The ballots are in for nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards® in the categories for which all Academy members voted. Committees are hard at work choosing the films submitted by certain guilds in the Academy considered having the knowledge to choose those nominees.
The nominees will be announced live next Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Making the announcement will be Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President, Tom Sherak, and Oscar-winning Academy member, actress Mo’Nique.The committees choosing the nominees for the Best Foreign Language Film of 2010, the Best Special Effects, and Best Makeup have issued their short lists:
Nine Foreign Language Films Continue in Oscar Race
Sixty-six films originally qualified in this category and now there are nine. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country with director, are:
Algeria, Hors la Loi (Outside the Law), Rachid Bouchareb;
Canada, Incendies, Denis Villeneuve,
Denmark, In a Better World, Susanne Bier;
Greece, Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos;
Japan, Confessions, Tetsuya Nakashima;
Mexico, Biutiful, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu;
South Africa, Life, above All, Oliver Schmitz;
Spain, Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain), Iciar Bollain;
Sweden, Simple Simon, Andreas Ohman.
Foreign Language Film nominations for 2010 are again being determined in two phases. The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based members, screened the 66 eligible films between mid-October and January 13. The group’s top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy’s Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute this shortlist.
In Phase II, this list will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles. They will spend today, January 21, through Sunday, January 23, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.
Seven Features Vie in Special Effects (VFX)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AMPAS®, for short, announced seven films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 83rd Academy Awards.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Tron: Legacy
All members of the Visual Effects Branch were invited to view 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films on Thursday, January 20. Following the screenings, the members voted to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration. Those five will be announced next Tuesday, January 25.
Seven Advance in Makeup Category
AMPAS has announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup category for the 83rd Academy Awards. The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
Alice in Wonderland
Barney’s Version
The Fighter
Jonah Hex
True Grit
The Way Back
The Wolfman
Tomorrow, Saturday, January 22, all members of the Academy’s Makeup Branch will view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration, and they will be announced with all the nominees on the 25th.
