My awards are based on films released in 2010 either at the Cinema or Blu Ray / DVD.

BEST ACTOR: Matt Damon / The Informant - Andy Serkis / Sex and Drugs and Rock N Roll - Joaquin Phoenix - I'm Still Here
BEST ACTRESS: Vera Firminga / Up In The Air

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Nigel Lindsay / Four Lions
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

BEST DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese - Shutter Island

BEST FILM: Everybody's Fine

BEST FOREIGN FILM: Secret in their Eyes

BEST SCORE:The Road - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : Mihai Malaimare Jr. - Tetro

All films have either been released at the cinema or dvd/bluray between January 2010 and January 2011

Dogtooth (Greece)
Everybody's Fine
Secret in their Eyes (Argentina)
Inception
The Town
Crazy Heart
Shutter Island
The Boys are Back (Australia/British)
Scouting Book for Boys
The Social Network
I'm Still Here
The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden)
Four Lions
Hachi - A Dog's Tale
The Road
Nowhere Boy
The Informant
A Prophet (France)
An Education
Men Who Stare At Goats
A Serious Man
Sex and Drugs and Rock N Roll
Harry Brown
Up In The Air
Down Terrace

In no particular order

John Grant - Queen of Denmark
Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Hiss Golden Messenger - Bad Debt
Cotton Jones - Tall Hours In The Glowstream
Prince - 20Ten
Patrick Park - Come What Will
Doug Paisley - Constant Companion
Damien Jurado - Saint Bartlett
Strand of Oaks - Pope Killdragon
JBM - Not Even In July
Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises
Harper Simon - Harper Simon
Dylan LeBlanc - Pauper's Field
The Radio Dept - Clinging to a Scheme
Babybird - Ex Maniac
Surfer Blood - Astro…

With the Oscar ceremony only hours away i thought i would give my two pennies worth. Again my awards are based on films released in 2009 either at the Cinema or DVD.

BEST ACTOR: Kare Hedebrant - Let the Right One In.
BEST ACTRESS: Johanna Wokalek - The Baader Meinhof Complex

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Allison Janney - Away We Go

BEST DIRECTOR: Charlie Kaufmann - Synecdoche New York

BEST FILM: Moon

BEST FOREIGN FILM: Let the Right One In

BEST SCORE: Clint Mansell - Moon

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : Claudio Miranda - The…

I know this sight is primarily a music site but feel a film recommendation or two will not be out of place.

All films listed were either released at the cinema or DVD throughout 2009.

Here goes:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Moon
Surveillance
Let the Right One In
Religulous
Crossing Over
Synecdoche New York
The Burning Plain
Seven Pounds
Knowing
Away We Go
Inglorious Basterds
Adventureland
The Time Traveler's Wife
Funny People
Management
Two Lovers
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Eden Lake
Che - Part One

In no particular order after all music is a mood thing:

STRAND OF OAKS- LEAVE RUIN
CLEM SNIDE- HUNGRY BIRD
WHITE DENIM- FITS
OTHER LIVES- OTHER LIVES
FEVER RAY- FEVER RAY
DOUG PAISLEY- DOUG PAISLEY
COTTON JONES- PARANOID COCOON
MIKE BONES- A FOOL FOR EVERYONE
HEARTLESS BASTARDS- THE MOUNTAIN
THE XX- XX
THE PINES- TREMOLO
PAUL CURRERI- CALIFORNIA
ARBOURETUM-SONG OF THE PEARL
PRINCE- LOTUS FLOWER / MPL SOUND
ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND- ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND
MONSTERS OF FOLK - MONSTERS OF FOLK
THE DUKE…