The Australian Film Commission (AFC) today congratulated Cate Blanchett and Eva Orner on their Academy Award® nominations announced overnight in Los Angeles.
Cate Blanchett has received two Academy Award® nominations this year. She has been nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, while her role in I’m Not There has secured her a nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Cate Blanchett won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar® for her portrayal of Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator in 2005.
Producer Eva Orner has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature for her work on Taxi to the Dark Side. Taxi to the Dark Side explores a controversial incident where an Afghan taxi driver at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan was shot and killed by US soldiers. Eva shares the Academy nomination with her American director Alex Gibney.
Eva Orner is an Australian producer based in New York. Since relocating from Melbourne in 2004, Eva has been producing documentaries at Jigsaw Productions with Alex Gibney. Eva’s Australian credits include producing the AFI award winning documentary Untold Desires, the feature film Josh Jarman and co-producing the feature film Strange Fits of Passion, which screened in Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival.
‘The fact that Australians have yet again been nominated for Academy Awards reflects the impressive standing our industry has earned internationally. This is an excellent achievement and the AFC congratulates those nominated,’ said Chris Fitchett, Chief Executive of the AFC.
The 80th Annual Academy Awards® will be presented on 24 February 2008 in Los Angeles.
[release from Avviso PR for the AFC]