Oscars 2017: Who Should Win Every Award (And Who Actually Will)

11. Achievement In Cinematography

Oscars Casey Affleck Denzel Washington
Paramount Pictures

Nominees: Arrival, La La Land, Lion, Moonlight, Silence

Who Should Win

La La Land.

A tough call this, because Bradford Young does some stunning work on Arrival (and the other contenders are rather great too), but I feel that Linus Sandgren does enough to edge it. La La Land just looks utterly gorgeous and magical, and the final sequence alone makes him the worthy victor.

Who Will Win

La La Land.

It's another close one, especially with four newcomers to the field (Silence's Rodrigo Prieto is the only previous nominee), but La La Land is likely to pick up the majority of technical awards it's nominated for, and it's hard to see that changing here.

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