Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Film, Foreign Language Film

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

I haven’t been following too closely the debates about who will or won’t be nominated for the 2008 Academy Awards, though a few front-runners — No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Ratatouille, Joel and Ethan Coen, Daniel Day-Lewis, Julie Christie, George Clooney, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page — have become rather obvious after U.S. critics, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and the Screen Actors Guild began announcing their winners and/or nominees.
That said, I have also read here and there comments on how this film, that star, or that sound technician (joke) will fare in the voting.
The list below is incomplete and quite likely not all that accurate. The only reason [...]

by Andre Soares | January 3, 2008   
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Leeds Film Festival Awards 2007

2007 Leeds Film Festival Awards
2007 Leeds Film Festival: November 7-18, 2007
 

Partially shot in Newfoundland, Tony Stone’s Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America tells the story of two Norsemen who are separated from their tribesmen while on a 11th-century expedition in North America. The film’s soundtrack features both heavy metal and light opera.
 

Golden Owl Award 2007:
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America by Tony Stone
Special Mention:
Noise by Matthew Saville and The Man from the Embassy by Dito Tsintsadze
Best Short Film
Aie by Virginie Gourmel
Special Mention:
Coco-Nuts and Dad
Best Animated Short Film:
Tyger
 
Melies d’Argent Award: (feature film)
The Orphanage (El Orfanato) – Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona – Mexico/Spain
Special Jury Mention:
Hyena (Hiena) – Dir. Grzegorz Lewandowski, Poland
Melies d’Or Nomination: (short film)
Machine (Maquina) – [...]

by Andre Soares | November 18, 2007   
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