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Here's my shot in the dark...


Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Sean Penn in Milk (Focus Features)


Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)


Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)


Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)


Best animated feature film of the year

* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton


Achievement in art direction

* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando


Achievement in cinematography

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle


Achievement in costume design

* "Australia" (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin


Achievement in directing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle


Best documentary feature

* "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn


Best documentary short subject

* "The Conscience of Nhem En" A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki


Achievement in film editing

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall


Best foreign language film of the year

* "Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel


Achievement in makeup

* "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

* "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar


Best motion picture of the year

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer


Best animated short film

* "Lavatory - Lovestory" A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit


Best live action short film

* "The Pig" An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh


Achievement in sound editing

* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood


Achievement in sound mixing

* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty


Achievement in visual effects

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron


Adapted screenplay

* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan


Original screenplay

* "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt