25/02/2007 - Europe was very much in the running in the 79th Academy Awards.

The Lives of Others [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Florian Henckel von Donners…
interview: Ulrich Muehe
film profile] (see Focus) by Germany’s Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and After the Wedding [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sisse Graum Jørgensen
interview: Susanne Bier
film profile] by Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier (see Focus) will compete for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar while UK director Stephen Frears’ The Queen [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Andy Harries
interview: Stephen Frears
film profile] (see Focus) will represent Europe in the categories of Best Film, Director, Actress, Original Screenplay, Costumes and Score.

Helen Mirren, the wonderful star of the film on Queen Elizabeth, will vie for the Oscar against Penelope Cruz, the lead in Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Agustín Almodóvar
interview: Carmen Maura
interview: Pedro Almodóvar
interview: Pénélope Cruz
film profile] (see Focus).

• Nominees


• ALL ABOUT OSCARS


• Brits take Oscar nominations by storm

Oscar 2007 - UK

• Bier marches towards awards altar

Oscar 2007 - Denmark

• The Lives of Others under Hollywood spotlight

Oscar 2007 - Germany

• Days of Glory bound for Hollywood

Oscar 2007 - France

• Scorsese's night, finally. Mirren and von Donnersmarck also shine

Oscar 2007 - Winners

• A bittersweet ceremony

Oscar 2007 - Spain

• The Lives of Others best foreign language film

Oscar 2007 - Germany