In noaptea asta se acorda cele mai ravnite statuete din industria cinematografica. Anul acesta au fost nominalizate la Oscarul pentru cel mai bun film noua pelicule printre care "The Artist" si "The Descendants", castigatoare la Globurile de Aur, dar si "The Tree of Life", castigatorul Palme d'Or la Cannes in 2011.

Pelicula 3D "Hugo", de Martin Scorsese, a obtinut cele mai multe nominalizari-11 -, fiind urmata de "The Artist", cu 10 nominalizari. Pelicula alb-negru "The Artist", care este un omagiu adus filmelor mute de la Hollywood, a fost, in urma cu doua saptamani, rasfatata galei premiilor Globul de Aur.

Filmul "Moneyball", cu Brad Pitt in rol principal, a obtinut sase nominalizari, in timp ce "The Descendants", cu George Clooney, are cinci nominalizari. Peliculele "The Help" si "Midnight in Paris" au fiecare cate patru nominalizari, iar "The Tree of Life" a fost nominalizat la trei categorii.

Iata nominalizarile la cea de-a 84-a editie a premiilor Oscar:

Cel mai bun film: "The Artist", "The Tree of Life", "Hugo", "Moneyball", "The Descendants", "Midnight in ", "The Help", "War Horse" si "Extremely Loud and Incredebly Close"

Cel mai bun regizor: Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist"), Alexander Payne ("The Descendants"), Martin Scorsese ("Hugo"), Woody Allen ("Midnight in Paris") si Terrence Malick ("The Tree of Life")

Cel mai bun actor in rol principal: Jean Dujardin ("The Artist"), George Clooney ("The Descendants"), Brad Pitt ("Moneyball"), Demián Bichir ("A Better Life") si Gary Oldman ("Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy")

Cea mai buna actrita in rol principal: Glenn Close ("Albert Nobbs"), Rooney Mara ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"), Viola Davis ("The Help"), Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady") si Michelle Williams ("My Week with Marilyn")

Cel mai bun actor in rol secundar: Kenneth Branagh ("My Week with Marilyn"), Jonah Hill ("Moneyball"), Nick Nolte ("Warrior"), Christopher Plummer ("Beginners") si Max von Sydow ("Extremely Loud and Incredebly Close")

Cea mai buna actrita in rol secundar: Berenice Bejo ("The Artist"), Jessica Chastain ("The Help"), Melissa McCarthy ("Bridesmaids"), Janet McTeer ("Albert Nobbs"), Octavia Spencer ("The Help")

Cel mai bun film strain: "Bullhead" (Belgia), "Footnote" (Israel), "In Darkness" (Polonia), "Monsieur Lazhar" (Canada), "Nader and Simin, A Separation" (Iran)

Cel mai bun lungmetraj de animatie: "A Cat in Paris", de Alain Gagnol si Jean-Loup Felicioli, "Chico & Rita", de Fernando Trueba si Javier Mariscal, "Kung Fu Panda 2", de Jennifer Yuh Nelson, "Puss in Boots", de Chris Miller, "Rango", de Gore Verbinski

Cea mai buna regie artistica: "The Artist" (Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould), "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan), "Hugo" (Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo), "War Horse" (Rick Carter, Lee Sandales)

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

Cel mai bun scenariu original: "The Artist" (Michel Hazanavicius), "Bridesmaids" (Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig), "Margin Call" (J.C. Chandor), "Midnight in Paris" (Woody Allen), "A Separation" (Asghar Farhadi)

Cea mai buna 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)

Cel mai bun montaj: "The Artist" (Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius), "The Descendants" (Kevin Tent), "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (Kirk Baxter si Angus Wall), "Hugo" (Thelma Schoonmaker), "Moneyball" (Christopher Tellefsen)

Cea mai buna coloana sonora: "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 cantec: "Man or Muppet" din "The Muppets" - Bret McKenzie, "Real in Rio" din "Rio" - Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett

Cel mai bun montaj de sunet: "Drive", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "Hugo", "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", "War Horse"

Cel mai bun mixaj de sunet: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "Hugo", "Moneyball", "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", "War Horse"

Cele mai bune efecte vizuale: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2", "Hugo", "Real Steel", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

Cel mai bun machiaj: "Albert Nobbs", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2", "The Iron Lady"

Cele mai bune costume: "Anonymous" (Lisy Christl), "The Artist" (Mark Bridges), "Hugo" (Sandy Powell), "Jane Eyre" (Michael O'Connor), "W.E." (Arianne Phillips)

Cel mai bun scurtmetraj animat: "Dimanche/Sunday", de Patrick Doyon, "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore", de William Joyce si Brandon Oldenburg, "La Luna", de Enrico Casarosa, "A Morning Stroll", de Grant Orchard si Sue Goffe, "Wild Life", de Amanda Forbis si Wendy Tilby

Cel mai bun scurtmetraj de fictiune: "Pentecost", Peter McDonald si Eimear O'Kane, "Raju", de Max Zähle si Stefan Gieren, "The Shore", de Terry George si Oorlagh George, "Time Freak", de Andrew Bowler si Gigi Causey, "Tuba Atlantic", de Hallvar Witzø

Cel mai bun documentar: "Hell and Back Again", de Danfung Dennis si Mike Lerner, "If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front", de Marshall Curry si Sam Cullman, "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory", de Charles Ferguson si Audrey Marrs, "Pina", de Wim Wenders si Gian-Piero Ringel, "Undefeated", de TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay si Richard Middlemas

Cel mai bun scurtmetraj documentar: "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement", de Robin Fryday si Gail Dolgin, "God Is the Bigger Elvis", de Rebecca Cammisa si Julie Anderson, "Incident in New Baghdad", de James Spione, "Saving Face", de Daniel Junge si Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom", de Lucy Walker si Kira Carstensen