11.   Countries select one film to represent them in the best foreign film category, and the Academy pares that down to five nominees, announced in February.

12.   The work had previously won him best screenplay awards from the New York and Los Angeles Film Critics associations and the National Society of Film Critics.

13.   In the best foreign film category, her film is up against movies from France, Russia, Georgia and the Czech Republic.

14.   Even the short films category is hot.