Au fost date publicităţii potenţialii câştigători ai celor mai râvnite statuete din lumea filmului. Printre favoriţi se numără „Hugo”, regia Martin Scorsese, cu 11 nominalizări, şi„The Artist” cu 10. Gala de decernare a Premiilor Oscar va fi difuzată în direct pe HBO, în varianta originală, nedublată, în noaptea de duminică (26 februarie) spre luni, de la ora 3:00 am, urmând ca marti, 28 februarie, de la ora 20:00, prestigioasa Gală să fie transmisă în varianta editată şi subtitrată tot la HBO.
Actor în rol principal
• Demián Bichir – “A Better Life”
• George Clooney – “The Descendants”
• Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
• Gary Oldman – “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
• Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”
Actor în rol secundar
• Kenneth Branagh – “My Week with Marilyn”
• Jonah Hill – “Moneyball”
• Nick Nolte – “Warrior”
• Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”
• Max von Sydow – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Actriţă în rol principal
Glenn Close in “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”
Actriţă în rol secundar
• Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist”
• Jessica Chastain – “The Help”
• Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids”
• Janet McTeer – “Albert Nobbs”
• Octavia Spencer – “The Help”
Regie
• Michel Hazanavicius “The Artist”
• Alexander Payne “The Descendants”
• Martin Scorsese “Hugo”
• Woody Allen “Midnight in Paris”
• Terrence Malick “The Tree of Life”
Cel mai bun film
• “The Artist”
• “The Descendants”
• “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
• “The Help”
• “Hugo”
• “Midnight in Paris”
• “Moneyball”
• “The Tree of Life”
• “War Horse”
Scenariu adaptat
• “The Descendants” Scenariu Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• “Hugo” -scenariu John Logan
• “The Ides of March” Scenariu George Clooney , Grant Heslov şi Beau Willimon
• “Moneyball”-scenariu Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin Story şi Stan Chervin
• “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Scenariu Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Scenariu original
• “The Artist” scenariul Michel Hazanavicius
• “Bridesmaids” scenariul Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
• “Margin Call” scenariul J.C. Chandor
• “Midnight in Paris” scenariul Woody Allen
• “A Separation” scenariul Asghar Farhadi
Imagine
• “The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
• “Hugo” Robert Richardson
• “The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
• “War Horse” Janusz Kaminski
Film de animaţie
• “A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol şi Jean-Loup Felicioli
• “Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba şi Javier Mariscal
• “Kung Fu Panda 2” Jennifer Yuh Nelson
• “Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
• “Rango” Gore Verbinski
Art Direction
• “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”
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
Costume
• “Anonymous” Lisy Christl
• “The Artist” Mark Bridges
• “Hugo” Sandy Powell
• “Jane Eyre” Michael O’Connor
“W.E.” Arianne Phillips
Documentar
• “Hell and Back Again”
Danfung Dennis şi Mike Lerner
• “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”
Marshall Curry şi Sam Cullman
• “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
Charles Ferguson şi Audrey Marrs
• “Pina”
Wim Wenders şi Gian-Piero Ringel
• “Undefeated”
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay şi Richard Middlemas
Documentar scurt metraj
• “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”
Robin Fryday şi Gail Dolgin
• “God Is the Bigger Elvis”
Rebecca Cammisa şi Julie Anderson
• “Incident in New Baghdad”
James Spione
• “Saving Face”
Daniel Junge şi Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
• “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”
Lucy Walker şi Kira Carstensen
Montaj
• “The Artist” Anne-Sophie Bion şi Michel Hazanavicius
• “The Descendants” Kevin Tent
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Kirk Baxter şi Angus Wall
• “Hugo” Thelma Schoonmaker
• “Moneyball” Christopher Tellefsen
Film străin
• “Bullhead” Belgia
• “Footnote” Israel
• “In Darkness” Polonia
• “Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
• “A Separation” Iran
Machiaj
• “Albert Nobbs”
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston şi Matthew W. Mungle
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk şi Yolanda Toussieng
• “The Iron Lady”
Mark Coulier şi J. Roy Helland
Coloană sonoră
• “The Adventures of Tintin” John Williams
• “The Artist” Ludovic Bource
• “Hugo” Howard Shore
• “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Alberto Iglesias
• “War Horse” John Williams
Cel mai bun cântec
• “Man or Muppet” din “The Muppets” Muzică şi versuri de Bret McKenzie
• “Real in Rio” din Rio” muzică de Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown versuri de Siedah Garrett
Animaţie scurt metraj
• “Dimanche/Sunday” Patrick Doyon
• “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce şi Brandon Oldenburg
• “La Luna” Enrico Casarosa
• “A Morning Stroll” Grant Orchard şi Sue Goffe
• “Wild Life” Amanda Forbis şi Wendy Tilby
Scurt metraj
“Pentecost” Peter McDonald şi Eimear O’Kane
• “Raju” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
• “The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George
• “Time Freak” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
• “Tuba Atlantic” Hallvar Witzø
Montaj de sunet
• “Drive” Lon Bender şiVictor Ray Ennis
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce
• “Hugo” Philip Stockton şi Eugene Gearty
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn şi Erik Aadahl
• “War Horse” Richard Hymns şi Gary Rydstrom
Mixaj de sunet
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce şi Bo Persson
• “Hugo”
Tom Fleischman şi John Midgley
• “Moneyball”
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco şi Ed Novick
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush şi Peter J. Devlin
• “War Horse”
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson şi Stuart Wilson
Efecte vizuale
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler şi John Richardson
• “Hugo”
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman şi Alex Henning
• “Real Steel”
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor şi Swen Gillberg
• “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White şi Daniel Barrett
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler şi John Frazier
