Second Annual Talkie Awards! We go through an extensive town-hall style debate to see which movies should win in every category of the 2018 Academy Awards. The winners… may surprise you. The discussion… just may save your life. Part 1 has the specialty categories and technical awards. Part 2 (later in the week) will have writing/acting/directing and Best Picture. > Direct podcast RSS feed: here! > Contact: email, Facebook (movies, TV, games), and Twitter! > Check out The Media By Us Facebook Page too! > Review us on iTunes, Google Play, or anywhere! Below is The Media By Us Oscar vote; we indicate a winner along with the vote totals (and the runner up, where possible): Documentary Short: Knife Skills (2-1-1, Heroin(e), Heaven is a Traffic Jam) Animated Short: Lou (3-1, Revolting Rhymes) Live Action Short: Dekalb Elementary (3-1, The Silent Child) Documentary: Faces Places (2-1-1, Icarus, Strong Island*) Animated Film: Coco (3-1, The Breadwinner) Foreign Language: OFFICIAL PROTEST** (1-1-1-1, The Square, On Body and Soul, A Fantastic Woman, Loveless) Sound Editing: Dunkirk (3-1, Blade Runner 2049) Sound Mixing: Baby Driver (3-1, Blade Runner 2049) Visual Effects: Blade Runner 2049 (4-0) Production Design: Blade Runner 2049 (3-1, The Shape of Water) Costume Design: Phantom Thread (3-1, Beauty and the Beast) Makeup/Hair: Wonder (3-1, Darkest Hour) Original Song: "Remember Me" (Coco) (4-0) Original Score: Dunkirk (3-1, Phantom Thread) Cinematography: Blade Runner 2049 (2-1-1, Mudbound, Darkest Hour) Film Editing: Dunkirk (3-1, Baby Driver) *Quasi-Almost Protest: TJ for Strong Island. **Official Protest: Only 2 nominees available to watch at the time. Boo. Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante. > Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers > Outro song "Extemporaneous Birth" courtesy of Boo Reefa