2012 Academy Awards nominations/WINNERS list

(for films from the Year ending 2011)

Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist" - WINNER
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"


Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball
"Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners" - WINNER!!!
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"


Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady" - WINNER!!!
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"


Actress in aSupporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help" - WINNER!!!


Animated Feature Film

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


Art Direction (Set Decoration)
"The Artist" - Production Design: Laurence Bennett (Set Decoration: Robert Gould)
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
- Production Design: Stuart Craig (Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan)
"Hugo" - WINNER!!! - Production Design: Dante Ferretti (Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo)
"Midnight in Paris" - Production Design: Anne Seibel (Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil)
"War Horse" - Production Design: Rick Carter (Set Decoration: Lee Sandales)

Cinematography
"The Artist" - Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" - WINNER!!! - Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life" - Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" - Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design
"Anonymous" - Lisy Christl
"The Artist" - WINNER!!! - Mark Bridges
"Hugo" - Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" - Michael O'Connor
"W.E." - Arianne Phillips


Directing

"The Artist" - Michel Hazanavicius - WINNER!!!
"The Descendants" - Alexander Payne
"Hugo" - Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" - Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" - Terrence Malick


Documentary (Feature)

"Hell and Back Again" - Dir. by Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" - Dir. by Marshall Curry & Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" - Dir. by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
"Pina" - Dir. by Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated" - WINNER!!! - Dir. by TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas


Documentary (Short Subject)
"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"- Dir. by Robin Fryday & Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis" - Dir. by Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad" - Dir. by James Spione
"Saving Face" - WINNER!!! - Dir. by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" - Dir. by Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing
"The Artist" - Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" - Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - WINNER!!! - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" - Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" - Christopher Tellefsen


Foreign Language Film
"Bullhead" (Belgium)
"Footnote" (Israel)
"In Darkness" (Poland)
"Monsieur Lazhar" (Canada)
"A Separation" (Iran) - WINNER!!!


Makeup
"Albert Nobbs" - Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" - Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
"The Iron Lady" - WINNER!!! - Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)
"The Adventures of Tintin" - John Williams
"The Artist" - WINNER!!! - Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" - Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" - Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" - WINNER!!! - Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; Lyric by Siedah Garrett


Best Picture

"The Artist" - Thomas Langmann, Producer - WINNER!!!
"The Descendants" - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" - Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" - Brunson Green, Chris Columbus & Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo" - Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight in Paris" - Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" - Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree of Life" (Nominees to be determined)
"War Horse" - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers


Short Film (Animated)
"Dimanche/Sunday" -Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" - WINNER!!! - William Joyce & Brandon Oldenburg
"La Luna" -Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" -Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" -Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)
"Pentecost" -Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" -Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" - WINNER!!! - Terry George and Oorlagh George
"Time Freak" -Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" -Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing
"Drive" - Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - Ren Klyce
"Hugo" - WINNER!!! - Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" - Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" - Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce & Bo Persson
"Hugo" - WINNER!!! - Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
"Moneyball" - Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" - Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush & Peter J. Devlin
"War Horse" - Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler & John Richardson
"Hugo" - WINNER!!! - 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 & Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"The Descendants" -WINNER!!! - Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" - Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" - Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" - Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin  Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" - Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan


Writing (Original Screenplay)

"The Artist" - Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" - Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" - Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" - WINNER!!! - Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" - Written by Asghar Farhadi


ALL info above from:
Oscars.org - http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/84/nominees.html


By the Numbers:

Hugo - 11 nominations/5 WINS!

The Artist - 10 noms/5 WINS!

Moneyball - 6 noms/ZERO
War Horse - 6 noms/ZERO

The Descendants - 5 noms/1 WIN!

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 4 noms/1 WIN!
The Help - 4 noms/1 WIN!
Midnight in Paris - 4 noms/1 WIN!

Albert Nobbs - 3 noms/ZERO
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 - 3 noms/ZERO
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 3 noms/ZERO
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - 3 noms/ZERO
Tree of Life - 3 noms/ZERO

Bridesmaids - 2 noms/ZERO
Extremely Loud Incredibly Close - 2 noms/ZERO
The Iron Lady - 2 noms/2 WINS!
My Week with Marilyn - 2 noms/ZERO

Single nominations:
Beginners-1 WIN! 
The Muppets-1 WIN!

Adventures of TIn Tin/ZERO
Anonymous/ZERO
A Better Life/ZERO
Drive/ZERO
Ides of March/ZERO
Jane Eyre/ZERO
Margin Call/ZERO
Real Steel/ZERO
Return of the Planet of the Apes/ZERO
Rio/ZERO
W.E./ZERO;
Warrior/ZERO


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Press release

15 Documentary Features Advance in 2011 Oscar® Race
 
Beverly Hills, CA (November 18, 2011) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the
Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 84th Academy Awards®.

One hundred twenty-four pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:

  • "Battle for Brooklyn" (RUMUR Inc.)

  • "Bill Cunningham New York" (First Thought Films)

  • "Buck" (Cedar Creek Productions)

  • "Hell and Back Again" (Roast Beef Productions Limited)

  • "If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" (Marshall Curry
    Productions, LLC)

  • "Jane's Journey" (NEOS Film GmbH & Co. KG)

  • "The Loving Story" (Augusta Films)

  • "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" (@radical.media)

  • "Pina" (Neue Road Movies GmbH)

  • "Project Nim" (Red Box Films)

  • "Semper Fi: Always Faithful" (Tied to the Tracks Films, Inc.)

  • "Sing Your Song" (S2BN Belafonte Production, LLC)

  • "Undefeated" (Spitfire Pictures)

  • "Under Fire: Journalists in Combat" (JUF Pictures, Inc.)

  • "We Were Here" (Weissman Projects, LLC)

The Documentary Branch Screening Committee viewed all the eligible documentaries for the preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles on the shortlist.

 The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.



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MoMA-NYC press release - MoMA.org

THE CONTENDERS

PRESENTS THE YEAR’S BEST MOVIES
AS SELECTED BY MoMA’S DEPARTMENT OF FILM


Special Appearances include Tilda Swinton, Steve McQueen, Kristen Wiig, Jean Dujardin, Liza Johnson, and Alexander Payne


The Contenders
November 8, 2011–January 30, 2012
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters

Complete list of film selections:
A Dangerous Method. 2011. Canada/Germany/United Kingdom/Switzerland. Directed by David Cronenberg
A Separation. 2011. Iran. Directed Asghar Farhadi
Albert Nobbs. 2011. United Kingdom/Ireland. Directed by Rodrigo García
Anonymous. 2011. United Kingdom/Germany. Directed by Roland Emmerich
Bridesmaids. 2011. USA. Directed by Paul Feig.
Carnage. 2011. France/Germany/Poland. Directed by Roman Polanski.
Drive. 2011. USA. Directed by Nicholas Wending Refn
Happy, Happy. 2010. Norway. Directed by Anne Sewitsky
Hugo. 2011. USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Into the Abyss. 2011. Germany/Canada. Directed by Werner Herzog
J. Edgar. 2011. USA. Directed by Clint Eastwood
La Fille de Montreal. 2010. Canada. Directed by Jeanne Crépeau
Le Havre. 2011. Finland/France/Germany. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Margin Call. 2011. USA. Directed by J.C. Chandor
Melancholia. 2011. Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany. Directed by Lars von Trier
Midnight in Paris. 2011. Spain/USA. Directed by Woody Allen
Moneyball. 2011. USA. Directed by Bennett Miller
My Week with Marilyn. 2011. United Kingdom. Directed by Simon Curtis
Pariah. 2011. USA. Directed by Dee Rees. Print courtesy of Focus Features
Pina. 2011. Germany/France/United Kingdom. Directed by Wim Wenders
Rango. 2011. USA. Directed by Gore Verbinski. 
Return. 2011. USA. Directed by Liza Johnson. 
Shame. 2011. United Kingdom. Directed by Steve McQueen. (Special MoMA Film Plus Screening). 
The Artist. 2011. France. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius. 
The Descendants. 2011. USA. Directed by Alexander Payne. 
The Help. 2011. USA. Directed by Tate Taylor. 
The Muppets. 2011. USA. Directed by James Bobin. 
The Rise of the Planet of the Apes. 2011. USA. Directed by Rupert Wyatt. 
The Silver Cliff (O Abismo Prateado). 2011. Brazil. Directed by Karim Ainouz. 
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. 2011. France/United Kingdom/Germany. Directed by Tomas Alfredson. 
The Tree of Life. 2011. USA. Directed by Terrence Malick. 
Two Years at Sea. 2011. United Kingdom. Directed by Ben Rivers. 
We Need to Talk About Kevin. 2011. United Kingdom/USA. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. (Special MoMA PopRally
Screening). 
!Women Art Revolution. 2010. USA. Directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson.
 

More films to be added in December and January. Check http://MoMA.org/film for the latest updates 


NEW YORK, November 2, 2011--The Museum of Modern Art announces the 2011 lineup for The Contenders, the annual end-of-the-year series that offers filmgoers the opportunity to see a wide spectrum of influential and innovative films made within the last 12 months. Selected from major studio releases and top film festivals by curators in the Museum’s Department of Film, the films represent the best of mainstream movies, independents, foreign-language films, documentaries, and art-house sensations.

The Contenders is presented from November 8, 2011 through January 30, 2012, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters. It is organized by Rajendra Roy, The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator, and Sean Egan, Producer, The Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art.Several screenings will feature appearances by directors and actors. These include Jean Dujardin, lead actor of The Artist, who will participate in a post-screening Q&A on November 16, and Kristen Wiig, lead actress and co-writer of Bridesmaids, who will be present for a film discussion following the screening on November 21. Alexander Payne, director of The Descendents, will be in attendance for a Q&A on November 27. Gore Verbinski, the director of the animated film Rango, will be in attendance on December 9, and director Liza Johnson will be participating in a Q&A after the screening of Return on January 30.

The exhibition opens with Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar on November 8 at 8:00 p.m. The film, seen through the eyes of Hoover himself, explores the personal and public life and relationships of a man who could distort the truth as easily as he upheld it during a life devoted to his own idea of justice.

Additional popular releases include Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, an impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950s; Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, an atmospheric thriller about a heist gone wrong; Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a new adaptation of the John Le Carre spy novel; Woody Allen’s romantic comedy Midnight in Paris; and Bennett Miller’s Moneyball, an adaptation of Michael Lewis' non-fiction best seller.
 
Also featured are David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, exploring the intense relationship between fledgling
psychiatrist Carl Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud; Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, a science-fiction drama following the story of two sisters who find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide into the Earth; Martin Scorsese’s first 3-D film Hugo, based on Brian Selznick’s award-winning best-seller The Invention of Hugo Cabret; and Simon Curtis’ My Week with Marilyn, recounting 23 year-old Colin Clark’s week on the set of a Marilyn Monroe film that introduced the famed actress to the pleasures of British life.

Documentaries include Pina, Wim Wenders’ 3-D tribute to choreographer Pina Bausch; Lynn Hershman-Leeson’s !Women Art Revolution, the filmmaker’s personal collection of hundreds of hours of interviews with visionary artists, historians, curators, and critics who shaped the Feminist Art Movement; and Werner Herzog’s Into the Abyss, an examination of why people kill explored through conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime.

Acclaimed foreign films include Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre, Finland’s official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards; Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation, Iran’s official submission in the Best Foreign Language category, is the story of a couple who must decide whether to flee Iran for the sake of their son or stay behind to care for an ailing parent; Karim Ainouz’s The Silver Cliff (O Abismo Prateado), inspired by a song by Brazilian musician Chico Buarque, which examines the impossibility of love and forgiveness; and Jeanne Crépeau’s La Fille de Montreal, the filmmaker’s love letter to her beloved city.

Three films that were featured in the 2011 New Directors/New Films festival, co-organized by MoMA and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, will return to the Titus Theaters for The Contenders: J.C. Chandor’s financial thriller Margin Call and Anne Sewitsky’s feature debut Happy, Happy (also Norway’s official Oscar submission) and Dee Rees’ Pariah.

Special PopRally Screening:MoMA’s PopRally presents a special screening of Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin, on November 30, 2011 at 8:00 p.m., followed by a post-film discussion with actress Tilda Swinton and Sally Berger, MoMA’s Assistant Curator of Film. A reception featuring a DJ set by HuggyBear will follow. Tickets will be available for
purchase at http://MoMA.org/PopRally.Special 

MoMA Film Plus and MoMA Member Screenings: A special MoMA Film Plus screening of Steve McQueen’s Shame, on November 29 will be featured as part of The Contenders. Director Steve McQueen will introduce the screening and will
participate in a post-screening discussion. The screening of Shame is for MoMA Film Plus members only. A special MoMA members-only screening of Roman Polanski’s Carnage will be on December 7. The screening of Carnage is for MoMA
members only. MoMA Membership and Film Plus information is available at www.moma.org/membership.

Sponsorship:The exhibition is supported by BNP Paribas.


Hours:
Films are screened Wednesday-Monday. For screening
schedules, please visit our website: MoMA.org/Film
 
Film Admission as of September 1, 2011: 
$12 adults; $10 seniors, 65 years and over with I.D. $8 full-time students with current I.D. (for admittance to film
programs only.)

The price of a film ticket may be applied toward the price of a Museum admission ticket when a film ticket stub is presented at the Lobby Information Desk within 30 days of the date on the stub (does not apply during Target Free Friday Nights, 4:00–8:00 p.m.).

Admission is free for Museum members and for Museum ticketholders. 
 
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Public Information: 
 
The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019, (212) 708-9400 MoMA.org 
 
Hours: Wednesday through Monday: 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Friday: 10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Closed Tuesdays.

A full screening schedule with complete film descriptions is available at www.moma.org 
 

Screening Schedule


The Contenders 
 

Tuesday, November 8

8:00 J. Edgar. 2011. USA. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Print courtesy of Warner Bros.

Wednesday, November 9

8:00 My Week with Marilyn. 2011. Great Britain. Directed by Simon Curtis. Print courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

Wednesday, November 16

8:00 The Artist. 2011. France. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius. Print courtesy of The Weinstein Company. Post-screening discussion with Jean Dujardin.

Monday, November 21 
 
7:00 Bridesmaids. 2011. USA. Directed by Paul Feig. Print courtesy of Universal Pictures. Post-screening
discussion with Kristen Wiig. 
 
Wednesday, November 23

7:00 The Tree of Life. 2011. USA. Directed by Terrence Malick. Print courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. 
 
Friday, November 25 
 
7:00 Anonymous. 2011. United Kingdom/Germany. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Print courtesy of Sony Pictures. 
 
Saturday, November 26

8:00 Drive. 2011. USA. Directed by Nicholas Wending Refn. Print courtesy of Film District. 
 
Sunday, November 27

2:00 Midnight in Paris. 2011. Spain/USA. Directed by Woody Allen. Print courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. 
 
5:30 The Descendants. 2011. USA. Directed by Alexander Payne. Print courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. Post-screening discussion with Alexander Payne.
 
Monday, November 28

8:00 Moneyball. 2011. USA. Directed by Bennett Miller. Print courtesy of Sony Pictures. 
 
Friday, December 2

8:00 A Dangerous Method. 2011. Canada/Germany/UK/Switzerland. Directed by David Cronenberg. Print courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. 
 
Saturday, December 3

8:00 The Rise of the Planet of the Apes. 2011. USA. Directed by Rupert Wyatt. Print courtesy of 20th Century Fox.

Sunday, December 4

4:00 Hugo. 2011. USA. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Print courtesy of Paramount Pictures.

Monday, December 5

7:00 The Silver Cliff (O Abismo Prateado). 2011. Brazil. Directed by Karim Ainouz. Print courtesy of RT Features.

Tuesday, December 6 
 
7:00 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. 2011. France/UK/Germany. Directed by Tomas Alfredson. Print courtesy of Focus Features.

Friday, December 9

5:00 Rango. 2011. USA. Directed by Gore Verbinski. Print courtesy of Paramount Pictures. Post-screening discussion with Gore Verbinski. 
 
Saturday, December 17

7:30 The Help. 2011. USA. Directed by Tate Taylor. Print courtesy of DreamWorks.

Sunday, December 18

4:30 !Women Art Revolution. 2010. USA. Directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson.

Wednesday, December 21 
 
7:00 A Separation. 2011. Iran. Directed Asghar Farhadi. Print courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

Monday, December 26 
 
7:00 !Women Art Revolution. 2010. USA. Directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson.

Wednesday, December 28 
 
4:30 The Muppets. 2011. USA. Directed by James Bobin. Print courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures.

8:00 La Fille de Montreal. 2010. Canada. Directed by Jeanne Crépeau.

Thursday, December 29

8:00 Melancholia. 2011. Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany. Directed by Lars von Trier. Print courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. 
 
Friday, December 30 
 
8:00 Margin Call. 2011. USA. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Print courtesy of Roadside Attractions.

Saturday, December 31

2:00 Happy, Happy. 2010. Norway. Directed by Anne Sewitsky. Print courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. 

Wednesday, January 4

8:00 Pariah. 2011. USA. Directed by Dee Rees. Print courtesy of Focus Features. 
 
Thursday, January 5

8:00 Albert Nobbs. 2011. UK/Ireland. Directed by Rodrigo García. Print courtesy of Roadside Attractions.

Thursday, January 19

8:00 Into the Abyss. 2011. Germany/Canada. Directed by Werner Herzog. Print courtesy of IFC Films.

Saturday, January 21 
 
8:00 Two Years at Sea. 2011. UK. Directed by Ben Rivers.

Thursday, January 26

8:00 Pina. 2011. Germany/France/UK. Directed by Wim Wenders. Print courtesy of IFC Films.

Monday, January 30 
 
7:30 Return. 2011. USA. Directed by Liza Johnson.
Print courtesy of Required Viewing. Post-screening discussion with Liza Johnson.
 


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ARCHIVES - 2010 Movies (awarded in 2011)

OSCAR nominees (in brief)

Films with two or more noms:

127 Hours--6 noms/ZERO WINS
Alice in Wonderland--3 noms/"2" WINS
Biutiful -- 2 noms/ZERO WINS
Black Swan -- 5 noms/"2" WINS
The Fighter - 7 noms/"2" WINS
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - 2 noms/ZERO WINS
How to Train Your Dragon - 2 noms/ZERO WINS
Inception - 8 noms/"3" WINS
The Kids Are All Right - 4 noms/ZERO WINS
The King's Speech- 12 noms/"4" WINS
The Social Network - 8 noms/"3" WINS
Toy Story 3 - 5 noms/"2" WINS
Winter's Bone - 4 noms/ZERO WINS

[scroll down for detailed information courtesy of Oscar.go.com]
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83rd Academy Awards® Nominees (the OSCARS)


Best motion picture of the year
  • Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) A Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures Production
    Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
  • The Fighter (Paramount) A Relativity Media Production
    David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
  • Inception (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. UK Services Production
    Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers)
  • The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) An Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production
    Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
  • The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) A See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production
    Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
  • 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) An Hours Production
    Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
  • The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Columbia Pictures Production
    Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
  • Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
    Darla K. Anderson, Producer
  • True Grit (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures Production
    Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
  • Winter's Bone (Roadside Attractions) A Winter's Bone Production
    Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
Performance by an actor in a leading role
  • Javier Bardem in "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions)
  • Jeff Bridges in "True Grit" (Paramount)
  • Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
  • Colin Firth in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
  • James Franco in "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
  • Christian Bale in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
  • John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions)
  • Jeremy Renner in "The Town" (Warner Bros.)
  • Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features)
  • Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
  • Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features)
  • Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole" (Lionsgate)
  • Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions)
  • Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight)
  • Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
  • Amy Adams in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
  • Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
  • Melissa Leo in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
  • Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit" (Paramount)
  • Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best animated feature film of the year
  • How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
  • The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics) Sylvain Chomet
  • Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
  • Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
  • Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
  • The King's Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
  • True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
Achievement in Cinematography
  • Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique
  • Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
  • The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen
  • The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
  • True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design
  • Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
  • I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi
  • The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan
  • The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell
  • True Grit (Paramount) Mary Zophres
Achievement in directing
  • Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
  • The Fighter (Paramount), David O. Russell
  • The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
  • The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
  • True Grit (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Best Documentary Feature
  • Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz A Paranoid Pictures Production
  • Gasland Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic A Gasland Production
  • Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs A Representational Pictures Production
  • Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger An Outpost Films Production
  • Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films) An Almega Projects Production
Best documentary short subject
  • Killing in the Name Nominees to be determined A Moxie Firecracker Films Production
  • Poster Girl Nominees to be determined A Portrayal Films Production
  • Strangers No More Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
  • Sun Come Up Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger A Sun Come Up Production
  • The Warriors of Qiugang Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Achievement in film editing
  • Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum
  • The Fighter Paramount Pamela Martin
  • The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar
  • 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris
  • The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best foreign language film of the year
  • Biutiful Mexico
  • Dogtooth Greece
  • In a Better World Denmark
  • Incendies Canada
  • Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) Algeria
Achievement in makeup
  • Achievement in makeup (Sony Pictures Classics) Adrien Morot
  • The Way Back (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment) Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
  • The Wolfman (Universal) Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
  • How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) John Powell
  • Inception (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
  • The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat
  • 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman
  • The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
  • Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
  • I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
  • If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
  • We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best animated short film
  • Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton
  • The Gruffalo A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
  • Let's Pollute A Geefwee Boedoe Production Geefwee Boedoe
  • The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment) A Passion Pictures Australia Production Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
  • Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) A Sacrebleu Production Bastien Dubois
  Best live action short film
  • The Confession (National Film and Television School) A National Film and Television School Production Tanel Toom
  • The Crush (Network Ireland Television) A Purdy Pictures Production Michael Creagh
  • God of Love A Luke Matheny Production Luke Matheny
  • Na Wewe (Premium Films) A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt
  • Wish 143 A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Achievement in sound editing
  • Inception (Warner Bros.) Richard King
  • Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
  • Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
  • True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
  • Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) Mark P. Stoeckinger
Achievement in sound mixing
  • Inception (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
  • The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
  • Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
  • The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
  • True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Achievement in visual effects
  • Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
  • Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
  • Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
  • Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Adapted screenplay
  • 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
  • The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
  • Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
  • True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • Winter's Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Original screenplay
  • Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
  • The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
  • Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan
  • The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
  • The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

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Nominations by Film TITLE:

127 Hours--6 nominations
 
Actor in a Leading Role
Film Editing
Music (Original Score)
Music (Original Song)
Best Picture
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Alice in Wonderland--3 nominations
 
Art Direction
Costume Design
Visual Effects
 
Animal Kingdom --1 nomination
 
Actress in a Supporting Role
 
Another Year -- 1 nomination
 
Writing (Original Screenplay)

Barney's Version -- 1 nomination
 
Makeup
 
Biutiful -- 2 nominations
 
Actor in a Leading Role
Foreign Language Film
 
Black Swan -- 5 nominations
 
Actress in a Leading Role
Cinematography
Directing
Film Editing
Best Picture
 
Blue Valentine -- 1 nomination
 
Actress in a Leading Role

Country Strong -- 1 nomination
 
Music (Original Song)
 
Dogtooth - 1 nomination
 
Foreign Language Film

Exit through the Gift Shop - 1 nomination
 
Documentary Feature

The Fighter - 7 nominations
 
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
Film Editing
Best Picture
Writing (Original Screenplay)

Gasland - 1 nomination
 
Documentary Feature
 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - 2 nominations
 
