The Ithacan’s top film critics list their predictions for the 2007 Academy Awards, airing at 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC.

Harry Shuldman’s picks

Actor: Forest Whitaker “The Last King of Scotland”
Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg, “The Departed”
Actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Animated Feature: “Cars”
Art Direction: “The Prestige”
Cinematography: “Children of Men”
Costume Design: “The Devil Wears Prada”
Directing: Paul Greengrass, “United 93”
Documentary Feature: “An Inconvenient Truth”
Documentary Short Subject: “The Blood of Yingzhou District”
Film Editing: “The Departed”
Foreign Language Film: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Makeup: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Original Score: “Babel”
Original Song: Melissa Etheridge, “I Need to Wake Up”
Best Picture: “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Animated Short Film: “Lifted”
Live Action Short Film: “West Bank Story”
Sound Editing: “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Sound Mixing: “Flags of Our Fathers”
Visual Effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
Adapted Screenplay: “Borat”
Original Screenplay: “Pan’s Labyrinth”

Miranda Pennington’s picks

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Best Supporting Actress: Jennfer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
Animated Feature: “Happy Feet”
Art Direction: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Cinematography: “The Prestige”
Costume Design: “Curse of the Golden Flower”
Directing: “The Departed”
Documentary Feature: “An Inconvenient Truth”
Film Editing: “The Departed”
Foreign Language Film: “Water”
Makeup: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Original Score: “Notes on a Scandal”
Original Song: “Dreamgirls,” “Love You I Do”
Best Picture: “Little Miss Sunshine”
Animated Short Film: “Little Matchgirl”
Live Action Short Film: “West Bank Story”
Sound Editing: “Apocalypto”
Sound Mixing: “Dreamgirls”
Visual Effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean”
Adapted Screenplay: “Notes on a Scandal”
Original Screenplay: “Little Miss Sunshine”

Ben Tietz’s picks

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
Animated Feature: “Happy Feet”
Art Direction: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Cinematography: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Costume Design: “Dreamgirls”
Directing: “The Departed”
Documentary Feature: “An Inconvenient Truth”
Foreign Language Film: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Original Score: “The Queen”
Original Song: “Dreamgirls,” “Listen”
Best Picture: “Little Miss Sunshine”
Visual Effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
Adapted Screenplay: “The Departed”
Original Screenplay: “Little Miss Sunshine”