Foreign Language Film Academy Award Symposium 2008 Photos
February 24th, 2008 by Andre Soares
The 80th Academy Awards‘ Foreign 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.
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Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / Darren Decker (directors’ solo photos) / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Stefan Ruzowitzky (left), Joseph Cedar (left center), Sergei Bodrov (right center), and Academy Governor Mark Johnson
Andrzej Wajda
Nikita Mikhalkov
Joseph Cedar
Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrzej Wajda
Sergei Bodrov, Nikita Mikhalkov
Joseph Cedar, Stefan Ruzowitzky
Crane-Lifting Huge Oscar Statue
Jessica Alba Hosts Academy’s Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards
Oscar Luncheon 2008 - George Clooney, Viggo Mortensen, Julie Christie, et al.
Barbara Stanwyck Academy Celebration
Jacqueline Bisset, Haskell Wexler, von Trapp Family at Douglas Kirkland’s Exhibition
Jane Fonda at COMING HOME Screening
Brian De Palma, Amy Irving at CARRIE Screening
ET: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 25th Anniversary Screening
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