This is the official list of announced categories for the 79th Academy Awards. More links to movie production notes to be added.

Best motion picture of the year:

"Babel" (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers

"The Departed," (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. Pictures Production. Nominees to be determined

"Letters from Iwo Jima" (Warner Bros.)
A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers

“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production. Nominees to be determined

"The Queen" (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
A Granada Production. Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

Best animated feature film of the year:

“Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter

“Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller

“Monster House” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan

Performance by an actor in a leading role:

Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)
Peter O’Toole in “Venus” (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council)
Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:

Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children” (New Line)
Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role:

Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox)
Kate Winslet in “Little Children” (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:

Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Achievement in directing:

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage), Alejandro González Iñárritu
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.), Martin Scorsese
"Letters from Iwo Jima" (Warner Bros.), Clint Eastwood
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada), Stephen Frears
“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal), Paul Greengrass

Adapted screenplay:

“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (20th Century Fox), Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
“Children of Men” (Universal), Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.), Screenplay by William Monahan
“Little Children” (New Line), Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Original screenplay:

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage), Written by Guillermo Arriaga
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight), Written by Michael Arndt
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse), Written by Guillermo del Toro
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada), Written by Peter Morgan

Best foreign language film of the year:

“After the Wedding” Denmark
“Days of Glory (Indigènes)” Algeria
“The Lives of Others” Germany
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Mexico
“Water” Canada

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