The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards®, with Wim Wenders’ PINA in the race for the prestigious award in the category Best Documentary, as German Films is reporting.Wim Wenders: “It is fantastic to be nominated in the category of Best Documentary a second time, after Buena Vista Social Club, especially as it is the first time for a 3D film to be granted that honor. All the dancers and collaborators of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, together with the crew and the production company Neue Road Movies, are extremely proud of this. With our journey into the magical kingdom of the great German choreographer Pina Bausch we wanted to raise a monument to this pioneer of modern dance. The success of PINA with audiences worldwide and now this Oscar® nomination are a fantastic reward and recognition for our common work.”
And the German noninees/winners for the Academy Awards 2012 are:
• PINA (Best Documentary)
• Max Zähle’s short Raju (Best Short Feature – Live Action)
• The German-Polish-Canadian co-production In Darkness by Agnieszka Holland will represent Poland (Best Foreign Language Film)
• Lisy Christl for Best Costume Design for her work on Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous.
• The Academy Award of Merit® goes to Franz Kraus, Johannes Steurer and Wolfgang Riedel for the design and development of the ARRILASER Film Recorder.
• A Scientific and Engineering Award will be going to Dr. Jürgen Noffke for the optical design and to Uwe Weber for the mechanical design of the ARRI Zeiss Master Prime Lenses for motion picture photography.
The 84th Academy Awards® ceremony will take place on Sunday, 26 February 2012 at 4 p.m. local time (PST) in Los Angeles.
