Collage by Chloe Leeson

Here at SQ we tend to take most award shows with a pinch of salt considering they are usually fall under the headings ‘sexist’ and ‘racist’, but it’s always a good bit of fun to sit around and guess who will win. But here we’ve done it a little differently, we’ve separated who we ‘want’ to win and who ‘will’ win, a nice kind of contrast between our own preferences and an attempt to step into the mind of an old white man.

ASHLEY WOODVINE

BEST PICTURE

WANT: Boyhood WILL: Birdman

BEST ACTOR

WANT: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) WILL: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

BEST ACTRESS

WANT: Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) WILL: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WANT: Edward Norton (Birdman) WILL: J.K Simmons (Whiplash)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WANT: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) WILL: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

BEST DIRECTOR

WANT: Richard Linklater (Boyhood) WILL: Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

WANT: Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman) WILL: Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman)

EDITING

WANT: Sandra Aidar (Boyhood), Tom Cross (Whiplash)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

WANT: Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel) WILL: Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything)

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

WANT: Wes Anderson and Hugo Guiness (The Grand Budapest Hotel) WILL: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo (Birdman)

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

WIN: Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) WILL: Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)

CAROLINE MADDEN

BEST PICTURE

WANT: Boyhood WILL: Boyhood

BEST ACTOR

WANT: Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) or Michael Keaton (Birdman) WILL: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS

WANT: Julianne Moore (Still Alice) WANT: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WANT: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) WILL: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WANT: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) WILL: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

BEST DIRECTOR

WANT: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman) WILL: Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

WANT: Ida WILL: The Grand Budapest Hotel

EDITING

WANT: Whiplash WILL: Boyhood

ORIGINAL SCORE

WANT: Interstellar WILL: The Theory of Everything

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

WANT: Whiplash WILL: The Imitation Game

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

WANT: NIghtcrawler WILL: Birdman

CHLOE LEESON:

BEST PICTURE

WANT: Birdman WILL: Boyhood

BEST ACTOR

WANT: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) WILL: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

BEST ACTRESS

WANT: Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) WILL: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WANT: J.K Simmons (Whiplash) WILL: J.K Simmons (Whiplash)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WANT: Emma Stone (Birdman) WILL: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

BEST DIRECTOR

WANT: Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel) WILL: Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

WANT: The Grand Budapest Hotel WILL: The Grand Budapest Hotel

EDITING

WANT: Whiplash WILL: Boyhood

ORIGINAL SCORE

WANT: Interstellar WILL: The Grand Budapest Hotel

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

WANT: The Theory of Everything WILL: The Imitation Game

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

So so happy with all of these choices I don’t care (but not Foxcatcher, cause its the only one I haven’t seen)

HANNAH RYAN

BEST PICTURE

WANT: Selma WILL: Birdman

BEST ACTOR

WANT: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) WILL: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

BEST ACTRESS

WANT: Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) WILL: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WANT: JK Simmons (Whiplash) WILL: JK Simmons (Whiplash)

BETS ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WANT: Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game) WILL: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

BEST DIRECTOR

WANT: Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel) WILL: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

WANT: Ida WILL: Birdman

EDITING

WANT: Whiplash WILL: Boyhood

ORIGINAL SCORE

WANT: The Theory of Everything WILL: Interstellar

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

WANT: Whiplash WILL: American Sniper

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

WANT: Birdman WILL: Boyhood

CRISTINA VAZQUEZ DE MERCADO

BEST PICTURE

WANT: Birdman WILL: Birdman

BEST ACTOR

WANT: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) WILL: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

BEST ACTRESS

WANT: Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) WILL: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WANT: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) WILL: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WANT: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) WILL: Patricia Arquette  (Boyhood)

BEST DIRECTOR

WANT: Richard Linklater (Boyhood) WILL: Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

WANT: Birdman WILL: Birdman

EDITING

WANT: Whiplash WILL: Boyhood/Birdman

ORIGINAL

WANT: The Grand Budapest Hotel WILL: Interstellar

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

WANT: The Imitation Game WILL: The Theory of Everything

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

WANT: The Grand Budapest Hotel WILL: Birdman