81st Academy Awards Winners

• Best Motion Picture of the Year: Slumdog Millionaire
• Performance by an Actor in Leading Role: Sean Penn (Milk)
• Performance by an Actress in Leading Role: Kate Winslet (The Reader)
• Achievement in Directing: Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: Depatures - (Japan)
• Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures: Slumdog Millionaire
• Achievement in Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
• Achievement in Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
• Achievement in Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
• Achievement in Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Documentary Short: Smile Pinki
• Documentary Feature: Man on Wire
• Actor in Supporting Role: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
• Short Film (Live Action): Spielzeugland (Toy Land)
• Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
• Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Short Film (Animated): La Maison En Petits Cubes
• Animated Feature Film: Wall-E
• Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Slumdog Millionaire
• Writing (Original Screenplay): Milk
• Actress in a Supporting Role: Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)