23/01/2007

Europe is very much in the running in the 79th Academy Awards, which will be held on the evening of February 25.

The Lives of Others [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Florian Henckel von Donners…
interview: Ulrich Muehe
film profile] (see Focus) by Germany’s Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, After the Wedding [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sisse Graum Jørgensen
interview: Susanne Bier
film profile] by Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier (see Focus), Days of Glory [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jean Bréhat
interview: Rachid Bouchareb
film profile] by Rachid Bouchareb (see Focus) and Pan's Labyrinth [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Guillermo del Toro will compete for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The four titles have been supported by the MEDIA Programme in its Distribution sector.

UK director Stephen Frears’ The Queen [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Andy Harries
interview: Stephen Frears
film profile] (see Focus) will represent Europe in the categories of Best Film, Director, Actress, Original Screenplay, Costumes and Score.

Helen Mirren, the wonderful star of the film on Queen Elizabeth, will vie for the Oscar against Penelope Cruz, the lead in Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Agustín Almodóvar
interview: Carmen Maura
interview: Pedro Almodóvar
interview: Pénélope Cruz
film profile] (see Focus).

78th Academy Award Nominees:

Best Picture
The Departed
Babel
Little Miss Sunshine
Letter from Iwo Jima
The Queen

Best Director
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu - Babel
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Clint Eastwood - Letter from Iwo Jima
Paul Greengrass - United 93

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson

Best Actress
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - Il diavolo veste Prada
Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal
Kate Winslet - Little Children

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed

Best Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Best Original Screenplay
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Il labirinto del Fauno
The Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay
Borat
I figli degli uomini
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal

Best Foreign Film
After The Wedding (Denmark)
Days of Glory (Algeria)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
The Lives of Others (Germany)
Water (Canada)

(Translated from Italian)