Art Direction
Visual Effects
 
Hereafter - 1 nomination
 
Visual Effects
 
How to Train Your Dragon - 2 nominations
 
Animated Feature Film
Music (Original Score)

I Am Love - 1 nomination
 
Costume Design
 
The Illusionist - 1 nomination
 
Animated Feature Film

In a Better World - 1 nomination
 
Foreign Language Film
 
Incendies - 1 nomination
 
Foreign Language Film
 
Inception - 8 nominations
 
Art Direction
Cinematography
Music (Original Score)
Best Picture
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects
Writing (Original Screenplay)
 
Inside Job - 1 nomination
 
Documentary Feature

Iron Man 2 - 1 nomination
 
Visual Effects

The Kids Are All Right - 4 nominations
 
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Leading Role
Best Picture
Writing (Original Screenplay)
 
 The King's Speech - 12 nominations
 
Actor in a Leading Role
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Art Direction
Best Picture
Cinematography
Costume Design
Directing
Film Editing
Music (Original Score)
Sound Mixing
Writing (Original Screenplay)

Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) - 1 nomination
 
Foreign Language Film

Rabbit Hole - 1 nomination
 
Actress in a Leading Role
 
Restrepo - 1 nomination
 
Documentary Feature

Salt - 1 nomination
 
Sound Mixing

The Tempest - 1 nom

Costume

Tron: Legacy - 1 nomination
 
Sound Editing
 
True Grit - 10 nominations
 
Actor in a Leading Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Art Direction
Cinematography
Costume Design
Directing
Best Picture
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Unstoppable - 1 nomination
 
Sound Editing
 
Waste Land - 1 nomination
 
Documentary Feature
 
The Way Back - 1 nomination
 
Makeup
 
Winter's Bone - 4 nominations
 
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Leading Role
Best Picture
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

The Wolfman - 1 nomination
 
Makeup

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Press Releases

83rd Academy Awards® Nominations Announced


Beverly Hills, CA (January 25, 2011) – Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 25) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2009 Oscar® winner Mo'Nique.

Sherak and Mo'Nique, who won an Academy Award® for her supporting performance in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 Award categories at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Lists of nominations in all categories were then distributed to the media in attendance and online via the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com.

Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominations are selected by vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

Nominations ballots were mailed to the 5,755 voting members in late December and were returned directly to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the international accounting firm, for tabulation.

Official screenings of all motion pictures with one or more nominations will begin for members this weekend at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Screenings also will be held at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood and in London, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area.

All active and life members of the Academy are eligible to select the winners in all categories, although in five of them – Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject and Foreign Language Film – members can vote only if they have seen all of the nominated films in those categories.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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Press release-MoMA (NYC) - Annual Pre-Oscar retrospective of the Year's Best

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

 The CONTENDERS 2010

November 11, 2010–January 22, 2011
@ The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters - MoMA (NYC)

 
The Museum of Modern Art presents The Contenders 2010, November 11, 2010 through January 22, 2011.  For this annual series, MoMA’s Department of Film combs through major studio releases and the top film festivals in the world, selecting influential, innovative films made in the last twelve months that are contenders for lasting historical significance.

The Contenders 2010 is organized by Rajendra Roy, The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator, and Sean Egan, Producer, Film Exhibitions and Projects, The Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art. 

The exhibition is supported by BNP Paribas.


SCREENING SCHEDULE - The Contenders 2010

November 11, 2010–January 22, 2011

Thursday, November 11 

8:00    The King’s Speech
2010. UK/Australia. Directed by Tom Hooper. 118 minutes.
Q&A with Director Tom Hooper following the screening


Friday, November 12

4:00    The Red Chapel. 2009. Denmark. Directed by Mads Brügger. 87 minutes.


Sunday, November 14

3:00    The Ghost Writer. 2010. France/Germany/UK. Directed by Roman Polanski. 118 minutes

5:30    Inception. 2010. USA/UK. Directed by Christopher Nolan. 148 minutes

 
Monday, November 29

7:00    I Am Love. 2009. Italy. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. 120 min.

 
Monday, December 13

8:00    Henry of Navarre
 2010. Germany/France/Czech Republic/Spain. Directed by Jo Baier. 155 min.
Q&A with director Jo Baier following screening


Tuesday, December 14

6:00    Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. 2010. USA. Directed by Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg. 90 min.

 7:00    Black Swan. 2010. USA. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. 103 min.

 8:30    The Social Network. 2010. USA. Directed by David Fincher. 121 min.


Monday, December 20 

4:00    A Film Unfinished. 2010. Germany/Israel. Directed by Yael Hersonski. 88 min.

 
Wednesday, December 29 

4:00    Waste Land. 2010. Brazil/UK. Directed by Lucy Walker. Co-Directed by Karen Harley and João Jardim. 90 min.

