Foreign Language Film Academy Award Symposium 2008 Photos

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The 80th Academy AwardsForeign Language Film Award Symposium was held yesterday, February 23, 2008, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

All five directors of this year’s nominated films were present: Joseph Cedar (Beaufort, Israel); Nikita Mikhalkov (12, Russia); Andrzej Wajda (Katyn, Poland); Sergei Bodrov (Mongol, Kazakhstan); and Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters, Austria).

Academy president Bruce Davis introduced the symposium, which was moderated by the Academy’s Chair of the Foreign Language Film Committee Mark Johnson.

Oscar 2008

Oscar 2008 ceremony

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Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / Darren Decker (directors’ solo photos) / ©A.M.P.A.S.

 

Stefan Ruzowitzky, Joseph Cedar, Sergei Bodrov, Mark Johnson
Stefan Ruzowitzky (left), Joseph Cedar (left center), Sergei Bodrov (right center), and Academy Governor Mark Johnson

Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda

Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikita Mikhalkov

Joseph Cedar
Joseph Cedar

Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrzej Wajda
Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrzej Wajda

Sergei Bodrov, Nikita Mikhalkov
Sergei Bodrov, Nikita Mikhalkov

Joseph Cedar, Stefan Ruzowitzky
Joseph Cedar, Stefan Ruzowitzky

 

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Barbara Stanwyck Academy Celebration

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Jane Fonda at COMING HOME Screening

Brian De Palma, Amy Irving at CARRIE Screening

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HONDO in 3D Screening

 


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