Oscar-favorittene klare

Norskættede Kathryn Bigelow ventet i tre år før hun fikk finansiert The Hurt Locker – som kostet 16 millioner dollar å lage. En lavbudsjettfilm etter amerikansk målestokk. Filmen fikk først premiere mer enn ett år etter at den stakk av med Gulløven i Venezia i 2008. Eksmannen James Cameron har slått til med tidenes dyreste film. Avatar kostet mer enn 500 millioner dollar, og har slått alle tidigere kassasuksesser.

Quentin Tarantinos Inglourious Basterds fikk noe uventet hele åtte nominasjoner, mens Up In The Air med George Clooney i hovedrollen sikret fem nominasjoner.

Meryl Streep satte dessuten ny rekord med sin 16. Oscar-nominasjon for sin rolle i Julia & Julia.

Også i Norge er det grunn til å feire. Produksjonsselskapet Mediamente er co-produsent til Burma VJ av de danske regissørene Anders Østergaard og Lise Lense-Møller. Institusjonen Fritt Ord har støttet produksjonen av Burma VJ med 300 000 kroner.

Oscar-utdelingen finner sted søndag 7. mars.

Oscar-nominerte 2010

Beste film

• Avatar (2009): James Cameron, Jon Landau

• The Blind Side (2009): Nominertes navn foreløpig ikke offentliggjort

• District 9 (2009): Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham

• An Education (2009): Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey

• The Hurt Locker (2008): Nominertes navn foreløpig ikke offentliggjort

• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Lawrence Bender

• Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness

• A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

• Up (2009): Jonas Rivera

• Up in the Air (2009/I): Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman

Beste mannlige hovedrolle

• Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)

• George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)

• Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)

• Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)

• Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)

Beste kvinnelige hovedrolle

• Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)

• Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)

• Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)

• Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Basert på boken "Push" av Sapphire (2009)

• Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Beste mannlige birolle

• Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)

• Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)

• Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)

• Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)

• Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Beste kvinnelige birolle

• Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)

• Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)

• Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009)

• Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)

• Mo'Nique for Precious: Basert på boken "Push" av Sapphire (2009)

Beste regissør

• Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)

• James Cameron for Avatar (2009)

• Lee Daniels for Precious: Basert på boken Push av Sapphire (2009)

• Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)

• Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Beste manus

• The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal

• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino

• The Messenger (2009/I): Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman

• A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

• Up (2009): Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy

Beste adapterte manus

• District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

• An Education (2009): Nick Hornby

• In the Loop (2009): Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

• Precious: Basert på boken "Push" av Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher

• Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Beste foto

• Avatar (2009): Mauro Fiore

• Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009): Christian Berger

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Bruno Delbonnel

• The Hurt Locker (2008): Barry Ackroyd

• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Robert Richardson

Beste klipp

• Avatar (2009): Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron

• District 9 (2009): Julian Clarke

• The Hurt Locker (2008): Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Sally Menke

• Precious (2009): Joe Klotz

Beste scenografi

• Avatar (2009): Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair

• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith

• Nine (2009): John Myhre, Gordon Sim

• Sherlock Holmes (2009): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

• The Young Victoria (2009): Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray

Beste kostyme

• Bright Star (2009): Janet Patterson

• Coco avant Chanel (2009): Catherine Leterrier

• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): Monique Prudhomme

• Nine (2009): Colleen Atwood

• The Young Victoria (2009): Sandy Powell

Beste sminke

• Il divo (2008): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano

• Star Trek (2009): Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow

• The Young Victoria (2009): John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore

Beste musikk

• Avatar (2009): James Horner

• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Alexandre Desplat

• The Hurt Locker (2008): Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders

• Sherlock Holmes (2009): Hans Zimmer

• Up (2009): Michael Giacchino

Beste originalsang

• Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham ("The Weary Kind")

• Faubourg 36 (2008): Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas ("Loin de Paname")

• Nine (2009): Maury Yeston ("Take It All")

• The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman ("Almost There")

• The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman ("Down in New Orleans")

Beste lydmiks

• Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson

• The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett

• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Mark Ulano

• Star Trek (2009): Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson

Beste lyd

• Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

• The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson

• Inglourious Basterds (2009): Wylie Stateman

• Star Trek (2009): Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin

• Up (2009): Michael Silvers, Tom Myers

Beste visuelle effekter

• Avatar (2009): Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones

• District 9 (2009): Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken

• Star Trek (2009): Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton

Beste animasjonsfilm

• Coraline (2009): Henry Selick

• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Wes Anderson

• The Princess and the Frog (2009): John Musker, Ron Clements

• The Secret of Kells (2009): Tomm Moore

• Up (2009): Pete Docter

Beste utenlandske film

• Ajami (2009) Israel

• Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009) Tyskland

• El secreto de sus ojos (2009) Argentina

• Un prophète (2009) Frankrike

• La teta asustada (2009) Peru

Beste dokumentar

• Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008): Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller

• The Cove (2009): Nominertes navn foreløpig ikke offentliggjort

• Food, Inc. (2008): Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein

• The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009): Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith

• Which Way Home (2009): Rebecca Cammisa

Beste kortfilmdokumentar

• China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009) (TV): Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill

• The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (2009): Daniel Junge, Henry Ansbacher

• The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009) (TV): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert

• Królik po berlinsku (2009): Bartosz Konopka, Anna Wydra

• Music by Prudence (2010): Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett

Beste animasjonskortfilm

• French Roast (2008): Fabrice Joubert

• Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008): Nicky Phelan, Darragh O'Connell

• La dama y la muerte (2009): Javier Recio Gracia

• Logorama (2009): Nicolas Schmerkin

• Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) (TV): Nick Park

Beste kortfilm

• The Door (2008): Juanita Wilson, James Flynn

• Istället för abrakadabra (2008): Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjällström

• Kavi (2009): Gregg Helvey

• Miracle Fish (2009): Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey

• The New Tenants (2009): Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson