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Nominations were announced Tuesday, July 5, 2005.

Winners (in bold) were announced Tuesday, August 16, 2005.

  

Best Picture

THE CORPORATION

DOWNFALL

MILLON DOLLAR BABY

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

SIDEWAYS

  

Best Director

Michael Mann (COLLATERAL)

Oliver Hirschbiegel (DOWNFALL)

Clint Eastwood (MILLION DOLLAR BABY)

Walter Salles (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES)

Alexander Payne (SIDEWAYS)

  

Best Actor In A Leading Role

Clint Eastwood (MILLION DOLLAR BABY)

Jamie Foxx (RAY)

Bruno Ganz (DOWNFALL)

Paul Giamatti (SIDEWAYS)

Geoffrey Rush (THE LIFE & DEATH OF PETER SELLERS)

  

Best Actress In A Leading Role

Annette Bening (BEING JULIA)

Nicole Kidman (BIRTH)

Catalina Sandino Moreno (MARIA FULL OF GRACE)

Imelda Staunton (VERA DRAKE)

Hilary Swank (MILLION DOLLAR BABY)

  

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Rodrigo De La Serna (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES)

Jeff Goldbloom (THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU)

Tomas Norstrom (KITCHEN STORIES)

Clive Owen (CLOSER)

Efren Ramirez (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE)

  

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Cate Blanchett (THE AVIATOR)

Irma P. Hall (THE LADYKILLERS)

Virginia Madsen (SIDEWAYS)

Natalie Portman (GARDEN STATE)

Lily Tomlin (I HEART HUCKABEES)

  

Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen

BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy)

BIRTH (Milo Addica, Jean-Claude Carriere, Jonathan Glazer)

HOTEL RWANDA (Terry George, Keir Pearson)

THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Wes Anderson)

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Paul Haggis)

  

Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published

DOWNFALL (Bernd Eichinger)

I'M NOT SCARED (Niccolo Ammaniti, Francesca Marciano)

IN MY FATHER'S DEN (Brad McGann)

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Jose Rivera)

SIDEWAYS (Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor)

  

Best Film Editing

THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (Richard Pearson, Christopher Rouse)

COLLATERAL (Jim Miller, Paul Rubell)

DIG! (Ondi Timoner)

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (Kurt Engfehr, Todd Woody Richman, Chris Seward)

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Joel Cox)

  

Best Cinematography

COLLATERAL (Dion Beebe, Paul Cameron)

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Tom Stern)

MY SUMMER OF LOVE (Ryszard Lenczewski)

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Eric Gautier)

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Bruno Delbonnel)

  

Best Original Score

FINDING NEVERLAND (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)

I HEART HUCKABEES (Jon Brion)

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Gustavo Santaolalla)

SIDEWAYS (Rolf Kent)

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Angelo Badalamenti)

 

Best Sound

THE AVIATOR

BATMAN BEGINS

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS

RAY

STAR WARS EPISODE 3: REVENGE OF THE SITH

  

Best Art Direction

THE AVIATOR

DOWNFALL

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

STAR WARS EPISODE 3: REVENGE OF THE SITH

VANITY FAIR

  

Best Costume Design

THE AVIATOR (Sandy Powell)

DE-LOVELY (Janty Yates)

DOWNFALL (Claudia Bobsin)

STAR WARS EPISODE 3: REVENGE OF THE SITH (Trisha Biggar)

VANITY FAIR (Beatrix Aruna Pasztor)

  

Best Visual Effects

BATMAN BEGINS

SPIDER-MAN 2

STAR WARS EPISODE 3: REVENGE OF THE SITH

  

Best Make Up

THE AVIATOR

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

MILLION DOLLAR BABY

  

Best Animated Feature

THE INCREDIBLES

THE POLAR EXPRESS

TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE

 

Best Foreign Language Film

DOWNFALL

FACING WINDOWS

I'M NOT SCARED

KITCHEN STORIES

LOOK AT ME

  

Best Australian Film

ME AND MY STUPID MATE

SOMERSAULT

THREE DOLLARS

TOM WHITE

 
STANLEY KUBRICK AWARD
(Awarded to one who has changed filmmaking for the better)

Woody Allen

 
HUMPHREY BOGART AWARD
(Awarded to a true legend of the craft who has passed away over the last year)

Marlon Brando

 

Total Wins

3 - MILLION DOLLAR BABY, SIDEWAYS

2 - DOWNFALL, LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, STAR WARS EPISODE 3: REVENGE OF THE SITH

1 - THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, CLOSER, COLLATERAL, FINDING NEVERLAND, THE INCREDIBLES, SOMERSAULT, VERA DRAKE

 

 

Total Nominations

8 - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

7 - DOWNFALL

6 - SIDEWAYS

5 - THE AVIATOR, THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

4 - STAR WARS EPISODE 3: REVENGE OF THE SITH

3 - COLLATERAL