The 91st Academy Awards are going down Sunday night, so here’s my uneducated predictions for the non-acting awards. I have seen a couple of these movies, so I will still mostly be going on gut feel and word of mouth with just a little bit of personal experience.

Best Original Screenplay

Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Paul Schrader, First Reformed
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, and Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Adam McKay, Vice

I’ve seen none of these films, so this is a total shot in the dark, but I’m going The Favourite, hoping it is the favorite.  (See what I did there?)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters, A Star Is Born

Again, I haven’t seen any of these, but my guess is that Barry Jenkins will take home the award, based on word of mouth.

Best Animated Feature

Incredibles 2
Isle Of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks The Internet
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

Hey, I finally saw one of the nominated films, but not the one I’m picking to win.  By all accounts, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is a sensational film, one which I need to see sooner or later, and it should take home this prize.

Best Cinematography

Lukasz Zal, Cold War
Robbie Ryan, The Favourite
Caleb Deschanel, Never Look Away
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Matthew Libatique, A Star Is Born

Well, again I’ve seen none of these, so I will go with the latest remake of A Star Is Born.

Best Costume Design

Mary Zophres, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther
Sandy Powell, The Favourite
Sandy Powell, Mary Poppins Returns
Alexandra Byrne, Mary Queen of Scots

Typically, I would go for one of the historical films to take home this prize, but I’m hoping that Black Panther breaks through and scores a well-deserved win.

Best Documentary Feature

Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding The Gap
Of Father And Sons
RBG

One of the shocks of the Oscar nominations was the exclusion of Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, the documentary about Mr. Rogers and the role his show played in the lives of children for decades.  Since that isn’t a choice, I’m going with Free Solo, one of the few of these that I’ve even heard of.

Best Documentary Short Subject

Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night At The Garden
Period.  End of Sentence.

This is a total guess for a category that I know nothing about.

Achievement in Film Editing

Barry Alexander Brown, BlacKkKlansman
John Ottman, Bohemian Rhapsody
Patrick J. Don Vito, Green Book
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, The Favourite
Hank Corwin, Vice

Film editing seems like an award that a sweeping war epic should win, but since there aren’t any of those nominated, I’ll pick John Ottman for Bohemian Rhapsody.

Best Foreign Language Film

Capernaum, Lebanon
Cold War, Poland
Never Look Away, Germany
Roma, Mexico
Shoplifters, Japan

A group of films that I have never, and will never, see, but Roma is nominated in other categories, so I’m making an educated guess.

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer, Border
Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks, Mary Queen of Scots
Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney, Vice

Just a guess at this point.

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

BlacKkKlansman, Terence Blanchard
Black Panther, Ludwig Goransson
If Beale Street Could Talk, Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs, Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman

Since Beale Street is home to many a music club in Memphis, I’m guessing the film bearing its name should have some pretty good music going along with it.

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

All The Stars from Black Panther by Kendrick Lamar and SZA
I’ll Fight from RBG by Diane Warren and Jennifer Hudson
The Place Where Lost Things Go from Mary Poppins Returns by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Shallow from A Star Is Born by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice
When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch

This seems like too obvious a choice.

Achievement in Production Design

Black Panther, Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
The Favourite, Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
First Man, Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
Mary Poppins Returns, Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Roma, Production Design: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Bárbara Enríquez

For bringing the technological tapestry of Wakanda to life, I’m picking the team behind Black Panther.

Best Animated Short Film

Animal Behaviour, Alison Snowden and David Fine
Bao, Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb
Late Afternoon, Louise Bagnall and Nuria González Blanco
One Small Step, Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas
Weekends, Trevor Jimenez

Best Live Action Short Film

Detainment, Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon
Fauve, Jérémy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon
Marguerite, Marianne Farley and Marie-Hélène Panisset
Mother, Rodrigo Sorogoyen and María del Puy Alvarado
Skin, Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman

These two picks are based on nothing but pure alchemy.

Achievement in Sound Editing

Black Panther, Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker
Bohemian Rhapsody, John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone
First Man, Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
A Quiet Place, Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
Roma, Sergio Díaz and Skip Lievsay

I’m going to go with A Quiet Place, which dealt with a lack of the normal amount of dialog and still had to maintain its creepy feel.

Achievement in Sound Mixing

Black Panther, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter J. Devlin
Bohemian Rhapsody, Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali
First Man, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis
Roma, Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and José Antonio Garcia
A Star Is Born, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve A. Morrow

Assuming the two music films will cancel each other out, I’ll go with the story of Neil Armstrong and his historic trip to the moon.

Achievement in Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War, Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick
Christopher Robin, Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones and Chris Corbould
First Man, Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm
Ready Player One, Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and David Shirk
Solo: A Star Wars Story, Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy

Having seen three of these films, I could make an argument for any of them, but I’m going with the latest Avengers film, just for the scope of its effects.