Mike Sweeney's Ballot
| AWARD CATEGORY | CHOICE |
|---|
| 1. Best Visual Effects (2 points) | 4: Inception |
| 2. Best Sound Editing (2 points) | 1: Inception |
| 3. Best Sound Mixing (2 points) | 2: The King's Speech |
| 4. Best Live Action Short Film (1 points) | 1: The Confession |
| 5. Best Animated Short Film (1 points) | 3: Let's Pollute |
| 6. Best Original Song (4 points) | 3: "If I Rise" (127 Hours) |
| 7. Best Original Score (4 points) | 5: The Social Network (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross) |
| 8. Best Makeup (2 points) | 2: The Way Back |
| 9. Best Film Editing (3 points) | 2: The Fighter |
| 10. Best Documentary Short (1 points) | 4: Sun Come Up |
| 11. Best Documentary Feature (1 points) | 5: Waste Land |
| 12. Best Animated Feature (4 points) | 3: Toy Story 3 |
| 13. Best Costume Design (3 points) | 3: The King's Speech |
| 14. Best Cinematography (5 points) | 3: The King's Speech |
| 15. Best Art Direction (3 points) | 1: Alice in Wonderland |
| 16. Best Foreign Language Film (4 points) | 1: Biutiful (Mexico) |
| 17. Best Adapted Screenplay (5 points) | 2: The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin) |
| 18. Best Original Screenplay (5 points) | 2: The Fighter (Silver, Tamasy, Johnson, Dorrington) |
| 19. Best Director (10 points) | 3: The King's Speech (Tom Hooper) |
| 20. Best Supporting Actress (10 points) | 4: Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) |
| 21. Best Supporting Actor (10 points) | 1: Christian Bale (The Fighter) |
| 22. Best Actress (15 points) | 4: Natalie Portman (Black Swan) |
| 23. Best Actor (15 points) | 4: Colin Firth (The King's Speech) |
| 24. Best Picture (20 points) | 7: The Social Network |