Simon Chinn The Betrayal – Nerakhoon – Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath Encounters at the End of the World – Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser The Garden – Scott Hamilton Kennedy Trouble the Water – Carl Deal and Tia Lessin | valign="top" | Smile Pinki – Megan Mylan The Conscience of Nhem En – Steven Okazaki The Final Inch – Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 – Adam Pertovsky and Margaret Hyde |- | valign="top" | Toyland (Spielzeugland) — Jochen Alexander Freydank Manon on the Asphalt — Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont New Boy (Ireland) — Steph Green and Tamara Anghie On the Line (Auf der Strecke) — Reto Caffi The Pig (Grisen) — Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh | valign="top" | La Maison en Petits Cubes – Kunio Katō Lavatory – Lovestory – Konstantin Bronzit Oktapodi – Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand Presto – Doug Sweetland This Way Up – Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes |- | valign="top" | Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat Defiance – James Newton Howard Milk – Danny Elfman WALL-E – Thomas Newman | valign="top" | "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire – Music by A. R. Rahman; Lyrics by Gulzar "Down to Earth" from WALL-E – Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyrics by Peter Gabriel "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire – Music and Lyrics by A. R. Rahman and M.I.A. |- | valign="top" | The Dark Knight – Richard King Iron Man – Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayers WALL-E – Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood Wanted – Wylie | valign="top" | Slumdog Millionaire – Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick WALL-E – Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt Wanted – Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt |- | valign="top" | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo Changeling – Art Direction: James J. Murakami; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis The Dark Knight – Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Peter Lando The Duchess – Art Direction: Michael Carlin; Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway Revolutionary Road – Art Direction: