En la nueva época que este martes 3 de febrero comenzaron a vivir los premios Oscar, y como un hecho que debe ser considerado histórico e inusitado, dos realizadores de origen latino, el argentino Juan José Campanella y la peruana Claudia Llosa estarán compitiendo dentro de la categoría Mejor Película Extranjera con las cintas ¨El secreto de tus ojos¨ y ¨The Milk of Sorrow¨, respectivamente.

Por su parte la actriz española Penélope Cruz confirmo el destacado sitio que ocupa entre la comunidad artística de Hollywood al ser seleccionada dentro de la categoría Mejor Actriz de Reparto por su actuación en la cinta musical ¨Nine¨, en la que fue dirigida por Rob Marshall.

Como era de esperarse la competencia entre la mega producción futurista ¨Avatar¨, dirigida por James Cameron y el drama ¨The Hurt Locker¨, dirigido por Katryn Bigelow, llegaran a la entrega de las estatuillas doradas con iguales posibilidades de llevarse el mayor numero de premios ya que ambos filmes obtuvieron 9 nominaciones.

Muy cerca de estas dos cintas se encuentran el controversial cineasta Quentin Tarantino, con su película ¨Inglourious Basterds¨, elegida en 8 categorías, incluidas la de Mejor Director, Mejor Guión Original y Mejor Director.

Desde antes que fuera anunciada la lista de aspirantes al premio Oscar, y por los resultados que las películas de Cameron, Bigelow y Tarantino habían venido obteniendo en otras competencias, se tenia previsto que las tres ocuparan un destacado lugar entre los finalistas seleccionadas por los miembros de la Academia de Ciencias y Artes Cinematográficas de Hollywood. Tal y como termino ocurriendo.

Un poco rezagadas quedaron ¨Up in the Air¨, dirigida por Jason Reitman, y ¨Precious¨, dirigida por Lee Daniels, al quedar seleccionadas en 6 diferentes apartados cada una.

Queda pendiente una interesante pregunta por resolver, que es la de saber si a final de cuentas los premio mas importante que hay en la industria fílmica de Hollywood (Mejor Pelicula del Año y Mejor Director) terminaran en manos de una cinta como ¨The Hurt Locker¨, de grandes meritos artísticos y un escaso desempeño en las taquillas de los teatros o si triunfara ¨Avatar¨, el filme que ha obtenido las mayores recaudaciones económicas en la toda la historia del cine.

A continuación presento la lista completa de nominados al Oscar en la que será su edición numero 82:

