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Academy AwardAnnual honour awarded since 1927 by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a number of categories that reflect the diversity and collaborative nature of film-making. The Academy Award is one of the highest accolades in the film industry, and a virtual guarantor of increased financial returns. The trophy itself is a gold-plated statuette, which since 1931 has been popularly nicknamed an ‘Oscar’. The most prestigious awards are for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress. There are also awards for original screenplay, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing, supporting actor, and supporting actress, in addition to a series of honours for documentaries, shorts, animated films, foreign-language films, special effects, make-up, art direction, and musical scores. Special achievement and honorary awards are also presented. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The first is Denmark's After the Wedding, which competed for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars this year (where it lost to Germany's The Lives of Others). Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," directed by Ang Lee, was named best foreign film of 2000 and received a Golden Globe Award as best foreign language film. The company is currently developing "The Blue Mauritius," "The Myth of Darkness," "Desolate," and the animation feature "Sophie and the Dream Bandits," which is being co-executive produced with Sven Ebeling's MC One & West Coast Pictures (producers of the 2003 Academy Award winner for best foreign language film, "Nowhere in Africa") and Rene Bastian's |
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