So the last little bit of catch-up admin I wanted to do before I do my Oscar nominations predictions was to detail and briefly discuss the nominations from two of the major guilds which came out last week. These will certainly help with my predictions for two major categories, being as they are the nominations from the Directors Guild Awards and the Producers Guild Awards.
DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS (DGA)
The film nominees for the 78th Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards were announced on Thursday 8th January 2026:
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film
Hasan Hadi (The President's Cake)
Harry Lighton (Pillion)
Charlie Polinger (The Plague)
Alex Russell (Lurker)
Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Mstyslav Chernov (2000 Meters to Andriivka)
Geeta Gandbhir (The Perfect Neighbor)
Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni (Cutting Through Rocks)
Elizabeth Lo (Mistress Dispeller)
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus (Cover-Up)
In my mind, Anderson, Coogler, del Toro, and Zhao are virtually confirmed for the Oscar nod; the sticking point is going to be whether Safdie joins them or whether the fifth place will go to Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value. Whilst Trier misses out here, he has received Best Director nods at the Critics' Choice and the Golden Globes. Safdie also received a nod at the Critics' Choice. Either way, it feels a bit superfluous to be worrying: it's almost certainly going to be Paul Thomas Anderson who wins in the end.
The DGA Awards ceremony is on Saturday 7th February 2026.
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PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS (PGA)
The film nominees for the 37th Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards were announced on Friday 9th January 2026:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
Weapons
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
The Bad Guys 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Zootopia 2
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
(previously announced)
The Alabama Solution
Cover-Up
Mr Nobody Against Putin
My Mom Jayne
Ocean with David Attenborough
The Perfect Neighbor
The Tale of Silyan
So the surprises here are F1 and Weapons; for the rest of awards season, the latter has been flagged up for Amy Madigan's performance whilst the former has been recognised in many below-the-line technical awards (usually sound and editing). It's the first either film has received a Best Picture equivalent nod. I don't know if the Academy will necessarily follow suit but we have less than a week to find out.
The PGA Awards will be handed out on Saturday 28th February 2026.
Before I forget, there's one last stop we will be making on the awards season trail before we get to the Oscar nominations, and that will be the nominations for this year's Razzies which- as is tradition- are due out the day before the Oscar nominations (so the cinematic crocks of crap they're dishonouring will be revealed on Wednesday 21st January 2026).
As I now have all the information I will have to do my Oscar nomination predictions, I might do them early next week rather than waiting til Wednesday. Keep your eyes out for them.
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