2009 OSCAR Winner!

Best Picture:               Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson

Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn – MILK
NOMINATED ROLE:

Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk, the camera store owner whose decision to campaign for a place on San Francisco's Board of Supervisors becomes a landmark event within the gay rights movement.

Actress in Leading Role:

Kate Winslet - THE READER
NOMINATED ROLE:

Kate Winslet plays Hanna Schmitz, a German woman in her thirties whose teenage lover is unaware of the dark secret in her past.

Directing:

Danny Boyle - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Foreign Language Films:
Departures - Japan
Directed by Yojiro Takita

Music (Song):

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE "Jai Ho"
Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar

Music (Score):
 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - A.R. Rahman

Film Editing:
 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Chris Dickens

Sound Mixing:
 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty

Sound Editing:
 THE DARK KNIGHT - Richard King

Visual Effect:
 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron

Documentary Short:
 SMILE PINKI - Megan Mylan

Documentary Feature:
 MAN ON WIRE - James Marsh and Simon Chinn

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Heath Ledger - THE DARK KNIGHT
NOMINATED ROLE

Heath Ledger portrays the Joker, a psychopathic criminal mastermind who will stop at nothing in his scheme to outwit and humiliate Batman.

Short Films (Live Action):
 SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND) - Jochen Alexander Freydank

Cinematography:
 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Anthony Dod Mantle

Make Up:
 THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Greg Cannom

Costume Design:

THE DUCHESS - Michael O'Connor

Art Direction:
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction); Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration)

Short Film ( Animated):
 La Maison en Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato

Animated Feature Film:
 WALL-E - Andrew Stanton

Writing ( Adapted Screenplay ):
 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Writing ( Original Screenplay ):
MILK - Written by Dustin Lance Black

Actress in Supporting Role:
 Penelope Cruz - VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
NOMINATED ROLE

Penelope Cruz portrays the fiery Maria Elena, a divorced woman still locked in a complex relationship with her ex-husband.