7:00    The Kids Are All Right. 2010. USA. Directed by Lisa Cholodenko. 106 m


Thursday, December 30 

4:00    Winter’s Bone. 2010. USA. Directed by Debra Granik. 100 min.


Saturday, January 8 

7:00    Last Train Home. 2009. Canada/China/UK. Directed by Lixin Fan. 85 min.


Wednesday, January 19

8:00    World on a Wire. 1973. West Germany. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 205 min.


[This page will be updated as more films are added or visit the MoMA.org website]

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OSCAR ARCHIVES (scroll down)

 2010 Oscars (82nd Academy Awards given for 2009 theatrical releases)

Picture
 
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 82ND AWARDS


Performance by an actor in a leading role
  • Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
  • Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
Best animated feature film of the year
  • "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
  • "Up" (Walt Disney) Pete Docter
Achievement in art direction
  • "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg
    Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
  • "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
  • "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (Warner Bros.) Bruno Delbonnel
  • "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Barry Ackroyd
  • "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Robert Richardson
  • "The White Ribbon" (Sony Pictures Classics) Christian Berger
Achievement in costume design
  • "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
  • "The Young Victoria" (Apparition) Sandy Powell
Achievement in directing
  • "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) James Cameron
  • "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow
  • "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Quentin Tarantino
  • "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
  • "Burma VJ" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
    A Magic Hour Films Production Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
  • "The Cove" -WINNER!!! (Roadside Attractions)
    An Oceanic Preservation Society Production Nominees to be determined
  • "Food, Inc." (Magnolia Pictures)
    A Robert Kenner Films Production Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
  • "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel 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
  • "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
  • "Music by Prudence" -WINNER!!!
    An iThemba Production Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
  • "Rabbit à la Berlin" (Deckert Distribution)
    An MS Films Production Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Achievement in film editing
  • "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
  • "District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Clarke
  • "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
  • "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Sally Menke
  • "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate) Joe Klotz
Best foreign language film of the year
  • "Ajami"(Kino International) - ISRAEL
    An Inosan Production Israel
  • "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" -WINNER!!!  (Sony Pictures Classics) - ARGENTINA
    A Haddock Films Production Argentina
  • "The Milk of Sorrow" - PERU
    A Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production Peru
  • "Un Prophète" (Sony Pictures Classics) - FRANCE
    A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production France
  • "The White Ribbon" (Sony Pictures Classics) - GERMANY
    An X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production Germany
Achievement in makeup
  • "Il Divo" (MPI Media Group through Music Box) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
  • "Star Trek" -WINNER!!! (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
  • "The Young Victoria" (Apparition) Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
  • "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) James Horner
  • "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox) Alexandre Desplat
  • "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
  • "Sherlock Holmes" (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
  • "Up" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
  • "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
  • "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" -WINNER!!! - from "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Best motion picture of the year
  • "Avatar" (20th Century Fox)  - James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers /A Lightstorm Entertainment Production 
  • "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.) - Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove & Broderick Johnson, Producers /An Alcon Entertainment Production 
  • "District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing) - Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers /A Block/Hanson Production 
  • "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics) - Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers /A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production 
  • "The Hurt Locker"-WINNER!!!  (Summit Entertainment) - Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier & Greg Shapiro, Producers /A Voltage Pictures Production 
  • "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) - Lawrence Bender, Producer /A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production 
  • "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate) -Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers /A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production
  • "A Serious Man" (Focus Features) - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers /A Working Title Films Production
  • "Up" (Walt Disney) - Jonas Rivera, Producer /A Pixar Production
  • "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) - Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers /A Montecito Picture Company Production 
Best animated short film
  • "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
  • "Logorama" -WINNER!!! (Autour de Minuit)
    An Autour de Minuit Production Nicolas Schmerkin
  • "A Matter of Loaf and Death" (Aardman Animations)
    An Aardman Animations Production Nick Park
Best live action short film
  • "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
  • "The New Tenants"-WINNER!!!
    A Park Pictures and M & M Production Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Achievement in sound editing
  • "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
  • "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson
  • "Inglourious 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
  • "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
  • "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
  • "Inglourious 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" -WINNER!!! (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
  • "District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing) 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
  • "District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing) 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, Tony Roche
  • "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"-WINNER!!!  (Lionsgate) Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
  • "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" -WINNER!!! (Summit Entertainment) Written by Mark Boal
  • "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Written by Quentin Tarantino
  • "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
  • "A Serious Man" (Focus Features) Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • "Up" (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter -Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - NOMINATIONS BY PICTURE
(This list does not include Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects)

 "Ajami," an Inosan Production (Kino International) (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (Israel)

"Avatar," a Lightstorm Entertainment Production (20th Century Fox) (9 noms/3 WINS)
Art direction
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Original score
Best picture
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Visual effects

