When sophomore Izzy Kanne attended film club’s Oscar viewing party and filled out a ballot guessing the winners of awards, she said it was harder than she had anticipated.

“There were a lot of categories that I wasn’t really familiar with so it was hard. I had to guess a lot. But it was still fun to just do that and be there,” Kanne said.

Senior film club co-president Ben Romain said the club had a party March 4 and watched the Academy Awards together while filling out a ballot.

“We made these sheets with all the nominees on it. We then had people pick out what they think was going to win beforehand and saw who won. We also had snacks and things like that,” Romain said.

Junior Ethan Hoeschen said he went to the viewing party after seeing multiple best picture nominations and was eager to discuss with peers.

“I did well in the ballot because ‘The Shape of Water’ crushed it so I got those right,” Hoeschen said. “I got a whole page of guesses wrong, which wasn’t great but I ended up doing OK. It was pretty fun.

According to Romain, the club prepared before the Academy Awards by attempting to watch all the best picture nominations.

“We have been going to the theaters and seeing Oscar nominated movies,” Romain said. “We have seen ‘Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri’ and ‘The Shape of Water.’”

Romain said film club saw the nominations together knowing they would be watching and predicting the Academy Awards as a club.

“It’s really fun to see the nominations, especially in a group. It’s nice to be able to see some beforehand and have an actual opinion about the Oscars (when we) watch them together,” Romain said.

According to Kanne, who saw “The Shape of Water” with the film club, it’s important to see and know more about the Oscar nominations in order to better understand the results of the award show.

“We wanted to have background knowledge about the movies up for best picture so we could form own opinions about them,” Kanne said.

Romain said the viewing party was a success because of the increased attendance and the ballot that was held.

“It went pretty well. A decent amount of people showed up. It was a good time,” Romain said.

Romain said he hopes film club continues to develop and expand without him and the other senior members of the club.

“(I hope) there will be more frequent meetings and more people joining next year,” Romain said.

Kanne said she is looking forward to next year and hopes film club continues to throw Oscar viewing parties because it was a new and good experience for her.

“(I would) definitely go again because it was fun to watch the Oscars with my peers that I went to see some of the movies with,” Kanne said.

The next film club meeting will be held March 29, in A316 where they will watch and discuss a surprise film.