Oscars 2026: who will win? Predictions from the Première editorial staff

One Battle After Another or Sinners? Timothée Chalamet or Michael B. Jordan? It is this evening that the 98th Academy Awards will deliver its verdict. Here are the ones we think and hope to see leave with a statuette in their hands…

With the multitude of awards handed out to one another for months, it always feels like the Oscars are over before they even begin. That we can guess almost everyone who will leave with the famous statuette. This year again, certain categories appear without much suspense and it is difficult to see Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) Or KPop Demon Hunters not triumphing respectively in best actress and best animated film. But, for the rest, everything does not necessarily seem to be settled. One battle after another appears to be a favorite but, buoyed by his record number of nominations (16), Sinners wouldn’t he come and top him on the post? What about also the best actor category where, while he seemed the clear favorite for months, Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme) and his disruptive campaign will he be the victim of a comeback offering Michael B. Jordan his first Oscar for his first nomination? Answers during the night of Sunday and Monday to Tuesday where we will obviously also watch for the fate reserved for the films competing under the French banner. A simple accident in foreign language film, Arco and Amélie and the metaphysics of tubes in animated feature films, Two people exchanging saliva by Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata in short fiction film and Butterfly by Florence Miailhe as an animated short film.

Best film

• He will have it: One battle after another
• We would like him to have it: One battle after another

Best Director

• He’s going to get it: Paul Thomas Anderson for One battle after another
• We wish he had it: Paul Thomas Anderson for One battle after another

Best Actor

• He’s going to get it: Michael B. Jordan, for Sinners
• We would like him to have it: Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme

Best actress

• She’s going to get it: Jessie Buckley for Hamnet
• We wish she had it: Rose Byrne for If I had legs, I’d kick you

Best Supporting Actor

• He’s going to get it: Sean Penn for for One battle after another
• We wish he had it: Benicio del Toro for for One battle after another

Best Supporting Actress

• She’s going to get it: Teyana Taylor for for One battle after another
• We wish she had it: Amy Madigan for Fainted

Best Original Screenplay

• He will have it: Sinners– Ryan Coogler
• We would like him to have it: Sinners– Ryan Coogler

Best Adapted Screenplay

• She’s going to get it: Hamnet– Chloe Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, adapted from Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
• We would like him to have it: One battle after another – Paul Thomas Anderson, adapted from Vineland by Thomas Pynchon

Best Animated Film

• He will have it: KPop Demon hunters
• We would like him to have it: Arco

Best International Film

• He will have it: The Secret Agent
• We would like him to have it: A simple accident

Best music

• He will have it: Sinners– Ludwig Göransson
• We would like him to have it: Sinners– Ludwig Göransson