Best Actor

Tahar Rahim – A Prophet (Un prophète)

• Moritz Bleibtreu – The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)
• Steve Evets – Looking for Eric
• David Kross – The Reader
• Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
• Filippo Timi – Vincere

Best Actress

Kate Winslet – The Reader

• Penélope Cruz – Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos)
• Charlotte Gainsbourg – Antichrist
• Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
• Yolande Moreau – Séraphine
• Noomi Rapace – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor)

Best Animated Film

Mia and the Migou (Mia et le Migou) – Jacques-Rémy Girerd

• Niko & the Way to the Stars (Niko - Lentäjän poika) – Michael Hegner and Kari Juusonen
• The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore

Best Cinematographer

Anthony Dod Mantle – Antichrist and Slumdog Millionaire

• Christian Berger – The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band)
• Maxim Drozdov and Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev – Paper Soldier (Bumazhny soldat)
• Stéphane Fontaine – A Prophet (Un prophète)

Best Composer

Alberto Iglesias – Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos)

• Alexandre Desplat – Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel)
• Jakob Groth – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor)
• Johan Söderqvist – Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)

Best Director

Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band)

• Pedro Almodóvar – Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos)
• Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank
• Jacques Audiard – A Prophet (Un prophète)
• Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
• Lars von Trier – Antichrist

Best Film

Best Screenwriter

Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band)

• Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain – A Prophet (Un prophète)
• Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
• Gianni di Gregorio – Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di ferragosto)