Oscar Nominations: 1

Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar

Oscar Alert:

The winner was the Russian film, “Burnt by the Sun,” by Mikhalkov, which previously had own the Cannes Film fest Palme d’Or. The other nominees were: Before the Rain from the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, Ang Lee’s “Eat Drink Man Woman” from Taiwan, and the Cuban gay tale, “Strawberry and Chocolate.”