BEST FILM

The Social Network
True Grit
Black Swan

BEST ACTOR

Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

BEST ACTRESS

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale, The Fighter
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Melissa Leo, The Fighter

BEST DIRECTOR

David Fincher, The Social Network
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Waiting for “Superman”

BEST SCREENPLAY

Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

BEST CANADIAN FILM

Incendies
Last Train Home
Trigger

BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM

Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version
Paul J. Spence, Fubar II
Jay Baruchel, The Trotsky

BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM

Lubna Azabal, Incendies
Molly Parker, Trigger
Tracy Wright, Trigger

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM

Jay Brazeau, Fathers & Sons
Maxim Gaudette, Incendies
Dustin Hoffman, Barney’s Version

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM

Delphine Chaneac, Splice
Minnie Driver, Barney’s Version
Mélissa Désormeaux Poulin, Incendies

BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM

Denis Côté, Curling
Bruce MacDonald, Trigger
Denis Villeneuve, Incendies

BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM

Fathers & Sons
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
Mighty Jerome

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Carlos (France/Germany)
The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina/Spain)
Mother (Korea)
Un Prophète / A Prophet (France/Italy)

The who is who of this year's race.

Strong for Inception to get a Screenplay nod here with only one category and only three nominees.

It's always important to remember the Academy, with its members who maybe watch one or two screeners and then vote mostly on hearsay, is quite different from the critics, but, still, it's interesting The King's Speech missed Picture.

With only 3 nominees, I think it's pretty easy to predict. I'm actually more surprised that Inception missed considering True Grit, although very well received itself, hasn't done nearly as well with critics awards. The Social Network, Inception, and Black Swan are clearly the three films that have the most passionate critics supports.

As I have said before, The King's Speech isn't nearly as strong as initially believed. Inception and Black Swan seem to be clearly ahead of it now. Black Swan just enjoys great overall support (and some very passionate among that) and Portman's the frontrunner for Best Actress. Inception is the frontrunner for Best Original Screenplay and should be a behemoth in the techs department.

Winners:

BEST FILM

The Social Network

BEST ACTOR

Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

BEST ACTRESS

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale, The Fighter

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

BEST DIRECTOR

David Fincher, The Social Network

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Exit Through the Gift Shop

BEST SCREENPLAY

Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

BEST CANADIAN FILM

Incendies

BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM

Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version

BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM

Lubna Azabal, Incendies

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM

Dustin Hoffman, Barney’s Version

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM

Delphine Chaneac, Splice

BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM

Denis Villeneuve, Incendies

BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM

Fathers & Sons

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Carlos (France/Germany)