Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn for Milk
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Kate Winslet for The Reader
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Wall-E
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in Cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Costume Design
Michael O'Connor for The Duchess
Achievement in Directing
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Documentary Feature
Man on Wire by James Marsh, Simon Chinn
Best Documentary Short Subject
Smile Pinki by Megan Mylan
Achievement in Film Editing
Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Departures from Japan
Achievement in Make-Up
Greg Cannom for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in Music (Original Score)
A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Music (Original Song)
"Jai Ho" in Slumdog Millionaire by A.R.Rahman
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison de Petits Cubes by Kunio Kato
Best Live Action Short Film
Spielzeugland (Toyland) by Jochen Alexander Freydank
Achievement in Sound Editing
Richard King for The Dark Knight
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty for Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Visual Effects
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Adapted Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire by Simon Beaufoy
Original Screenplay
Milk by Dustin Lance Black
and finally
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
goes to
Slumdog Millionaire
Summary
Slumdog Millionaire wins 8 of the 10 awards nominated for.
Curious Case of Benjamin which was the movie with the most number of nominations wins only 3 of the 13 awards nominated for.
Dark Knight wins 2 of the 8 awards nominated for while while Heath Ledger was given a special felicitation at the ceremony.
