Winners for the 81st Academy Awards 2009

Best Picture :	"Slumdog Millionaire" Christian Colson, Producer
Actor in a leading role :	Sean Penn in "Milk"
Actor in a supporting role :	Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
Actress in a leading role :	Kate Winslet in "The Reader"
Actress in a supporting role :	Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Animated Feature Film :	"WALL-E" Andrew Stanton
Art Direction  :	"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
Cinematography  :	"Slumdog Millionaire" Anthony Dod Mantle
Costume Design  :	"The Duchess" Michael O'Connor
Directing  :	"Slumdog Millionaire" Danny Boyle
Documentary Feature  :	"Man on Wire" James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Documentary Short Subject  :	"Smile Pinki" Megan Mylan
Film Editing :	"Slumdog Millionaire" Chris Dickens
Foreign Language Film :	"Departures" Japan
Makeup :	"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Greg Cannom
Music (Original Score) :	"Slumdog Millionaire" A.R. Rahman
Music (Original Song) :	"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
Short Film (Animated) :	"La Maison en Petits Cubes" Kunio Kato
Short Film (Live Action) :	"Spielzeugland (Toyland)" Jochen Alexander Freydank
Sound Editing :	"The Dark Knight" Richard King
Sound Mixing :	"Slumdog Millionaire" Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
Visual Effects :	"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
Writing (Adapted Screenplay) :	"Slumdog Millionaire" Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Writing (Original Screenplay) :	"Milk" Written by Dustin Lance Black