"The Blind Side," an Alcon Entertainment Production (Warner Bros.) (2 noms/1 WIN)
Sandra Bullock - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Best picture

"Bright Star," a Jan Chapman/Bright Star Films Production (Apparition) (1 nomination)
Costume design

"Burma VJ," a Magic Hour Films Production (Oscilloscope Laboratories) (1 nomination)
Documentary feature

"Coco before Chanel," a Haut et Court Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)
Costume design

"Coraline," a LAIKA Production (Focus Features) (1 nomination)
Best animated feature film

"The Cove," an Oceanic Preservation Society Production (Roadside Attractions) (1 nom/1 WIN)
Documentary feature

"Crazy Heart," an Informant Media/Butcher's Run Films Production (Fox Searchlight) (3 noms/2 WINS)
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," a Block/Hanson Production (Sony Pictures Releasing) (4 nominations)
Film editing
Best picture
Visual effects
Adapted screenplay

"An Education," a Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (3 nominations)
Carey Mulligan - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Best picture
Adapted screenplay

"El Secreto de Sus Ojos," a Haddock Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nom/1 WIN)
Best foreign language film (Argentina)

"Fantastic Mr. Fox," an American Empirical Production (20th Century Fox) (2 nominations)
Best animated feature film
Original score

"Food, Inc.," a Robert Kenner Films Production (Magnolia Pictures) (1 nomination)
Documentary feature

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," a Warner Bros. Production (Warner Bros.) (1 nomination)
Cinematography

"The Hurt Locker," a Voltage Pictures Production (Summit Entertainment) (9 noms/6 WINS)
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," an Indigo Film/Lucky Red/Parco Film/Babe Films Production (MPI Media Group through Music Box) (1 nomination)
Makeup

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," a Poo Poo Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (2 nominations)
Art direction
Costume design

"In the Loop," a Loop Film/BBC Films and UK Film Council in association with Aramid Entertainment Production (IFC Films) (1 nomination)
Adapted screenplay

"Inglourious Basterds," a Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production (TWC) (8 noms/1 WIN)
Christoph Waltz - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Best picture
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Original screenplay

"Invictus," a Liberty Pictures Production (Warner Bros.) (2 nominations)
Morgan Freeman - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Matt Damon - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

"Julie & Julia," a Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing) (1 nomination)
Meryl Streep - Performance by an actress in a leading role

"The Last Station," an Egoli Tossell Film/Zephyr Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (2 nominations)
Christopher Plummer - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Helen Mirren - Performance by an actress in a leading role

"The Lovely Bones," a Wingnut Films Production (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount) (1 nomination)
Stanley Tucci - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

"The Messenger," an All the King's Horses Production (Oscilloscope Laboratories) (2 nominations)
Woody Harrelson - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Original screenplay

"The Milk of Sorrow," a Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (Peru)

"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers,"
 a Kovno Communications Production (1 nomination)
Documentary feature

"Nine," a Weinstein Brothers/Marc Platt/Lucamar/Relativity Media Production (The Weinstein Company) (4 nominations)
Penélope Cruz - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Art direction
Costume design
Original song - "Take It All"

"Paris 36," a Galatée Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)
Original song - "Loin de Paname"

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,"
a Lee Daniels Entertainment/ Smokewood Entertainment Production (Lionsgate) (6 noms/2 WINs)
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," a Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney) (3 nominations)
Best animated feature film
Original song - "Almost There"
Original song - "Down in New Orleans"

"The Secret of Kells," a Cartoon Saloon/Les Armateurs/Vivi Film Production (GKIDS) (1 nomination)
Best animated feature film

"A Serious Man," a Working Title Films Production (Focus Features) (2 nominations)
Best picture
Original screenplay

"Sherlock Holmes," a Warner Bros. UK Services Production (Warner Bros.) (2 nominations)
Art direction
Original score

"A Single Man," a Fade to Black and Depth of Field Production (The Weinstein Company) (1 nomination)
Colin Firth - Performance by an actor in a leading role

"Star Trek," a Bad Robot Production (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) (4 noms/1 WIN)
Makeup
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Visual effects

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," a Don Murphy/Tom DeSanto/di Bonaventura Pictures/Ian Bryce Production (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount) (1 nomination)
Sound mixing

"Un Prophète," a Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (France)

"Up," a Pixar Production (Walt Disney) (5 noms/2 WINS)
Best animated feature film
Original score
Best picture
Sound editing
Original screenplay

"Up in the Air," a Montecito Picture Company Production (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) (6 noms)
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," a Mr. Mudd Production (1 nomination)
Documentary feature

"The White Ribbon," an X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (2 noms)
Cinematography
Best foreign language film (Germany)

"The Young Victoria," a GK Films Production (Apparition) (3 noms/1 WIN)
Art direction
Costume design
Makeup


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