The Irish Connection

Two Irish animated movies have been nominated for this year’s Oscars.

“Granny O’ Grimm: Sleeping Beauty” was nominated in Best Animated Short Film category. The “Secret of Kells” starring Glenroe heartthrob Mick Lally is facing tough competition up against Up in the Best Animated Feature Film.

A third Irish nomination appears on the horizon. “The Door” directed by Juanita Wilson has been nominated in Best Live Action Short.

Updates as they come

Watch the full-length video of “Granny O’Grimm: Sleeping Beauty”

Juanita Wilson accepting the IFTA nom for Best Short for “The Door” last year

The Leaders

“Avatar” and “Hurt Locker” are tied with 9 nominations each, “Inglourious Basterds” has 8 with “Precious” and “Up in the Air” tied with 6.

Full list on the Oscar site.

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique in Precious

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messengers
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia in It’s Complicated

Animated Feature Film
Coraline (Henry Selick)
Fantastic Mr Fox (Wes Anderson)
Secret of Kells
The Princess and the Frog (Ron Clements and John Musker)
Up (Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)

Foreign Language Film
Ajami (Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, Israel)
A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, France)
The Milk of Sorrow (Claudia Llosa, Peru)
The Secret of Her Eyes (Juan Jose Campanella, Argentina)
The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, Germany)

Directing
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
James Cameron (Avatar)
Lee Daniels (Precious)
Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
District 9 (Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell)
An Education (Nick Hornby)
In the Loop (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and Tony Roche)
Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher)
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner)

Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
The Messenger (Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman)
A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Up (Pete Docter and Bob Petersen)

Best Picture
Avatar (James Cameron – director; Brooke Breton , Laeta Kalogridis, Jon Landau, Josh McLaglen, Janace Tashjian, Peter M Tobyansen, Colin Wilson – producers)
District 9 (Neill Blomkamp – director, Bill Block, Philippa Boyens, Carolynne Cunningham, Elliot Ferwerda, Paul Hanson, Peter Jackson, Ken Kamins, Michael S Murphey – producers)
An Education (Lone Scherfig)
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
Precious (Lee Daniels)
A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman)
The Blind Side (John Lee Hancock)
Up

(Secret of Kells pictured)