...and the Oscar goes tooooo.......:
A ragtag group of Indian orphans triumphed at the Academy Awards on Sunday as "Slumdog Millionaire" took top honors with an against-all-odds love story that resonated with recession-
weary moviegoers.
http://www.oscars.org/awards/81academyawards/nominees.html
and the SÃYAD (Sinema Yazarlarý Derneði - Turkish Film Critics Association ) awards go toooo:
BEST MOVIE: Sonbahar (Producer: F. Serkan ACAR)
BEST DIRECTOR: Nuri Bilge CEYLAN (Üç Maymun)
CAHÃDE SONKU BEST LEADING(WOMAN) PERFORMANCE: Hatice ASLAN (Üç Maymun)
BEST LEADING(MAN) PERFORMANCE: Onur SAYLAK (Sonbahar)
BEST SUPPORTING(WOMAN) PERFORMANCE: Tülin ÖZEN (Vicdan)
BEST SUPPORTING(MAN) PERFORMANCE: Ahmet Rýfat ÞUNGAR (Üç Maymun)
MAHMUT TALÃ ÖNGÖREN BEST SCREENPLAY: Özcan ALPER (Sonbahar)
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD : Feza ÇALDIRAN (Sonbahar)
BEST MUSIC: Demir DEMÃRKAN (Devrim Arabalarý)
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING: Ayhan ERGÜRSEL, Bora GÖKÞÃNGÖL, Nuri Bilge CEYLAN (Üç Maymun)
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTORY: Natali YERES (Rýza)
HOPEFUL ARTIST: Ãnan TEMELKURAN
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM: Devrimci Gençlik Köprüsü (Yönetmen: Bahriye KABADAYI)
BEST SHORT FILM: Unus Mundus (Yönetmen: Senem TÜZEN)
BEST FOREIGN MOVIE: Kan Dökülecek (There Will Be Blood)
SÃYAD HONOUR AWARD: Þener ÞEN
SÃYAD TUNCAN OKAN EFFORT AWARD: Nijat ÖZÖN
SÃYAD - SPECIAL AWARD: Klaus EDER
And whats more, those children were from the slums and have been plucked from obscurity and have had a trip of a life time to go to the Oscars to. So it gets my vote on all counts!
