25/02/2007 - Europe was very much in the running in the 79th Academy Awards.

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 and After the Wedding [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sisse Graum Jørgensen
interview: Susanne Bier
film profile] by Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier (see Focus) will compete for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar while 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.

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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).

• Nominees


• ALL ABOUT OSCARS


• Brits take Oscar nominations by storm

Oscar 2007 - UK

• Bier marches towards awards altar

Oscar 2007 - Denmark

• The Lives of Others under Hollywood spotlight

Oscar 2007 - Germany

• Days of Glory bound for Hollywood

Oscar 2007 - France

• Scorsese's night, finally. Mirren and von Donnersmarck also shine

Oscar 2007 - Winners

• A bittersweet ceremony

Oscar 2007 - Spain

• The Lives of Others best foreign language film

Oscar 2007 - Germany