunday, Mar. 27, 2022
