Setelah selama sepekan lalu panitia dan penulis skenario Oscar dibikin kalang kabut, pagi tadi Senin (25/02/08) atau Minggu malam waktu California akhirnya ajang paling bergengsi insan perfilman dunia digelar. Academy Awards yang menginjak tahun ke-80 ini dilangsungkan di Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, California, mulai pukul 5:00 – 8:00 sore (07.00-10.00 WIB).

Sampai perhelatan ke-80 ini, Kodak telah tujuh kali digunakan untuk menggelar ajang pemilihan film yang disiarkan langsung oleh stasiun TV ABC. Sementara ABC sendiri mencatatkan rekor sebagai TV yang memegang hak siar eksklusif selama 33 kali dalam perhelatan anual piala Oscar. ABC dikontrak sampai tahun 2014.

Para nominasi yang jadi jawara tahun ini tak begitu meleset jauh dari para pemenang Golden Globe ke-65 yang digelar 13 Januari lalu, dan dari prediksi beberapa insan perfilman.

Berikut para jawara Oscar 80 yang rata-rata didominasi aktor dan aktris asing:

Best Picture

• Artist : Scott Rudin
  Film : No Country for Old Men
• Artist : Joel Coen
  Film : No Country for Old Men
• Artist : Ethan Coen
  Film : No Country for Old Men

Best Actor

• Artist : Daniel Day-Lewis
  Film : There Will Be Blood

Best Actress

• Artist : Marion Cotillard
  Film : La Vie En Rose

Best Supporting Actor

• Artist :javier bardem
  Film : No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress

• Artist : Tilda Swinton
  Film : Michael Clayton

Honorary Awards

• Artist : Robert F. Boyle
  Film :

Best Animated Feature

• Artist : Brad Bird
  Film : Ratatouille

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Artist : Joel Coen
  Film : No Country for Old Men
• Artist : Ethan Coen
  Film : No Country for Old Men

Best Cinematography

• Artist : Robert Elswit
  Film : There Will Be Blood

Best Art Direction

• Artist : Dante Ferretti
  Film : Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Artist : Francesca Lo Schiavo
  Film : Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Costume Design

• Artist : Alexandra Byrne
  Film : The Golden Age

Best Film Editing

• Artist : Christopher Rouse
  Film : The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Makeup

• Artist : Didier Lavergne
  Film : Môme, La
• Artist : Jan Archibald
  Film : Môme, La

Best Sound

• Artist : Scott Millan
  Film : The Bourne Ultimatum
• Artist : Kirk Francis
  Film : The Bourne Ultimatum
• Artist : David Parker
  Film : The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Visual Effects

• Artist : Michael L. Fink
  Film : The Golden Compass
• Artist : Trevor Wood
  Film : The Golden Compass
• Artist : Ben Morris
  Film : The Golden Compass
• Artist : Bill Westenhofer
  Film : The Golden Compass

Best Documentary Feature

• Artist : Alex Gibney
  Film : Taxi to the Dark Side

Best Documentary Short Subject

• Artist : Cynthia Wade
  Film : Freeheld
• Artist : Vanessa Roth
  Film : Freeheld

Best Animated Short Subject

• Artist : Suzie Templeton
  Film : Peter & the Wolf
• Artist : Hugh Welchman
  Film : Peter & the Wolf

Best Original Screenplay

• Artist : Diablo Cody
  Film : Juno

Best achievement in Music Written, Original Score

• Artist : Dario Marianelli
  Film : Atonement

Best achievement in Music Written, Original Song

• Artist : Glen Hansard
  Film : Falling Slowly
• Artist : Markéta Irglová
  Film : Falling Slowly