Final 2023 Oscar Predictions: Animated Feature, International Feature, Documentary Feature | Awards Insights
17177
post-template-default,single,single-post,postid-17177,single-format-standard,qode-quick-links-1.0,ajax_fade,page_not_loaded,,qode-theme-ver-11.0,qode-theme-bridge,wpb-js-composer js-comp-ver-5.1.1,vc_responsive

Final 2023 Oscar Predictions: Animated Feature, International Feature, Documentary Feature

Final 2023 Oscar Predictions: Animated Feature, International Feature, Documentary Feature

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

This is one of those categories that you really can’t overthink. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio has won every single major precursor in this category and will be winning this Oscar as well. It will be the third Oscar of his career. I feel like this year sneakily had one of the best animated feature slates of the last few years. ‘Pinocchio’, ‘Marcel’, and ‘Puss’ all are some of the top 15 films of the year and are all fantastic in their own right.

Nominees:

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – GG, BAFTA, PGA, Annie, CCA

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Annie (Indie)

Turning Red

The Sea Beast

Pick: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

This one seems pretty obvious. All Quiet on the Western Front is the only Best Picture nominee of the bunch and is a serious contender in multiple other categories as well; it has this in the bag.

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front – BAFTA (Best Film as well)

Argentina, 1985 – GG

Close

The Quiet Girl

EO

Pick: All Quiet on the Western Front

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

No winner in this category in the past seven years has won without a nomination at both BAFTA and DGA and a win in one of the genre documentary categories at the Critics Choice Awards, and the only nominees that fit that criteria is Navalny and Fire of Love. The Academy has also shown a bias against films composed mostly of archival material in this category which hurts Fire of Love and gives the edge to Navalny, which feels like exactly the type of political documentary the Academy likes to award here.

Nominees: 

Navalny – PGA, BAFTA

Fire of Love – DGA, ACE

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

All That Breathes

The House Made of Splinters

Pick: Navalny