Oscars 2022: Final Predictions In Every Category

13. Best Film Editing

Dune Power of the Dog Tammy Faye
Warner Bros.

NOMINEES:

Don't Look Up

Dune

King Richard

The Power of the Dog

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What Should Win: Dune

Joe Walker will hopefully scoop his first win on his third nomination for his sublime work on Dune, truncating Denis Villeneuve's colossal epic down into a pacy, digestible form that encompasses so many characters, plots, and locations.

What Will Win: Dune

Best Film Editing is historically a decent predictor of the Best Picture winner, though that's certainly become less true in recent years, and the sheer ambition and execution of Dune's editing seems unlikely to be unseated, having been the hot favourite basically all season.

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