Ajami, an Inosan Production (Kino International) (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (Israel)
Avatar, a Lightstorm Entertainment Production (20th Century Fox) (9 nominations)
Art direction
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Original score
Best picture
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Visual effects
The Blind Side, an Alcon Entertainment Production (Warner Bros.) (2 nominations)
Sandra Bullock - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Best picture
Bright Star, a Jan Chapman/Bright Star Films Production (Apparition) (1 nomination)
Costume design
Burma VJ, a Magic Hour Films Production (Oscilloscope Laboratories) (1 nomination)
Documentary feature
Coco before Chanel, a Haut et Court Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)
Costume design
Coraline, a LAIKA Production (Focus Features) (1 nomination)
Best animated feature film
The Cove, an Oceanic Preservation Society Production (Roadside Attractions) (1 nomination)
Documentary feature
Crazy Heart, an Informant Media/Butcher's Run Films Production (Fox Searchlight) (3 nominations)
Jeff Bridges - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Original song - "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)"
District 9, a Block/Hanson Production (Sony Pictures Releasing) (4 nominations)
Film editing
Best picture
Visual effects
Adapted screenplay
An Education, a Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (3 nominations)
Carey Mulligan - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Best picture
Adapted screenplay
El Secreto de Sus Ojos, a Haddock Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (Argentina)
Fantastic Mr. Fox, an American Empirical Production (20th Century Fox) (2 nominations)
Best animated feature film
Original score
Food, Inc., a Robert Kenner Films Production (Magnolia Pictures) (1 nomination)
Documentary feature
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, a Warner Bros. Production (Warner Bros.) (1 nomination)
Cinematography
The Hurt Locker, a Voltage Pictures Production (Summit Entertainment) (9 nominations)
Jeremy Renner - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Original score
Best picture
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Original screenplay
Il Divo, an Indigo Film/Lucky Red/Parco Film/Babe Films Production (MPI Media Group through Music Box) (1 nomination)
Makeup
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, a Poo Poo Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (2 nominations)
Art direction
Costume design
In the Loop, a Loop Film/BBC Films and UK Film Council in association with Aramid Entertainment Production (IFC Films) (1 nomination)
Adapted screenplay
Inglourious Basterds, a Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production (The Weinstein Company) (8 nominations)
Christoph Waltz - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Cinematography
Directing
Film editing
Best picture
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Original screenplay
Invictus, a Liberty Pictures Production (Warner Bros.) (2 nominations)
Morgan Freeman - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Matt Damon - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Julie & Julia, a Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing) (1 nomination)
Meryl Streep - Performance by an actress in a leading role
The Last Station, an Egoli Tossell Film/Zephyr Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (2 nominations)
Christopher Plummer - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Helen Mirren - Performance by an actress in a leading role
The Lovely Bones, a Wingnut Films Production (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount) (1 nomination)
Stanley Tucci - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
The Messenger, an All the King's Horses Production (Oscilloscope Laboratories) (2 nominations)
Woody Harrelson - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Original screenplay
The Milk of Sorrow, a Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (Peru)
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, a Kovno Communications Production (1 nomination)
Documentary feature
Nine, a Weinstein Brothers/Marc Platt/Lucamar/Relativity Media Production (The Weinstein Company) (4 nominations)
Penélope Cruz - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Art direction
Costume design
Original song - "Take It All"
Paris 36, a Galatée Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)
Original song - "Loin de Paname"
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, a Lee Daniels Entertainment/ Smokewood Entertainment Production (Lionsgate) (6 nominations)
Gabourey Sidibe - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Mo'Nique - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Directing
Film editing
Best picture
Adapted screenplay
The Princess and the Frog, a Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney) (3 nominations)
Best animated feature film
Original song - "Almost There"
Original song - "Down in New Orleans"
The Secret of Kells, a Cartoon Saloon/Les Armateurs/Vivi Film Production (GKIDS) (1 nomination)
Best animated feature film
A Serious Man, a Working Title Films Production (Focus Features) (2 nominations)
Best picture
Original screenplay
Sherlock Holmes, a Warner Bros. UK Services Production (Warner Bros.) (2 nominations)
Art direction
Original score
A Single Man, a Fade to Black and Depth of Field Production (The Weinstein Company) (1 nomination)
Colin Firth - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Star Trek, a Bad Robot Production (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) (4 nominations)
Makeup
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Visual effects
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a Don Murphy/Tom DeSanto/di Bonaventura Pictures/Ian Bryce Production (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount) (1 nomination)
Sound mixing
Un Prophète, a Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 nomination)
Best foreign language film (France)
Up, a Pixar Production (Walt Disney) (5 nominations)
Best animated feature film
Original score
Best picture
Sound editing
Original screenplay
Up in the Air, a Montecito Picture Company Production (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) (6 nominations)
George Clooney - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Vera Farmiga - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Anna Kendrick - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Directing
Best picture
Adapted screenplay
Which Way Home, a Mr. Mudd Production (1 nomination)
Documentary feature
The White Ribbon, an X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (2 nominations)
Cinematography
Best foreign language film (Germany)
The Young Victoria, a GK Films Production (Apparition) (3 nominations)
Art direction
Costume design
Makeup

Lista de Nominaciones por Estudio (by Studio):

- "Avatar" 20th Century Fox 9

- "The Hurt Locker" Summit Entertainment 9

- "Inglourious Basterds" The Weinstein Company 8

- "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" Lionsgate 6

- "Up in the Air" Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios 6

- "Up" Walt Disney 5

- "District 9" Sony Pictures Releasing 4

- "Nine" The Weinstein Company 4

- "Star Trek" Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment 4

- "Crazy Heart" Fox Searchlight 3

- "An Education" Sony Pictures Classics 3

- "The Princess and the Frog" Walt Disney 3

- "The Young Victoria" Apparition 3

- "The Blind Side" Warner Bros. 2

- "Fantastic Mr. Fox" 20th Century Fox 2

- "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" Sony Pictures Classics 2

- "Invictus" Warner Bros. 2

- "The Last Station" Sony Pictures Classics 2

- "The Messenger" Oscilloscope Laboratories 2

- "A Serious Man" Focus Features 2

- "Sherlock Holmes" Warner Bros. 2

- "The White Ribbon" Sony Pictures Classics 2