2016 Academy Awards Winners

BEST PICTURE
Spotlight

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Brie Larson, Room

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Inside Out

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jenny Beavan, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST DIRECTING
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness

BEST FILM EDITING
Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Son of Saul (Hungary)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight

BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG
"Writing's on the Wall", Music and Lyric by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes, Spectre

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Colin Gibson (Production Design), Katie Sharrock and Lisa Thompson (Set Decoration), Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED
Bear Story

BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION
Stutterer

BEST SOUND EDITING
Mark Mangini and David White, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SOUND MIXING
Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett, Ex Machina

BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short

BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Comparison between My Prediction and Winner: 14/24
Comment: This year is a harder year to predict because of the close calls in many categories. Mad Max: Fury Road take five technical awards without major wins but it shows the love from the Academy anyway. It is really surprise that Spotlight takes the Best Picture at the end. Mark Rylance is a great win though. We did not expect Ex Machina can take that technical award as well. Too many surprises and I am quite happy for it. LOOK FORWARD TO THE 2017 OSCARS!!