Oscars 2022: Final Predictions In Every Category

NOMINEES - Best Animated Short:

Affairs of the Art

Bestia

Boxballet

Robin Robin

The Windshield Wiper

What Should Win: The Windshield Wiper

This snappy 14-minute meditation on the nature of love is by far the most eye-popping and imaginative of the nominees.

What Will Win: Robin Robin

Aardman's adorable animated short is by far the best-known of the five and, as available on Netflix, also the one most people are likely to have watched.

If voters get lazy, which they often do in these categories, they'll take the path of least resistance.

NOMINEES - Best Documentary Short:

Audible

Lead Me Home

The Queen of Basketball

Three Songs for Benazir

When We Were Bullies

What Should Win: The Queen of Basketball

Ben Proudfoot's profile of women's basketball legend Lusia Harris is simply constructed but brilliant through sheer virtue of its iconic subject alone.

What Will Win: The Queen of Basketball

Oscar voters will probably get this right - it's the most buzzed-about of the nominees, with a relevant narrative that's easy to latch onto.

NOMINEES - Best Live-Action Short:

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run

The Dress

The Long Goodbye

On My Mind

Please Hold

What Should Win: On My Mind

This blackly funny Danish short about a man attempting to sing karaoke for his dying wife is the most surprisingly affecting and unforgettable of the five.

What Will Win: The Long Goodbye

Nothing grabs voters' attention like the presence of an A-list actor, and so the Riz Ahmed-starring The Long Goodbye - a short about prejudice and racism in modern Britain - has an easy leg-up.