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Dubai International Film Festival Films Up for Golden Globes |
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12/16/2006 8:39:04 AM |
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Six films that screened at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) have been nominated for the prestigious Golden Globes awards, placing them in the running for the Academy Awards in March.
Babel, which will close the festival, won the most nominations, with a total of seven: Best Motion Picture, Best Director for Alejandro González Iñárritu, Best Screenplay for writer Guillermo Arriaga, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Brad Pitt, Best Original Score for composer Gustavo Santaolalla, and two nods for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, for Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi.
Bobby and Happy Feet followed Babel, with two nods each: Emilio Estevez’s film on the aftermath of Robert Kennedy’s assassination was nominated for Best Motion Picture and Best Song; the children’s animated penguin film was also recognized for Best Song, and is in the running for Best Animated Feature Film.
Pedro Almodovar’s Volver, which screened in DIFF’s Screen on the Green programming segment, was nominated for Best Performance for Penelope Cruz, and Forest Whitaker was nominated Best Actor for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland.
Ben Affleck was nominated in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Hollywoodland, which investigates the suspicious death of 1950’s TV Superman George Reeves. |
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