- THE ARTIST
- THE DESCENDANTS
- DRIVE
- HUGO
- WIN WIN
Best Director
- WOODY ALLEN (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS)
- MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS (THE ARTIST)
- ALEXANDER PAYNE (THE DESCENDANTS)
- MARTIN SCORSESE (HUGO)
- NICOLAS WINDING REFN (DRIVE)
Best Actor
- GEORGE CLOONEY (THE DESCENDANTS)
- JEAN DUJARDIN (THE ARTIST)
- MICHAEL FASSBENDER (SHAME)
- BRAD PITT (MONEYBALL)
- MICHAEL SHANNON (TAKE SHELTER)
Best Actress
- VIOLA DAVIS (THE HELP)
- ELIZABETH OLSEN (MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE)
- MERYL STREEP (THE IRON LADY)
- TILDA SWINTON (WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN)
- MICHELLE WILLIAMS (MY WEEK WITH MARILYN)
Best Supporting Actor
- KENNETH BRANAGH (MY WEEK WITH MARILYN)
- ALBERT BROOKS (DRIVE)
- JOHN HAWKES (MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE)
- CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER (BEGINNERS)
- ANDY SERKIS (RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES)
Best Supporting Actress
- BERENICE BEJO (THE ARTIST)
- MELISSA MCCARTHY (BRIDESMAIDS)
- CAREY MULLIGAN (SHAME)
- OCTAVIA SPENCER (THE HELP)
- SHAILENE WOODLEY (THE DESCENDANTS)
Best Original Screenplay
- WOODY ALLEN (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS)
- MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS (THE ARTIST)
- THOMAS MCCARTHY (WIN WIN)
- ANNIE MUMOLO AND KRISTEN WIIG (BRIDESMAIDS)
- WILL RESIER (50/50)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- NAT FAXON, ALEXANDER PAYNE AND JIM RASH (THE DESCENDANTS)
- JOHN LOGAN (HUGO)
- BRIDGET O'CONNOR AND PETER STRAUGHAN (TINKER TAILOR SOLIDER SPY)
- AARON SORKIN AND STEVEN ZAILLIAN (MONEYBALL)
- TATE TAYLOR (THE HELP)
Best Cinematography
- MANUEL ALBERTO CLARO (MELANCHOLIA)
- JANUSZ KAMINSKI (WAR HORSE)
- EMMANUEL LUBEZKI (THE TREE OF LIFE)
- ROBERT RICHARDSON (HUGO)
- GUILLAUME SCHIFFMAN (THE ARTIST)
Best Art Direction
- LAURENCE BENNETT (THE ARTIST)
- RICK CARTER (WAR HORSE)
- STUART CRAIG (HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2)
- DANTE FERRETTI (HUGO)
- JACK FISK (THE TREE OF LIFE)
Best Original Score
- LUDOVIC BOURCE (THE ARTIST)
- CLIFF MARTINEZ (DRIVE)
- TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS (THE SOCIAL NETWORK)
- HOWARD SHORE (HUGO)
- JOHN WILLIAMS (WAR HORSE)
Best Ensemble Cast
- BRIDESMAIDS
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2
- THE HELP
- HUGO
- MARGIN CALL
Best Animated Feature
- THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN
- ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
- PUSS IN BOOTS
- RANGO
- WINNIE THE POOH
Best Documentary
- BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER'S JOURNEY
- BUCK
- CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS
- INTO THE ABYSS
- PROJECT NIM
Best Foreign Language Film
- 13 ASSASSINS
- CERTIFIED COPY
- I SAW THE DEVIL
- APINA
- THE SKIN I LIVE IN
With smaller critics' groups like Washington, films don't so much receive boosts as earn a few smaller accolades which they can mention in small print in FYC ads, or use to their advantage by increasing the conversation about certain nominated contenders. So Win Win, although it has snagged two major nominations here, including Best Picture, probably won't have many opportunities to brag about its success at WDCAFCA, but this could be a key moment for contenders such as Michael Shannon, Melissa McCarthy (although there's clear support for Bridesmaids here which we haven't yet seen elsewhere), or Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, the writers of the excellent screenplay for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Drive is also continuing to fare well, having fallen off many prediction charts recently, although it'll take much more to earn it a more secure spot on Oscar's lists, and Midnight in Paris also makes its first appearance from the critics' groups, with important acknowledgements in Best Director and Original Screenplay
Of course, this early in such a wide open race, there will always be disappointment. Until the field has narrowed, worthy potential nominees will find themselves deprived en masse of nominations. Here, this includes Glenn Close, quickly losing steam having garnered no major nominations thus far, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, only nominated for its score and War Horse, which has failed to turn up in any of the top categories. This shouldn't prove to be too much trouble for War Horse, though, as the guilds and other industry groups are likely to throw their weight behind it considerably, particularly if its box office lives up to expectations. The same is true for The Help, whose box office has already surpassed expectations.
The WDCAFCA announces its winners tomorrow.
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