Y el ganador es...

Reflecting back on the brilliance of Pan's Labyrinth, which Kelly and I saw this afternoon (my review to follow), I began to wonder how many foreign language films were up for the regular Oscar categories this year. Looking over the ballot, it's actually quite impressive. I'm going to count Babel as a foreign language film since over half the dialogue is not in English. I'll also throw out the short films and the Foreign Language Film category since that is a given. I count 23 nominations for films whose main dialogue is not in English. Twenty-three!! Could anyone have guessed this? And that's with only one nomination for Volver.

Best Picture: Babel and Letters from Iwo Jima
Director: Babel and Letters from Iwo Jima
Actress: Penelope Cruz (Volver)
Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)
Cinematography: Pan's Labyrinth
Original Screenplay: Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary Feature: Irag in Fragments, My Country My Country
Film Editing: Babel
Makeup: Apocalypto and Pan's Labyrinth
Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth
Sound Mixing: Apocalypto
Sound Editing: Apocalypto, Letters from Iwo Jima
Costume Design: Curse of the Golden Flower
Original Score: Babel and Pan's Labyrinth