State of the Oscar Race: November Predictions - Technical/Animated/Foreign

Best Animated Feature
Brave
Frankenweenie
Le Tableau
ParaNorman
Wreck-It Ralph

Other Contenders - Rise of the Guardians, The Rabbi's Cat, Zarafa, A Liar's Autobiography, From Up on Poppy Hill, Madagascar 3: Europes Most Wanted

Best Foreign Language Film
Amour (Austria)
Fill the Void (Israel)
The Intouchables (France)
No (Chile)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)

Other Contenders - Lore (Australia), Our Children (Belgium), War Witch (Canada), Barbara (Germany), Sister (Switzerland)

Best Production Design
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln
The Master

Other Contenders - Life of Pi, Cloud Atlas, Django Unchained, Prometheus, The Impossible, The Dark Knight Rises, A Royal Affair, Argo, Mirror Mirror

Best Cinematography
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Other Contenders - Anna Karenina, Zero Dark Thirty, The Master, Django Unchained, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cloud Atlas, The Impossible, The Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus

Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Mirror, Mirror

Other Contenders - A Royal Affair, Django Unchained, Argo, Cloud Atlas, The Master, Snow White and the Huntsman, Hitchcock

Best Film Editing
Argo
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Silver Linings Playbook

Other Contenders - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Flight, The Master, The Impossible, Anna Karenina, Cloud Atlas, Skyfall, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Dark Knight Rises

Best Makeup and Hair
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lincoln

Other Contenders - Men In Black III, Les Miserables, Hitchcock, The Impossible, Skyfall, Anna Karenina, Holy Motors, Looper

Best Original Score
Dario Marianelli "Anna Karenina"
Dan Romer and Behn Zeitlen "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Howard Shore "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Mychael Danna "Life of Pi"
John Williams "Lincoln"

Other Contenders - Argo, Cloud Atlas, The Master, Silver Linings Playbook, Brave, Rise of the Guardians, Moonrise Kingdom, The Impossible, The Sessions

Best Original Song
Song From the Lonely Mountain - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Midnight Run - Lawless
Suddenly - Les Miserables
Still Alive - Paul Williams Still Alive
Skyfall - Skyfall

Other Contenders - Touch the Sky - Brave, Learn Me Right - Brave, From Here to the Moon and Back - Joyful Noise, Still Dream - Rise of the Guardians, Not Enough - Joyful Noise

Best Sound Mixing
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Other Contenders - The Avengers, Life of Pi, Flight, Prometheus, The Impossible, Argo, Cloud Atlas, Looper, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Brave

Best Sound Editing
The Avengers
Django Unchained
The Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Other Contenders - Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Flight, Prometheus, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Impossible, Brave

Best Visual Effects
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Skyfall

Other Contenders - Cloud Atlas, Prometheus, The Impossible, Looper, Flight