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Total Entries: 85

Documentary Short

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement (Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin)
God is the Bigger Elvis (Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson)
Incident in New Baghdad (James Spione)
Saving Face (Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy)
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen)

Short Film (Animated)

Dimanche/Sunday (Patrick Doyon)
The Fantastic Flying Books o9f Mr. Morris Lessmore (William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg)
La Luna (Enrico Casarosa)
A Morning Stroll (Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe)
Wild Life (Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby)

Flim Editing

The Artist (Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius)
The Descendants (Kevin Tent)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall)
Hugo Thelma Schoonmaker)
Moneyball (Christopher Tellefsen)

Sound Editing

Drive (Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Ren Klyce)
Hugo (Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty)
Traansformers: Dark of the Moon (Ethan Van der Ryn and Gary Rydstrom)
War Horse (Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom)

Actress in a leading role

Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)

Actress in a supporting role

Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Janet McTeer (Albert Noobs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Short Film (Live Action)

Pentecost (Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane)
Raju (Max Zahle and Stefan Gieren)
The Shore (Terry George and Oorlagh George)
Time Freak (Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey)
Tuba Atlantic (Hallvar Witzo)

Costume Design

Anonymous (Lisy Christl)
The Artist (Mark Bridges)
Hugo (Sandy Powell)
Jane Eyre (Michael O;Connor)
W.E. (Arianne Phillips)

Sound Mixing

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson)
Hugo (Tom Fleischman and John Midgley)
Moneyball (Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco and Ed Novick)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summer, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin)

Documentary Feature

Hell and BAck Again (Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner)
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman)
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel)
Undefeated (TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas)

Best Picture

Hugo
Midnight In Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help

Makeup

Albert Noobs (Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matther W Mungle)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin)
The Iron Lady (Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland)

Actor in a Leading Role

Denian Bichir (A Better Life)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

Directing

Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

Cinematography

The Artist (Gullaume Schiffman)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Jeff Cronenweth)
Hugo Robert Richardson)
War Horse (Janusz Kaminski)
The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Music (Original Score)

The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams)
The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
Hugo (Howard Shore)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias)
War Horse (John Williams)

Animated Feature Film

A Cat in Paris (Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli)
Chico & Rita (Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (Jennifer Yuh Nelson)
Puss in Boots (Chris Miller)
Rango (Gore Verbinski)

Art Direction

The Artist (Laurence Bennett [Production Design], Robert Gould [Set Decoration])
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Stuart Craig [Production Design], Stephenie McMillan [Set Decoration])
Hugo (Dante Ferretti [Production Design], Francesca Lo Schiavo Set Decoration])
Midnight in Paris (Anne Seibel [Production Design], Helene Dubreuil [Set Decoration])
War Horse (Rick Carter [Production Design], Sandales [Set Decoration])

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash)
Hugo (John Logan)
The Ides of March (George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon)
Moneyball (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan)

Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson)
Hugo (Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning)
Real Steel (Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Joe Letteri. Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier)

Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
Bridesmaids (Anne Mumolo and Kristen Wiig)
Margin Call (J.C. Chandor)
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)

Actor in a supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Max Von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)

Music (Original Song)

Man or Muppet from THE MUPPETS (Bret McKenzie)
Real in RIO from RIO (Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett)

Foreign Language Film

Bullhead [Belgium] (Michael R. Roskam)
Monsieur Lazhar [Canada] (Philippe Falardeau)
A separation [Iran] (Asghar Farhadi)
Footnote [Israel] (Joseph Ceder)
In Darkness [Poland] (Agnieszka Holland)