Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Ajami

Inosan Production (Kino International)

• Best foreign language film (Israel)

Avatar

Lightstorm Entertainment Production (20th Century Fox)

• Art direction
• Cinematography
• Directing
• Film editing
• Original score
• Best picture
• Sound editing
• Sound mixing
• Visual effects

The Blind Side

Alcon Entertainment Production (Warner Bros.)

• Sandra Bullock - Performance by an actress in a leading role
• Best picture

Bright Star

Jan Chapman/Bright Star Films Production (Apparition)

• Costume design

Burma VJ

Magic Hour Films Production (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

• Documentary feature

Coco before Chanel

Haut et Court Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Costume design

Coraline

LAIKA Production (Focus Features)

• Best animated feature film

The Cove

Oceanic Preservation Society Production (Roadside Attractions)

• Documentary feature

Crazy Heart

Informant Media/Butcher’s Run Films Production (Fox Searchlight)

• Jeff Bridges - Performance by an actor in a leading role
• Maggie Gyllenhaal - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
• Original song - “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”

District 9

Block/Hanson Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)

• Film editing
• Best picture
• Visual effects
• Adapted screenplay

An Education

Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Carey Mulligan - Performance by an actress in a leading role
• Best picture
• Adapted screenplay

Fantastic Mr. Fox

American Empirical Production (20th Century Fox)

• Best animated feature film
• Original score

Food, Inc.,

Robert Kenner Films Production (Magnolia Pictures)

• Documentary feature

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Warner Bros. Production (Warner Bros.)

• Cinematography

The Hurt Locker

Voltage Pictures Production (Summit Entertainment)

• Jeremy Renner - Performance by an actor in a leading role
• Cinematography
• Directing
• Film editing
• Original score
• Best picture
• Sound editing
• Sound mixing
• Original screenplay

Il Divo

Indigo Film/Lucky Red/Parco Film/Babe Films Production (MPI Media Group through Music Box)

• Makeup

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Poo Poo Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Art direction
• Costume design

In the Loop

Loop Film/BBC Films and UK Film Council in association with Aramid Entertainment Production (IFC Films)

• Adapted screenplay

Inglourious Basterds

Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production (The Weinstein Company)

• Christoph Waltz - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
• Cinematography
• Directing
• Film editing
• Best picture
• Sound editing
• Sound mixing
• Original screenplay

Invictus

Liberty Pictures Production (Warner Bros.)

• Morgan Freeman - Performance by an actor in a leading role
• Matt Damon - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Julie & Julia

Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)

• Meryl Streep - Performance by an actress in a leading role

The Last Station

Egoli Tossell Film/Zephyr Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Christopher Plummer - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
• Helen Mirren - Performance by an actress in a leading role

The Lovely Bones

Wingnut Films Production (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)

• Stanley Tucci - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

The Messenger

All the King’s Horses Production (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

• Woody Harrelson - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
• Original screenplay

The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)

Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production

• Best foreign language film (Peru)

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Kovno Communications Production

• Documentary feature

Nine

Weinstein Brothers/Marc Platt/Lucamar/Relativity Media Production (The Weinstein Company)

• Penélope Cruz - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
• Art direction
• Costume design
• Original song - “Take It All”

Paris 36

Galatée Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Original song - “Loin de Paname”

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Lee Daniels Entertainment/ Smokewood Entertainment Production (Lionsgate)

• Gabourey Sidibe - Performance by an actress in a leading role
• Mo’Nique - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
• Directing
• Film editing
• Best picture
• Adapted screenplay

The Princess and the Frog

Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney)

• Best animated feature film
• Original song - “Almost There”
• Original song - “Down in New Orleans”

A Prophet (Un Prophète)

Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Best foreign language film (France)

The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)

Haddock Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Best foreign language film (Argentina)

The Secret of Kells

Cartoon Saloon/Les Armateurs/Vivi Film Production (GKIDS)

• Best animated feature film

A Serious Man

Working Title Films Production (Focus Features)

• Best picture
• Original screenplay

Sherlock Holmes

Warner Bros. UK Services Production (Warner Bros.)

• Art direction
• Original score

A Single Man

Fade to Black and Depth of Field Production (The Weinstein Company)

• Colin Firth - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Star Trek

Bad Robot Production (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)

• Makeup
• Sound editing
• Sound mixing
• Visual effects

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Don Murphy/Tom DeSanto/di Bonaventura Pictures/Ian Bryce Production (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount)

• Sound mixing

Up

Pixar Production (Walt Disney)

• Best animated feature film
• Original score
• Best picture
• Sound editing
• Original screenplay

Up in the Air

Montecito Picture Company Production (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

• George Clooney - Performance by an actor in a leading role
• Vera Farmiga - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
• Anna Kendrick - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
• Directing
• Best picture
• Adapted screenplay

Which Way Home

Mr. Mudd Production

• Documentary feature

The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)

X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production (Sony Pictures Classics)

• Cinematography
• Best foreign language film (Germany)

The Young Victoria

GK Films Production (Apparition)

• Art direction
• Costume design
• Makeup