The Ballot 89th Academy Awards ® Best Picture Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay ❑ “Arrival” ❑ “Hell or High Water” ❑ “Lion” ❑ Damien Chazelle, “La La Land” ❑ “Arrival” ❑ “Hell or High Water” ❑ Mel Gibson, “Hacksaw Ridge” ❑ “Fences” ❑ “La La Land” ❑ “Fences” ❑ “Hidden Figures” ❑ “Manchester by the Sea” ❑ Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight” ❑ “Hidden Figures” ❑ “The Lobster” ❑ “Hacksaw Ridge” ❑ “La La Land” ❑ “Moonlight” ❑ Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea” ❑ “Lion” ❑ “Manchester by the Sea” ❑ Denis Villeneuve, “Arrival” ❑ “Moonlight” ❑ “20th Century Women” Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Animated Feature ❑ Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea” ❑ Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight” ❑ Isabelle Huppert, “Elle” ❑ Viola Davis, “Fences” ❑ “Kubo and the Two Strings” ❑ Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge” ❑ Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water” ❑ Ruth Negga, “Loving” ❑ Naomie Harris, “Moonlight” ❑ “Moana” ❑ Ryan Gosling, “La La Land” ❑ Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea” ❑ Natalie Portman, “Jackie” ❑ Nicole Kidman, “Lion” ❑ “My Life as a Zucchini” ❑ Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic” ❑ Dev Patel, “Lion” ❑ Emma Stone, “La La Land” ❑ Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures” ❑ “The Red Turtle” ❑ Denzel Washington in “Fences” ❑ Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals” ❑ Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins” ❑ Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea” ❑ “Zootopia” Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short Best Film Editing ❑ “Arrival,” Bradford Young ❑ “Allied,” Joanna Johnston ❑ “Fire at Sea” ❑ “Extremis” ❑ “Arrival,” Joe Walker ❑ “La La Land,” Linus Sandgren ❑ “Fantastic Beasts…,” Colleen Atwood ❑ “I Am Not Your Negro” ❑ “4.1 Miles” ❑ “Hacksaw Ridge,” John Gilbert ❑ “Lion,” Greig Fraser ❑ “Florence Foster Jenkins,” Consolata Boyle ❑ “Life, Animated” ❑ “Joe’s Violin” ❑ “Hell or High Water,” Jake Roberts ❑ “Moonlight,” James Laxton ❑ “Jackie,” Madeline Fontaine ❑ “O.J.: Made in America” ❑ “Watani: My Homeland” ❑ “La La Land,” Tom Cross ❑ “Silence,” Rodrigo Prieto ❑ “La La Land,” Mary Zophres ❑ “13th” ❑ “The White Helmets” ❑ “Moonlight,” Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon Best Foreign Language Film Best Makeup & Hairstyling Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Production Design ❑ “Land of Mine” (Denmark) ❑ “A Man Called Ove,” Eva von Bahr & Love Larson ❑ “Jackie,” Mica Levi ❑ “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land” ❑ “Arrival” ❑ “A Man Called Ove” (Sweden) ❑ “Star Trek Beyond,” Joel Harlow ❑ “La La Land,” Justin Hurwitz ❑ “Can’t Stop The Feeling” from “Trolls” ❑ “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” ❑ “The Salesman” (Iran) & Richard Alonzo ❑ “Lion,” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka ❑ “City Of Stars” from “La La Land” ❑ “Hail, Caesar!” ❑ “Tanna” (Australia) ❑ “Suicide Squad,” Alessandro Bertolazzi, ❑ “Moonlight,” Nicholas Britell ❑ “The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story” ❑ “La La Land” ❑ “Toni Erdmann” (Germany) Giorgio Gregorini & Christopher Nelson ❑ “Passengers,” Thomas Newman ❑ “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana” ❑ “Passengers” Best Short, Animated Best Short, Live-Action Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Visual Effects ❑ “Blind Vaysha” ❑ “Ennemis Intérieurs” ❑ “Arrival” ❑ “Arrival” ❑ “Deepwater Horizon” ❑ “Borrowed Time” ❑ “La Femme et le TGV” ❑ “Deepwater Horizon” ❑ “Hacksaw Ridge” ❑ “Doctor Strange” ❑ “Pear Cider and Cigarettes” ❑ “Silent Nights” ❑ “Hacksaw Ridge” ❑ “La La Land” ❑ “The Jungle Book” ❑ “Pearl” ❑ “Sing” ❑ “La La Land” ❑ “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” ❑ “Kubo and the Two Strings” ❑ “Piper” ❑ “Timecode” ❑ “Sully” ❑ “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” ❑ “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” The Oscars® are Sunday, February 26, 2017. Look for full coverage at ThePeoplesCritic.net. @Peoples_Critic /thepeoplescriticpage.