Amour by Michael Haneke gets 5 nominations
- Lincoln, Life Of Pi, Les Miserables amongst nomination leaders
Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced today by this year's Oscar host, Seth MacFarlane, and actress Emma Stone and the usual awards frontrunners like Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, Ang Lee's Life Of Pi and Tom Hooper's Les Miserables [+see also:
trailer
making of
film profile] are atop the list.
Lincoln leads the way with 12 nominations. Of cheer for Europe is the fact that Michael Haneke’s Amour [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michael Haneke
film profile] received 5 nominations: film, director, original screenplay, actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and best foreign language film.
Norway’s Kon-Tiki [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], Denmark’s A Royal Affair [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
interview: Nikolaj Arcel
film profile], Chile’s No and Canada’s War Witch are competing against Love in best foreign language film category
The awards take place on February 24.
Click here to read the list of nominees.
Did you enjoy reading this article? Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive more stories like this directly in your inbox.
