Best Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Sean Penn - Milk
Best Actress: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Director: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Film: Departures - Japan
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Best Animated Feature Film: WALL-E
Best Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
Best Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman.
Best Original Song: Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman and Gulzar
Best Costume: The Duchess
Best Documentary Feature: Man on Wire
Best Documentary (short subject): Smile Pinki
Best Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Animated Short Film: La Maison en Petits Cubes
Best Live Action Short Film: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Best Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The 81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 the most prestigious and biggest awards in film making honors all the best films of 2008. It was held last Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. hosted by none other than Hugh Jackman and televised live on ABC.