Film Tampa Bay's Oscars Picks

Film Tampa Bay’s Oscars 2022 Picks

There are a lot of great films, directors, actors, editors, hair and makeup artists, and many more arms to a film production to be celebrated on Hollywood’s biggest night. This year’s selection of great films leaves us with a race to pick the winner. Film Tampa Bay is taking a crack at it.

We selected who we think will win the Top 4 Categories at this year’s Academy Awards. This includes Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. We also asked our Instagram followers to weigh in for a ‘Film Tampa Bay Audience Choice.’ Let’s see who earns the bragging rights this awards season.

Tyler’s picks include:

Best Picture: CODA

Ruby is the only hearing member of a deaf family from Gloucester, Massachusetts. At 17, she works mornings before school to help her parents and brother keep their fishing business afloat. But in joining her high school's choir club, Ruby finds herself drawn to both her duet partner and her latent passion for singing.

Best Director: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

A domineering rancher responds with mocking cruelty when his brother brings home a new wife and her son, until the unexpected comes to pass.

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

In the 1970s, Tammy Faye Bakker and her husband, Jim, rise from humble beginnings to create the world's largest religious broadcasting network and theme park. Tammy Faye becomes legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. However, financial improprieties, scheming rivals and a scandal soon threaten to topple their carefully constructed empire.

Hilary’s picks include:

Best Picture: The Power of the Dog

Best Director: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Will Smith (King Richard)

Armed with a clear vision and a brazen, 78-page plan, Richard Williams is determined to write his two daughters, Venus and Serena, into history. Training on tennis courts in Compton, Calif., Richard shapes the girls' unyielding commitment and keen intuition. Together, the Williams family defies seemingly insurmountable odds and the prevailing expectations laid before them.

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

The marriage between Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the queen's estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game, but this year, things will be profoundly different.

Jesse’s picks include:

Best Picture: The Power of the Dog

Best Director: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Audience Choice includes:

Best Picture: Don’t Look Up

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Best Director: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick…Boom!)

Based on the autobiographical musical by playwright Jonathan Larson. It's the story of an aspiring composer in New York City who is worried he made the wrong career choice, whilst navigating the pressures of love and friendship.

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

Tune in to the 94th Academy Awards this Sun, March 27 at 8PM Est. on ABC. The Red Carpet coverage kicks off at 6:30PM Est.