Year-in-advance predictions for the 83rd Academy Awards

BEST MOTION PICTURE

Biutiful | Focus Features

The Fighter | Paramount Pictures

Inception | Warner Bros. Pictures

The King's Speech | The Weinstein Company

Miral | Pathé

Never Let Me Go | Fox Searchlight

The Town | Warner Bros. Pictures

The Tree of Life | Apparition

True Grit | Paramount Pictures

The Way Back | No distributor as of yet

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Javier Bardem | Biutiful

George Clooney | London Boulevard

Robert Duvall | Get Low

Colin Farrell | London Boulevard

Kevin Spacey | Casino Jack

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Hiam Abbass | Miral

Nicole Kidman | Rabbit Hole

Carrie Mulligan | Never Let Me Go

Robin Wright Penn | The Conspirator

Natalie Portman | Black Swan

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Christian Bale | The Fighter

Ed Harris | The Way Back

Brad Pitt | The Tree of Life

Geoffrey Rush | The King's Speech

Ray Winstone | London Boulevard

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Annette Bening | Mother and Child
Jessica Chastain | The Tree of Life

Helena Bonham Carter | The King's Speech
Rebecca Hall | The Town
Thekla Reuten | The American

BEST DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT
Terence Malick | The Tree of Life
Christopher Nolan | Inception
David O. Russell | The Fighter
Julian Schnabel | Miral
Peter Weir | The Way Back

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Armando Bo, Alejandro González Iñárritu & Nicolás Giacobone | Biutiful
Paul Attanasio & Lewis Colick | The Fighter
Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life
Christopher Nolan | Inception
David Seidler | The King's Speech

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Ben Affleck | The Town
Joel & Ethan Coen | True Grit
Alex Garland | Never Let Me Go
Rula Jebreal | Miral
Peter Weir | The Way Back

BEST ANIMATED FILM
How to Train Your Dragon | Dreamworks SKG
The Illusionist | Pathé
Legend of the Guardians | Warner Bros. Pictures
Rapunzel | Walt Disney Pictures
Toy Story 3 | Walt Disney Pictures

BEST FILM EDITING
Hank Corwin & co. | The Tree of Life
Roderick Jaynes | True Grit

Pamela Martin | The Fighter
Lee Smith | Inception
Juliette Welfling | Miral

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Russell Boyd | The Way Back
Eric Gautier | Miral
Emmanuel Lubezki | The Tree of Life
Wally Pfister | Inception
Robert Richardson | Shutter Island

BEST ART DIRECTION
Netty Chapman | The King's Speech
Stuart Craig | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
Dante Ferretti | Shutter Island
Jack Fisk | The Tree of Life
Arthur Max | Robin Hood

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood | Alice in Wonderland
Louise Frogley | The Conspirator
Janty Yates | Robin Hood
Mary Zophres | True Grit
Unknown as of yet | Miral

BEST MAKEUP
Alice in Wonderland
The Conspirator
The Way Back

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat | The Tree of Life
James Newton Howard | The Last Airbender
Abel Korzeniowski | Rabbit Hole
Gustavo Santaolalla | Biutiful
Hans Zimmer | Inception

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Fighter
Inception
Iron Man 2
Robin Hood
Tron

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
The Fighter
Inception
Iron Man 2
The Last Airbender
True Grit

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Iron Man 2
The Last Airbender
Tron