OSCAR PREDICTIONS
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Predictions Index
Contenders Thus Far
Argentina to Finland / France to Mexico / The Netherlands to Vietnam
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FOREIGN COUNTRIES -OSCAR RECORDS / 2006 -LAST YEAR'S RACE
10/17 Updated: THIS IS IT. THE OFFICIAL 63 CONTENDERS discuss on the blog
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| details 112 min (Dutch) starring Gene Bervoets, Sergei Makovetski and Sylvia Hoeks synopsis a aging film critic falls in love with a ticket taker in this dramedy misc info ... not selected ... |
details 92 min (Norwegian) starring Trond Fausa Aurvaag, Marian Saastad Ottesen and Peter Stormare synopsis a raucous romantic comedy about a controlling chatty woman and the man she wins over misc info based on the novel by Erlend Loe not selected ??? |
details ??? min (Spanish) starring Diego Bertie and Vanessa Saba synopsis ??? misc info ??? not selected ??? |
details 105 min (Bicolano, Tagalog, Filipino) starring Sid Lucero and Angel Aquino synopsis Two people meet during whale watching season misc info ... |
details ? min (Polish) synopsis A WW II historical drama about the Stalinist massacre of Polish citizens. The title refers to the place where it happened misc info Wajda won an honorary Oscar in 2000. His filmMan of Iron (81) was the last Polish film nominated for this prize. not selected Tricks |
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Portugal never nominated Belle Toujours d. Manoel de Oliveira |
Puerto
Rico 1 nomination Maldeamores (Lovesickness) d.Carlos Ruiz Ruiz and Mariem Perez Riera |
Russia 13 noms / 4 wins 12 (12 Razgnevannyh Muzhchin) d. Nikita Mikhalkov official site |
Serbia never nominated Klopka (The Trap) d. Srdjan Golubovic official site? |
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-TBA 2007 |
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| details 68 min (French) starring Michel Piccoli reprises his role from the Luis Bunuel masterpiece Belle de Jour and Bulle Ogier takes on the Deneuve part. Blasphemy you might say synopsis Henri sees Severine 38 years later and forces her to reexamine their past misc info ... not selected ... |
details ??? min (Spanish) starring Luis Guzman, Silvia Brito, Miguel Angel Alvarez, and Yarani del Valle synopsis three different stories about love misc info produced by Benicio Del Toro not selected ... |
details 113 min (Romanian, English) starring Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov and Alexandru Potocean synopsis an abortion drama set in 1980s misc info Palme D'Or @ Cannes related post |
details 153 min (Russian) starring NIkita Mikhalkov, Uri Stoyanova, Viktor Verzhbitsky and more... synopsis 12 jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen teenager charged with first degree murder misc info a Russian riff on 12 Angry Men not selected ... |
details 106 min (Serbo-Croatian) starring Nebojsa Glogovac, Natasa Ninkovic, Miki Manojlovic, Anica Dobra and Dejan Cukic synopsis a self described "noir" about a father confonting a horrifying choice and life in post Milosevic Serbia misc info ... |
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Slovakia never nominated Návrat bocianov (Return of the Storks) d. Martin Repka official site? |
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TARTAN
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details 110 min (mandarin, hokkien) starring Mindee Ong, Yeo Yann Yann, Qi Yu Wu, Liu Ling Ling, May and Choy synopsis Hit film about rival getai singers said to be full of "overwhelming pageantry" and Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) influenced lunacy misc info ... |
details 100 min () starring Katharina Lorenz, Florian Stetter, Radek Brzobohaty´, Lukásą Latinák, Zuzana Maurery, Karol Csino, Kyra Mladeck synopsis ... misc info ... |
details 105 min (Slovenian) starring Tjasa Zeleznik synopsis a multiple character interlocking narrative. They're all the rage these days at home and abroad misc info ... |
details 100 min (Spanish) starring Belen Rueda and Gerladine Chaplin synopsis ... misc info produced by Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) not selected The two other finalists were Spanish Civil War set drama The 13 Roses, starring Pilar López de Ayala and Luz de domingo (Sunday's Light), by José Luis Garci (a previous winner of this category for Volver a Empezar) |
details 95 min (Swedish) synopsis "a film about the grandeur of existing" It's composed of 50 vignettes misc info New Yorker Films picked up Anderssons last movie. Hopefully a brave distributro will pick this one up. * Related TIFF post not selected ... |
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Taiwan
3 noms / 1 win Island Etude d. Chen Huai-En |
Thailand never nominated King Nareusan Part 2 d. Chatrichalerm Yukol |
Turkey |
Uruguay nom El baño del Papa (The Pope’s Toilet) d. Cesar Charlone and Enrique Fernández official site |
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details 165 min (Thai) starring Wanchana Sawatdee synopsis Sequel to a historical biopic epic misc info here's a review at coffee, coffee and more coffee |
details 96 min (Turkish) starring Erkan Can (lead), Meray Ulgen and Guven Kirac synopsis a sheltered and devout Muslim suddenly encounters conflicts to his beliefs when he gets a new job, phone and computer misc info ... |
details 90/97 min (Spanish) starring Virginia Méndez Virginia Ruíz Mario Silva César Troncoso synopsis ... misc info You may remember Cesar Charlone's name from the 2003 Oscars. He was nominated for Best Cinematography for City of God |
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couldn't do this without you Boyd and DZONG A huge round of applause for contributing readers: Agustin, Aldo, Alvaro, Andre, Arietro, Cristian, Eduardo, Karol, Krister, John, Jordi, Marco, Marcos, Mauricio, Meg, Nedim, Paxton, Pedro, Utada, WZ and Yonatan Notable foreign films not chosen by their home country: La Vie En Rose (France) The Diving Bell and Butterfly (France), A Girl Cut in Two (France), Meduzot (Jellyfish) (Israel) Academy Rejections / Disqualifications (Announced as submitting but did not appear on the final list) BOLIVIA Los Andes no creen en Dios (The Andes Don't Believe in God) * ISRAEL The Bands Visit * TAIWAN Lust, Caution Countries that did not submit this year AFGHANISTAN, ALGERIA, MOROCCO, NEPAL, SOUTH AFRICA, UNITED KINGDOM |
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details ... starring Laureano Olivarez and Maria Fernanda Ferro synopsis The history of Venzeuelan guerrilla fighters as told by their sons misc info ... not selected ... |
details 142 min (Vietnamese) starring Truong Ngoc Anh and Khanh Quoc Nguyen synopsis a married couple struggles to keep a prized family possession, a white silk dress misc info most expensive film ever made in Vietnam not selected ... |
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