Performance by an actor in a leading role
Don Cheadle in "Hotel Rwanda"
Johnny Depp in "Finding Neverland"
Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Aviator"
Clint Eastwood in "Million Dollar Baby"
Winner: Jamie Foxx in "Ray"

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Alda in "The Aviator"
Thomas Haden Church in "Sideways"
Jamie Foxx in "Collateral"
Winner: Morgan Freeman in "Million Dollar Baby"
Clive Owen in "Closer"

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Annette Bening in "Being Julia"
Catalina Sandino Moreno in "Maria Full of Grace"
Imelda Staunton in "Vera Drake"
Winner: Hilary Swank in "Million Dollar Baby"
Kate Winslet in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Winner: Cate Blanchett in "The Aviator"
Laura Linney in "Kinsey"
Virginia Madsen in "Sideways"
Sophie Okonedo in "Hotel Rwanda"
Natalie Portman in "Closer"

Best animated feature film of the year
Winner: "The Incredibles" Brad Bird
"Shark Tale" Bill Damaschka
"Shrek 2" Andrew Adamson

Achievement in cinematography
Winner: "The Aviator"
Robert Richardson
"House of Flying Daggers" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Zhao Xiaoding
"The Passion of the Christ" (Icon and Newmarket )
Caleb Deschanel
"The Phantom of the Opera" (Warner Bros.)
John Mathieson
"A Very Long Engagement" (Warner Independent Pictures)
Bruno Delbonnel

Achievement in costume design
Winner: "The Aviator"
Sandy Powell
"Finding Neverland"
Alexandra Byrne
"Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
Colleen Atwood
"Ray"
Sharen Davis
"Troy"
Bob Ringwood

Achievement in directing
"The Aviator"
Martin Scorsese
Winner: "Million Dollar Baby" Clint Eastwood
"Ray" Taylor Hackford
"Sideways" Alexander Payne
"Vera Drake" Mike Leigh

Best documentary feature
Winner: "Born into Brothels"
A Red Light Films, Inc. Production
Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
"The Story of the Weeping Camel"
A Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München Production
Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa
"Super Size Me"
A Kathbur Productions/The Con Production
Morgan Spurlock
"Tupac: Resurrection"
An MTV - Amaru Entertainment, Inc. Production
Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali
"Twist of Faith"
A Chain Camera Pictures Production
Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt

Best documentary short subject
"Autism Is a World"
A State of the Art Production
Gerardine Wurzburg
"The Children of Leningradsky"
A Hanna Polak Production
Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski
"Hardwood"
A Hardwood Pictures and National Film Board of Canada Production
Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young
Winner: "Mighty Times: The Children's March"
A Tell the Truth Pictures Production
Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston
"Sister Rose's Passion"
A New Jersey Studios Production
Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer

Achievement in film editing
Winner: "The Aviator"
Thelma Schoonmaker
"Collateral"
Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
"Finding Neverland"
Matt Chesse
"Million Dollar Baby"
Joel Cox
"Ray"
Paul Hirsch

Best foreign language film of the year
"As It Is in Heaven"
Sweden
"The Chorus (Les Choristes)"
France
"Downfall"
Germany
Winner: "The Sea Inside"
Spain
"Yesterday"
South Africa

Achievement in makeup
Winner: "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso
"The Passion of the Christ"
Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley
"The Sea Inside"
Jo Allen and Manuel García

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Winner: "Finding Neverland" Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" John Williams
"Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" Thomas Newman
"The Passion of the Christ" John Debney
"The Village" James Newton Howard

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Accidentally In Love" from "Shrek 2"
Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Mallery and David Bryson
Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey
Winner: "Al Otro Lado Del Río" from "The Motorcycle Diaries"
Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler
"Believe" from "The Polar Express"
Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
"Learn To Be Lonely" from "The Phantom of the Opera"
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyric by Charles Hart
"Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" from "The Chorus (Les Choristes)"
Music by Bruno Coulais
Lyric by Christophe Barratier

Best motion picture of the year
"The Aviator"
"Finding Neverland"
Winner: "Million Dollar Baby"
"Ray"
"Sideways"

Achievement in sound editing
Winner: "The Incredibles" Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
"The Polar Express" Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard
"Spider-Man 2" Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in sound mixing
"The Aviator"
Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal
"The Incredibles"
Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane
"The Polar Express"
Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
Winner: "Ray"
Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
"Spider-Man 2"
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger

Achievement in visual effects
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George
"I, Robot"
John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri
Winner: "Spider-Man 2" John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay
"Before Sunset"
Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke
Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
"Finding Neverland"
Screenplay by David Magee
"Million Dollar Baby"
Screenplay by Paul Haggis
"The Motorcycle Diaries"
Screenplay by José Rivera
Winner: "Sideways"
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

Original screenplay
"The Aviator"
Written by John Logan
Winner: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman
Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
"Hotel Rwanda"
Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George
"The Incredibles"
Written by Brad Bird
"Vera Drake"
Written by Mike Leigh

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