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OSCARMETRICS

Oscarmetrics: Predicting the 'Who the Hell Knows?' Categories (Docs, Shorts, Animation, Foreign)

By Mark Harris at
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Today, let’s take on the who-the-hell-knows categories — the Oscar contests that are traditionally almost impossible to guess even if you’ve seen the nominees. (Please note: This is probably going to be the final Oscarmetrics column that is completely free of whining about The Artist.)

Best Foreign Language Film

Nominees:

Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

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