Performance by an actor in a leading role

Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)

Other nominees:

• George Clooney in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Colin Firth in "A Single Man" (The Weinstein Company)
• Morgan Freeman in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
• Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)

Other nominees:

• Matt Damon in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
• Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
• Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones" (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)

Other nominees:

• Helen Mirren in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Carey Mulligan in "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
• Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia" (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

            Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

            Other nominees:

• Penélope Cruz in "Nine" (The Weinstein Company)
• Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
• Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

Best animated feature film of the year

            "Up" (Walt Disney) directed by Pete Docter

            Other nominees:

•          “Coraline" (Focus Features)  Henry Selick    

•          "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox) Wes Anderson       

•          "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney) John Musker and Ron Clements

•          "The Secret of Kells" (GKIDS) Tomm Moore

Achievement in art direction

            "Avatar" (20th Century Fox)

Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg

Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

Other nominees:        

•          "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro

Set Decoration: Caroline Smith

•          "Nine" (The Weinstein Company)

Art Direction: John Myhre

Set Decoration: Gordon Sim

•          "Sherlock Holmes" (Warner Bros.)

Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood

Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

•          "The Young Victoria" (Apparition)

Art Direction: Patrice Vermette

Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Achievement in cinematography

            “Avatar” (20th Century Fox) - Mauro Fiore

Other nominees:

•          “Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince” (Warner Bros) – Bruno Delbonnel

•          “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Barry Ackroyd

•          “Iglorious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Robert Richardson

•          “The White Ribbon” (Sony Pictures Classic) – Christian Berger     

Achievement in costume design

“The Young Victoria” (Apparition) – Sandy Powell

Other nominees:

·         “Bright Star” (Apparition) – Janet Patterson

·         “Coco Before Chanel” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Catherine Leterrier

·         “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” (Sony Pictures Classics) - Monique Prudhomme

·         “Nine” (The Weinstein Company) – Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing

“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Katherine Bigelow

Other nominees:

• “Avatar” (20^th Century Fox) – James Cameron
•  “Iglorious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Quentin Tarrantino
•   “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire ” (Lionsgate) – Lee Daniels
•   “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) – Jason Reitman

Best documentary feature

"The Cove" (Roadside Attractions) An Oceanic Preservation Society Production

Other nominees:

·         "Burma VJ” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) A Magic Hours Films Production – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller

·         "Food, Inc" (Magnolia Pictures) A Robert Kenner Films Production: Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein

·         "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Dan Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" A Kovno Communications Production: Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith

·         "Which Way Home" A Mr Mudd Production: Rebecca Cammisa

Best documentary short subject

"Music By Prudence" An iThemba Production: Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Other nominees:

·         "China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”  A Downtown Community Television Center Production – Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

·         "The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"  A Just Media Production – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher

·         "The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant" A Community Media Production: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

·         "Rabbit à la Berlin" (Deckert Distribution) An MS Films Production: Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Achievement in film editing

“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Other nominees:

• “Avatar” (20^th Century Fox) – Stephen Rivkin, john Refoua and James Cameron
• “District 9” (Sony Pictures Release) – Julian Clarke
•  “Iglorious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Sally Menke
•  “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire ” (Lionsgate) – Joe Klotz

Best foreign language film of the year

“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haddock Films Production – Argentina

Other nominees:

·         “Ajami” (Kino International) An Inosan Production – Israel

·          “The Milk of Sorrow” A Wanda Visión / Oberon Cinematogràfica / Vela Production – Peru

·         “Un Prophète” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Why Not / Page 114/ Chic Films Production – France

·         “The White Ribbon” (Sony Pictures Classics) An X Filme Creative Pool / Wega Film/ Les Films du Losange / Lucky Red Production – Germany

Achievement in makeup

"Star Trek" (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment): Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Other nominees:

·         "Il Divo" (MPI Media Group through Music Box) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano

·         "The Young Victoria" (Apparition): Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Up ” (Walt Disney) – Michael Giacchino

            Other nominees:

• “Avatar” (20^th Century Fox) – James Horner
• “Fantastic Mr Fox”(20^th Century Fox) – Alexandre Desplat
• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
• “Sherlock Holmes” (Warner Bros) – Hans Zimmer

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight): Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Other nominees:

·         "Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

·         "Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney): Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

·         "Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36" (Sony Pictures Classics): Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyric by Frank Thomas

·         "Take It All" from "Nine" (The Weinstein Company): Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston

Best motion picture of the year

"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) A Voltage Pictures Production:  Producers

Other nominations:

·         "Avatar" (20^th Century Fox) A Lightstorm Entertainment Production: James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

·         "The Blindside" (Warner Bros) An Alcon Entertainment Production Producers

·         "District 9" (Sony Pictures Release) A Block/Hanson Production: Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers

·         "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics) A  Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production: Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey Producers

·         "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) A Weinstein Company/ Universal Pictures/ A Band Apart/ Zehnte Babelsberg Production: Lawrence Bender, Producer

·         "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire" (Lionsgate) A Lee Daniels Entertainment/ Smokewood Entertainment Production: Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers

·         "A Serious Man" (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers

·         "Up" (Walt Disney) A  Pixar Production: Jonas Rivera, Producer

·         "Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) A Montecito Picture Company Production: Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Best animated short film

            "Logorama” (Autour de Minuit) An Autour de Minuit Production: Nicholas Schmerkin

Other nominees:

·         "French Roast" A Pumpkin Factory/ Bibo Films Production: Fabrice O Joubert

·         "Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty" (Brown Bag Films) A Brown Bag Films Production: Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell

·         "The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)" A Kandor Graphics and Green Moon Production: Javier Recio Gracia

·         "A Matter of Loaf and Death" (Aardman Animations) An Aardman Animations Production: Nick Park

Best live action short film

“The New Tenants” A Park Pictures and M&M Production: Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Other nominees:

·         "The Door" (Network Ireland Television) An Octagon Films Production: Juanita Wilson and James Flynn

·         "Instead of Abracadabra" (The Swedish Film Institute) A Directörn & Fabrikörn Production: Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström

·         "Kavi" A  Gregg Helvey Production: Gregg Helvey

·         "Miracle Fish"  (Premium Films)A Druid Films Production: Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey

Achievement in sound editing

“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Paul N J Ottosson

Other nominees:

• “Avatar” (20^th Century Fox) – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• “Iglorious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Wylie Stateman
• “Star Trek ” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
• “Up” (Walt Disney) – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Achievement in sound mixing

“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) – Paul N J Ottosson and Ray Beckett

            Other nominees:

• “Avatar” (20^th Century Fox) – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
• “Iglorious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company) – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
• “Star Trek ” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J Devlin
• "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount): Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Achievement in visual effects

“Avatar” (20^th Century Fox) – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R Jones

Other nominees:

•  “District 9” (Sony Pictures Release) – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
• “Star Trek ” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Adapted screenplay

"Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire" (Lionsgate): Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Other nominees:

·         "District 9" (Sony Pictures Release): Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell

·         "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics): Screenplay by Nick Hornby

·         "In the Loop" (IFC Films): Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche

·         "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios): Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Original screenplay

"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment): Written by Mark Boal

Other nominations:

·         "Inglorious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company): Written by Quentin Tarantino

·         "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Laboratories): Written by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman

·         "A Serious Man" (Focus Features): Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

·         "Up" (Walt Disney): Screenplay by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson and Tom McCarthy