La sectiunea Cel mai bun actor intr-un rol principal au fost nominalizati: Demián Bichir in rolul din A Better Life; George Clooney cu rolul din The Descendants; Jean Dujardin in The Artist; Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy si Brad Pitt in Moneyball.
Actorii nominalizati la sectiunea Cel mai bun actor intr-un rol secundar sunt: Kenneth Branagh in My Week with Marilyn; Jonah Hill in Moneyball; Nick Nolte in Warrior; Christopher Plummer in Beginners; Max von Sydow in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.
Cea mai buna actrita intr-un rol principal va fi selectata dintre: Glenn Close in rolul din filmul Albert Nobbs; Viola Davis pentru interpretarea din The Help; Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady; sau Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn.
Filmul care va primi Oscarul in 2012 va fi selectat dintre: The Artist – producator, Thomas Langmann; The Descendants – producatori: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne si Jim Taylor; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – producator Scott Rudin; The Help – producator Brunson Green, Chris Columbus si Michael Barnathan; Hugo – producatori: Graham King si Martin Scorsese; Midnight in Paris – Producatori: Letty Aronson si Stephen Tenenbaum; Moneyball – Producatori: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz si Brad Pitt; The Tree of Life – nominalizarile inca nu au fost facute; War Horse – Producatori: Steven Spielberg si Kathleen Kennedy.
Candidatele la titlul de Cea mai buna actrita intr-un rol secundar sunt: Bérénice Bejo in The Artist; Jessica Chastain in The Help; Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids; Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs si Octavia Spencer in The Help.
Filmele nominalizate la sectiunea Cel mai bun film de animatie in 2012 sunt: A Cat in Paris – Alain Gagnol si Jean-Loup Felicioli; Chico & Rita – Fernando Trueba si Javier Mariscal; Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson; Puss in Boots – Chris Miller; Rango – Gore Verbinski.
Premiul pentru Cea mai buna regie va fi selectionat dintre: The Artist; Harry Potter si talismanele mortii partea a doua; Hugo; Midnight in Paris; War Horse.
Categoria 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.
Nominalizarile la Oscar pentru Cele mai bune costume sunt: Anonymous – Lisy Christl; The Artist – Mark Bridges; Hugo – Sandy Powell; Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor; W.E. – Arianne Phillips
Cel mai bun regizor va fi selectat dintre: Michel Hazanavicius – regizorul filmului The Artist; Alexander Payne – regizorul The Descendants; Martin Scorsese pentru filmul Hugo; Woody Allen pentru Midnight in Paris sau Terrence Malick pentru regia filmului The Tree of Life.
Cel mai bun documentar (Lungmetraj): Hell and Back Again –
Danfung Dennis si Mike Lerner; If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry si Sam Cullman; Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Charles Ferguson si Audrey Marrs; Pina – Wim Wenders si Gian-Piero Ringel; Undefeated – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay si Richard Middlemas.
Cel mai bun documentar (Scurt metraj): The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday si Gail Dolgin; God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa si Julie Anderson; Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione; Saving Face – Daniel Junge si Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy; The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker si Kira Carstensen.
Nominalizarile categoriei Cel mai bun montaj sunt: The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion si Michel Hazanavicius; The Descendants – Kevin Tent; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Kirk Baxter si Angus Wall; Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker; Moneyball – Christopher Tellefsen.
Nominalizarile categoriei Cel mai bun film strain sunt: Bullhead din Belgia; Footnote – Israel; In Darkness – Polonia; Monsieur Lazhar – Canada; si A Separation din Iran.
La categoria Cel mai bun machiaj sunt nominalizati la Oscar: Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston si Matthew W. Mungle – Albert Nobbs; Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk si Yolanda Toussieng – Harry Potter si Talismanele mortii Partea a doua; Mark Coulier si J. Roy Helland – The Iron Lady .
Categoria Cel mai bun cantec original Man or Muppet din filmul The Muppets muzica si versuri de Bret McKenzie sau Real in Rio din filmul Rio muzica de Sergio Mendes si Carlinhos Brown, versuri de Siedah Garrett.
Categoria Cel mai bun scurt metraj (animat) are urmatoarele nominalizari: Dimanche/Sunday – Patrick Doyon; The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce si Brandon Oldenburg; La Luna – Enrico Casarosa; A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard si Sue Goffe; Wild Life Amanda Forbis si Wendy Tilby.
Nominalizarile la categoria Cel mai bun mixaj de sunet sunt: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce si Bo Persson; Hugo – Tom Fleischman si John Midgley; Moneyball
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco si Ed Novick; Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush si Peter J. Devlin; War Horse – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson si Stuart Wilson.
Cel mai bun scenariu (adaptat): The Descendants – scenariu de Alexander Payne si Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Hugo scenariu de John Logan; The Ides of March – scenariu de George Clooney & Grant Heslov si Beau Willimon; Moneyball – scenariu de Steven Zaillian si Aaron Sorkin; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – scenariu de Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan.
Cel mai bun scenariu original: The Artist de Michel Hazanavicius; Bridesmaids de Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Margin Call de J.C. Chandor; Midnight in Paris de Woody Allen; A Separation de Asghar Farhadi.
