The Oscar Awards will be held on March 27, 2022 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Despite the inconveniences generated by the pandemic, the most important gala of the seventh art already has the list of nominees who will compete to have the statuettes awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The gala, which will be face-to-face, is a reason for the predictions about the winners to be present. Different critics have expressed who are the favorites to win the five most relevant categories of the Oscars, in this 2022.
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Who are the favorites to win the 2022 Oscar?
Best Actor – Favorites Oscar 2022
This could be the year of Will Smith. His performance in The Williams Method, where he plays the father of Serena and Venus Williams, has earned him praise from critics and audiences. Another of the favorite actors to win the statuette is Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog.
Best Actor – 2022 Oscar Nominees
- Will Smith for King Richard
- Javier Bardem for Being the Ricardos
- Andrew Garfield for Tick, tick…boom!
- Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog
- Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress – Favorites Oscar 2022
Kristen Stewart surprised the public with her interpretation of Lady Di in Spencer. Although her choice to play Princess Diana was criticized at first, her performance convinced the specialized press. Other favorite actresses to win the category are Penelope Cruz or Nicole Kidman for participating in Parallel Mothers and Being the Ricardos, respectively.
Best Actress – 2022 Oscar Nominees
- Kristen Stewart for Spencer
- Penelope Cruz for Parallel Mothers
- Olivia Colman for The Lost Daughter
- Nicole Kidman for Being the Ricardos
- Jessica Chastain for The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Best film – Oscar favorites 2022
The power of the dog, based on the novel of the same name, is the favorite film to win the most important category of the Oscars. Other options, among the 10 competing films, to win the award are West side story or Dune, feature films popular with the public.
Best Film – 2022 Oscar Nominees
- Belfast
- CODA
- dunes
- king richard
- liqueur pizza
- drive my car
- Don’t look up
- west side story
- Nightmare Alley
- The power of the dog
Best International Film – Favorites Oscar 2022
Drive my car, tape based on one of the stories written by the Japanese Haruki Murakami and candidate in 2021 for the Nobel Prize in Literature, it is the production that stands out the most on the list of five nominees for Best International Film. However, critics also place The worst person in the world as its direct competitor at the gala.
Best International Film – 2022 Oscar Nominees
- Flee (Denmark)
- Drive my car (Japan)
- The hand of god (Italy)
- Lunana: a yak in the classroom (Bhutan)
- The worst person in the world (Norway)
Best Director – Favorites Oscar 2022
Ryusuke Hamaguchi is one of the favorites to win the Oscar for best director for Drive my car. The Japanese competes against Steven Spielberg or Jane Campion, popular filmmakers of the seventh art.
Best Director – 2022 Oscar Nominees
- Kenneth Branagh for Belfast
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi for Drive My Car
- Paul Thomas Anderson for Licorice Pizza
- Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
- Steven Spielberg for Westside Story