Oscar 2011: List of winners

The Oscar Awards present awards to the best shows in film over the past year.

Major awards like Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress are waited upon anxiously by movie stars and their fans around the world.

This year, among the films running for 'Best Picture' are heavyweights "The Social Network", "The King's Speech", "True Grit", "127 Hours", "Black Swan" and "Inception".

Based on previous award shows, three of these films, "The King's Speech", "The Social Network" and "Black Swan", look to be able contenders.

Actor Colin Firth looks to be in the lead for winning 'Best Actor', unless James Franco of "127 Hours", Jesse Eisenberg of "The Social Network" or Jeff Bridges of "True Grit" manage to overhaul him.

Natalie Portman of 'Black Swan' fame looks to win the 'Best Actress' award, but Anette Benning of "The Kids Are All Right", Jennifer Lawrence of "Winter's Bone" may give her a run for her money.


Best Picture: "The King's Speech"

 Best Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth for "The King's Speech"

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Natalie Portman for "Black Swan"

Best Director: Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech"

Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale for "The Fighter"

Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo for "The Fighter"

Best Art Direction: "Alice"

Best Cinematography: 'Inception'

Best Animated Short: 'The Lost Thing'

Best Animated Feature: 'Toy Story 3'

Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin for "The Social Network."

Best Original Screenplay: David Seidler "The King's Speech."

Best Foreign Film: 'In a Better World' from Denmark

Best Documentary Feature: "Inside Job"

Best Documentary Short: "Strangers No More"

Best Live Action Short: "God of Love"

Best Original Score: "The Social Network"

Best Original Song: Randy Newman - "We Belong Together" for Toy Story 3

Best Sound Mixing: "Inception"

Best Sound Editing: Richard King - "Inception"

Best Film Editing: "The Social Network"

Best Costume: "Alice"

Best Make-up: "The Wolfman"