Oscars predictions: Who should win vs who will win in 2021

It's been an unpredictable year for filmmakers and film fans alike, making it harder to bet on who'll take home Oscars at the 2021 Academy Awards on April 25 (02h00 on April 26 SA time).

These are my best attempts:

BEST DIRECTOR:

Nominees: Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round); David Fincher (Mank); Lee Isaac Chung (Minari); Chloé Zhao (Nomadland); Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman).

Who should win: David Fincher.

Who could win: Lee Isaac Chung.

Who will win: Chloé Zhao.

BEST PICTURE:

Nominees: The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, Nomadland,Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Who should win: The Father.

Who could win: Judas and the Black Messiah.

Who will win: Nomadland.

BEST ACTOR:

Nominees: Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal); Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom); Anthony Hopkins (The Father); Gary Oldman (Mank); Steven Yeun (Minari).

Who should win: Anthony Hopkins

Who could win: Gary Oldman

Who will win: Chadwick Boseman

BEST ACTRESS:

Nominees: Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), Andra Day (The United States v Billie Holiday), Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman), Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman).

Who should win: Frances McDormand.

Who could win: Viola Davis.

Who will win: Frances McDormand.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Nominees: Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah), Leslie Odom jnr (One Night in Miami), Paul Raci (Sound of Metal), LaKeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah).

Who should win: Daniel Kaluuya.

Who could win: LaKeith Stanfield.

Who will win: Daniel Kaluuya.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Nominees: Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy), Olivia Colman (The Father), Amanda Seyfried (Mank), Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari).

Who should win: Maria Bakalova.

Who could win: Glenn Close.

Who Will Win: Yuh-Jung Youn.