The candidates for Best Achievement in Cinematography for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: Roger Deakins.
2. Atonement: Seamus McGarvey.
3. No Country for Old Men: Roger Deakins.
4. Scaphandre et le papillon, Le: Janusz Kaminski.
5. There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit.

The Oscar goes to Roger Elswit for There Will Be Blood.

The candidates for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song, for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. August Rush: Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack, Tevin Thomas (”Raise It Up”).
2. Enchanted: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz (”Happy Working Song”).
3. Enchanted: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz (”So Close”).
4. Enchanted: Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz (”That’s How You Know”).
5. Once (2006): Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová (”Falling Slowly”).

The Oscar goes to Once.

The candidates for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Fälscher, Die (2007)(Austria)
2. Beaufort (2007)(Israel)
3. Mongol (2007)(Kazakhstan)
4. Katyn (2007)(Poland)
5. 12 (2007)(Russia)

The Oscar goes to Fälscher, Die.

The candidates for Best Achievement in Editing for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. The Bourne Ultimatum: Christopher Rouse.
2. Scaphandre et le papillon, Le: Juliette Welfling.
3. Into the Wild: Jay Cassidy.
4. No Country for Old Men: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
5. There Will Be Blood: Dylan Tichenor.

The Oscar goes to Christopher Rouse for The Bourne Ultimatum.

The candidates for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
2. Julie Christie for Away from Her (2006).
3. Marion Cotillard for Môme, La.
4. Laura Linney for The Savages.
5. Ellen Page for Juno.

The Oscar goes to Marion Cotillard (what an upset!).

The candidates for Best Achievement in Sound for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. The Bourne Ultimatum: Scott Millan, David Parker, Kirk Francis.
2. No Country for Old Men: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland.
3. Ratatouille: Randy Thom, Michael Semanick, Doc Kane.
4. 3:10 to Yuma: Paul Massey, David Giammarco, Jim Stuebe.
5. Transformers: Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Peter J. Devlin.

The Oscar goes to The Bourne Ultimatum.

The candidates for Best Achievement in Sound Editing for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. The Bourne Ultimatum: Karen M. Baker, Per Hallberg.
2. No Country for Old Men: Skip Lievsay.
3. Ratatouille: Randy Thom, Michael Silvers.
4. There Will Be Blood: Matthew Wood.
5. Transformers: Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn.

The Oscar goes to The Bourne Ultimatum.

The candidates for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Atonement: Christopher Hampton.
2. Away from Her (2006): Sarah Polley.
3. Scaphandre et le papillon, Le: Ronald Harwood.
4. No Country for Old Men: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen.
5. There Will Be Blood: Paul Thomas Anderson.

The Oscar goes to Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men.

The candidates for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Cate Blanchett for I’m Not There.
2. Ruby Dee for American Gangster.
3. Saoirse Ronan for Atonement.
4. Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone.
5. Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton.

The Oscar goes to Tilda Swinton.

The candidates for Best Short Film, Animated, for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

1. Même les pigeons vont au paradis: Samuel Tourneux, Vanesse Simon.
2. I Met the Walrus: Josh Raskin.
3. Madame Tutli-Putli: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski.
4. Moya lyubov (2006): Aleksandr Petrov.
5. Peter & the Wolf (2006): Suzie Templeton, Hugh Welchman.

The Oscar goes to Peter & the Wolf.