"Hugo" competes with 11 nominations for an Oscar

Parisian of Martin Scorsese "Hugo" aventura tops the list of nominees for the Academy Award with 11 nominations, including best picture and best Director.

The tape from the New York director is competing for the prize for best film with the silent film "The Artist", the family drama "The Descendants", the story about 9 / 11 "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close", the drama about race relations in the South of United States "The Help", the Romantic fantasy "Midnight in Paris", the sports history "Moneyball", the chronic family "The Tree of Life" and the epic of the first world war "War Horse".

"The Artist" won 10 nominations, including best screenplay and direction for the French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin and best supporting actress for Bejo, daughter of Argentine filmmaker Miguel Bejo.

"Can't believe a year ago I was learning to dance" u000a"tap and today am nominated for an Academy Award," said Bejo, who plays a rising star in the era of sound

Due to a change in the rules according to which the films should receive a number of votes, the category of best film only has nine nominees this year, instead of the 10 of is two years.

"The Artist" would be the first film silent to win the award for best film from the first year of the Oscars, where "Wings" was the highest honour for 1927-28

LOS LATINOS in the competition
the Mexican Demián Bichir competes for Best Actor for his work in "A Better Life".

but will not be in the race for the coveted statuette for best foreign film. The French born Argentina Bérénice Bejo was nominated for best supporting actress for "The Artist". Another Mexican artist, the director of cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki, received his fifth u000anomination for the Academy Award for "The Tree of Life". As for Best Original Song, the legendary Brazilian musicians Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, along with the American Siedah Garrett, shall be measured by the Academy Award with "Real in Rio", who wrote for the animated film "Rio".

Also for Spain, the composer Alberto Iglesias won his third candidacy for Best Original score for "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy;" and finally, "Chico & Rita", Fernando Trueba, tone Errando and Javier Mariscal, competing for the prize for best tape animated.

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