78th Academy Awards Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2005 was held on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. The winners for each category are bolded.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
• Terrence Howard in “Hustle & Flow” (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
• Heath Ledger in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
• Joaquin Phoenix in “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
• David Strathairn in “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• George Clooney in “Syriana” (Warner Bros.)
• Matt Dillon in “Crash” (Lions Gate)
• Paul Giamatti in “Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax)
• Jake Gyllenhaal in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
• William Hurt in “A History of Violence” (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Judi Dench in “Mrs. Henderson Presents” (The Weinstein Company)
• Felicity Huffman in “Transamerica” (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
• Keira Knightley in “Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features)
• Charlize Theron in “North Country” (Warner Bros.)
• Reese Witherspoon in “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in “Junebug” (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Catherine Keener in “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
• Frances McDormand in “North Country” (Warner Bros.)
• Rachel Weisz in “The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features)
• Michelle Williams in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Howl’s Moving Castle” (Buena Vista) Hayao Miyazaki
• “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” (Warner Bros.) Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
• “Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit” (DreamWorks Animation SKG) Nick Park and Steve Box

Achievement in art direction

• “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures) Art Direction: Jim Bissell Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
• “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Stuart Craig Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• “King Kong” (Universal) Art Direction: Grant Major Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
• “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Art Direction: John Myhre Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
• “Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

Achievement in cinematography

• “Batman Begins” (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
• “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Rodrigo Prieto
• “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures) Robert Elswit
• “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dion Beebe
• “The New World” (New Line) Emmanuel Lubezki

Achievement in costume design

• “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Warner Bros.) Gabriella Pescucci
• “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colleen Atwood
• “Mrs. Henderson Presents” (The Weinstein Company) Sandy Powell
• “Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
• “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox) Arianne Phillips

Achievement in directing

• “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Ang Lee
• “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Bennett Miller
• “Crash” (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis
• “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures) George Clooney
• “Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) Steven Spielberg

Best documentary feature

• “Darwin’s Nightmare” (International Film Circuit) A Mille et Une Production Hubert Sauper
• “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” (Magnolia Pictures) An HDNet Films Production Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
• “March of the Penguins” (Warner Independent Pictures) A Bonne Pioche Production Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
• “Murderball” (THINKFilm) An Eat Films Production Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
• “Street Fight” A Marshall Curry Production Marshall Curry

Best documentary short subject

• “The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club” A Dan Krauss Production Dan Krauss
• “God Sleeps in Rwanda” An Acquaro/Sherman Production Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
• “The Mushroom Club” A Farallon Films Production Steven Okazaki
• “A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin” A NomaFilms Production Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson

Achievement in film editing

• “Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax) Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
• “The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features) Claire Simpson
• “Crash” (Lions Gate) Hughes Winborne “Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) Michael Kahn
• “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox) Michael McCusker

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Don’t Tell” A Cattleya/Rai Cinema Production Italy
• “Joyeux Noël” A Nord-Ouest Production France
• “Paradise Now” An Augustus Film Production Palestine
• “Sophie Scholl - The Final Days” A Goldkind Filmproduktion and Broth Film Production Germany
• “Tsotsi” A Moviworld Production South Africa

Achievement in makeup

• “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista) Howard Berger and Tami Lane
• “Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax) David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
• “Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith” (20th Century Fox) Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Gustavo Santaolalla “The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
• “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams
• “Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) John Williams
• “Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “In the Deep” from “Crash” (Lions Gate) Music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker Lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York
• “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from“Hustle & Flow” (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment) Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
• “Travelin’ Thru” from “Transamerica” (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films) Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton

Best motion picture of the year

• “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) A River Road Entertainment Production Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
• “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) An A-Line Pictures/Cooper’s Town/ Infinity Media Production Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, Producers
• “Crash” (Lions Gate) A Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar’s Bridge/ Harris Company/ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./Bull’s Eye Entertainment Production Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
• “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures) A Good Night Good Luck LLC Production Grant Heslov, Producer
• “Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures Production Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, Producers

Best animated short film

• “Badgered” A National Film and Television School Production Sharon Colman
• “The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation” A John Canemaker Production John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
• “The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello” (Monster Distributes) A 3D Films Production Anthony Lucas “9” A Shane Acker Production Shane Acker
• “One Man Band” A Pixar Animation Studios Production Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews

Best live action short film

• “Ausreisser (The Runaway)” A Hamburg Media School, Filmwerkstatt Production Ulrike Grote
• “Cashback” (The British Film Institute) A Left Turn Films Production Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
• “The Last Farm” A Zik Zak Filmworks Production Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
• “Our Time Is Up” A Station B Production Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
• “Six Shooter” (Sundance Film Channel) A Missing in Action Films and Funny Farm Films Production Martin McDonagh

Achievement in sound editing

• “King Kong” (Universal) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
• “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman
• “War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King

Achievement in sound mixing

• “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista) Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
• “King Kong” (Universal) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
• “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
• “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox) Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
• “War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins

Achievement in visual effects

• “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista) Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
• “King Kong” (Universal) Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
• “War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks) Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra and Daniel Sudick

Adapted screenplay

• “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
• “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Dan Futterman
• “The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
• “A History of Violence” (New Line) Screenplay by Josh Olson
• “Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

Original screenplay

• “Crash” (Lions Gate) Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco Story by Paul Haggis
• “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures) Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
• “Match Point” (DreamWorks) Written by Woody Allen
• “The Squid and the Whale” (Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Releasing) Written by Noah Baumbach
• “Syriana” (Warner Bros.) Written by Stephen Gaghan