| Best Documentary Feature | Best Documentary Short |
- Burma VJ – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
- The Cove
- Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
- The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
- Which Way Home – Rebecca Cammisa
| - China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province – Jon Alpert andMatthew O'Neill
- The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner – Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
- The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant – Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
- Music by Prudence – Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
- Rabbit à la Berlin – Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
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| Best Live Action Short | Best Animated Short |
- The Door – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
- Instead of Abracadabra – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
- Kavi – Gregg Helvey
- Miracle Fish – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
- The New Tenants – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
| - French Roast – Fabrice O. Joubert
- Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
- The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) – Javier Recio Gracia
- Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin
- A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park
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| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
- Avatar – James Horner
- Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
- The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami and Beck Sanders
- Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
- Up – Michael Giacchino
| - "Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman
- "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman
- "Loin de Paname" from Paris 36 – Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
- "Take it All" from Nine – Maury Yeston
- "Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart – Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett
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| Best Sound Editing | Best Sound Mixing |
- Avatar – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
- The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson
- Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman
- Star Trek – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
- Up – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
| - Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
- The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
- Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
- Star Trek – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
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| Best Art Direction | Best Cinematography |
- Avatar – Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
- The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
- Nine – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
- Sherlock Holmes – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
- The Young Victoria – Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
| - Avatar – Mauro Fiore
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
- The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
- Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
- The White Ribbon – Christian Berger
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| Best Makeup | Best Costume Design |
- Il Divo – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
- Star Trek – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
- The Young Victoria – Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
| - Bright Star – Janet Patterson
- Coco Before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier
- The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme
- Nine – Colleen Atwood
- The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell
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| Best Film Editing | Best Visual Effects |
- Avatar – James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin
- District 9 – Julian Clarke
- The Hurt Locker – Chris Innis and Bob Murawski
- Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
- Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire – Joe Klotz
| - Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
- District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, and Matt Aitken
- Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
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