The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards are in, and they are as follows:

Best Picture
• LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
• LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
• MASTER & COMMANDER (20th Century Fox)
• MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
• SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Directing
• Fernando Meirelles for CITY OF GOD (Miramax)
• Peter Jackson for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
• Peter Weir for MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
• Sofia Coppola for LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
• Clint Eastwood for MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor in a Leading Role
• Johnny Depp in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (20th Century Fox)
• Ben Kingsley in HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
• Jude Law in COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
• Bill Murray in LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
• Sean Penn in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actor
• Alec Baldwin in THE COOLER (Lions Gate Films)
• Benicio Del Toro in 21 GRAMS (Focus Features)
• Djimon Hounsou in IN AMERICA (Focus Features)
• Tim Robbins in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
• Ken Watanabe in LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
• Keisha Castle-Hughes in WHALE RIDER (Newmarket Films )
• Diane Keaton in SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE (Columbia Pictures )
• Samantha Morton in IN AMERICA (Focus Features)
• Charlize Theron in MONSTER (Newmarket Films )
• Naomi Watts in 21 GRAMS (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actress
• Shohreh Aghdashloo in HOUSE OF SAND & FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
• Patricia Clarkson in PIECES OF APRIL (United Arists)
• Marcia Gay Harden in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
• Holly Hunter in THIRTEEN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Renee Zellwegger in COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)

Best Original Screenplay
• THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (Miramax) by Denys Arcand
• DIRTY PRETTY THINGS (Miramax) by Steven Knight
• FINDING NEMO (Walt Disney Pixar) by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
• IN AMERICA (Focus Features) Written by Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan
• LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features) by Sofia Coppola

Best Adapted Screenplay
• AMERICAN SPLENDOR by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman
• CITY OF GOD by Braulio Mantovani
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING by Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
• MYSTIC RIVER by Brian Helgeland
• SEABISCUIT by Gary Ross

Best Foreign-Language Film
• THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS – Canada
• EVIL – Sweden
• THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI – Japan
• TWIN SISTERS – The Netherlands
• ZELARY – The Czech Republic

Best Animated Feature Film
• BROTHER BEAR – Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
• FINDING NEMO – Andrew Stanton
• THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE – Sylvain Chomet

Achievement in Art Direction
• GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (Lions Gate Films)
• LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
• MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
• SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Cinematography
• CITY OF GOD (Miramax)
• COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
• GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (Lions Gate Films)
• MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
• SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Costume Design
• GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (Lions Gate Films)
• LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
• MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
• SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Best Documentary Feature
• BALSEROS
• CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
• THE FOG OF WAR
• MY ARCHITECT
• THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Best Film Editing
• CITY OF GOD (Miramax)
• COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
• MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
• SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Makeup
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
• MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (20th Century Fox)

Best Original Score
• BIG FISH
• COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
• FINDING NEMO (Walt Disney Pixar)
• HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)

Original Song
• “Into the West” – THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
• “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow” – A MIGHTY WIND
• “Scarlet Tide” – COLD MOUNTAIN
• “The Triplets of Belleville”- THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
• “You Will Be My Ain True Love” – COLD MOUNTAIN

Achievement in Sound
• LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
• MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (20th Century Fox)
• SEABISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Sound Editing
• FINDING NEMO (Walt Disney Pixar)
• MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (20th Century Fox)

Best Visual Effects
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
• MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
• PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (20th Century Fox)

Best Documentary Short
• ASYLUM
• CHERNOBYL HEART
• FERRY TALES

Best Animated Short Film
• BOUNDIN’
• DESTINO
• GONE NUTTY
• HARVIE KRUMPET
• NIBBLES

Best Live-Action Short Film
• DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket)
• MOST (The Bridge)
• SQUASH
• (A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)
• TWO SOLDIERS