The 79th Annual Academy Awards were held last night. For those still recovering from the afters party, the winners were:

Performance by an actor in a leading role

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)

 

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

 

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

 

Best animated feature film of the year

Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller

 

Achievement in art direction

Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta

 

 

 

Achievement in costume design

Marie Antoinette” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero

 

Achievement in directing

The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese

 

Best documentary feature

An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
A
Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production
Davis Guggenheim

 

Best documentary short subject

The Blood of Yingzhou District
A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

 

Achievement in film editing

The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Thelma Schoonmaker

 

Best foreign language film of the year

0pt">The Lives of Others” A Wiedemann & Berg Production
Germany

 

Achievement in makeup

Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) David Martí and Montse Ribé

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
(
Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge

 

Best motion picture of the year

The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Graham King, Producer

 

Best animated short film

The Danish Poet” (National Film Board of Canada)
A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of
Canada Production
Torill Kove

 

Best live action short film

West Bank Story
An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim,
Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production
Ari Sandel

 

Achievement in sound editing

Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

 

Achievement in sound mixing

Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton

 

Achievement in visual effects

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall

 

Adapted screenplay

The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by William Monahan

 

Original screenplay

 

Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Michael Arndt

 

Achievement in cinematography

Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro