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2005 OSCAR PREDICTIONS

PICTURE * DIRECTOR * ACTOR * ACTRESS * SUP ACTOR * SUP ACTRESS * SCREENPLAYS
TECHNICAL 1 * TECHNICAL 2 * ANIMATED * FOREIGN-LANGUAGE

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CORRECT PREDICTIONS IN BLUE / INCORRECT PREDICTIONS IN RED

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE PREDICTIONS

THE TOP CONTENDERS
1.
(1)(3)(3)(4)
Paradise Now
(Palestine)
0 noms / 0 wins		 2.
(2)(5)(6)(-)
Tsotsi
(South Africa)
1 noms / 0 wins		 3.
(3)(1)(1)(5)
Joyeux Noël
(France)
33 noms / 9 wins		 4.
(4)(4)(4)(-)
Sophie Scholl
(Germany)
14 noms / 2 wins		 5.
(6)(6)(7)(-)
The Promise
(China)
1 nom / 0 wins
Directed by
Hany Abu-Assad



Directed by
Gavin Hood



 Directed by
Christian Carion



Directed by
Marc Rothemund



Directed by
Kaige Chen
WIP / Oct. 2005 Miramax / TBA SPC / March 2006 Zeitgeist / TBA no US distribution
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
6.
(5)(2)(2)(3)
2 Filhos de Francisco (The Two Children of Francisco)
(Brazil)
4 noms / 0 wins		 7.
(7)(7)(9)(-)
C.R.A.Z.Y.
()
noms / wins		 8.
(8)(8)(-)(-)
Mother of Mine
(Finland)
1 noms / 0 wins		 9.
(9)(10)(10)(1)
L'Enfant
(Belgium)
5 noms / 0 wins		 10.
(10)(12)(12)(-)
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
(Romania)
0 noms / 0 wins
Directed by
Breno Silveira



Directed by
Jean-Marc Vallée



 Directed by
Klaus Härö



 Directed by
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne



Directed by
Cristi Puiu



Columbia / TBA no US distribution no US distribution SPC / March 2006 Tartan Films / June 2006
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
11.
(11)(11)(11)(-)
Perhaps Love
(Hong Kong)
5 noms / 0 wins		 12.
(12)(13)(13)(-)
Bailiff
(Poland)
7 noms / 0 wins		 13.
(13)(14)(14)(-)
Obaba
(Spain)
19 noms / 4 wins		 14.
(14)(15)(15)(-)
Zozo
(Sweden)
14 noms / 3 wins		 15.
(54)(-)(-)(-)
Welcome to Dongmakgol
(Korea)
0 noms / 0 wins
Directed by
Peter Chan



Directed by
Feliks Falk



Directed by
Montxo Armendáriz



Directed by
Josef Fares



Directed by
Kwang-Hyun Park



no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
16.
(-)(-)
El Aura
(Argentina)
5 noms / 1 win		 17.
(-)(-)
Adams Apple
(Denmark)
6 noms / 2 wins		 18.
(-)(-)
Sorstalanság
(Hungary)
8 noms / 1 win		 19.
(-)(-)
What A Wonderful Place
(Israel)
6 noms / 0 wins		 20.
(-)(-)
Blood & Bones
(Japan)
11 noms / 0 wins
Directed by
Fabian Bielinsky



Directed by
Anders Thomas Jensen



Directed by
Lajos Koltai



Directed by
Eyal Halfon



Directed by
Yoichi Sai



no US distribution no US distribution THINKFilm / Jan 06 no US distribution no US distribution
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
21.
(-)(-)
Al Otro Lado
(Mexico)
5 noms / 0 wins		 22.
(-)(-)
The Italian
(Russia)
13 noms / 4 wins		 23.
(-)(-)
Tout un Hiver Sans Feu
(Switzerland)
5 noms / 2 wins		 24.
(-)(-)
Vinterkyss
(Norway)
5 noms / 0 wins		 25.
(-)(-)
Play
(Chile)
0 noms / 0 wins
Directed by
Gustavo Loza



Directed by
Andrei Kravchuk



Directed by
Greg Zglinski



Directed by
Sara Johnsen



Directed by
Alicia Scherson



no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
26.
(-)(-)
Something Like Happiness
(Czech Republic)
8 noms / 3 wins		 27.
(-)(-)
Paheli
(India)
3 noms / 0 wins		 28.
(-)(-)
So Close, So Far
(Iran)
1 noms / 0 wins		 29.
(-)(-)
In Tune With Time
(Iceland)
1 noms / 0 wins		 30.
(-)(-)
Buffalo Boy
(Vietnam)
1 noms / 0 wins
Directed by
Bohdan Sláma



Directed by
Amol Palekar



Directed by
Reza Mir-Karimi



Directed by
Ágúst Gudmundsson



Directed by
no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
31.
(-)(-)
Rusevine
(Slovenia)
0 noms / 0 wins		 32.
(-)(-)
In the Darkness of Night
(Portugal)
0 noms / 0 wins		 33.
(-)(-)
City of the Sun
(Slovak Republic)
0 noms / 0 wins		 34.
(-)(-)
Be With Me
(Singapore)
0 noms / 0 wins		 35.
(-)(-)
Gönül Yarasi
(Turkey)
0 noms / 0 wins
Directed by
Janez Burger



Directed by
Joăo Canijo



Directed by
Martin Sulik



Directed by
Eric Khoo



Directed by
Yavuz Turgu



no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
36.
(-)(-)
Dias de Santiago
(Peru)
0 noms / 0 wins		 37.
(-)(-)
Sasvim licno
(Bosnia)
1 noms / 1 win		 38.
(-)(-)
Stolen Eyes
(Bulgaria)
0 noms / 0 wins		 39.
(-)(-)
Cayo
(Puerto Rico)
0 noms / 0 wins		 40.
(-)(-)
Midwinter Night's Dream
(Serbia)
0 noms / 0 wins
Directed by
Josué Méndez



Directed by
Nedzad Begovic



Directed by



 Directed by
Vicente Juarbe



Directed by
Goran Paskaljevic



no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
41.
(-)(-)
La Bestia Nel Cuore
(Italy)
26 noms / 10 wins		 42.
(-)(-)
The Cave of the Yellow Dog
(Mongolia)
0 noms / 0 wins		 43.
(-)(-)
Gie
(Indonesia)
0 noms / 0 wins		 44.
(-)(-)
Tbilisi-Tbilisi
(Georgia)
1 nom / 0 wins		 45.
(-)(-)
Shyamol Chhaya
(Bangladesh)
0 noms / 0 wins
Directed by
Eyal Halfon



Directed by
Byambasuren Davaa



Directed by
Riri Riza



Directed by
Levan Zakareishvili



Directed by
Humayan Ahmed



no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
46.
(-)(-)
Viva Cuba!
(Cuba)
0 noms / 0 wins		 47.
(-)(-)
A Wonderful Night in Split
(Croatia)
0 noms / 0 wins		 48.
(-)(-)
The Land Has Eyes
(Fiji)
0 noms / 0 wins		 49.
(-)(-)
Caribe
(Costa Rica)
0 noms / 0 wins		 50.
(-)(-)
Shop of Dreams
(Estonia)
0 noms / 0 wins
Directed by
Cremata Malberti



Directed by
Arstin Ostojic



Directed by
Vilsoni Hereniko



Directed by
Esteban Ramirez



Directed by
Peeter Urbla



no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
51.
(-)(-)
La Sombra del Caminante
(Colombia)
0 noms / 0 wins		 52.
(-)(-)
Renart the Fox
(Luxembourg)
0 noms / 0 wins		 53.
(-)(-)
Requiem of Snow
(Iraq)
0 noms / 0 wins		 54.
(-)(-)
The Wayward Cloud
(Taiwan)
3 noms / 1 wins		 55.
(-)(-)
The Tin Mine
(Thailand)
0 noms / 0 wins
Directed by
Ciro Guerra



Directed by
Thierry Schiel



Directed by
Jamil Rostami



Directed by
Ming-Liang Tsai



Directed by
Jira Malikul



no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution no US distribution
OTHER POSSIBILITIES
--
(8)(2)
Caché (Hidden)
(Austria)
1 noms / 0 wins

DISQUALIFIED
I think		 --
(5)(-)
Bluebird
(The Netherlands)
7 noms / 3 wins

DISQUALIFIED
for TV airing
Directed by
Michael Haneke



Directed by
Mijke de Jong






opened Dec 23 in NY/LA no US distribution
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