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Academy and mtvU Launch Second Annual “Oscar® Correspondent Contest” for College Journalists

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, today announced their second annual “Oscar Correspondent Contest,” giving college journalists nationwide the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to cover red carpet festivities and backstage activities at the 82nd Academy Awards.

From October 26 through December 18, college students are invited to submit a video at http://oscars.mtvu.com, showcasing their broadcast journalism skills and proving why they deserve to cover the Oscars®. All videos submitted must be from teams made up of one anchor and one videographer. The Academy and mtvU will select the top ten videos to be posted online at mtvU.com, where students and other viewers can watch and vote for their favorite journalists from January 20 through February 10.

The three teams whose videos capture the most votes will advance to the final round of online voting from February 16 through March 2. All three teams will be flown to Los Angeles to cover Academy Awards pre-events, including the Animated Feature Symposium, Foreign Language Film Award press event, the Makeup Artist and Hairstylist Symposium and the Governors Ball preview.

The Grand Prize-winning team will be revealed on Saturday, March 6, at an Academy press conference. The anchor and videographer will be awarded a spot on the red carpet for the 82nd Academy Awards arrivals, as well as credentials for access to backstage press rooms. The winning team’s coverage will be aired on MTV News and mtvU. The two finalist teams will receive bleacher seats along the red carpet and admission to an Oscar viewing party.

Last year, Faheem Ahmed and Anish Patel from Rice University captured the Grand Prize and covered the red carpet at the 81st Academy Awards. Runners-up Megan Telles and Andrew Huse of San Diego State University, and Justin Shackil and Garry Van Genderen of Fordham University earned bleacher seats along the red carpet along with admission to an Oscar viewing party.

For a complete list of rules and regulations for the “Oscar Correspondent Contest,” please visit http://oscars.mtvu.com.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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65 Countries in Competition for 2009 Foreign Language Film Oscar®

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Sixty-five countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards®, Academy President Tom Sherak announced today. The 2009 submissions are:

Albania, “Alive!,” Artan Minarolli, director;
Argentina, “El Secreto de Sus Ojos,” Juan Jose Campanella, director;
Armenia, “Autumn of the Magician,” Rouben Kevorkov and Vaheh Kevorkov, directors;
Australia, “Samson & Delilah,” Warwick Thornton, director;
Austria, “For a Moment Freedom,” Arash T. Riahi, director;
Bangladesh, “Beyond the Circle,” Golam Rabbany Biplob, director;
Belgium, “The Misfortunates,” Felix van Groeningen, director;
Bolivia, “Zona Sur,” Juan Carlos Valdivia, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Nightguards,” Namik Kabil, director;
Brazil, “Time of Fear,” Sergio Rezende, director;
Bulgaria, “The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner,” Stephan Komandarev, director;
Canada, “I Killed My Mother,” Xavier Dolan, director;
Chile, “Dawson, Isla 10,” Miguel Littin, director;
China, “Forever Enthralled,” Chen Kaige, director;
Colombia, “The Wind Journeys,” Ciro Guerra, director;
Croatia, “Donkey,” Antonio Nuic, director;
Cuba, “Fallen Gods,” Ernesto Daranas, director;
Czech Republic, “Protektor,” Marek Najbrt, director;
Denmark, “Terribly Happy,” Henrik Ruben Genz, director;
Estonia, “December Heat,” Asko Kase, director;
Finland, “Letters to Father Jacob,” Klaus Haro, director;
France, “Un Prophete,” Jacques Audiard, director;
Georgia, “The Other Bank,” George Ovashvili, director;
Germany, “The White Ribbon,” Michael Haneke, director;
Greece, “Slaves in Their Bonds,” Tony Lykouressis, director;
Hong Kong, “Prince of Tears,” Yonfan, director;
Hungary, “Chameleon,” Krisztina Goda, director;
Iceland, “Reykjavik-Rotterdam,” Oskar Jonasson, director;
India, “Harishchandrachi Factory,” Paresh Mokashi, director;
Indonesia, “Jamila and the President,” Ratna Sarumpaet;
Iran, “About Elly,” Asghar Farhadi, director;
Israel, “Ajami,” Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, director;
Italy, “Baaria,” Giuseppe Tornatore, director;
Japan, “Nobody to Watch over Me,” Ryoichi Kimizuka, director;
Kazakhstan, “Kelin,” Ermek Tursunov, director;
Korea, “Mother,” Joon-ho Bong, director;
Lithuania, “Vortex,” Gytis Luksas, director;
Luxembourg, “Refractaire,” Nicolas Steil, director;
Macedonia, “Wingless,” Ivo Trajkov, director;
Mexico, “Backyard,” Carlos Carrera, director;
Morocco, “Casanegra,” Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, director;
The Netherlands, “Winter in Wartime,” Martin Koolhoven, director;
Norway, “Max Manus,” Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning, directors;
Peru, “The Milk of Sorrow,” Claudia Llosa, director;
Philippines, “Grandpa Is Dead,” Soxie H. Topacio, director;
Poland, “Reverse,” Borys Lankosz, director;
Portugal, “Doomed Love,” Mario Barroso, director;
Puerto Rico, “Kabo and Platon,” Edmundo H. Rodriguez, director;
Romania, “Police, Adjective,” Corneliu Porumboiu, director;
Russia, “Ward No. 6,” Karen Shakhnazarov, director;
Serbia, “St. George Shoots the Dragon,” Srdjan Dragojevic, director;
Slovakia, “Broken Promise,” Jiri Chlumsky, director;
Slovenia, “Landscape No. 2,” Vinko Moderndorfer, director;
South Africa, “White Wedding,” Jann Turner, director;
Spain, “The Dancer and the Thief,” Fernando Trueba, director;
Sri Lanka, “The Road from Elephant Pass,” Chandran Rutnam;
Sweden, “Involuntary,” Ruben Ostlund, director;
Switzerland, “Home,” Ursula Meier, director;
Taiwan, “No Puedo Vivir sin Ti,” Leon Dai, director;
Thailand, “Best of Times,” Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, director;
Turkey, “I Saw the Sun,” Mahsun Kirmizigul, director;
United Kingdom, “Afghan Star,” Havana Marking, director;
Uruguay, “Bad Day for Fishing,” Alvaro Brechner, director;
Venezuela, “Libertador Morales, El Justiciero,” Efterpi Charalambidis, director;
Vietnam, “Don’t Burn It,” Dang Nhat Minh.

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8 Doc Shorts Shortlisted for 2009 Oscars®

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 82nd Academy Awards® has been narrowed to eight films, of which three to five will earn Oscar® nominations.

Voters from the Academy’s Documentary Branch viewed this year’s 37 eligible entries and submitted their ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers for tabulation.

The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:

  • “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province,” Downtown Community Television Center, Inc.
  • “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner,” Just Media
  • “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant,” Community Media Productions
  • “Lt. Watada,” Chanlim Films
  • “Music by Prudence,” iThemba Productions, Inc.
  • “Rabbit a la Berlin,” MS Films
  • “Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak,” Outside Productions
  • “Woman Rebel,” Women Rebel Films

    • The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

    Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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    2008 Oscar’s Winners

    Monday, February 23rd, 2009

    Performance by an actor in a leading role

    Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
    Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
    Sean Penn in “Milk” WINNER
    Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”

    Performance by an actor in a supporting role

    Josh Brolin in “Milk”
    Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
    Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
    Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” WINNER
    Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”

    Performance by an actress in a leading role

    Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
    Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
    Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
    Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
    Kate Winslet in “The Reader” WINNER

    Performance by an actress in a supporting role

    Amy Adams in “Doubt”
    Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” WINNER
    Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
    Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”

    Best animated feature film of the year

    “Bolt”
    “Kung Fu Panda”
    “WALL-E” WINNER

    Achievement in art direction

    “Changeling”
    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” WINNER
    “The Dark Knight”
    “The Duchess”
    “Revolutionary Road”

    Achievement in cinematography

    “Changeling”
    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
    “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
    “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) WINNER

    Achievement in costume design

    “Australia”
    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” West
    “The Duchess” WINNER
    “Revolutionary Road”

    Achievement in directing

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
    “Milk” (Focus Features)
    “The Reader”
    “Slumdog Millionaire”     WINNER

    Best documentary feature

    “The Betrayal
    “Encounters at the End of the World”
    “The Garden”
    “Man on Wire” WINNER
    “Trouble the Water”

    Best documentary short subject

    “The Conscience of Nhem En”
    “The Final Inch”
    “Smile Pinki” WINNER
    “The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306” A

    Achievement in film editing

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
    “Frost/Nixon”
    “Milk”
    “Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER

    Best foreign language film of the year

    “The Baader Meinhof Complex”
    “The Class”
    “Departures” WINNER
    “Revanche”
    “Waltz with Bashir”

    Achievement in makeup

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” WINNER
    “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
    “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”

    Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage)
    “Milk” (Focus Features)
    “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) WINNER
    “WALL-E” (Walt Disney)

    Achievement in music written for motion pictures

    “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E”
    “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER
    “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire”

    Best motion picture of the year

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
    “Milk” (Focus Features)
    “The Reader”
    “Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER

    Best animated short film

    “La Maison en Petits Cubes” WINNER
    “Lavatory – Lovestory”
    “Oktapodi”
    “Presto”
    “This Way Up”

    Best live action short film

    “Auf der Strecke
    “Manon on the Asphalt”
    “New Boy”
    “The Pig”
    “Spielzeugland (Toyland)” WINNER

    Achievement in sound editing

    “The Dark Knight” WINNER
    “Iron Man”
    “Slumdog Millionaire”
    “WALL-E”
    “Wanted”

    Achievement in sound mixing

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.),
    “Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER
    “WALL-E”
    “Wanted”

    Achievement in visual effects

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” WINNER
    “The Dark Knight”
    “Iron Man”

    Adapted screenplay

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “Doubt”
    “Frost/Nixon”
    “The Reader”
    “Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER

    Original screenplay

    “Frozen River”
    “Happy-Go-Lucky”
    “In Bruges”
    “Milk” WINNER
    “WALL-E”

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    2008 Oscar’s Nominations

    Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

    Performance by an actor in a leading role

    Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
    Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
    Sean Penn in “Milk”
    Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”

    Performance by an actor in a supporting role

    Josh Brolin in “Milk”
    Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
    Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
    Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
    Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”

    Performance by an actress in a leading role

    Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
    Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
    Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
    Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
    Kate Winslet in “The Reader”

    Performance by an actress in a supporting role

    Amy Adams in “Doubt”
    Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (
    Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
    Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”

    Best animated feature film of the year

    “Bolt”
    “Kung Fu Panda”
    “WALL-E”

    Achievement in art direction

    “Changeling”
    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “The Dark Knight”
    “The Duchess”
    “Revolutionary Road”

    Achievement in cinematography

    “Changeling”
    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
    “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
    “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)

    Achievement in costume design

    “Australia”
    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” West
    “The Duchess”
    “Revolutionary Road”

    Achievement in directing

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
    “Milk” (Focus Features)
    “The Reader”
    “Slumdog Millionaire”

    Best documentary feature

    “The Betrayal
    “Encounters at the End of the World”
    “The Garden”
    “Man on Wire”
    “Trouble the Water”

    Best documentary short subject

    “The Conscience of Nhem En”
    “The Final Inch”
    “Smile Pinki”
    “The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306” A

    Achievement in film editing

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
    “Frost/Nixon”
    “Milk”
    “Slumdog Millionaire”

    Best foreign language film of the year

    “The Baader Meinhof Complex”
    “The Class”
    “Departures”
    “Revanche”
    “Waltz with Bashir”

    Achievement in makeup

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
    “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”

    Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage)
    “Milk” (Focus Features)
    “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight)
    “WALL-E” (Walt Disney)

    Achievement in music written for motion pictures

    “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E”
    “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire”
    “O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire”

    Best motion picture of the year

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
    “Milk” (Focus Features)
    “The Reader”
    “Slumdog Millionaire”

    Best animated short film

    “La Maison en Petits Cubes”
    “Lavatory – Lovestory”
    “Oktapodi”
    “Presto”
    “This Way Up”

    Best live action short film

    “Auf der Strecke
    “Manon on the Asphalt”
    “New Boy”
    “The Pig”
    “Spielzeugland (Toyland)”

    Achievement in sound editing

    “The Dark Knight”
    “Iron Man”
    “Slumdog Millionaire”
    “WALL-E”
    “Wanted”

    Achievement in sound mixing

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.),
    “Slumdog Millionaire”
    “WALL-E”
    “Wanted”

    Achievement in visual effects

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “The Dark Knight”
    “Iron Man”

    Adapted screenplay

    “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
    “Doubt”
    “Frost/Nixon”
    “The Reader”
    “Slumdog Millionaire”

    Original screenplay

    “Frozen River”
    “Happy-Go-Lucky”
    “In Bruges”
    “Milk”
    “WALL-E”

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