based on stories from Rope Burns by F.X. Toole The Motorcycle Diaries – José Rivera based on the books Con el Che por America Latina by Alberto Granado and The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara |- | valign="top" |The Incredibles – Brad Bird Shark Tale – Bill Damaschke Shrek 2 – Andrew Adamson | valign="top" |The Sea Inside (Spain) in Spanish, Catalan and Galician – Alejandro AmenábarAs It Is in Heaven (Sweden) in Swedish – Kay Pollak The Chorus (France) in French – Christophe Barratier Downfall (Germany) in German – Oliver Hirschbiegel Yesterday (South Africa) in Zulu – Darrell Roodt |- | valign="top" |Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids – Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski The Story of the Weeping Camel – Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa Super Size Me – Morgan Spurlock Tupac: Resurrection – Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali Twist of Faith – Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt | valign="top" |Mighty Times: The Children's March – Robert Hudson and Robert Houston Autism Is a World – Gerardine Wurzburg The Children of Leningradsky – Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski Hardwood – Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young Sister Rose's Passion – Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer |- | valign="top" |Wasp – Andrea Arnold 7:35 in the Morning – Nacho Vigalondo Everything in This Country Must – Gary McKendry Little Terrorist – Ashvin Kumar Two Cars, One Night – Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner | valign="top" |Ryan – Chris Landreth Birthday Boy – Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory Gopher Broke – Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller Guard Dog – Bill Plympton Lorenzo – Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth |- | valign="top" |Finding Neverland – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – John Williams Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events – Thomas Newman The Passion of the Christ – John Debney The Village – James Newton Howard | valign="top" | "Al otro lado del río" from The Motorcycle Diaries – Music and Lyrics by Jorge Drexler "Accidentally in Love" from Shrek 2 – Music by Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immerglück, Matt Malley and David Bryson; Lyrics by Adam Duritz and Dan Vickrey "Believe" from The Polar Express – Music and Lyrics by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri "Learn to Be Lonely" from The Phantom of the Opera – Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Charles Hart "Look to Your Path"