Tom Sherak ve Jennifer Lawrence'in sunumuyla 84. Oscar Ödül töreni adayları açıklandı. Martin Scorsese'nin "Hugo" adlı filmi, "En İyi Film" dahil 11 dalda aday gösterilirken "The Artist" 10 dalda aday oldu. Sinema dünyasının en prestijli ödülleri 26 Şubat'ta Los Angeles'taki Kodak Tiyatrosunda Billy Crystal'in sunuculuğunu yapacağı törenle dağıtılacak. İşte kategoriler ve adaylar:

En İyi Film
War Horse
Artist
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

En İyi Yönetmen
Martin Scorsese ''Hugo''
Wood Allen ''Midnight in Paris''
Michel Hazanavicius ''The Artist''
Terrence Mallick ''The Tree of Life''
Alexander Payne ''The Descendants''

En İyi Erkek Oyuncu
Demian Bichir "A Better Life"
George Clooney "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin "The Artist"
Gary Oldman "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt "Moneyball"

En İyi Kadın Oyuncu
Glenn Close "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis "The Help"
Rooney Mara "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams "My Week with Marilyn

En İyi Yardımcı Erkek Oyuncu
Kenneth Branagh ''My Week With Marilyn''
Jonah Hill ''Moneyball'
Nick Nolte ''Warrior''
Christopher Plummer ''Beginners''
Max von Sydow ''Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close''

En İyi Yardımcı Kadın Oyuncu
Berenice Bejo ''The Artist'
Jessiaca Chastain ''The Help''
Melissa McCarthy ''Bridesmaids''
Janet McTeer ''Albert Nobbs''
Octavia Spencer ''The Help''

En İyi Animasyon Film
"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski

En İyi Yabancı Film
"Bullhead" Belçika
"Footnote" İsrail
"In Darkness" Polonya
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" İran

En İyi Orijinal Senaryo
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids - Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo
Margin Call - J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
Bir Ayrılık - Asghar Farhadi

En İyi Uyarlama Senaryo
The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Hugo - John Logan
The Ides of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Moneyball - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

En İyi Görüntü Yönetmeni
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

En İyi Kurgu
The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants - Kevin Tent
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball - Christopher Tellefsen

En İyi Sanat Yönetimi
The Artist - Laurence Bennett, Gregory S. Hooper
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Hugo - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
Midnight in Paris - Anne Seibel, Hélène Dubreuil
War Horse - Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

En İyi Kostüm Tasarımı
Anonymous - Lisy Christl
The Artist - Mark Bridges
Hugo: Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor
W.E. - Arianne Phillips

En İyi Orijinal Müzik
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse